Friday, December 24, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Lost Gospels of Bible. BBC - full
Documentary presented by Anglican priest Pete Owen Jones which explores the huge number of ancient Christian texts that didn't make it into the New Testament. Shocking and challenging, these were works in which Jesus didn't die, took revenge on his enemies and kissed Mary Magdalene on the mouth - a Jesus unrecognisable from that found in the traditional books of the New Testament.
Pete travels through Egypt and the former Roman Empire looking at the emerging evidence of a Christian world that's very different to the one we know, and discovers that aside from the gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John, there were over seventy gospels, acts, letters and apocalypses, all circulating in the early Church.
Through these lost Gospels, Pete reconstructs the intense intellectual and political struggles for orthodoxy that was fought in the early centuries of Christianity, a battle involving different Christian sects, each convinced that their gospels were true and sacred.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
The Gnostic Gospels. Morton Stith . icollege lecture
The Gnostic Gospels are a class of writings about the life of Jesus which are associated with the early mystical trend of Gnostic Christianity. Morton Stith has taught art history at a number of American universities.The Pierian Spring academy is a non-profit, free-standing organization in Sarasota, Florida that offers lectures and courses for adults. Religion Philosophy icollege lecture - Ted Koszarski
Monday, November 29, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Music & the Mind : Dr Patel, Neurosciences Institute, discusses what music can teach us about the brain, & what brain science can reveal about music
In this edition of "Grey Matters," Aniruddh Patel, of the Neurosciences Institute, discusses what music can teach us about the brain, and what brain science, in turn, can reveal about music. Series: "Grey Matters" [4/2006] [Science] [Show ID: 11189]
Men's Madness - The Myth of Male Reason
A documentary examining the role of masculine values in driving social and technological change and asking if such values can only lead ultimately to humanity's destruction. First shown on Channel 4 (UK), in 1991, before it completely dumbed-down to cater for the teenage market.
51:41 - 3 years ago
Monday, November 8, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Documentary: Africa - The Bible And The Gun - History on DocuWatch - free streaming documentaries
This is the fifth installment of Basil Davidson's educational 'Africa Series'. Basil Davidson is an acclaimed writer and Africanist historian. His works are required reading in many British universities. He is globally recognized as an expert on African History. He currently lives in Somerset, England and frequently travels to Africa."
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
The Arabian Queen from Yemen - Searching for the Queen Of Sheba
ISOMAH_-_The_Queen_Of_Sheba.avi
59:04 - 3 years ago
WWW.THEDOCUMENTARYCENTER.BLOGSPOT.COM In this series, Michael Wood goes in search of four of the world's most famous myths. These gripping adventures take the viewer to some of the most extraordinary places on earth, exploring stories that have captivated the world for thousands of years. The Queen Of Sheba.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
Journey Of Man
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey is the book by Spencer Wells, an American geneticist and anthropologist, in which he uses techniques and theories of genetics and evolutionary biology to trace the geographical dispersal of early human migrations out of Africa.
According to the recent single origin hypothesis, human ancestors originated in Africa, and eventually made their way out to the rest of the world. Analysis of the Y chromosome is one of the methods used in tracing the history of early humans. Thirteen genetic markers on the Y-chromosome differentiate populations of human beings.
It is believed, on the basis of genetic evidence, that all human beings in existence now descend from one single man who lived in Africa about 60,000 years ago. The earliest groups of humans are believed to find their present-day descendants among the San people, a group that is now found in western southern Africa. The San are smaller than the Bantu. They have lighter skins, more tightly curled hair, and they share the epicanthal fold with the people of East Asia, such as the Chinese and Japanese.
Southern and eastern Africa are believed to originally have been populated by people akin to the San. Since that early time much of their range has been taken over by the Bantu. Skeletal remains of these ancestral people are found in Paleolithic sites in Somalia and Ethiopia. There are also peoples in east Africa today who speak substantially different languages that nevertheless share the archaic characteristics of the San language, its distinctive repertoire of click and pop sounds. These are the only languages in the entire world that use these sounds in speech.
As humans migrated out of Africa, they all carried a genetic feature on the Y chromosome known as M168.
The first wave of migration out of Africa stayed close to the oceans shores, tracing a band along the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean including parts of the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and into South East Asia, down into what is now Indonesia, and eventually reaching Australia. This branch of the human family developed a new marker, M130.
This first wave appears to have left dark-skinned people along its path, including isolated groups of dark-skinned people in south east Asia such as the aboriginal population of the Andaman Islands (around 400 km off the west coast of Thailand), the Semang of Malaysia, and the Aeta of the Philippines.
The second wave of migration took a more northerly course, splitting somewhere in the area around what is now called Syria to sweep to the northwest into the area of the Balkans and to the east, where it split several more times in Central Asia, north of Afghanistan. The current that flowed into southern Europe east of Italy is characterized by M174, and the current that flowed into Central Asia carries M9. The other nine markers were added after the migration paths went on in several different directions from Central Asia.
The African diaspora is believed to have begun some 50,000 years ago, long enough for many changes to have occurred in humans remaining in Africa. The genetic trends reported involve humans who left Africa, and their genetic histories. The diversity found outside of Africa may well have been accentuated since populations migrating to new hunting grounds would rarely have had individuals moving backwards into previously settled regions. But within Africa, isolation would have been geographically aided primarily by the Sahara Desert, leaving people in areas not separated by the desert to travel and migrate relatively freely.
Human Genetics: Our Past and Our Future David Altshuler
About the Lecture
Will genomics vanquish our most common diseases, or create a society based on vile eugenics – or both?David Altshuler outlines these possibilities in his informal talk and conversation at the MIT Museum.Altshuler is a self-described optimist, and sees promise in current genetic research that attempts to pinpoint why some people develop diseases like adult-onset diabetes or schizophrenia. If we can identify the precise mechanisms inside cells that go haywire in individuals with an inherited predisposition to a certain disease, then it may be possible to design drugs much more accurately. “We’re searching for a culprit who committed a crime, where the culprit is a mutation in a DNA sequence that made somebody get sick …. And scientists are the detectives -- CGI: Crime Gene Investigators,” says Altshuler.
Scientists have a very powerful tool in the human genome sequence, and they are quickly mapping out genes that cause diseases. But the very tools that permit insight into illness may also permit researchers to isolate genes for other human traits. And this has Altshuler musing: “How about hair loss, intelligence, criminality, athletic ability….Should society regulate the use of genetic information in reproductive choices?” What if insurance companies gain access to individuals’ genetic predictors, and use this to determine risk, and rates? “There’s no federal legislation to prevent someone from shaking your hand, scraping off DNA, doing a genetic test and not hiring you or refusing to give you insurance,” Altshuler points out. Ultimately, he says, it will be in the hands of the public to strike a balance between restricting the use of genetic information, and permitting its application to cure disease.
Defending the 'honor' of the Y Chromosome
According to David Page, “the Y chromosome is the Rodney Dangerfield of the human genome.” Regarded for 50 years as a genetic wasteland, the Y chromosome just doesn’t get any respect…until now. Page’s lab has made some startling discoveries that reverse the prevailing view.
Recall from basic biology that pairs of chromosomes exchange genetic material through a process of crossing over. This leads to genetic variation in offspring, and can weed out dangerous mutations. Although there’s limited gene swapping between the sex-determining X and Y chromosomes, the popular belief has been that a large portion of the Y could not recombine, and therefore will sooner or later self destruct. The long-term outlook for the Y chromosome was bleak.
But now there is hope and renewed respect for the Y. Page has found vast sequences of DNA on the Y that appear like palindromes (words like “mom” that read the same backwards and forwards). Page believes the two halves of the palindrome engage in a kind of crossing over. This can lead to repairing mutations, just as in ordinary chromosomes. Through this unique method, the Y chromosome not only endures but prevails.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Amazing Social Experiment : Learned Helplessness
Charisse Nixon, Ph.D Developmental Psychologist at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College and Director of Research and Evaluation for The Ophelia Project discusses the phenomenon of learned helplessness. (Shot by Mark Steensland)
Social Psychology Experiment - Conformity to gender roles
Experiment: Conformity to gender roles. We placed common male and female signs on opposite transparent doors instructing people to walk through the correct entrance.
Monday, October 25, 2010
CBC Documentary : The Disappearing Male
The Disappearing Male - Englisch Bisphenol-A
44:18 - 1 year ago
The Disappearing Male Englisch Bisphenol-A The Disappearing Male is a CBC documentary about one of the most important, and least publicized, issues facing the human species: the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. The last few decades have seen steady and dramatic increases in the incidence of boys and young men suffering from genital deformities, low sperm count, sperm abnormalities and testicular cancer. At the same time, boys are now far more at risk of suffering from ADHD, autism, Tourette's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and dyslexia. The Disappearing Male takes a close and disturbing look at what many doctors and researchers now suspect are responsible for many of these problems: a class of common chemicals that are ubiquitous in our world. Found in everything from shampoo, sunglasses, meat and dairy products, carpet, cosmetics and baby bottles, they are called "hormone mimicking" or "endocrine disrupting" chemicals and they may be starting to damage the most basic building blocks of human development. http://toxcenter.de/artikel/Bisphenol-in-Babyflaschen.php http://toxcenter.de/artikel/Lebensmittelverpackungen-Bisphenol-A-evtl-hirnschaedigend.php http://toxcenter.de/artikel/Bisphenol-A-aus-dem-Mutterleib-durch-Getraenkeverpackungen.php The Disappearing Male Englisch Bisphenol-A The Disappearing Male is a CBC documentary about one of the most important, and least publicized, issues facing the human species: the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. The last few decades have seen steady and dramatic increases in the incidence of boys and young men suffering from genital deformities, low sperm count, sperm abnormalities and testicular cancer. At the same time, boys are now far more at risk of suffering from ADHD, autism, Tourette's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and dyslexia. The Disappearing Male takes a close and disturbing look at what many doctors and researchers now suspect are responsible for many of these problems: a class of common chemicals that are ubiquitous in our world. Found in everything from shampoo, sunglasses, meat and dairy products, carpet, cosmetics and baby bottles, they are called "hormone mimicking" or "endocrine disrupting" chemicals and they may be starting to damage the most basic building blocks of human develop...all » The Disappearing Male Englisch Bisphenol-A The Disappearing Male is a CBC documentary about one of the most important, and least publicized, issues facing the human species: the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. The last few decades have seen steady and dramatic increases in the incidence of boys and young men suffering from genital deformities, low sperm count, sperm abnormalities and testicular cancer. At the same time, boys are now far more at risk of suffering from ADHD, autism, Tourette's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and dyslexia. The Disappearing Male takes a close and disturbing look at what many doctors and researchers now suspect are responsible for many of these problems: a class of common chemicals that are ubiquitous in our world. Found in everything from shampoo, sunglasses, meat and dairy products, carpet, cosmetics and baby bottles, they are called "hormone mimicking" or "endocrine disrupting" chemicals and they may be starting to damage the most basic building blocks of human development. http://toxcenter.de/artikel/Bisphenol-in-Babyflaschen.php http://toxcenter.de/artikel/Lebensmittelverpackungen-Bisphenol-A-evtl-hirnschaedigend.php http://toxcenter.de/artikel/Bisphenol-A-aus-dem-Mutterleib-durch-Getraenkeverpackungen.php
Rule of the Nagual pt1
Gini Gentry, Toltec Nagual Woman, shares the ancient wisdom that can lead to self mastery.
The gift of clairsentience
Gini Gentry, Toltec Nagual Woman, speaks about her gift of clairsentience.
TED Talk - Susan Savage-Rumbaugh: Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man
http://www.ted.com Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology -- and how much by cultural exposure.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
Penny's insight into Koko's personhood
This is an excerpt from the introduction to the Meet Koko introduction video. It introduces Project Koko, and features Dr. Penny Patterson, its principle investigator, describing an important insight she gained very shortly after beginning to work with Koko on the first ever interspecies communication study involving gorillas.
Lesson: The success of project Koko is in large part due to the development of a close, loving and respectful bond with a member of another species, because of that species' extraordinary similarity with our own.
Date Added: Jan 25, 2008
Videographer: Ron Cohn
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