Monday, August 16, 2010

WikiLeaks' Collateral Murder: U.S. Soldier Ethan McCord's Eyewitness Story




U.S. Soldier Ethan McCord speaking about the civilian massacre documented in WikiLeaks's April 2010 video disclosure of Apache helicopter footage of a New Baghdad attack that took place in 2007, allegedly released by PFC Brad Manning. McCord's story was delivered to attendees of the United National Peace Conference, which took place in Albany NY the weekend of July 23-25, 2010. Produced by the United National Peace Conference Media Project, powered by The Sanctuary for Independent Media and the Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Timeless India




A video filmed to celebrate 50 years of Indian Independence. Directed by Bharatbala, music re-created by A R Rahman

Four singers for Vande mataram




Bombay Jayashree, Unnikrishnan, Sanjay Subramaniam and Sowmya render their version of Vande mataram

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams




Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

For more on Randy, visit: http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture

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Friday, August 13, 2010

Baharon Phool Barsao - Rajendra Kumar & Vyjayanthimala





വസന്തമേ പൂക്കളുതിര്‍ക്കുക
എന്‍റെ പ്രിയ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു
ഇളം തെന്നലേ മധുരമായി പാടുക
എന്‍റെ പ്രിയ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു

പുഷ്പാരുണ്യമേ അവളുടെ
മനോഹരമായ കൈകളില്‍ മൈലാഞ്ചിയിടുക
മുകിലിന്‍ ശ്യാമ വര്‍ണ്ണമേ അവളുടെ
മനോഹരമായ കണ്ണുകളില്‍ മഷിയെഴുതുക

നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളെ അവളുടെ മുടിയലങ്കരിക്കുക
എന്‍റെ പ്രിയ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു

പ്രപഞ്ച സൌന്ദര്യത്തിന്‍ മാലാഖമാരെ,
എന്‍റെ പ്രിയ വ്രീളാവതിയാണ്
സൌന്ദര്യത്തിന്‍ തിരശ്ശീല ഉയര്‍ത്തിയാലും,
നാണത്താലവള്‍ അകന്നു പോയാലോ

എല്ലാവരും സന്തോഷിക്കുവിന്‍
എന്‍റെ പ്രിയ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു

വിധിയിന്‍ ഈയരങ്ങ്
യുവ മുകുളങ്ങളാലംകൃതം
വസന്താഗമനമവര്‍ക്കറിയാവുന്നതല്ലോ
പ്രപഞ്ച സൌന്ദര്യമേ,
യീയന്തരീക്ഷം വര്‍ണ്ണാഭയമാക്കൂ
എന്‍റെ പ്രിയ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു

Jacek Utko designs to save newspapers | Video on TED.com




Could good design save the newspaper -- at least for now? Jacek Utko thinks so -- and his lively, engaging designs for European papers prove that it works.
.Why you should listen to him: .Newspaper designer Jacek Utko suggests that it's time for a fresh, top-to-bottom rethink of the newspaper. (At this point, why not try it?) In his work, he's proved that good design can help readers reconnect with newspapers. A former architect, Utko took on the job of redesigning several newspapers in former Soviet Bloc nations, starting from basic principles. He worked closely with newspaper executives to figure out the business goals of their papers, and then radically reformatted the product to fit those goals. (And he wasn't afraid to break a few grids in the process.)
As the art director at Warsaw's Puls Biznesu in 2004, he redesigned this small business-focused newspaper and immediately won the SND award for world's best-designed newspaper. Readers responded, and circulation went up. He's now art director for the Bonnier Business Press, overseeing papers in Eastern Europe and the Baltic states, and the work he oversees consistently wins major prizes (including another SND world's-best in 2007 for Estonia's Äripäev), despite their small teams and limited resources.
"Who knew that the world's best designed newspapers are in Poland and Estonia?"
June Cohen, TED