THE LIGHT - Poole Dolphin Shopping Centre LIVE Performance
In 2015, artist Richard McLester and a small team designed The Light. The art installation, which is a 4 metre diameter globe of light hung in Poole Dolphin Centre over the Christmas period.
On 26th November 2015, the installation was launched with a concert performance of Songs Of The Light - led by Richard McLester ( performing with a community choir that was put together especially for the event.
During the event, a series of interviews with local community members was projected onto the globe.
This film shows footage from the concert, plus the interviews that were projected out onto The Light. Also included is footage from The Lowly Candle Flame, which features Lumin-Essence, the double hanging Christmas Wreath.
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Key & Peele - Les Mis
The villain of a historical epic struggles with the fact that this epic also happens to be a musical (a la Les Mis).
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Dining on Dogs in China: Dog Days of Yulin (Part 1/2)
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Southern China has always had a tradition of dining on dogs—people from other parts of the country even joke that Southerners will eat anything with legs but the dinner table. But despite becoming more prosperous in the 1990s, Yulin has maintained the unique tradition of holding a canine banquet every summer.
Animal rights activists across China and the rest of the globe have increasingly condemned the Dog Meat Festival, calling for an immediate stop to eating man’s best friend. They say the dog meat trade is illegal, unregulated, and cruel. Many claim that numerous dogs that end up in cooking pots are stolen pets or diseased strays.
In 2013, the Yulin festival gathered so much negative press that this year, the local government denied the Summer Solstice dog-eating tradition ever even existed. But that hasn’t stopped locals from celebrating—nor has it stopped die-hard activists from flooding the town to try to rescue dogs before the slaughter.
VICE Reports headed to Yulin this year to get to the bottom of the most controversial festival in China.
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The English countryside lab which safeguards the world's chocolate
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A laboratory in the English countryside is helping to safeguard the world's supplies of chocolate.
The survival of cocoa stocks is threatened by a multitude of diseases and viruses, so to ensure security of the world's cocoa, trees from across the globe are sent to a strict quarantine centre in the UK.
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The fruits of the cocoa trees hang heavily, there are more than four hundred plants here at the International Cocoa Quarantine Centre in Reading.
The 70 per cent humidity and high temperatures keep the greenhouse feeling like the Amazon rather than the middle of the British winter.
It's the climate which decided the quarantine centre should be sited here.
Plant samples are sent here from around the world, some carry viruses and disease which can destroy cocoa plantations.
The quarantine centre is situated here because the UK does not and cannot grow cocoa - so escaping cocoa bugs have no host in which to hide.
Keeping the trees healthy in the winter is difficult because of the low light, and they begin to die at temperatures below 19 Celcius.
Plant physiologist, Dr Andrew Daymond runs the centre for the University of Reading, but it is funded by organisations from around the world including the Cocoa Research Association, the London Cocoa Futures Market and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Daymond explains: If cocoa varieties are moved from one country to another, then it's absolutely vital that it undergoes intermediate quarantine. The reason why we have a quarantine facility here in the UK is we don't grow cocoa here and so there's no danger of endemic pest and diseases of cocoa entering the facility.
The cocoa is susceptible to disease because most of the world's plants originate from clones found in the last century. The lack of diversity means the industry is keen to diversify varieties, but if there is no quarantine in place this can just make the diseases more widespread.
According to Daymond growers estimate that they lose 30 to 40 per cent of the worldwide crop to disease.
Daymond says: It's actually a requirement of some cocoa growing countries that if they receive new varieties into their country, it must have undergone intermediate quarantine in a temperate country beforehand.
This ensures that plantations in West Africa can't be destroyed by virus and pests brought in from other chocolate growing areas like South America and Indonesia.
Diseases which attack the tree or the pod need to be cut down. If the problem is not stopped soon enough a farmer could lose much, if not all, of their crop.
All regions have endemic problems with pests.
According to Daymont: The largest cocoa producer is Cote d'Ivoire, followed by Ghana, those two countries both face similar sort of pest and disease problems, so particularly swollen shoot virus and a fungal disease called black pod. The third biggest producer is Indonesia and there they have a different fungal disease called vascular streak dieback, they also have black pod and they have a particular insect pest called cocoa pod borer. So as the name suggests cocoa pod borer burrows its way into the pods and can ruin the beans.
The samples arrive as budwood, they're all examined, but many of the diseases can take years to show and by then it's too late to save the tree.
In tandem with all the inspections made on the plant, technicians carry out a PCR test which stands for Polymerase Chain Reaction. This basically means selected sections of DNA are amplified to enable the scientists to identify potential pathogens, or pests.
All these trees are kept for two years before they can be given the 'all clear'.
In the grafting area Poole shows how it's done.
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The Man Who Died 9 Times | Jamie Poole ► Rob Konrad: Conversations #006
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The first time Jamie Pool died, he was wearing a suit.
That suit turned out to be the difference between his cardiac arrest going unnoticed by passers-by, and him getting medical help that would save his life.
Jamie suffers from a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an often undetectable, but fairly widespread, genetic disease that causes unpredictable cardiac arrests.
Today Jamie copes with his illness through the use of a subcutaneous device called an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) - essentially a defibrillator machine that is permanently attached to his heart. But over the last decade, Jamie experienced dying nine times - four of which happened on consecutive Thursdays!
In this episode of Rob Konrad: Conversations, Jamie talks to Rob about near-death experiences, his thoughts on the afterlife, coincidences that feel supernatural, and having astonishingly good luck.
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Hunting For A Rare Congolese Weed Strain With “The Kings of Cannabis” | VICE on HBO
Over the past 20 years, Franco Loja and Arjan Roskam, known as the Kings of Cannabis, have made millions of dollars scouring the world for unique strains of weed to breed and then sell.
Now, they've turned their sights on Equatorial Africa, specifically the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as their next gold mine — and a way to revolutionize the cannabis industry.
Equatorial Africa is one the best preserved because of the wars, the lack of infrastructure, political unrest. All these situations created isolation there, Loja explained. So that's where we're going.
Loja and Roskam built their global powerhouse on inbred strains of cannabis called landraces that they've collected from all over the world — Argentina, Australia, and Brazil, just to name a few spots. Without these strains, the duo's various breeding enterprises, Amsterdam coffeeshops, and even distribution centers wouldn't exist.
VICE News met up with the “Kings of Cannabis” for a trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to hunt for one of the rarest species of Cannabis yet, the original Congolese landrace.
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The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride OUt
24th September 2017 91,889 riders don smart jackets and ties and ride out across the globe in aid of Prostate Cancer and Mental Health charities. This is a small sample from Sandbanks in Dorset.
The Old Swanage Grammar School , Dorset, England October 2012
The old declining Swanage Grammar School building in October 2012. Sad sight to see this building in such a bad state of repair .
World winds - Peyron in competitive mode, and the magic of the Gulf of Morbihan boat week
World winds - The new skipper of maxi trimaran Banque Populaire V, Loïck Peyron, heads for the British isles with his crew in preparation for the prestigious Jules Vernes Trophy. And the Gulf of Morbihan boat week in Brittany showcases 1,200 beautiful boats at the service of maritime history.
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DCIS: Lower Primary School Assembly - Super Humans by 1GD and 1SS
On Friday 31st March, 1GD and 1SS got the chance to be on stage in front of their parents and the Lower Primary School classes. The curtains opened to the children all dressed as skeletons, ready and eager to begin their assembly on Super Humans.
They shared their learning about body parts, their function and, sang and performed a Skeleton Dance. Having learned about the five senses, the children got to show a video of a taste test experiment which they conducted in class. You could see from their faces, they did not like the taste of lemon or coffee! We also got the chance to see the children's beautiful artwork, done in the 'joiner' style of the famous artist, David Hockney.
Through song and dance and videos and narration, the audience was engaged and entertained. All in all, this was a wonderful opportunity for 1GD and 1SS to share their learning and show off their talents!
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The true cost of being too busy, are you prepared to pay it? | Debbie Hayes | TEDxNantwich
Busy, busy, busy that was Debbie Hayes until a chance accident gave her the perfect opportunity to pause and reflect. In this talk Debbie explores our modern world where technological transactions and the need for instant gratification are replacing even our most fundamental values and connections. But is it possible to achieve a balance of success without sacrifice and what are the costs?
Debbie Hayes has enjoyed a diverse career background including water engineering, brick manufacturing and telecommunications. A proud single mother and chocoholic Debbie is now a self-employed business coach with a mission to help large organisations, small business owners and individuals achieve success without sacrifice.
In the wake of her accident and using her own philosophies on work life balance Debbie created her own business with the emphasis on being able to spend more time with her son.
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Elizabeth Rosner: Survivor Café: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth [...] | Talks at Google
Elizabeth Rosner discusses her latest book, Survivor Café: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory. It blends personal story, interviews, and extensive research on the complex subject of the inter-generational aftermath of war and atrocity. Called “breathtaking” by Pulitzer-prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, the book offers a comprehensive and intimate portrait of both individual and collective inheritance of history.
Prior to Survivor Cafe, Elizabeth published three works of fiction - The Speed of Light, Blue Nude: A Novel, and Electric City, as well as a poetry collection called Gravity.
The Speed of Light was internationally acclaimed and translated into 9 languages, and in 2002, it was the recipient of the Harold U. Ribalow Prize, administered by Hadassah Magazine and judged by Elie Wiesel, N. Scott Momaday and Myla Goldberg (the previous year’s winner).
Chewton Bunny Nature Reserve, Highcliffe on Sea, Christchurch, Dorset. England. ( 1 )
Highcliffe-on-Sea ( usually abbreviated to Highcliffe ) is a small town in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England. It forms part of the South East Dorset conurbation along the English Channel coast. The town lies on a picturesque stretch of Solent coastline with views of the Isle of Wight and its Needles rock formation. In 1838 a large ship the Herman Julius 336 tons, was wrecked at Chuton ( Chewton ) Bunny. The crew of 11 were saved, one was lost overboard before she struck. Bemister and Holloway purchased the wreck.
In 1999 The Highcliffe Stables Community Trust tried to save the 100 year old stable block at The Globe as an exhibition centre for the community but poor construction and lack of funds made it impossible. Christchurch Council applied and obtained a licence to hold wedding ceremonies at the Castle. In 1999 there were six weddings. In 2003 the number was 120 weddings.
In 1994 Major restoration of Highcliffe Castle was assured with a grant of £2.6 million from the Lottery Fund
Highcliffe lies close to the historic town of Christchurch, the resort town of Bournemouth, and the New Forest National Park. Highcliffe's position on the middle of England's south coast gives it a climate with milder winters than inland areas and less rainfall than locations further west. This helped establish the town as a popular health and leisure resort during the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras.
What is now regarded as Highcliffe has developed over the last several hundred years from the hamlet of Slop Pond, the Chewton Estate, and Chewton Common. The latter two also contained large farmsteads. Slop Pond was a collection of thatched cottages, named from the large pond on its common. The cottages were said[by whom?] to be occupied by farm workers and fishermen, who engaged in the smuggling and poaching trade now notorious in local history.
When the area became a more popular tourist destination in the Victorian era, Slop Pond was renamed Newtown. It was later then changed to Highcliff, after the first High Cliff house, and soon became known as Highcliffe-on-Sea.
Between 1831 and 1835, Lord Stuart de Rothesay built a Gothic Revival home Highcliffe Castle on the site of High Cliff house, his father's Georgian estate. The design, by William Donthorne, a founder member of RIBA, incorporated large quantities of carved Medieval stonework salvaged from the Norman Benedictine Abbey of St Peter at Jumieges and the Grande Maison des Andelys. Highcliffe Castle is now a Grade 1 listed building described as the most important remaining example of the Romantic and Picturesque style of architecture, and now holds events throughout the year open to the public. It is also a popular venue for weddings and other private events.
The area also has a strong literary connection and was once a centre for Wicca with Gerald Gardner living in Highlands Avenue. Captain Frederick Marryat, author of The Children of The New Forest, was a regular visitor to the house on the Chewton estate (now the Chewton Glen Hotel, Spa and Country Club); and the adventure story author Colonel R.W. Campbell, veteran of the Boer and Great wars, was also a local resident. Highcliffe was annexed by Christchurch in 1932.
Chewton Bunny Nature Reserve is an ancient wooded river valley which forms the county boundary between Dorset and Hampshire. The Walkford Brook flows through the site, entering a culvert and eventually flowing out to sea.
A chine is a steep-sided river valley where the river flows to the sea through, typically, soft eroding coastal cliffs of sandstone or clays. The word chine originates from the Saxon Cinan meaning a gap or yawn. The word is in still use in central Southern England; in East Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight to describe such topographical features. However, 'bunny' is also used to describe a chine in Hampshire, Chewton Bunny is designated as a Site of Nature Conservation Interest and is rich in woodland wildlife, including a number of Ancient Natural Woodland Indicator species. The mill house in the centre of the site ( now a private residence ) previously used a waterwheel in the Brook to mill grain and the cover given by the site made it a convenient smuggling route for contraband in the past. At the north end of the site the Brook also passes under the first ever reinforced concrete bridge.
Trouble21-Land and Freedom: Autonomy Through Anti-Colonial Revolt
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From the genocidal aftermath of Columbus’ accidental “discovery” of the New World, to the ever-deeper encroachments of Israeli settlements into the West Bank — five hundred years of European colonialism has cast a long shadow over this world. Colonization, in its supreme arrogance, carved up the globe according to the imperial logic of accumulation, imposing artificial borders on foreign lands and seeking to subjugate restive native populations through religious indoctrination and force of arms. But despite their military superiority, ideological warfare and constant recourse to savage brutality, colonial regimes have consistently failed to crush the will of colonized people to fight back. And the reason for this is simple. Occupation breeds resistance.
Anarchists, especially those of us who have never experienced the sharp edge of colonization, have much to learn from those waging this resistance. We also have a principled imperative to align ourselves with those facing acute forms of state violence and dispossession. To this end, this episode of Trouble draws on two examples of contemporary anti-colonial struggle – those waged by the Palestinians and the Mohawks of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy against their respective oppressors, the Israeli and Canadian settler-colonial states, in hopes of drawing out lessons and increasing our capacity for producing meaningful solidarity.
EMMSC (grupo de música moderna) - Ramblin' on my mind
Hugo Rey (voz), Daniel López (percusión), Julián Sende (piano), Jesús (guitarra), Pablo Rivas (guitarra solista), David Bugallo (batería y coros), Miguel Caamaño (bajo)
David's Tent 2019 | 23-26 August | #DT19UK
David’s Tent is a 72 hour non-stop worship event happening Aug 23rd to 26th 2019 on the Wiston Estate • Steyning, West Sussex • England • UK. Passionate worship led by guest artists from across the globe as well as worship teams from local churches. We have teaching and impartation sessions with a selection of our guest artists and every year we see people from all walks of life gather together, in God’s presence.
Dick Spottswood: Mini Symposium
The renowned discographer, researcher, author, broadcaster and scholar of folk and ethnic music Dick Spottswood participated in a two-part event at the Library, featuring an interview about his career and accomplishments followed by a panel with prominent Washington area folklorists, ethnomusicologists, discographers and archivists highlighting his numerous contributions to American music.
- Among his many accomplishments, Dick Spottswood is celebrated as the author of the essential Ethnic Music on Records: A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942, a seven-volume listing of early sound recordings by foreign language and minority groups in the U.S.; the 15-volume LP series Folk Music in America, produced for the Library of Congress to mark the 1976 Bicentennial; for his research on Caribbean, South American, bluegrass, blues, and country recordings; and for his contributions to hundreds of influential reissue recordings by labels such as Arhoolie, Rounder, Yazoo and Bear Family as well as his own Melodeon and Piedmont labels.
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Lucy Spraggan's audition - Last Night - The X Factor UK 2012
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