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Former Member
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Okey starting this thread , with this link , much more to come , you can collaborate with good and serious links , thanks
An easy way to learn a new language at no cost The US Peace Corps serves up 10 lessons that will teach you the Arabic spoken in Jordan. The web site includes a useful transcript. Web Site |
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Moscow-Vladivostok: virtual journey on Google Maps
----------------------------------------The great Trans Siberian Railway, the pride of Russia, goes across two continents, 12 regions and 87 cities. The joint project of Google and the Russian Railways Lets you take a trip along the famous route and see Baikal, Khekhtsirsky range, Barguzin mountains, Yenisei river and many other picturesque places of Russia without leaving your house. During the trip, you can enjoy Russian classic literature, brilliant images and fascinating stories about the most attractive sites on the route. Let's go! On your left Books and music to take along , the music changes Pass along , copy the link as is a long trip !! Culture ? oh yes , cheers [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Feb 16, 2010 3:32:25 PM] |
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Fallingwater was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. Construction began a year later and was eventually completed in 1939. Many consider Fallingwater one of Wright’s finest creations. Hence why Smithsonian Magazine counted it as one of the 28 Places to See Before You Die
----------------------------------------Now, thanks to the mini movie , you can watch the building of Fallingwater take place right before your eyes, and then take a tour of the house. It’s all done in computer graphics and runs 4+ minutes Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Animated [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Feb 16, 2010 3:48:23 PM] |
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Carl Sandburg on “What’s My Line?”
What’s My Line? aired on CBS from 1950 to 1967, making it the longest-running game show in American television history. During its eighteen seasons, the show featured hundreds of celebrities, including some of America’s leading cultural figures. The clip above a dusts off the 1960 appearance made by Carl Sandburg, the poet, writer, and three time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. And now for a video that’s not all fun and games: a virtual movie of Sandburg reading his antiwar poem Grass (You can also get more free audio recordings of Sandburg’s poetry over at the Internet Archive.) Carl Sandburg ( 1878 1967) was the "poet of the people." He found beauty in the ordinary language of the people -- the "American lingo," as he called it -- and turned it into poetry. In the 1920s and '30s Sandburg wrote a six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln, praising Lincoln for exemplifying the American spirit. Four of the six volumes won him the Pulitzer Prize. Late in his life, at age 70, Sandburg wrote his first novel, "Remembrance Rock" (1948), a panoramic epic of America. When Sandburg died in 1967, President Lyndon Johnson stated, "There is no end to the legacy he leaves us." |
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Back in the late 1930s, Orson Welles launched The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a radio program dedicated to bringing dramatic, theatrical productions to the American airwaves. The show had a fairly short run. It lasted from 1938 to 1941. But it made its mark. During these few years, The Mercury Theatre aired The War of the Worlds, an episode narrated by Welles that led many Americans to believe their country was under Martian attack. The legendary production was based on H.G. Wells’ early sci-fi novel, and you can listen to it here
Welles’ radio show also adapted a series of other major novels, including Dracula, Treasure Island, and The Count of Monte Cristo. And then there’s Dickens. In 1938 and 1939, The Mercury Theatre produced two versions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol lIn the 1938 version get mp3) Welles played the role of Scrooge The 1939 version (mp3) Lionel Barrymore (yup, the granduncle of Drew Barrymore) playing the same role. Perfect listening for the holiday season. You can listen to these shows and others at this web site dedicated to The Mercury Theatre on the Air |
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Diana G.
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Very interesting JP. Thanks!
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Yes, relly nice JP!
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Hypernova
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Jean Pierre, it is just beautiful and breathtaking.
---------------------------------------- I have visited the Sistine Chapel, it was simply a terrible experience. We queued for hours, and then went inside and it was packed full of people. To see it empty like that and if high res full detail is just WoW! Many thanks.  |
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Glad you like it Hypernova
 The US celebrated its independence this week So it’s perhaps fitting to head into the weekend with John Wayne, an American icon, reciting and interpreting the Pledge of Allegiance John Wayne and the Pledge of Allegiance Long live The Duke ! |
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