http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/arts-chat/ en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:53:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2104023/posts This presentation today is excellent. If you have HD it's outstanding. Discovery Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2104023/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:53:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2103615/posts When Atheists act like FundamentalistsOctober 7, 2008 On his blog, “Ssnot! - God Snot, Where God’s Not!”, Tatarize writes:  So I am apparently retarded. I watched something called the Shroud of Turin which was get this, about the Shroud of Turin and completely bogus nonsense.The argument went like this,The Shroud of Turin carbon dates to the 1360s. The Shroud of Turin was first seen around 1325. However, there were other fake shrouds which purported to be the burial cloths of Christ which dated back to the 11th century. So the Shroud of Turin dates back to the 11th century. There’s... Shroud of Turin Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2103615/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:21:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2101284/posts One more week for the "art" theme, this time the desert and coastal landscape of Namibia, again from Frantisek Staud. Absolute Namibia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2101284/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:06:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100502/posts These aerial pictures from across the globe are some of the most spectacular photographs I have ever seen. Check it out at link. Boston.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100502/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:36:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100418/posts Caught on camera: The world's deepest-dwelling fish five miles under the ocean's surface British scientists have filmed a species of fish said to be the deepest-dwelling ocean animal ever captured on camera. ...the ghostly white Hadal snail fish off Japan’s east coast at a depth of 7,700m.... Incredible: The snail fish survive in total darkness at a depth where the pressure is equivalent to 1,600 elephants standing on the roof of a Mini ...The hadal snailfish...are found below 3.7 miles...in total darkness, near-freezing temperatures and immense water pressure. They feed on the thousands of tiny shrimp-like creatures that scavenge the... DailyMail.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100418/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:13:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100253/posts AMHERST, Mass., — Some students join for pie. Others show up for the Bard. Whatever their reasons are for joining the new Shakespeare and Pie club at Hampshire College, first-year student and club founder Josh Parr is pretty happy with the response. Parr started reading Shakespeare in high school, and the idea to pair Shakespearean discussion and snacks came to him shortly after he arrived on the Hampshire campus. The addition of pie, he said, was something he hoped would boost the club's popularity. "I had a few friends who were interested in a Shakespeare club. But everybody loves pie,"... College News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100253/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:43:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100013/posts As mentioned in the September thread we are going to put up a monthly thread where we can all drop in from time to time during the month, just to say hello or post an update on what we are doing and anything that we maybe other singles would find interesting or helpful. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100013/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 00:15:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2098486/posts INTRODUCTION: In 1978, a team of scientific researchers (STURP: Shroud of Turin Research Project) was allowed for the first time to carry out a scientific comprehensive study of the Turin Shroud. Visual examination, macro and microphotographies, X-Ray radiographies; IR, visible and UV reflectance spectroscopy and photographs and UV-Vis fluorescence studies were conducted in situ. 32 surface samples (5 cm2 each) were obtained from specific locations using inert, non-reactive pure hydrocarbon sticky tapes for later examination. The results of the studies were published in different peer-reviewed scientific journals in the following years. In 1981, STURP officially concluded that: «No pigments, paints,... Shroud.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2098486/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 07:41:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2098372/posts Our own Freeper, RabidRalph, has created an awesome video tribute to Sarah Palin at You Tube. Check it out! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NU7KLLLUm4 You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2098372/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 02:08:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2098204/posts Kimbo gets his butt kicked in 14 seconds! YouTube YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2098204/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:18:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2096414/posts Mention the name Moby Grape to a roomful of rock critics, and you'll hear nothing but praise for the 1960s San Francisco rock band. But aside from fans and critics, few people today have ever heard of Moby Grape. Why? Bad advice, bad breaks and bad behavior are three short reasons. Now that a label is trying to right these wrongs by reissuing the group's first five records, old problems still stand in the way. The name Moby Grape comes from an absurdist punch line: What's big, purple and swims in the ocean? But the band that influenced groups ranging... NPR All Things Considered http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2096414/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 05:36:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2095915/posts Hi FR friends, I need a relatively knowledgeable individual to identify a swing/big band track for me. This track was used as a segue between programs by Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRN) during the Korean War. It appears at the end of this Armed Forces Radio Network broadcast of the Jack Benny Show. If you're familiar with playing .MP3 music files, you can download the file at the link below and fast forward to the 24:10 minute mark where the music begins. If someone can name the artist and track title of this song, I'd appreciate it very much. I... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2095915/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:31:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2095379/posts Paul Newman taught me how to peel a cucumber.My eating habits were so bad for many years that I didn’t actually know the intricacies of making a salad. So when the man who has made $250 million for charity with Newman’s Own dressings and sauces asked me to help him make a salad in 1986, while I was writing a profile of him for The Times Magazine, I mangled my cucumber so thoroughly that he snatched it away and showed me how to do it. NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2095379/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 00:42:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2094794/posts Keeping with the arts theme, I went back to Staud for these two images of the Yellow Mountains of China. The linked page has a few more. Frantisek Staud -- Yellow Mountains of China http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2094794/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:21:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2094075/posts <p>Hundreds of thousands of Muslims circled the Kaaba inside and outside the Grand Mosque in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca this morning.</p> <p>A duty for every able-bodied Muslim at least once in his or her lifetime, the gruelling five-day haj ritual is one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion. Pilgrims converge on the Grand Mosque and follow a route around the rocky mountains of the ancient city in line with a tradition established by the Prophet Mohammed.</p> Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2094075/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:18:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2093516/posts Explanation: Is there any place in the world you could see a real sight like this? Yes. Pictured above is single exposure image spectacular near, far, and in between. Diving into the Earth far in the distance is part of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy, taken with a long duration exposure. Much closer, the planet Jupiter is visible as the bright point just to band's left. Closer still are picturesque buttes and mesas of the Canyonlands National Park in Utah, USA, lit by a crescent moon. In the foreground is a cave housing a stone circle... NASA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2093516/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:05:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2092031/posts NEW YORK (AFP) — Paul Newman, known for his piercing blue eyes, boyish good looks and stellar performances in scores of hit Hollywood movies, has died, his foundation said Saturday. He was 83. Newman, who had been battling cancer, passed away on Friday, Newman's Own Foundation said in a statement from Westport, Connecticut. AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2092031/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:28:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091835/posts KEY WEST, Fla. -- The famed six-toed cats at Ernest Hemingway's island home aren't going anywhere. The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum announced Thursday it reached an agreement with the federal government that lets the 50 or so cats continue roaming the grounds, ending a five-year battle that could have resulted in them being removed or caged. [snip] WFAA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091835/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:55:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091561/posts Some nice photos of Sarah Palin and her family were posted on the DPReview Nikon forum. See them at the link. DPReview http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091561/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:48:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091555/posts Just about everyone knows we’ve got to change our way of life to save the planet. Isn’t it a bit odd, then, to find architects doing the same stuff they’ve always done and going around making out that they’re the eco-warriors to end all eco-warriors? Why is it that the same old glass-walled boxes and tower blocks that were invented in the energy-rich sixties and seventies can do the business for the energy-challenged noughties? Architects have discovered the magic of greenwash. The big idea behind contemporary architecture was that the “new century” (meaning the 20th) was all about the latest... Building (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091555/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:40:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091065/posts Piton de la Fournaise, the Indian Ocean analog to Kilauea on the French island analog to Hawaii, started erupting on September 21. It's a cute little eruption (unlike the last one, one of Fournaise's largest), with lava fountains on the side of the crater pouring down the slope to form a pond. Picture below; the linked Web site above has to very nice videos. Turn down the volume of the top one, though. Fournaise.info http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091065/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:12:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090087/posts NEW YORK (AFP) - LIFE magazine, the legendary but now defunct US magazine known for its prize-winning photos, is getting a new lease on life -- as a website. Time Inc., which owns the LIFE photo collection, and the Getty Images photo service announced on Tuesday the launch of a new website, LIFE.com, which will feature photos from the LIFE archives and Getty Images. > "Only three percent of the LIFE archive has been seen by the public," said LIFE.com editor Bill Shapiro. "This site will put everything on display. You'll be able to look at the biggest events of... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090087/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:15:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089364/posts The Culture Project Explained The Culture Project is devoted to the idea that cultural renewal cannot be achieved through politics alone. Culture shapes politics. The opposite mentality has limited the right’s long-term political success in the past half-century, because people’s basic assumptions come from our liberal-dominated culture—from the education system, entertainment, and the media—and these are all areas that conservatives have largely abdicated to the left the last 40 or 50 years. We cannot move America back to the values our country was founded on solely through politics. Only a serious, conscious effort toward cultural renewal can do that. The... thecultureproject.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089364/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:10:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089350/posts The Culture Project Explained The Culture Project is devoted to the idea that cultural renewal cannot be achieved through politics alone. Culture shapes politics. The opposite mentality has limited the right’s long-term political success in the past half-century, because people’s basic assumptions come from our liberal-dominated culture—from the education system, entertainment, and the media—and these are all areas that conservatives have largely abdicated to the left the last 40 or 50 years. We cannot move America back to the values our country was founded on solely through politics. Only a serious, conscious effort toward cultural renewal can do that. The... thecultureproject.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089350/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:51:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089078/posts Guys, I know this is going to come as a bit of a shocker, so I hope you're sitting down before you continue reading. But (deep breath, now)...Clay Aiken has confirmed, in an interview featured on the cover of the upcoming issue of People magazine and first leaked on Perez Hilton's site, that he is indeed (wait for it), homosexual. Yahoo Music http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089078/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:38:29 GMT