This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing “wealth gap” in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Johnson, who cut his film teeth at NYU and made the Emmy®-nominated 2003 HBO documentary Born Rich, here sets his sights on exploring the political, […]
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History, Hidden or Forgotten?
Hitler’s Black Victims: The Historical Experiences of European Blacks, Africans and African Americans During the Nazi Era. About the Author Clarence Lusane is Assistant Professor at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C. Drawing on interviews with the black survivors of Nazi concentration camps and archival research in North America, Europe, and […]
The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu
legendary Timbuktu and its long hidden legacy of hundreds of thousands of ancient manuscripts. With its university founded around the same time as Oxford.
Brave New World
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3536993421073315692 In a future society based on pleasure without moral worries, love is prohibited but casual sex, now called ‘engaging’, is strongly encouraged. Everyone is kept happy with a legal drug, soma. People are hatched and cloned on conveyor belts to meet the requirements of five different social classes, from ruling Alphas to robot-like […]
Hunting Multicultural Talents to manage a big revolution in business
Creative multicultural Talents will be the people needed to manage a big revolution in business, facing demanding consumers on a global market, said Kyung H. Yoon, Founder & CEO of Talent Age Associates. She was among the speakers at i7 Summit, A Global Conference on Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Society held in Chantilly, Paris.
Geneticist and mother of a mixed race child
Aarathi Prasad, a geneticist and mother of a mixed race child, sets out to challenge the ideas of racial purity and examines provocative claims that there are in fact biological advantages to being mixed race. Is It Better To Be Mixed Race? on Vimeo < View Documentary here It’s a controversial subject that has […]
SKIN – National Geographic
Skin Synopsis: Obsessed with its beauty, humbled by it flaws, humans are covered by a unique ultra-thin shield that instantly defines and shapes the body living inside it. Now, National Geographic invites you on an in-depth adventure revealing not just the science but the vital cultural meanings we attach to this largest of all human […]
25 years in the business
http://youtu.be/QlYcm34-NfQ
Eddie Murphy–Party All The Time
http://youtu.be/iRBsKwG2-kc
Carmen Solomons
African Tribal Dance
From the movie “Coming to America”. Choreography by Paula Abdul Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish background from Syria. Her mother is also Jewish and was born in Canada. Her parents have lived in Syria, Brazil, and Canada – and this varied background has contributed to incredibly different stories in the press […]
Sofia Vergara is currently the Highest earning actress on T.V.
Forbes staffers Jeff Bercovici and Meghan Casserly discuss the meteoric rise of Sofia Vergara, television’s top-paid actress, and the emergence of the hugely profitable Hispanic media market in the US.
Female Body Guards
http://youtu.be/0-LS1pNPwMI
The Woolworth Mansion
http://youtu.be/ZeVAyJyW4aM Presented by Christie’s International Real Estate—Completed in 1916, the imposing limestone facade of this Neo-French Renaissance mansion features a central foyer opening to a grand entry hall providing access to the main residence. With a massive fireplace the enormous entry includes three closets and an elegant powder room access to a kitchen in the […]
Slowing Aging
The human life span may soon be doubled. Some scientists are honing in on a genetic switch to turn off ageing. Others have discovered a hormone which is already producing startling results in the over fifties.
ever heard of this?
This reminds me of “Mutant Chronicles” a bit. http://youtu.be/c5aX0-PggzM Plot: In the year 2707, war rages between earths four giant corporations as they battle over the planet’s dwindling resources. In an era marked by warfare and social regression, the earth is on the verge of ruin, destruction is everywhere; battles explode on every ravaged continent. […]
Eve Tramunt
Stockings!
Ming Xi, Xiao Wen Ju & Wang Xiao
Model: Shanina Shaik
Nationality:Australian Place of birth:Melbourne, Australia Ethnicity:Pakistani, Saudi Arabian and Lithuanian Shanina Shaik was a runner up on the reality TV series Make Me a Supermodel. While on the show, she met US model/actor Tyson Beckford, who featured as one of the judges and whom she is currently dating. “I’m not sure if my look is an […]
Model: Jourdan Dunn
Nationality: British Ethnicity: African descent On the cover of The Sunday Times Style UK with an featured interview inside the magazine Jourdan Dunn – runway star https://youtu.be/7AjGPaj1WL4 London born Jourdan Dunn was discovered in a local Primark at 16 by the legendary agency Storm Models (who also discovered Kate Moss) and has been unstoppable ever […]
NASA’S Forgotten or Unknown Astronauts
Real NASA African American Astronauts Please Click on their names below for more info. Former, current and candidate Michael P. Anderson Guion S. Bluford, Jr. Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Yvonne Cagle Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. Frederick D. Gregory Bernard A. Harris Joan E. Higginbotham Mae C. Jemison More: 1 Ronald E. McNair Leland D. Melvin Bobby […]
Micaela Reis
Angolan and Portuguese ancestry http://youtu.be/inAoK4Qq8gk http://youtu.be/tSKXJWQ-bp4 the beauty pageant titleholder who was a Top 10 finalist at Miss Universe 2007 and placed first runner-up to Miss World 2007, becoming Miss World Africa. She was the highest placed Miss Angola at both Miss Universe and Miss Worldbefore the win of Leila Lopes in Miss Universe 2011 She was also named Miss World Continental Queen of […]
Addicted To Beauty
http://youtu.be/7x7ph14h_Rk And now – the ultimate western extravagance; cosmetic surgery, is taking hold. It is the latest teenage craze on the streets of Tehran, the post nose-op plaster. A crackdown on western influences in fashion may make you think Iran is an unlikely hotspot for cosmetic surgery. Record numbers of people are going under the […]
Instagram’s Kevin Systrom a Silicon Valley Star
Facebook’s $1 billion purchase of the photo app made Kevin Systrom the latest tech cult hero. It happened only because he chose school of Zuckerberg’s start-up.
Math Gender Gap
Girls’ Math Skills May Fall Short Of Boys’ Because Of Male Impulsiveness. By: LiveScience.com, staff Published: 07/28/2012 10:45 PM EDT on LiveScience From an early age, boys tend to take a more impulsive approach to math problems in the classroom, which might help them get ahead of girls in the long-run, suggests the latest study […]
Amazing Methods of Calculation
25,000 yr old Mathematical Instrument found in Congo The oldest complex Mathematical System was found in 1950 in Eastern Congo in the region known as Ishango. It is a carved bone which consisted of notches on 3 faces on the carved bone. These notches suggests an ancient knowledge of multiplication and prime numbers using the […]
The Image of Cleopatra
Cleopatra, the last Egyptian Pharaoh, renowned for her beauty Click on the article and interview below: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/also_in_the_news/7945333.stm remains of the queen’s sister Princess Arsinoe, found in Ephesus, Turkey. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Buried city and 17 pyramids revealed by satellite An infra-red satellite image reveals the pattern of streets and houses in the buried ancient city […]
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Unknown African Billionaire?
Alhaji Aliko Dangote (born April 10, 1957) is a businessman based in Nigeria. He is the owner of the Dangote Group, which has operations in Nigeria and several other countries in West Africa. A wealthy supporter of erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo and the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dangote controls much of Nigeria’s commodities trade […]
Science wants to know What Makes You attractive?
Which physical features light the flames of passion when we see a stranger across a crowded room? And why do women’s faces subtly change over the course of every month? –Model Panii Shirazi What makes you sexy and attractive to the opposite sex? Everyday, attraction starts the same way for millions of people around the world […]