28.5m video report on America’s largest shale oil field in North Dakota.

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25m video Aljazeera Inside Story Americas. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that by the year 2020, the US could achieve energy independence and could overtake the world’s largest oil producer, Saudia Arabia.

27.5m video report Peak Oil: Meet the Frackers. Texas is the home of the frackers, listen and see what it would be like living amongst oil rigs.

This 8.5m video explains the process of fracking.

11.5m video on how crude oil is extracted from tar sands in Canada.

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5m report questioning the use of the title ‘yid army’. Also read the posts beneath the video which give a more nuanced opinion.

1.5m JN1 report on anti-semitic chanting and if this should be banned.

Have a look at this site which tries to ban racism from football in many ways.

8.4m arty video on Tottenham Hotspur covering recent seasons. What about the music from Swan Lake?

14.5m video on worldwide football chants. Which one do you like best (or least for that matter)?

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Read the original article ‘A Restful Tradition’ on page 88 in the Milwaukee Journal on the pros and cons of the siesta (ban).

2m video on how improving the energy efficiency of buildings is vital for reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the world. Learn how products that depend on chemistry help increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions.

Visit this page and read all about the benefits of napping. Nice links are also offered, check them out! 2m video on the science of napping.

6m video on Clean Skies News’ Susan McGinnis who takes a look at ‘green’ building and tours a building that’s won top-level recognition for energy efficiency.

Visit the Heart Attack Grill’s website and be amazed!

Visit their Facebook page and check out their pictures and stories.

6m broadcast of OMG! who interviews the guests of the Heart Attack Grill and gets served a Quadruple Bypass Burger and spanked for not eating all.

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1h2m subtitled interview of George R.R. Martin on behalf of his book tour. The interview is part of the Authors@Google series. Although it was taped in 2011 George Martin gives a lot of interesting background information on the way he’s writing his A Song of Ice and Fire novels.

22m video of an interview with George R.R. Martin in the Strombo television show.

Visit the official home page of Game of Thrones and learn all about the series and its actors and actresses. Read the interviews and watch some episodes. It’s all there!

In the IMDb database you can find out more about the ratings of the series. Read some reviews and see which actor plays which character.

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busting the beauty myth

7.5m video Beauty and the Beast on the story behind the Dove ‘Campaign for Real Beauty’.

18.5m video documentary about the self-image of generation X and Y. How would you rate yourself?

Read this article on biological and social reasons that perceptions of attractiveness can spread from person to person.

… and another interesting one!

Upload a photo of your face and take a facial attractiveness test. Warning: don’t take it too seriously!

7.45m video on how Pringle of Scotland (mentioned in the text!) presents their spring summer fashion collection in the form of a film, featuring Tilda Swinton.

2.5m video on the Francois Nars 15x15 make-up launch event hosted by Marc Jacobs and Daphne Guinness in New York.

14.2m video class. Watch Bobbi Brown as she takes you through her Pretty Powerful 10 step makeup lesson from cleansing and moisturising through to foundation, blush, eyeliner and more. Sorry, guys, I think this one is not for you!

1h30m movie X Games. ESPN Films presents the movie about action sports with stars like Shaun White, Ryan Sheckler, Bob Burnquist and Tony Hawk.

Be part of the X Games community and like their Facebook page.

Watch Nitro Circus Greatest Hits (1h19m). The Nitro Circus crew has been rocking for 15 years. They’ve broken rules, bikes, bodies and more. With Travis Pastrana and Gregg Godfrey leading, they have documented their own brand of fun.

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Fan of Travis Pastrana? Check out this film (1h24m), Travis Pastrana 199 LIVES!

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Visit the homepage of the London Tattoo Convention and be amazed by the world of tattoos.

1h27m documentary Ancient Ink by The History Channel about the historical background of tattoos.

6m short documentary Inked featuring footage from the 2013 Brighton Tattoo Convention.

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Browse the Aljazeera site for more in-depth background information on Middle East issues.

7.5m video report in which Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Maguire tells her account of what she witnessed while visiting Syria.

You Tube page ‘Inside Syria’ featuring all kinds of background information videos on Syria.

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Check out the official site for the Golden Globe Awards.

Visit the official home page of Homeland. Learn about the series and watch some episodes.

Visit the official home page of Argo. Learn more about the picture and watch the trailer.

Read all kinds of background information articles on Zero Dark Thirty, the dramatisation of the hunt for Bin Laden.

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Browse The Disney Wiki and read all about Disney’s princess characters.

5.5m video which shows you female stereotypes in Disney films.

2.5m gender roles-interview with small children before they’ve grown into adults and have been completely socially engineered and manipulated.

2.5m trailer of the Pixar movie Brave

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Download the pdf of the Global Trends 2030 report. Read about how the National Intelligence Council tries to provide a framework, Alternative Worlds, for thinking about the future.

… and its official website.

27m video report Rising Giants. The US has been a superpower for decades. Now a number of countries have fast growing economies and are starting to play a large role in the world.

28m video report Asian Giants: The Rise of India and China.

10m video report India Rising on the new Indian middle class market.

53m video report China The Rebirth of an Empire. Will China become the next superpower?

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5.5m video on researchers at Arizona State University who have established an extensive research programme to determine just how effective algae can be in meeting our future needs for food and fuel.

8m video on how The Touchstone Algae research project in Wayne County considers algae to be the future of biofuel. And is looking to reduce carbon emissions and make biofuel from the simple and natural properties of algae.

2.5m. Some people avoid meat because it involves killing animals. Other people love meat; they can’t get enough. In this NOVA science NOW video, reporter Win Rosenfeld shares the juicy story of lab-made meat.

7.5m video on lab grown meat. It’s an extract from BBC’s Dara O’Brien’s Science Club. The episode highlights the environmental devastation which is caused by the meat industry and the emergence of lab-grown meat as an alternative to slaughtering animals for their flesh.

22m TED talk by Allan Savory on how to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change.

18.5m TED talk by Marcel Dicke who makes an appetizing case for adding insects to everyone’s diet. His message to squeamish chefs and foodies: delicacies like locusts and caterpillars compete with meat in flavour, nutrition and eco-friendliness.

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46.5m video UK Horizons documentary Inside Chernobyl’s Sarcophagus. The Chernobyl disaster is widely considered to have been the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, and is one of only two classified as a level 7 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale (the other being the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011).

Photographer Paul Fusco took some disturbing pictures after the catastrophe in Chernobyl and talks about them.

53m video documentary on wolves and other wildlife living in the 30km ‘dead zone’ which surrounds the remains of the reactor in the city of Chernobyl near Belarus.

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