Clement Janequin 1485-1558 – La Guerre

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8N05Y4H68M

Composed by Clément Janequin, “La Guerre”, from “The King’s Singers, Madrigal History Tour, The France”.

Clément Janequin (c. 1485 in Châtellerault, near Poitiers – 1558 in Paris) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous composers of popular chansons of the entire Renaissance, and along with Claudin de Sermisy, was hugely influential in the development of the Parisian chanson, especially the programmatic type. The wide spread of his fame was made possible by the concurrent development of music printing.

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Opening the Door to Luther with Rick Steves

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GkyptKvtKQ

Join public television host, author and ELCA Lutheran Rick Steves as Mosaic takes you on a journey through Lutherland! Travel from Eisleben where Luther was born to the university town of Wittenberg where he taught and preached. After a pilgrimage south to the Vatican in Rome, the program follows the tumultuous events of the Reformation at Worms, Erfurt, Eisenach, Marburg and Augsburg.

Charlie Rose Interviews Sheldon Adelson

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBkpeDjKZGY

Middle section includes interview with Sheldon Adelson – posted on YouTube August 27, 2007. Mr. Adelson talks about Macau and the new Cotai Strip developments.

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Martin Luther Movie (2003)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBsaRxjOb2M

Video clips of the 2003 film “Luther” about Martin Luther and the Reformation. I have a wide variety of views listed here. I don’t agree with all of them, but I enjoy the diversity. And it interests me that 500 years later people are still so passionate about Martin Luther.

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Reactions to Barack Obama in China

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69JeattgAqI

I’m not very much into politics. Partly because I have heard too many political rantings from people in my life. Armchair quarterbacks spouting off all the absolute truths of how things are, so convinced of how brilliant they are. I used to ask what they were doing about it, and get no fulfilling answer. They would vote in a presidential election, and that’s it. No time spent lobbying, no donations to special interest groups, no real world time devoted to their rantings. It bores me. Save it for the local Irish pub.

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Roman Tomanov 2004 International Circus Festival

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnX7AzXqWmo

Roman Tomanov (at this stage 15 years old) performing at the straps in 2004 at the International Circus Festival in Budapest (Hungary) where he won the bronze medal.

He’s currently a member of Cirque du Soleil’s latest resident show “Zaia” based at The Venetian Macao

James Randi exposes Uri Geller and Peter Popoff

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9w7jHYriFo

James Randi is a leader in the skeptical community who has been debunking paranormal and supernatural claims for most of his life. A magician himself James Randi is excellent at exposing the frauds that make up the paranormal and psychic communities. He offers a one million prize to anyone who can prove a paranormal claim scientifically and to this day nobody has won the money. Sylvia Browne has been ducking him for quite some time.