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Through interviews with colleagues and others who knew the creative genius whose innovations transformed the lives of millions, ONE LAST THING provides an inside look at the man and the major influences that helped shape his life and career. [imdb]

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Symbols of an Alien Sky will introduce you to celestial spectacles and earth-shaking events once remembered around the world. Archaic symbols of these events still surround us, some as icons of the world’s great religions, though the origins of the symbols appear to be lost in obscurity. Cultural history seems fragmented and contradictory. But as demonstrated in this introductory episode, there are also levels of deep agreement between the cultures. According to David Talbott, these “archetypes” allow for a radical reinterpretation of both human and planetary history. Competing regional symbols are aspects of “one story told around the world,” a story both awe inspiring and terrifying.

“To see a world grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand an eternity in an hour…”

watch carefully and judge for yourself.

Researchers and historians are still arguing about why Omaha Beach was the hardest beach to capture in the D-day landings. Presenter Richard Hammond analyses the latest theories with Dr. Simon Trew of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.

in this post you can watch this interesting bbc documentary, read wikipedia’s article on “omaha beach”, and watch the video of the making of bloody omaha.

omaha beach is the code name for one of the five sectors of the allied invasion of german-occupied france in the normandy landings on 6 june 1944, during world war ii. the beach is located on the coast of normandy, france, facing the english channel, and is 5 miles (8 km) long, from east of sainte-honorine-des-pertes to west of vierville-sur-mer on the right bank of the douve river estuary. landings here were necessary in order to link up the british landings to the east at gold beach with the american landing to the west at utah beach, thus providing a continuous lodgement on the normandy coast of the bay of the seine. taking omaha was to be the responsibility of united states army troops, with sea transport provided by the u.s. navy and elements of the royal navy. [wikipedia]
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