The First Plague (Blood) Nina Paley

The First Plague

(Blood)

Nina Paley

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Updated from an earlier version, with the addition of Aharon standing next to Moses, and a stereo soundtrack. The audio is mono, but some were disconcerted it only came out of one speaker, so I doubled it.

"17 Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
"18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
"19 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone." -- Exodus 7, King James Version

Music: "Blood Red River Blues" by Josh White (1933), severely edited by me. With great effort I bought a CD with this song, but the quality was terrible - it sounded like a tape player under a mattress - so I ended up copying audio from this YouTube video: youtube.com/watch?v=hs2_6LRPgqo

Sound effects will be added later. Other changes may happen before this goes in the final cut of Seder-Masochism.

The second stanza depicts Anuket, goddess of the Nile: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuket I hope there are no Ancient Egyptian Religious fundamentalists out there, because they might not like the implication She's menstruating. Then again, the whole Book of Exodus is anti-Ancient-Egypt propaganda. If there were an Ancient-Egyptian-Anti-Defamation League, Exodus would be banned.

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Mother Earth

Paroles, Paroles (Words, Words)

Paroles Paroles from Nina Paley on Vimeo.

Directed, Animated, Designed, etc. 
by Nina Paley

Paroles Paroles from Nina Paley on Vimeo.

• Directed, animated, designed, etc. by Nina Paley
• Hebrew consultant: Aharon Varady
• Song: Paroles, Paroles - (song abridged by Nina Paley)
• Score: Gianni Ferrio
• Lyrics: Leo Chiosso and Giancarlo Del Re
• Vocals: Dalida (Goddess) & Alain Delon (God) circa 1973

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New York City's🌳 Green Revolution

New York City's

🌳 Green Revolution 🌳
In an effort to reduce temperatures and improve the well-being of New Yorkers

🌻 🌳🌼 The Big Apple is Going Green 🌾🌳🌞

Comments:

1. Eduard van Dijk:   The last couple of years New York is undergoing a real transformation: from a concrete jungle to a greener, more livable city. Everywhere in the city and the boroughs you can see trees and flower beds being planted. Streets are being closed off and becoming a pedestrian zone with chairs, potted plants and bike lanes.  Vacant space under elevated highways is being used for farmers' markets, dog parks and basketball courts. For me, this transformation is making a great city like New York even more awesome!
2. GreySH101:   Yes it’s been a transformation alright. You don’t actually hear many New York accents on the street anymore. It’s the clean city that suits the taste of the gentrifiers moving in. The artist and musicians have all disappeared. Mom and pop shops have been replaced by chains. It’s a douche factory reflecting the tastes of one class alone. The upper class.. Congratulations on erasing the classic NYC culture that was already there and world renown.

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Dead Man Screams 😳‘Let Me Out!’ of Coffin

Dead Man Screams

‘Let Me Out!’ 😳 of Coffin
By Hannah Sparks - October 14, 2019

Loved ones attending the funeral of Shay Bradley, a veteran of Ireland’s Defense Forces, were shocked when they heard his voice as his coffin was lowered into the ground in Kilkenny.

“Hello? Hello? Let me out! Where the f— am I?” a prerecorded message from Bradley said.

 “Let me out! It’s f😳ing dark in here!” he continued.

“Is that that priest I can hear?” he said, adding: “This is Shay. I’m in the box. No, in f😳ing front of you. I’m dead.”

Bradley then began singing “Hello again, hello. I just called to say goodbye.”

Any excellent joke surprises the audience, and that was certainly the case when one man had the last laugh with an absurd twist at his own funeral.

Yes, he actually arranged for a pre-planned, posthumous comedy bit from beyond the grave that is lighting up the internet.

As people gathered on Saturday in Kilmanagh, Ireland to pay their respects to Shay Bradley, an Irish Defense Force veteran, the mood quickly turned from somber to jovial. That’s because attendants actually heard his voice screaming to let him out via a recording as his coffin was lowered into the ground.

“Let me out!” he screamed (via speaker.) And this guy certainly knew his audience. Laughter immediately ripples throughout the crowd of mourners who had gathered.

Shay Bradley’s funeral.

• At a funeral for Shay Bradley in Kilkenny, Ireland, over the weekend, he pranked his loved ones with a message from beyond the grave.
• As Bradley’s coffin was lowered into the ground, a recording of him said “Hello? Hello? Let me out! Where the f— am I?” and “Let me out! It’s f—ing dark in here!”
• An obituary for Bradley said he died “after a long illness.”
• His daughter Andrea Bradley told HuffPost that her father recorded the audio about a year ago in preparation for his death.
• She said his dying wish was to have the recording played during his funeral.

Irish man pulls epic prank from beyond the grave

His language was colorful, which is to be expected of this kind of character, and it looks like each and every family member appreciated the lighthearted gag.

“Was asked a question the other day, it was what’s the difference between military humour and Civilian Humour it’s simple it’s black. This video should say it all,” the Irish Defence Forces Veterans News shared on Facebook.

Thousands of commenters also mentioned they appreciated this move, sharing that they have had similar experience saying farewell to like-minded people who decided to give people a good time at their funerals.

It’s the sort of joke a young person might come up with, which means this guy never lost his joie de vivre.

What a way to bang out of the world. Fun-loving until the very end and beyond. Check out the Shay Bradley funeral video below.

Man Made Everyone Bust Into Laughs at His Funeral
 With a Very Lighthearted Surprise

 

New York City 🗽Then and Now 🗽 80 Years

80 Years of New York City
Then and Now

The New Yorker
A split-screen tour of the same streets in NYC

From the 1930's and today.

Columbus Circle

Comments:

1. Chase Wulff:   If you wanna get an idea of how much of New York City has actually been saved throughout the years compared to other cities, just take a look at the video The New Yorker did for Los Angeles. It is crazy.
2. Richard Hamburger : Who did the music?  Pitch perfect. Please credit the musicians so we can hear more of their work. Lovely and it captures New York City's vibrancy. Names please. 
3. 1:20 couple sitting in exact same spot
4. hebneh:   No lane markings; drive wherever you feel like it. No crosswalks; walk in the street wherever you feel like it. It was not better in the old days.
5. Goofy Emoji : Amazing that the city looks essentially the same but with more people and more trees... lots more. Time flies; treat everyone kindly
6. In Central Park you can see younger versions of the trees that still stand now

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Find the Best Seat 📽️ Movie Theater

How to Find the Best Seat

in Any Movie Theater
By Seth Porges  Oct. 21, 2016

There’s a reason we wait in line outside the theater for big movie releases: because where you sit matters. A prime, central location will not only ensure the most direct view and best surround experience, it will also save your neck and keep you out of the path of mid-movie bathroomgoers. But what’s the best spot to plant your flag when those doors swing open?

About two thirds of the way back, as close to the center as possible.

This may sound a bit vague, but it’s based on how engineers typically calibrate a theater’s sound system. According to Steve Martz, director of global technology at audio company THX, technicians will take microphone measurements at several locations throughout the theater. “These measurements are averaged together in order to better evaluate what each person hears when they are watching a movie,” he says.

This bundle of microphones includes a “primary microphone” that is used to set playback levels, speaker timing, and other parameters that require a single location for measurements and calibration. To get the best possible sound, you want to sit as close as possible to where this mic is positioned: About two-thirds of the way back, in the center of the row. “THX designs every seat to be a good seat, but most people would do well to sit near the primary microphone position,” Martz notes. “And then spread out to other areas as the cinema gets full.”

The best way to fan out to other areas: 

Snag a seat near the center of a row in order to maintain audio and visual symmetry, and then move forward toward the screen rather than back to the nosebleeds. “Moving in this direction increases your horizontal viewing angle,” explains Martz. “It essentially increases your peripheral vision.”

Recent developments make this less of a concern than it was in the past, particularly if you’re in a theater that has been upgraded with new sound technology. Martz says 

THX specifically designs its speakers and layouts so that sound is delivered to each seat evenly, and keeps its theaters regularly tuned by on-site engineers. 

IMAX theaters take it a step further, with permanent microphones that automatically calibrate the theater’s sound on a daily basis, as well as laser-aligned loudspeakers that are precisely placed in order to distribute equal volume to almost every seat. “In good theaters, no matter the size or seating configuration, moviegoers should enjoy a good presentation,” Martz says.

Of course, most theaters, especially older ones that haven’t been refurbished in a while, don’t have one of these sophisticated audio setups — meaning the sprint for the sweet spot is as important as ever.

 

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Déjà 👁👁Vu

Déjà Vu

Is A Sign That Your Brain Is Working Well
by Thibault Prévost

Déjà vu, that strange feeling that some people take to be the manifestation of a glitch in the fabric of the Matrix and that affects nearly every human being at least once during in their life, is a phenomenon that neuroscience is still struggling to explain.

So far, the few conclusions that researchers had managed to come up with accused the brain, this sublime machine to distort reality, of creating "false memories" or of simply lagging behind when we save too much information without focusing on them.

If déjà vu is so difficult to study, it is because we do not really know how to artificially reproduce it in a lab. A new study by Akira O'Connor (what an incredibly stylish name) and his team at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, is  however proposing scientists a new method to better study these strange flashes of memory and provide new hypotheses about the role of déjà vu in brain functions.

An automatic scanning device

To achieve this, researchers read subjects a series of words semantically linked to one another other, but omitting the most important one in the list (for example, "pillow", "bed", "night", but not "sleep "). When they then asked the subjects if they had heard a word beginning with "s", they answered no, although “they report having this strange experience of déjà vu”, Akira O'Connor told New Scientist. Bingo.

Once the method properly developed, the team did an MRI of the brains of 21 subjects, to understand which areas are mobilised during occurrences of déjà vu. Contrary to what one might think, the hippocampus, that part of the brain that controls memory, is inactive while the frontal lobe, where the "zone of decisions" is located, is working full on.

According to Akira O'Connor, déjà vu would be a kind of automatic scanning tool used by our brain to "verify" our memories and to send "error reports" when conflicts are detected. A biological defrag tool, basically. And, according to Akira O'Connor and his team, this demonstrate a healthy brain. Unless, like the Wachowski sisters, you prefer the thesis of the glitch in the Matrix that is.

Neo: “A black cat went past us, and then another that looked just like it.”
Trinity: “How much like it? Was it the same cat?”

New Scientist

Published on Aug 16, 2016

Scanning the brains of people experiencing déjà vu suggests that the phenomenon is a sign of a healthy brain that forms accurate memories.

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