16 dezembro 2012

POTÊNCIAS DE DEZ / POWERS OF TEN

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Potências de dez: do muito pequeno (10^-16 metros) ao muito grande (10^24 metros).

"Potências de Dez" foi produzido em 1977. É um excelente material didático que explica em imagens as potências de dez, do Macrocosmo ao Microcosmo.

Ilustração "Potências de 10", de 10^0 a 10^9, de 1 a 1 bilhão.

Segue outro vídeo que exibe 37 objetos cada vez maiores, desde um Átomo e terminando com uma imagem do Universo. Na seqüência, cada imagem tem aproximadamente 10 vezes o tamanho da anterior.

37 imagens das "Potências de Dez".

15 dezembro 2012

KOYAANISQATSI (Movie) / KOYAANISQATSI (Filme)

Koyaanisqatsi also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, is a 1982 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke.

KOYAANISQATSI - Poster.

The film consists primarily of slow motion and time-lapse footage of cities and many natural landscapes across the United States. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and music. Reggio explains the lack of dialogue by stating "it's not for lack of love of the language that these films have no words. It's because, from my point of view, our language is in a state of vast humiliation. It no longer describes the world in which we live." In the Hopi language, the word Koyaanisqatsi means "unbalanced life". The film is the first in the Qatsi trilogy of films: it is followed by Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002). The trilogy depicts different aspects of the relationship between humans, nature, and technology. Koyaanisqatsi is the best known of the trilogy and is considered a cult film. However, because of copyright issues, the film was out of print for most of the 1990s.

Synopsis

The first image in the film is of a pictogram. The section shown depicts several tall darkly-shadowed figures standing near a taller figure adorned with a crown. The next image is a close-up of a rocket during liftoff. The film fades into a shot of a desolate desert landscape. From there, it progresses to footage of various natural environmental phenomena such as waves and clouds.

The film's introduction to human involvement in the environment is a low aerial shot of choppy water, cutting to a similar shot of rows of cultivated flowers. After aerial views of monumental rock formations partly drowned by a lake, we see a large mining truck causing billows of black dust. This is followed by shots of power lines in the desert. Man's continued involvement in the environment is depicted through images of mining operations, oil fields, a power plant, a dam, and atomic bomb detonations in a desert. Following the atomic bomb detonations, the next sequence begins with a shot of sunbathers on a beach, then pans to a power plant in the background. Shots of traffic patterns are seen during rush hour on a freeway and a shot of a large parking lot. This is followed by Soviet tanks lined up in rows and a military aircraft, and an aircraft carrier.

"KOYAANISQATSI: Life Out of Balance" 1982 - TRAILER.

Time-lapse photography of shadows of clouds are seen moving across the skyscrapers. Shots of various housing projects in disrepair, and includes footage of the decay and demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis. The sequence ends with footage of the destruction of large buildings. A time-lapse shot of a crowd of people who appear to be waiting in a line. This is followed by shots of people walking along streets in slow motion.

The next sequence begins with shots of buildings and a shot of a sunset reflected in the glass of a skyscraper. The sequence uses time-lapse photography of the activity of modern life. The events captured in this sequence involve people interacting with modern technology. The first shots are traffic patterns as seen from skyscrapers at night. This is followed by a shot of the moon passing behind a skyscraper. The next shots are closer shots of cars on a highway. The sun rises over the city and we see people hurrying to work. The film shows at regular speed the operation of machines packaging food. People are shown sorting mail, sewing jeans, manufacturing televisions and doing other jobs with the use of modern technology. A shot of hot dogs being sent down rows of conveyors is followed by a shot of people moving up escalators. The frenetic speed and pace of the cuts and background music do not slow as shots of modern leisure are shown. People eat, play, shop and work at the same speed. The sequence begins to come full circle as the manufacturing of automobiles in an assembly line factory is shown.

KOYAANISQATSI - OPENING and ENDING (High Definition): This sequence shows footage of a Saturn V rocket lifting off, followed by footage of the May 1962 explosion of an Atlas-Centaur rocket.
Here, the camera follows a flaming rocket engine and a white vapor trail or smoke against a blue sky as the rocket plummets toward the ground.
The film ends with another shot of the pictogram.


More shots of highway traffic are shown, this time in daylight. The film shows the movement of cars, shopping carts, and televisions on an assembly line, and elevators moving from first person perspective. The film then shows clips from various television shows being channel surfed in fast motion. The film, in slow motion, then shows several people reacting to being candidly filmed on the street. The camera stays on them until the moment when they acknowledge its presence by looking directly at it. The sequence then shows cars moving much faster than they were moving before.

Pictures of microchips and satellite photography of metropolitan cities are shown, making a comparison between their layouts. Various shots of people are seen from all walks of modern life, from beggars to debutantes. The final sequence shows footage of a Saturn V rocket lifting off, followed by footage of the May 1962 explosion of an Atlas-Centaur rocket. Here, the camera follows a flaming rocket engine and a white vapor trail or smoke against a blue sky as the rocket plummets toward the ground. The film ends with another shot of the pictogram.

It makes we think: what are we doing?

11 dezembro 2012

FÁBULA CHINESA

O amor pelos dragões (Shen Buhai)

"Zigao, o Senhor de Ye, gostava tanto de dragões que havia mandado esculpir e pintar vários deles na sua casa e nas roupas e só vestia roupas que tinham dragões bordados.

O dragão do céu.

O dragão do céu, sabendo disso, desceu à Terra, entrou com a cabeça pela porta da casa e enfiou a cauda na janela. Ao perceber o que estava acontecendo, o Senhor de Ye fugiu, morrendo de medo.

Isso mostra que o Senhor de Ye não gostava verdadeiramente de dragões. Ele gostava daquilo que parecia ser um dragão, mas não dos dragões de verdade."

Shen Buhai (385?-337? a.C.) era um jurista do reino de Zheng, no período dos Estados Combatentes, antes da era atual (475-221). Exerceu o cargo de primeiro-ministro do reino de Han durante quinze anos. A sua fábula "O amor pelos dragões", é considerada uma das obras-primas das fábulas chinesas.

10 dezembro 2012

LONELY IS THE WORD (Black Sabbath)

Heaven and Hell is the ninth studio album by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in April 1980. This is their first album featuring Ronnie James Dio, and first with producer Martin Birch.

Black Sabbath:
Ronnie James Dio – lead vocals
Tony Iommi – guitar
Geezer Butler – bass
Bill Ward – drums, percussion
Additional performer:
Geoff Nicholls – keyboards

Produced and engineered by Martin Birch
Smoking Angels by Lynn Curlee
Back cover illustration by Harry Carmean

Black Sabbath - "Heaven and Hell" front cover illustration.

Track Listing:

All songs are credited (writing and arrangement) to Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler. Lyrics by Ronnie James Dio.

All lyrics are written by Ronnie James Dio (Credited to Black Sabbath), and all music is composed by Black Sabbath (Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward).

Side One:
1. "Neon Knights" 3:53
2. "Children of the Sea" 5:34
3. "Lady Evil" 4:26
4. "Heaven and Hell" 6:59
Side Two:
1. "Wishing Well" 4:07
2. "Die Young" 4:45
3. "Walk Away" 4:25
4. "Lonely Is the Word" 5:51

This Song Is: "Lonely Is the Word"

"Lonely Is the Word" BLACK SABBATH 1980.

It's a long way to nowhere
and I'm leaving very soon
On the way we pass so close
to the back side of the moon
Hey join the traveler
if you got nowhere to go
Hang your head and take my hand
it's the only road I know

Oh! Lonely is the word, yeah yeah yeah!

I've been higher than stardust
I've been seen upon the sun
I used to count in millions then
but now I only count in one
come on, join the traveler
if you got nowhere to go
Hang your head and take my hand
it's the only road I know

Yeah, Lonely is the word
got to be the saddest song I ever heard

Yeah, Lonely is the name
Maybe life's a loosing game...

02 dezembro 2012

PERFECT STRANGERS (Cover - Jorn Lande)

Jorn Lande is a hard rock vocalist, and this cover is on his solo album "Unlocking the Past".

"Perfect Strangers" is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. It is the title track of their 1984 album "Perfect Strangers".

The words tell of the sorrow of remaining "perfect strangers" after the end of a relationship. It is one of the few Deep Purple songs not to feature a guitar or organ solo. Band guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has called it his favorite Deep Purple song.

"Perfect Strangers" - Jorn Lande.

Perfect Strangers - 1984.

PERFECT STRANGERS (lyrics)

Songwriters: BLACKMORE / GLOVER / GILLAN

Can you remember remember my name
As I flow through your life
A thousand oceans I have flown
And cold spirits of ice
All my life
I am the echo of your past

I am returning the echo of a point in time
Distant faces shine
A thousand warriors I have known
And laughing as the spirits appear
All your life
Shadows of another day

And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect Strangers

I know I must remain inside this silent
well of sorrow

A strand of silver hanging through the sky
Touching more than you see
The voice of ages in your mind
Is aching with the dead of the night
Precious life
(your tears are lost in falling rain)

And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect Strangers

01 dezembro 2012

LA TEORÍA DEL TODO (Stephen Hawking)

EL ORIGEN Y EL DESTINO DEL UNIVERSO.

LA TEORÍA DEL TODO - Stephen Hawking.

En esta esclarecedora obra, el gran físico británico Stephen Hawking nos ofrece una historia del universo, del big bang a los agujeros negros. En siete pasos, Hawking logra explicar la historia del universo, desde las primeras teorías del mundo griego y de la época medieval hasta las más complejas teorías actuales, siempre con su característico tono didáctico y accesible a todos los públicos. Newton, Einstein, la mecánica cuántica, los agujeros negros y la teoria de la gran unificación desfilan por estas páginas acercando al lector los misterios del universo.

Expansión del Universo.