Dr. Brian Hewlett "Understanding the Default Process of Consciousness" – Burning Man 2012 – Video


Dr. Brian Hewlett "Understanding the Default Process of Consciousness" - Burning Man 2012
Dr. Brian Hewlett gives the 3rd talk on the first day of Palenque Norte 2012 at Burning Man. Sign up for the Palenque Norte mailing list at eepurl.com/rOhGv This workshop offers a brief history of the conceptualization of human consciousness and intelligence before outlining the process of conscious perception of experience proposed by Qualitative Field Perception Theory (QFPT). QFPT is a contemporary theory by Dr. Brian N. Hewlett (2012) that proposes human consciousness has a default formula for constructing experience that can be explained by the rules of quantum mechanics and in terms of the divine proportions of the golden ratio. The theory argues that each human acts as an observer constructing experience from an infinite field of qualitative material that is either shared or is a set with a fractal dimension. QFPT presents for conscious observers a set-based algorithm that has implications for human agency in manifesting experiences both psychedelic or otherwise, subjective reasoning in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and time space manipulation. As such the workshop concludes with a discussion that focuses on the social and moral significance of introducing such an algorithm into AI and the further implications that may have for human society. Please attribute any use of this work with the following line placed in a notable location: "Produced by Palenque Norte in 2012. See palenquenorte.com for more info." This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ...From:Palenque NorteViews:1 0ratingsTime:48:28More inEducation

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The Munolith Hunter Ep17 On the road again(A modded Kerbal space program Let’s play) – Video


The Munolith Hunter Ep17 On the road again(A modded Kerbal space program Let #39;s play)
Today I take the space rover on a little road trip in HD Mods Multiversal Mechatronics - Munolith Research Division(The muon detector)= forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Redstar co-op(Ejection seat)=forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Carts(Rover)=forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Crew-able empty pods 0.3=forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Test Weights=forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Damned Aerospace Version 1.5.3 + Crewtank =forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Animated Cargo Bay=forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Mobile Spaceport(Cargo pad) =forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com NovaPunch Remix Pack=kerbalspaceprogram.com Guide= forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Mechjeb=forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Lights=forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Slowmo instead of lagmo=forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Modular Multiwheels=forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Pegasus-X Shuttle(Space Rover)=forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com rover vtol engine=forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com Playlist=www.youtube.com All copyrighted content belongs to their holders not G BFrom:GreenBlueProductionViews:0 0ratingsTime:51:29More inGaming

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Campus Channel – Live "Aerospace MBA" – Video


Campus Channel - Live "Aerospace MBA"
Watch the Aerospace MBA interview ! Jacques Digout, Director of MBA, MS, and MSc programs Ruxandra Brutaru, General Manager EAST AVIATION Aemba graduate will give all the information regarding the program and career perspective in Aerospace! Interview released by Campus Channel on november 30th, 2012.From:GroupeESCToulouseViews:0 0ratingsTime:57:36More inEducation

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HELL BREAKS LOOSE ON MARS – Doom 3 BFG Edition [01] w/YourGibs – Scary – Mars City – Start – Video


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HELL BREAKS LOOSE ON MARS (Start of Game) Enjoying the calm and unaware of the incoming storm we arrive on Mars and get acquainted with the UAC station then hell breaks loose. ** New Video with improved audio -- sadly this game has no subtitles and only 1 audio setting which I have maxed out. ** We explore in this episode: * Mars City * Mars City Underground Let #39;s Play diams; Doom 3 BFG Edition walkthrough with YourGibs commentary Series Playlist: bit.ly Developer: iD Software Download the game on Steam here: store.steampowered.com STORY: The Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) has grown to become the largest corporate entity in existence, and has set up a research facility on Mars. At this base, the UAC are able to conduct research into several scientific areas, including advanced weapons development, biological research, space exploration and teleportation. Due to the facility #39;s position on Mars, the UAC can perform its operations outside of legal and moral boundaries. GAME: Developed by id Software, the original team responsible for the franchise legacy, DOOM 3 BFG Edition features Steam Achievements, improved rendering and lighting, and a new checkpoint save system allowing for smoother progression through the game. iD has fine-tuned the controls to bringing even more intensity to the DOOM single and multiplayer experience and all DOOM 3 games now feature the new armor-mounted flashlight, allowing players to illuminate dark corners and blast enemies at the same time ...From:YourGibsViews:0 2ratingsTime:21:11More inGaming

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My Movie NASA site May 10 2003 email – Video


My Movie NASA site May 10 2003 email
Downey NASA Site, also known as Downey Studios/IRG, EMSCO Aircraft, Security Aircraft, Vultee Aircraft and Field, North American Aviation, North American Rockwell, Rockwell and Boeing. . Filmed by Larry Latimer of the Aerospace Legacy Foundation in May of 2003.From:Larry LatimerViews:0 1ratingsTime:03:50More inPeople Blogs

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Bigelow Aerospace: Secret Space Programs


Bigelow Aerospace: Secret Space Programs Technologies
My response to Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory Season 3 Skinwalker episode. AlienScientist teams up with Area 51 Insider Edgar Fouche and UFO Research expert Dan Benkert to bring you the most in-depth analysis you will find anywhere on the internet. area51looseends.blogspot.com http://www.skinwalkerranch.orgFrom:AlienScientistViews:67 6ratingsTime:21:33More inScience Technology

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Figure Studies by Bill Durgin

Bill Durgin’s incredible ‘Figure Studies’ series transcends traditional photography into sculpting a piece of art with one’s camera. The images are the result of complex arrangements of the body parts which require extreme flexibility and contortion by the model to achieve an “austere effect contortion.”

Bill Durgin received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tufts University in conjunction with School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1995. And in 2000, Bill received his Masters in Fine Arts from California College of Art (CCA) in San Francisco.

Bill’s work has appeared in galleries throughout the country including, most recently, the 2008 SMFA Traveling Scholars exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and a Solo show, Figurations, at Merge Gallery in New York. He has also exhibited at Judy Goldman Fine Arts in Boston, SF Camerawork, jennjoygallery in San Francisco, and Ego Gallery in Barcelona, Spain. In 2006 he was named as a Surface Avant Guardian award winner. His work has also been published in Paper, Corduroy, Elle, New York, Time Out New York, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and Art News, to name a few.

To learn more about Bill Durgin, please visit his site at http://www.billdurgin.com

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http://www.artisticanatomyblog.com/figure-studies-by-bill-durgin/

Various works by Alberto Mielgo

Alberto Mielgo is a Spanish born artist with a broad range of work as  both a painter and graphic designer. He currently lives in London were he works as an art director, animator, painter and designer various companies around the globe.

To learn more about Alberto Mielgo and view additional work, please visit his site at albertomielgo.com or his blog at albertomielgo.blogspot.com

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Warhol and Basquiat Self-Portraits for sale

Self-portraits by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat will star in contemporary-art auctions in London set to raise at least 72.5 million pounds ($116 million).

Sotheby’s, Christie’s International and Phillips de Pury & Co.’s sales come as contemporary-art dealers look for price rises. Worldwide auctions slumped more than 50 percent in 2009. The once-booming market is still recovering, according to the French-based data company Artprice.

“Things were bad in 2009,” said Anders Petterson, founder of the London-based analysts ArtTactic. “Sales were solid and robust in 2010. The question is whether growth will continue in 2011 or flatten out.”

In November in New York, the three auction houses’ evening sales raised $553 million. The total was just 17 percent lower than in May 2008, when the contemporary-art boom was at its height, ArtTactic said in its latest confidence survey.

The 1967 Warhol has been in a U.S. private collection since 1974 and is estimated to sell for as much as 5 million pounds at Christie’s on Feb. 16. Christie’s auction of 64 lots may raise as much as 51.9 million pounds.

Phillips’s Feb. 17 auction has 29 lots that are estimated to make at least 5.8 million pounds. Basquiat’s 1985 painting “Overrun,” showing a stylized self-portrait in a graffiti- scrawled urban landscape, has a top estimate of 1.5 million pounds.

Written by Scott Reyburn

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Various works by Shawn Barber

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Shawn Barber’s body of work focuses primarily on painting, portraiture, and documenting contemporary tattoo culture. Barber?s intimate renditions of tattooed individuals balance both meticulous brush strokes and loose energy. Figurative in nature, these large paintings take on abstractions with explosive colors, meandering lines and paint dripping down the canvas.

Barber earned his B.F.A from Ringling College of Art in 1999 and has paintings held in private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and Australia. His paintings have been exhibited in diverse solo and group venues including: Joshua Liner Gallery, NYC, NY; Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA; The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ; University of Houston, Houston, TX. His first published book of art titled ‘Tattooed Portraits’ was published by 9mm Books in March of 2006, followed by his second tome, ‘Forever and Ever’, a 256 page hardcover book dedicated to the Tattooed Portraits Series. Among his extensive achievements, he has taught drawing, painting and the business of art for 10 years at various art schools throughout the country. After years of documenting the art of tattoo, it was a logical progression to pick up the tattoo machine and add tattooist to his resume. When he is not traveling or painting, he can be found working at Memoir Tattoo in Los Angeles, CA.

You can find more work by Shawn Barber at the following sites:

sdbarber.com

sdbarber.blogspot.com

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Nucleus Gallery Presents “Poster Peepshow: The Art of the Pin up”

Gallery Nucleus Presents:
Poster Peepshow: The Art of the Pin up

February 05, 2011 – February 28, 2011
Opening Reception: February 05, 2011(7 pm – 11 pm)

Alhambra, CA – The pin up girl is sweet, yet equally a seductress, flirty as well as sexy, naïve but secretly naughty. She embodies sensuality, youth, fun, and pleasure. Men and women alike have admired her for nearly 100 years. The pin up girl could be found on the covers and centerfolds of thousands of magazines, calendars, ad campaigns, and even decorated WWII war crafts; thereby, pin up art has become an integral part of Americana. “Poster Peepshow” celebrates the pin up girl by featuring original artwork by contemporary artists and pays homage to pin up masters such as George Petty, Gil Elvgren, and Alberto Vargas. Over the past decade it has become impossible to ignore the growing popularity to recapture the nostalgia of pin up glamour. We are pleased to contribute to the culture’s growing appreciation through this exhibition.

Featured Artists
Nathan Cabrera
Marcelo Dadolce
Olivia De Berardinis
Craig Elliott
Jenny Gase-Baker
Keron Grant
Shane Glines
Oren Haskins
Lawrence Noble
Ryuichi Ogino
Bill Pressing
Rockin’ Jelly Bean
Robh Ruppel
Marguerite Sauvage
Jim Silke
Stuntkid
Francis Vallejo
Barnaby Ward
Dean Yeagle

Classic Pin Up Artists
Rolf Armstrong
Al Buell
Art Frahm
Al Moore
K.O. Munson

Highlights
Olivia De Berardinis Book Signing: 6pm- 7pm
Free Live Figure Drawing featuring the Suicide Girls

Special Guests
Lenora Claire
Julie Newmar

Sponsored By
Grapefruit Moon Gallery
Suicide Girls
Sort This Out Cellars

For more information, please see:
http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/263

Contact:
info@gallerynucleus.com and jasmine@gallerynucleus.com

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http://www.artisticanatomyblog.com/2880/

Facebook Is The God of Social Media – But like Nietzsche said “God is dead” by Adam Reeder

San Francisco–“Facebook Is Dead” was an article 247wallstreet.com posted Dec 15, 2008. That story was dead wrong. Yet, if you were to say that about marketing using Facebook today, you might be right.

Marketing budgets for social media in 2011 are set to see record levels. However, as those budgets rise, the level of effective marketing from Facebook drops. This is not news to anyone in the social media marketing industry. The question to SMO professionals is, what now?

On Sept 2, 2009 AFP news agency’s Ian Sherr posted a story about a sculptor who had used social media to market himself successfully. The editorial was interested in the change social media marketing was having on an age-old industry. The art world has deep rooted unwritten laws about younger artists speaking out of turn.

Ian Wrote, “Reeder maintains that Internet Age innovations not only infuse his art, they are underpinnings of his success, helping him craft a new business model for an industry as old as civilization itself.

Unlike more conservative colleagues, Reeder said he tenaciously uses online tools such as social networking services, blogs and YouTube videos to attract attention and, ultimately, buyers…”

“If you want to see who is going to buy your art in 20 years, look at who is 20 years old now—if you want to stay up to date, and continue to sell your work in the future, you better be on Facebook.”

I am the Sculptor Ian wrote about. From 2007-2009, I told anyone who would listen “Get on Facebook now!” I told artists, art dealers, collectors, Professors, EVERYONE. My assertion was that Facebook was a place people could go which was separate from their normal life. When you logged in, you were in a safe place, defenses down.

With people logged in and defenses down, unknown artists could infiltrate a previously unavailable “cast” of creative people. Normally, it is “verboten” for an artist to approach a critic, art writer, gallery, curator, or collector. You are expected to get in line and wait to be “discovered”.

In 2008, once logged into Facebook with defenses down, these art world “Untouchables” became accessible. I warned everyone that very soon, artists from all over the globe would discover this “glitch in the Matrix” … that Facebook would become saturated with artists.

Back then, I could find an art writer, or collector online, then I would look them up on Facebook. It was effective to send pictures to strangers on Facebook. I would get feedback, sales, press, and a BUNCH of good backlinks. I sent pictures to tech bloggers, and tech writers. Those folks would write about my work, so I would take what they wrote about it, and send that to other writers. Viral marketing ensued.

Getting talked about as an artist is hard. Think about the last time you heard about an artist in the news. Facebook was the key to bypassing all of that.

I warned EVERYONE that Facebook would become saturated. That time has arrived. Facebook isn’t a “safe place” anymore. Spam and unwanted messages have made people just as cautious looking at their inbox, as they are with junk mail in the mailbox.

Today I received ten Facebook messages inviting me to art shows. I received even more “Event invites”. I did not look at a single one of them. I get too many now for it to be practical to do so.

Facebook by itself is no longer an effective business tool for SMO professionals (Twitter and LinkedIn are in the same boat). However, consumers do not want that anymore. They want content. Real things they can use, or interesting things they can share. Regardless, companies will still duke it out with social media in an effort to out tweet, out backlink competitors.

Consumers have only one safe place now… smart phones (mark my words). While on my Android, my defenses are down. I am impressionable to the things my Android tells me I need… for now anyway.

I will give one great example of effective viral content in 2010. The content was the Toyota Sienna brand’s YouTube video “Swagger Wagon”. I personally sent this video to 15 people even though I knew it was a viral marketing tool. The video was brilliant, and people we all too glad to share it.

Companies can no longer impose their marking on social networks. The challenge for SMO professionals now is, to create content consumers willingly share with their own social networks. Tools, videos and information relevant to specific communities of consumers will be the SMO successes of 2011.

The Facebook I used to know may be dead. However, I am excited to see what my fellow SMO folk use to create viral marketing campaigns in 2011.

Adam Reeder,
http://www.adamreeder.com

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http://www.artisticanatomyblog.com/facebook-is-the-god-of-social-media-by-adam-reeder/

Utterly Breathtaking 18th Century Life-Sized Italian Saint, De Vera, NYC

I saw the absolutely breathtaking life-sized 18th century Italian saint you see above in the store window of the always amazing De Vera shop in the upper east side of Manhattan today. If anyone would like to purchase her as a gift for The Morbid Anatomy Library--after all, my birthday is coming up!--I would certainly not say no.

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http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2012/12/amazingutterly-breathtaking-18th.html

An Interesting Reference to The Eye and Ophthalmology in Secret Societies

I just came upon this fascinating reference to the significance of the eye and ophthalmology and in Secret Societies; who knew?

The Copiale Cipher is a newly discovered and deciphered code that allows us to look into the customs of a German secret society. From the brief description of the ritual, it appears that the Oculist Order was obsessed with ophthalmology, the study and treatment of the eye. Interestingly enough, Knight claims that the symbol of many secret societies is the eye, which helps to explain the society’s fixation...

You can read the whole article, "Mysterious Cipher Cracked 300 Years Later" by Annie Vreeland (Vanderbilt University) on the Wonders and Marvels website by clicking here.

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http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2012/12/an-interesting-reference-to-eye-and.html

The Morbid Anatomy Holiday Fair, This Weekend, December 8 and 9, 12-6

This Saturday and Sunday, The Morbid Anatomy Library and Observatory will be hosting our annual Holiday Fair. What will be available for purchase here, you might ask?

Above is a small sampling; from top: Waxwork of "Saint Anne Catherine Emmerich" of wax, real human hair, glass eyes by Sigrid Sarda; Mutant fanged evil vampire devil deer taxidermy mount rogue taxidermy exhibited at La Luz de Jesus Gallery by Katie Innamorato/After Life Anatomy; Chicks in Bell Jar by Amber Jolliffe; Cushions of Curiosity (Throw Pillows) by Elizabeth New; Insect shadow box by Daisy Tainton; Animal death mask by Katie Innamorato/After Life Anatomy; Morbid Anatomy tote bags and Votives, skulls and more from Noble's Exotica. And of course, there will also be beer from our friends at Brooklyn Brewery,

Full details for the fair follow; hope very much to see you there!

Morbid Anatomy and Observatory Holiday Fair
Holiday fair with multiple vendors serving your alternative holiday needs including taxidermy, waxworks, anthropomorphic insect tableaux, and deaccessioned books and artifacts from the Morbid Anatomy Library
Location: Observatory; 543 Union at Nevins, Brooklyn (enter via Proteus Gowanus Gallery)
Dates: Saturday, December 8 and Sunday, December 9
Time: Noon - 6:00 PM
Admission: Free
brooklyn-brewery-logo-gold Beer courtesy of our sponsor Brooklyn Brewery

Please join us on December 8th and 9th for a holiday fair, presented in conjunction with partner space Proteus Gowanus. This is the perfect place to purchase unique, niche, and off-the-beaten-path gifts for those hard-to-please folks on your shopping list.This years iteration will feature the taxidermy of anthropomorphic mouse taxidermy class teacher Sue Jeiven; the artisinal wax works of artist Sigrid Sarda; the insect shadowboxes of Daisy Tainton; taxidermic curiosities by Katie Innamorato and Amber Jolliffe; photography and deaccessioned books and artifacts from the Morbid Anatomy Library, "Andean goodies" from Alastair Noble; anatomical throw pillows by Elizabeth New; and the oddities of Mark Splatter all accompanied by music and beer provided by our sponsor Brooklyn Brewery.

You can find out more about this event by clicking here.

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http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-morbid-anatomy-holiday-fair-this.html

Seeking Pieces from Victorian Anthropomorphic Taxidermist Walter Potter's Now Divided "Museum of Curiosities"

We here at Morbid Anatomy have been hard at work of late in our attempts to track down as many pieces as possible from Victorian anthropomorphic taxidermist Walter Potter's now sadly divided up Museum of Curiosities. Many of these pieces were brought back together for the wonderful 2012 Museum of Everything exhibition, but a great deal more have never been seen since the Bonhams auction which dispersed them in 2003.

Which brings me to my plea: If any of you lovely Morbid Anatomy readers out there happen to own any of pieces from this collection, or have any ideas as to where others might reside, we would be so very grateful if you would drop us a line at morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com and let us know.

All images above, of tableaux by Walter Potter, are drawn from the Bohnams auction site; you can view more images, and the entire auction catalog, by clicking here.

Walter Potter Tableaux, top to bottom:

  1. Lot 293, The Walter Potter Tableau, "The Kittens' Wedding", English, 1890
  2. Lot 498, The Walter Potter Tableau, "The Kittens Tea and Croquet Party", English, late 19th century
  3. Lot 445, The Walter Potter Tableau "Rabbits' Village School", English, late 19th century
  4. Lot 13, Walter Potter's First Tableau ' The Death and Burial of Cock Robin' English, circa 1861
  5. Lot 55, A Walter Potter Tableaux 'The Happy Family' English, circa 1870 

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http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2012/12/seeking-pieces-from-victorian.html

POSTPONED: Athanasius Kircher: The Greatest Polymath Who Ever Lived? An evening with Lawrence Weschler, Joshua Foer, and John Glassie, Observatory, Tuesday December 4

Sorry to say that this event has, sadly, been due to unforeseen circumstances; please stay tuned for new date!

POSTPONED: Athanasius Kircher: The Greatest Polymath Who Ever Lived? An evening with Lawrence Weschler, Joshua Foer, and John Glassie
Tuesday, Dec 4th, 7:30pm

Athanasius Kircher was a seventeenth-century German Jesuit scholar whose interests knew no bounds. From optics to music to magnetism to medicine, he offered up inventions and theories for everything, and they made him famous across Europe. Holy Roman Emperors were his patrons, popes were his friends, and in his spare time he collaborated with the Baroque master Bernini.

This lecture, occasioned by John Glassie's new book A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change, will take on Kircher's place as one of history's most unforgettable figures.

Joshua Foer is a science journalist and the author of the international best-seller Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. He is the erstwhile head of the Athanasius Kircher Society. He is also the co-founder of the design competition Sukkah City, and the Atlas Obscura, an online guide to the world’s wonders and curiosities. http://www.joshuafoer.com

Lawrence Weschler was a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine for twenty years, and is the author of over a dozen books, most recently Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative. Others include Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder for which he was a finalist for both the Pulitzer and National Book Critics Circle Award, and Everything that Rises; A Book of Convergences for which he received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism in 2007. He also directs the New York Institute for the Humanities. http://www.lawrenceweschler.com
John Glassie is the author of A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change, a biography of the 17th century polymath Athanasius Kircher. A former contributing editor to The New York Times Magazine, has written for The Believer, McSweeney’s, The New York Times, Salon, Wired, and other publications. He is the author of the photo book Bicycles Locked to Poles and lives in Brooklyn, New York. http://www.johnglassie.com

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http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2012/12/postponed-athanasius-kircher-greatest.html