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BBC – Anni Albers A Life in Thread (2019)

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BBC – Anni Albers: A Life in Thread (2019)
English | Size: 718 MB
Category: Documentary


Anni Albers enrolled in 1922 at the legendary Bauhaus school with hopes of becoming a painter. However, its founder feared that too many women might damage his new school’s reputation so Anni and the majority of female applicants were swiftly funnelled into the weaving class and workshop. [Read more…]

ABC – Four Corners Coronavirus (2020)

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ABC – Four Corners: Coronavirus (2020)
English | Size: 1.51 GB
Category: Documentary


In China, almost 2000 people have died as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) with tens of thousands more infected. Authorities are resorting to extreme measures to try to halt the contagion. To try to contain the spread, Australian authorities have effectively sealed our borders to people travelling from China. Four Corners charts how the outbreak occurred and investigates whether a cover up by Chinese authorities [Read more…]

ITV – England Rugby Rising Sons (2020)

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ITV – England Rugby: Rising Sons (2020)
English | Size: 1.27 GB
Category: Documentary


In 2019, members of the England rugby union squad faced the biggest challenge of their careers – to win the Rugby World Cup in the Far East after disappointing on home soil in the same competition four years earlier. This documentary records the inside story, with cameras capturing the squad’s journey and exploits in Japan, offering exclusive behind-the-scenes access as the tournament unfolded and the team went in search of glory. Featuring interviews with head coach Eddie Jones and captain Owen Farrell. [Read more…]

BBC – Partition Legacy of the Line (2017)

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BBC – Partition: Legacy of the Line (2017)
English | Size: 662.53 MB
Category: Tutorial


Course Overview: We start with an introduction to an Interactive Development Environment and to the basic concepts of programming with the Python language. We then introduce how data is stored and represented within computers, and how primitive data types are used by Python to represent data within programs. We then learn more about how data is stored and collected by Python, how Strings and Tuples are stored and managed in Python and what the common operators are for manipulating these data types. Finally we learn how to create a simple function that outputs a string to the computer console [Read more…]

PBS – Nova Mysteries of Sleep (2020)

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PBS – Nova: Mysteries of Sleep (2020)
English | Size: 1.73 GB
Category: Documentary


Nova: Mysteries of Sleep
Why do we sleep? And what does sleep have to do with memory, trauma, and our emotions?
From fruit flies to whales, virtually every animal sleeps. But why? Why do we need to spend nearly a third of our lives in such a defenseless state? Scientists are peering more deeply into the sleeping brain than ever before, discovering just how powerful sleep can be, playing a role in everything from memory retention and emotional regulation to removing waste from our brains. So why are we getting so little of it? [Read more…]

When the Moors Ruled in Europe

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When the Moors Ruled in Europe
English | Size: 2.94 GB
Category: Documentary


When The Moors Ruled In Europe is a documentary film presented by the English historian Bettany Hughes. It is a two-part series on the contribution the Moors made to Europe during their 700-year reign in Spain and Portugal ending in the 15th century. It was first broadcast on Channel 4 Saturday 5 November 2005,[1] and was filmed in the Spanish region of Andalusia, mostly in the cities of Granada, Cordoba and the Moroccan city of Fes. [Read more…]

BBC Storyville Global – The Islands and the Whales (2020)

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BBC Storyville Global – The Islands and the Whales (2020)
English | Size: 834 MB
Category: Documentary


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The people of the Faroe Islands believe that pilot whale hunting is vital to their way of life, but when a local professor makes a discovery about the effects of marine pollution, environmental changes threaten to change the community and their way of life forever. [Read more…]

BBC Time Shift – The Story of Capital Punishment (2011)

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BBC Time Shift – The Story of Capital Punishment (2011)
English | Size: 1.13 GB
Category: Tutorial


Timeshift digs into the archive to trace the extraordinary story of the ultimate sanction. At the beginning of the 19th century you could still be hanged in Britain for offences such as stealing a sheep or shooting a rabbit. Even children as young as seven were sent to the gallows. The last hanging in this country took place as recently as 1964. [Read more…]