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Norwegian Prams Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 131 seconds Traditional Scandinavian boats as built by North House Folk School in Grand Marais MN |
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Rare Footage of Sicilian Fishing Boats Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 191 seconds Rare footage of lateen-rigged Sicilian fishing boats, taken in 1947. Most of the fishing took place at night. The boats are typical Mediterranean workboats of a type that has existed for thousands of years. When the sail fills you can get an idea of how powerful this simple rig was. From Luchino Visconti's "La Terra Trema" 1948 |
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Motorpsycho Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 58 seconds Very cool vintage bikes, choppers and Rasta Road racers! These guys came down to Orcas Island to skate. Don't always need a Ducati to look cool... |
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DIALETIC Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 84 seconds Dialectic Thesis Antithesis Synthesis NO No Sublation No Zeno of Elea Lies are not truth TV is a liar Manipulating You War is not Peace Step out of the matrix Think for yourself |
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BearDUDE's Big Adventure: the re-mix Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 288 seconds BearDUDE expounds on Alaska and is saved by a .44 it's a re-mix from : http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=CVKmHaNST Ts |
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Steel Electric Ferry, 1947 Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 22 seconds The Steel Electric ferries from SF Bay formed the backbone of the newly formed WA State Ferries |
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Homeless in Paradise Pt 2 Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 609 seconds Teen homelessness on Orcas Island, part 2 |
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Kodiak Kayak Frame Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 175 seconds A Kodiak type double kayak, built on Orcas Island WA. Frame is mainly red and yellow cedar, with willow, oak and fir also used. The bow piece is from an old-growth blow-down. Wood of this quality is increasingly rare. Kayak Way at: www.rockisland.co m/~kyak |
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Hillbilly Chicken Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 26 seconds Redneck Chickens or Redneck's chickens? |
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Homeless In Paradise, Part One Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 560 seconds Teenage homelessness in one community |
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Leviathan 2 Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 88 seconds The idea of central authority had already worn out its welcome by 1651. That doesn't mean it went away! Hobbes would have loved George, Hillary, John Mc and John E, Mitt, Huckleberry, Dick, Rudy, and just about everybody else. The image is from the 1651 frontispiece of Leviathan. |
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Grooming Mr. Puffy Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 60 seconds The quickest way to Mr. Puffy's heart is to help him remove the protein sheath that surrounds each new feather when it grows in. If he was a cat, he'd be purring right now! (Sometimes chickens make a purring sound but it's sort of reptilian and scary.) Puffy is a pure blood CooCoo Maran. |
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Off-Grid Farming Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 476 seconds La Campesina Project's new fields are a year old, and the off-grid farm plan is well under way. La Campesina Project is a community supported agriculture venture |
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Red Corn Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 85 seconds Heirloom Corn at La Campesina Project - organic community supported agriculture in western Washington |
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Socialized Medicine? Ask a Doc! Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 110 seconds A young Doctor speaks out against socialization of the doctor patient relationship and the "toxic intersection" of Govt and Insurance Corporations in your health. |
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A Funny Fed Story- with a Ron Paul ending Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 150 seconds A funny story about how a dead french economist had Fed Chief Robert McTeer running for cover in Atlanta. |
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Umiak races Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 34 seconds Umiak races at Nome '58-61. Look at these big umi's go! Also a surf landing on the beach. (note use of bow line and a man on the beach to help keep the umiaq from broaching) from the UAF archives. |
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Ice Camp Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 17 seconds Native hunters on the ice, early 50's. From Univ of Alaska archives. |
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Baby Chicks '07 Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 96 seconds One of our hens went broody and collected a motley bunch of eggs to hatch. No human intervention required... |
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Big Chicken Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 36 seconds This big chicken hangs out on highway 61 in Two Harbors Minnesota. |
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Pictures From Barrow Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 105 seconds Pictures from Pt. Barrow AK, umiaqs, elders, a blanket toss and one of the first qayaqs built in Barrow in many years |
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Turning Ale Bowls Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 104 seconds Pole-powered lathes have been used to make bowls and other wooden utensiles for thousands of years. Roger Abrahamson sets up shop at North House Folk School's All from One Tree project. (www.northhouse.org) |
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Birchbark Canoe Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 143 seconds Two birchbark canoes from the Wooden Boat Show @ North House Folk School. One is finished, one is just underway. |
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A Big Ship Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 111 seconds A Great Lakes Ore Boat - The 600 foot long William A Irvin. On the Dululth MN waterfront, open for tours! 1st use of steam turbine power in her class. Correction: the accomodations are forward, in the "Texas" under the pilot house. |
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MicMac Posted by: orcapod
Video duration: 79 seconds This beautiful example of Wood & Canvas canoe building was seen at the North House Wooden Boat Show(www.northhouse. org). The rising gunwale line at the center is a traditional MicMac feature.(www.canoein g.com) http://fletcherca noes.com (designer/builders)< br /> Fletchers calls this model "Fletcher's Fancy" |
