Bill Gates: How to Fix Capitalism

TIME Magazine editor Richard Stengel discusses creative capitalism with Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates.

Making Capitalism More Creative

Capitalism has improved the lives of billions of people — something that's easy to forget at a time of great economic uncertainty. But it has left out billions more. They have great needs, but they can't express those needs in ways that matter to markets. So they are stuck in poverty, suffer from preventable diseases and never have a chance to make the most of their lives. Governments and nonprofit groups have an irreplaceable role in helping them, but it will take too long if they try to do it alone. It is mainly corporations that have the skills to make...

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MIDWAY a Message from the Gyre : A Short Film

A must watch short film on devastating effect of human action on birds of remote island on our planet. Thousands of albatrosses are dying on their beautiful habitat with their bodies filled plastics disposed by us in the ocean...



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A Nightmare in Las Cruces

A Nightmare in Las Cruces: On February 10, 1990 two cowards walked into the Las Cruces Bowl and changed the lives of many people. Seven people inside the bowling alley were forced at gunpoint to the floor and told to put their heads down. After stealing thousands of dollars from the safe, the killers shot all seven multiple times at close range, execution-style. The shooters then started a fire on the desk and fled. Dead at the scene were Amy Houser, Steven Teran, his step-daughter Paula, and Valerie Teran. Incredibly, Melissia Repass, Stephanie C. Senac, and Ida Holguin survived the brutal attack. Repass, just twelve at the time, made the heroic 911 call -despite being shot in the head- which saved three lives at the time. Four out of the seven shot were children, including a two and six year old. For almost twenty years, the two remaining survivors(Senac died in 1999), family members, and friends have had to live with this unspeakable event. The case is unsolved after twenty years and the Las Cruces Police Dept., the FBI, and Crimestoppers plead for your help.

Released: May 31, 2011
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Death of the Iceman - BBC Horizon

In September 1991 two hikers made a sensational discovery - a frozen body high in the mountains, near the border between Austria and Italy. It turned out to be 5,300 years old, the oldest frozen mummy ever found. Named Ötzi the Iceman after the Ötztal area where he was found, he became a worldwide sensation.

The body was taken to Austria where scientists soon got to work on him. They analysed his bone density to find out how old he was (in his 40s, an advanced age for the time) and examined his wonderfully preserved belongings. The cause of his death remained a mystery. Now archaeologists are being joined by forensic scientists to investigate this unique case and new research has revealed a shocking answer.

A Shocking Discovery

Now scientists can tell a new story of the Iceman's death. Ötzi was attacked and managed to flee. As he ran he was shot in the back with an arrow. He pulled out the arrow shaft but the head remained stuck in his shoulder. He reached the top of the mountains but was now exhausted and weakened from bleeding. He could go no further, lay down and died.

Dubai Miracle or Mirage: A Documentary by National Geographic

DUBAI: MIRACLE OR MIRAGE? is a one-hour documentary that examines the world's most fascinating and fastest developing city-states. From ski slopes in the desert to man-made islands grouped to look like continents, Dubai is like no other place in the world. Surrounded by war zones, Dubai is an oasis of calm and the home of superlatives – the biggest building, the largest airport, the tallest hotel, the biggest mall, the richest horse race... the list goes on. Forty years ago it was a sleepy backwater, now Dubai is a magnet for the young and ambitious.

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Shanxi, China: City Built in the Mountains of Shan

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The Hanging Temple or Hanging Monastery is a temple built into a cliff (75 m or 246 ft above the ground) near Mount Heng in Hunyuan County, Shanxi province, China. This architectural wonder was built during the late Northern Wei Dynasty (386 – 534) by a monk called Liao Ran. The extant monastery was largely rebuilt and maintained in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The monastery has survived more than 1,500 years before they were renovated during the 1900s. Built more than 1,500 years ago, this temple is notable not only for its location on a sheer precipice but also because it includes Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian elements. The structure is kept in place with wooden crossbeams fitted into holes chiseled into the cliffs.


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Sick Around the World: A Documentary by PBS FRONTLINE

I found this documentary while searching United Healthcare Insurance Policy. Four years ago, United Healthcare denied my claim which I treated in Campus Health Center at New Mexico University. Recently, I am treating my mallet finger injury from Judo training. I visited orthopedic at El Paso because of a referral from NMSU Health Center. Now, I guess United Healthcare is trying to deny my claim. They sent me several paper works including verification of my enrollment (obviously they know, I am a Teaching Assistant and part of my premium is paid by NMSU), name of the doctor and hospital I visited within one year, and so on... What a crazy! I have been paying premium to this company for six years and they never asked me anything at all.  Now, when time came to pay back for my injury, they are making all sort of drama to avoid paying back... Anyway, this is my side of story. And, what I found is, there are so many people suffering from crappy insurance policy...Check this documentary for more information.   

In Sick Around the World, FRONTLINE teams up with veteran Washington Post foreign correspondent T.R. Reid to find out how five other capitalist democracies -- the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland -- deliver health care, and what the United States might learn from their successes and their failures.

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How many people can live on planet earth?

In a Horizontal special doucmentary, “How Many People Can Live On Planet Earth", produced by BBC, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates  population growth in relation to the resources available to human being on planet earth. This program explores the looming population crisis, measuring as accurately as possible our planet’s capacity for human habitation.

In his lengthy career, Sir David has watched the human population more than double from 2.5 billion in 1950 to nearly seven billion. He reflects on the profound effects of this rapid growth, both on humans and the environment. While much of the projected growth in human population is likely to come from the developing world, it is the lifestyle enjoyed by many in the West that has the most impact on the planet. 
Sir David examines whether it is the duty of individuals to commit not only to smaller families, but to change the way they live for the sake of humanity and planet Earth.

Inventions That Changed The World

A complete series (Episodes 1-5) of documentary "Inventions That Changed the World" hosted by Jeremy Clarkson,  tells the stories behind some of the most significant inventions which have helped shape the world we live in today.

Inventions That Changed the World: The Gun (Ep. 1 of 5)
Inventions That Changed the World: The Computer (Ep. 2 of 5)
Inventions That Changed the World: The Aeroplane (Ep. 3 of 5)
Inventions That Changed the World: The Telephone (Ep. 4 of 5)
Inventions That Changed the World: The Television (Ep. 5 of 5)

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Secrets Of The Taj Mahal: A Documentary by National Geographic

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CNN Inside The Mission: Getting Bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden was hunted and killed by US Navy seal in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Sunday night (May 2, 2011). Here is the inside story of the operation to get Bin Laden produced by CNN's Chris Lawrence.








Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RntY91q48sU&feature=player_embedded
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO_3gLdDtts&feature=related
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD7VzRwK1fc&feature=player_embedded#at=289
Part 4 (Last): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=binOp1c-bIs&feature=player_embedded#at=25