The History Channel takes a fascinating look at radar technology, from its accidental discovery to the many ways the Allies used it in World War II. From MIT's "Radlab" and the tall radar towers built along England's southern coast to warn of German bombers to U.S. submarines' use of radar to fight the Japanese in the Pacific, see how radar revolutionized the way wars are fought, including moving women to the front lines for the first time.
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215- Battle Stations: Radar
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Battle_Stations_Radar/70053857
January 7 2009, 7:51pm | Comments »
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Clutter 101: The Definitive Guide To De-Cluttering Your Life - Practical advice on personal development, productivity and GTD
http://www.organizeit.co.uk/clutter-101-the-definitive-guide-to-de-cluttering-your-life/
January 7 2009, 7:50pm | Comments »
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214- Battle of the X-Planes: Nova
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Battle_of_the_X-Planes_Nova/60032695
NOVA follows the battles and backroom deal-making between Lockheed and Boeing in their race to win the largest defense contract ever, worth $1 trillion. Follow four years of decision-making regarding test flights, aviation engineering and contract negotiations that resulted in the Joint Strike Fighter -- a plane made to be adaptable, affordable and stealthy.
January 7 2009, 7:43pm | Comments »
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213- Frontline: Bad Voodoo's War
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Frontline_Bad_Voodoo_s_War/70098526
For many civilians, military conflict is an abstract concept; this powerful documentary brings the personal drama of the Iraq war right into viewers' homes. At the height of America's military presence in Iraq in June 2007, director Deborah Scranton gave cameras to Bad Voodoo Platoon, a National Guard infantry unit, so they could tell their own stories, conveying intimate first-person accounts of the progress of their dangerous mission.
January 7 2009, 7:36pm | Comments »
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212- Frontline: Bush's War
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Frontline_Bush_s_War/70098527
This definitive documentary, produced to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, analyzes in detail controversial topics surrounding the war, including Sept. 11, al-Qaida, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, weapons of mass destruction and Fallujah. For years, the Peabody Award-winning series "Frontline" has brought viewers the real story of Afghanistan, Iraq and the dramatic political intricacies at the highest levels of the U.S. military.
January 7 2009, 7:24pm | Comments »
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241- The People Under the Stairs
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_People_Under_the_Stairs/70011700
Master of horror Wes Craven brings an urban twist to the classic fairy tale in the story of Fool, a 13-year-old lad who succumbs to ghetto pressures to steal from a local house. Fool's instant karma comes in the gruesome form of the house's residents -- an insane, deformed family of murderers. The perils of latchkey kids and warnings about absentee parents are the subtle social subtext as Fool and other victims try to escape the deadly home.
January 7 2009, 7:03pm | Comments »
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243- Jekyll
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Jekyll/70075070
In modern-day London, Dr. Jekyll's last living descendant, Tom Jackman (James Nesbitt), carries on his famous ancestor's legacy. Tom believes he can control his dark side and protect his wife and children, but a secret society that's followed the Jekyll family line for a hundred years has plans for both halves of Tom's personality. Gina Bellman and Michelle Ryan co-star in this offbeat adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic.
January 7 2009, 6:57pm | Comments »
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242- Paprika
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Paprika/70065105
In this cautionary anime tale, reality and the dream world are on a collision course after a DC-Mini -- an experimental device that can record dreams -- is stolen from a psychiatric research facility. When the thief begins intertwining the patients' nightmares with the staff's dreams, it's clear that the DC-Mini has fallen into dangerous hands. Can Dr. Atsuko Chiba and her alter ego, a sprightly avatar named Paprika, stop the madness?
January 7 2009, 6:39pm | Comments »
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Received: Silverhawks: Season 1: Vol. 1: Disc 1
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Silverhawks_Season_1_Vol._1_Disc_1/70105755
Received on 01/05/09. Go to http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Silverhawks_Season_1_Vol._1_Disc_1/70105755 to rate it.
January 7 2009, 6:28pm | Comments »