De Europese Unie : Themabundel Inhoud: 1. De Europese Unie 2. Terug in de tijd. Het oude Europa
Academic Writing Symposium, Chapter 12
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Joan Acocella: Ballet and Sex
Joan Acocella presented her lecture as the 2004-2005 Avenali Chair in the Humanities at the Townsend Center for the Humanities, UC Berkeley. Acocella is a dance and book critic for The New Yorker. She has served as the senior critic and reviews editor for Dance Magazine and New York dance critic for London's Financial Times. Acocella's writing conveys an enthusiasm for dance as an art form that taps human instincts and emotions at a visceral level. Her reviews have a wide appeal both for their s
Staff profiles: Michelle Nickerson
Michelle Nickerson, student services coordinator at the Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, talks about her role coordinating student-led service initiatives.
Construction, crise et renouveau de la morale laïque en France face à l'Europe / Jean Baubérot
Construction, crise et renouveau de la morale laïque en France face à l'Europe / Jean Baubérot. Conférence donnée en mars 1995 dans le cadre de l'Institut d'Études Doctorales (IED) de l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail (France). Présentation de la conférence par le sociologue Jean-Michel Berthelot, directeur de l'IED.
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The Golden Rush
The California Gold Rush began in 1849 drawing people from across the nation following promises of great riches. Some were very lucky, but many found great disappointment. (1min)
Stocks rally but Italy still a worry
Nov. 10 - Wall Street rallies as investors take heart from drop in jobless claims and trade data; Mario Monti takes lead in race for Italy PM; Russia closer to joining WTO; Walt Disney beats; Starbucks going healthy. Conway Gittens reports.
Katherine Paterson: 2011 National Book Festival
Author and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Katherine Paterson appears at the 2011 National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: Katherine Paterson is in her second year as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Her international fame rests not only on her widely acclaimed novels but also on her efforts to promote literacy in the United States and abroad. A two-time winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award, she has received many other accolades for her b
Researched and Documented War Memorials
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Doctoral thesis defended AUTO-HEMOTHERAPY ALREADY IN 1924
Doctoral thesis defended AUTO-HEMOTHERAPY ALREADY IN 1924
The autohemotherapy is a valuable therapeutic method in numerous skin diseases, especially in pruriginous and furuncles. This is a summary of the conclusion from the PhD thesis entitled The autohemotherapy in dermatoses, presented by Dr. Carlos Alberto David's School of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal, in 1924. The thesis shows that the technique is used since the first half of the nineteenth century and presents cases that demon
To What Degree? What Science is Telling Us About Climate Change
How do we know the climate is changing? How do we know what's causing it? Some of the world's leading climate scientists explore the science behind the headlines in this lively documentary.
Adolphe Pacault. Des livres, Une histoire
« "Adolphe Pacault. Des livres, Une histoire", un documentaire écrit et réalisé en 2011 par Claire-Lise Gauvain (SCD Bordeaux I), Yves Gloinec, Nadège Pré, Agnès Larcher (DCAM) ( 18 min 30, VF).
Dans le cadre de l’année internationale de la chimie 2011 et de l’exposition réalisée par le SCD de l’Université Bordeaux I « Itinéraires d'un scientifique : autour des bibliothèques d'Adolphe Pacault (1918-2008)", le Département C
What Gives Rise to Society? Robinson Crusoe is walking along the beach when he sees a little face looking up at him, half-buried in the sand. He digs it out, and finds that it is a little wooden statue of a pagan deity. Friday is on the same beach, looking through a chest full of odds and ends that has washed up from a shipwreck. He finds a thick book with a cross on it. It is a King James Bible.
Chicago History Episode 1
Chicago History dives into Chicago's past and takes a look at the history of meat in Chicago is the topic of this ten minute video. The video concentrates on the horrible working conditions in the stock yards. Not for young students. A good video to show students when the read Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and why the nation passed the Pure Food and Drug Act.
Using Social Science to Improve the World
A "Duke Idea" conversation in Los Angeles, Calif., between President Richard H. Brodhead and Dan Ariely Ph.D.'98, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics. Learn more at http://www.thedukeidea.com.
Body in pieces: saving medical collections (UCL)
Conservator Paul Bates (UCL Pathology Collection/ NHS Royal Free Hospital) has been saving and maintaining medical teaching collections from UCL's partner hospitals for 36 years. Now with the help of Dr Antony Hudek (UCL Mellon Fellow) and Jayne Dunn (UCL Head of Collections Management), Paul's years of hard work are paying off. UCL is re-evaluating how to house and display the collection, and the Victorian plaster casts were the subject of a UCL exhibition, The Body in Pieces.
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Plow that Broke the Plains
This short acclaimed 1935 documentary shows the Great Plains at the time of the Great Depression and how they were reduced to what became known as the Dust Bowl. The video begins with a great description of the plains. (26min)
Who Are the People of America?
This 1953 video explains how the United States came to be a diversely populated nation. (10min)
West Bank Scuffles
Nov. 13 - Palestinians scuffle with Israeli security over barrier construction work. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Out in force in Yemen.
Nov. 13 - Protesters fill the streets in Yemen as President Saleh clings to power, while officials say 3 French workers kidnapped in May face death threat. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
