Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott on his life and work
English professor, Christian Campbell, interviews Caribbean poet and playwright, Derek Walcott, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. Walcott discusses issues of identity, culture, and language in this illuminating conversation, filmed at Hart House Theatre on November 23, 2010.
Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall (1898)
E.P. Prestwich's footage of the launch of the battleship HMS Albion on 21 June 1898 looks deceptively serene and gentle. What it doesn't show is that when the ship hit the water for the first time, it created a wave that swept away a jetty, drowning an estimated 39 people in the process, one of the worst peacetime disasters in the Thames's history.
The film is included in the new BFI DVD 'Tales from the Shipyard', featuring over five hours of documentary film revealing the history of British
Réduction de la mortalité maternelle - Dakar 2010 : de la sensibilisation à l’appropriation
Les savoirs anthropologiques: diffusion, circulation, appropriation, action… Où va le savoir anthropologique qu’élabore un anthropologue dans le domaine de la santé ? Quelle place pour l’action? Quelle réponse?
Inscrit dans une tradition intellectuelle Souvent traité du point de vue de l’engagement avec une tradition qui revient sur le rôle social (au croisement du philosophe des lumières et du combat dreyfusard associe une activité aux contours assez flous entre le m
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The Life of Shakespeare
This student made video talks about the life of William Shakespeare. Unfortunately, there is not very much information on the great poet. The complete works of Shakespeare are widely considered to be the greatest stories and text ever recorded in the history of the written word. Lets take a brief look into the man behind the plays and learn a little about this artistic genius. (3:22)
2.1 A lack of insight?
Does the idea of essay writing put you off the idea of studying? This unit will help you to realise that essays are not to be feared. You will learn how important it is to answer the question that is set and that your style of writing is as communicative as possible.
Mathias Risse and Gillian Brock on Leadership and Global Justice
Mathias Risse discusses "Justice, Accountability and the WTO" and Gillian Brock discusses "Global Justice: Some Key Themes" at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies' Jepson Colloquium 2011. January 28, 2011
Tobacco leaf-picking BL23660_007 TEAFANI & CO WORKS, Brixton. The Turkish Leaf room. Cigarettes and tobacco were regarded as vital war supplies and these women workers are contributing to the war effort by leaf-picking. Photographed by Bedford Lemere & Co in October 1916.
TED - Dan Phillips: Creative Houses from Reclaimed Stuff
Nov. 2010 - Dan Phillips of Phoenix Commotion, a recycled materials house builder, gives a TED talk about the building potential of construction waste materials and the potential in each of us to live better, more creative and fun lives by breaking away from consumer and cultural pressures in our purchasing choices and our lives.
Subjects covered include the sources of wasteful consumption:
-The human brain's desire to establish and define patterns can lead to wastefulness,
WGLT - Radio Faces
Radio Faces™ is one of GLT's signature events. We've brought you Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, Weekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen, White House correspondant Don Gonyea, veteran newscaster/Wait, Wait judge Carl Kasell, ATC co-host Melissa Block with ATC producer and GLT alum Brendan Banaszak, and Radiolab co-host and NPR Science Desk correspondent Robert Krulwich for memorable evenings over the last 6 years.
1970s Plastic Product Commercial - JCPenney Polyester Pants
1972 Commercial for JCPenney womens' polyester pants.
Note: Nearly every plastic product, even clothing, ever produced is still present in the environment in some form or another.
Les peines judiciaires sont-elles identiques dans toutes les sociétés - F Bellivier (audio)
Une conférence de l'UTLS au Lycée
A l'ère de la mondialisation, les peines judiciaires sont-elles identiques dans toutes les sociétés ? par Florence Bellivier
Lycée Galilée (95 Cergy)
Should management be a social science or a design science?
(Editors note: The first few minutes of this podcast are missing) In this lunchtime series of lectures, a selection of LSE's academics from across the spectrum of the social sciences explain the latest thinking on how social scientists work to address the critical problems of the day. They survey the leading ideas and contributions made by their discipline, explain the types of problems that are addressed and the tools that are used, and explore the kinds of solutions proposed.
Rediscovering Jewish Heritage (Jonathan Kaufman)
Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Jonathan Kaufman, author of "A Hole in the Heart of the World: Being Jewish in Eastern Europe." The book follows the lives of several generations of Jews from Eastern Europe, all of whom find a renewed faith and pride as they uncover their heritage, buried first by the Nazis and later by the Communists.
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robin
How have famous books been read and received by audiences in the past? This tutorial, the second in a series designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use this resource, explores the use of historical evidence to understand the reading and reception of a literary text, in this case Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. The first tutorial in this series (Red_1) shows how historians have uncovered evidence of reading in the past, while the next tutorial (
Healthcare Reform
Carol Propper speaks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the healthcare reform proposals currently before Parliament
Organizational Behavior Version 1.1
Two leading researchers in Management, Talya Bauer and Berrin Erdogan, bring you a new Organizational Behavior textbook that bridges the gap between theory and practice with a distinct “experiential” approach.
On average, a worker in the USA will change jobs 10 times in 20 years. In order to succeed in this type of career situation, individuals need to be armed with the tools necessary to be life-long learners. To that end, this book is not be about giving students all the answers to every
Norman Borlaug: 60 Years of Fighting Hunger
Norman E. Borlaug was awarded the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for developing methods to help the world's poorest nations feed themselves. Born of Norwegian descent, Dr. Borlaug was raised near Cresco, a small farming community in northeast Iowa. He earned a B.S. in forestry and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in plant pathology from the University of Minnesota. From 1942 to 1944, Dr. Borlaug worked as a microbiologist for E.I. Dupont de Nemours Foundation, in charge of research on industrial and agricultural
The Nile of New England
What were the distinguishing characteristics of the people of the Deerfield and their relationship with the land as illustrated through changes in lifestyles, economy, and governance? This curriculum is a semester-long course and is comprised of three units:
1. The Colonial Period 1680 – 1720
2. The Federal Period 1780-1820
3. The Progressive Era 1880-1920
Features of the Course:
• The course features an inquiry-based curriculum, based on constructivist learning theory.
• Students will le
Balance Keeper
Balance Keeper is an educational tool that helps children practice addition, subtraction, logical thinking, and basic algebra. The purpose of the game is to balance the scale by clicking and dragging weights. Complex problems consist of unknown mystery weights. Through deductive reasoning and trial and error techniques, a child can determine these unmarked weights. Balance Keeper implements fifteen skill levels that automatically adjust in difficulty. Mastering all the levels will definitely jum
