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Mapping America’s Many Versailles Knockoffs

Mapping America’s Many Versailles Knockoffs

Curbed Maps   Photo: wiki The Palace of Versailles, the French royal getaway that began as a humble hunting lodge before expanding into the world’s largest palace, holds more than 720,000 square feet under its roof, most in the resplendent Baroque style of Louis XIV. The Sun King employed some 30,000 laborers and nearly emptied […]

Model and actor (two time Academy Award nominee), Djimon Hounsou

http://youtu.be/QDWlMX2ToSc http://youtu.be/Lr5cSuPlKGI

Oprah’s South African School for girls

Swiss Cheese DNA Testing

  Designer handbags and Rolex watches are popular targets for counterfeiters, but you may be surprised to learn that so too is Swiss cheese. So, Emmental makers in Switzerland are now turning to genetic science to protect their product. From the pastures of Berne, Switzerland,

Good people in bad places

http://youtu.be/b_huJo9FOkI

Psychology of human behavior

http://youtu.be/8bWlTZZN3DY    

Traveling etiquette?

http://youtu.be/zxK70LnRBoQ http://youtu.be/0KJRyklMamA

Social Experiment

http://youtu.be/wIPJSaO-zK4 http://youtu.be/uJ_NoLOfdgI  

Sociology-Hope in humanity?

http://youtu.be/tZmmf5VWxaU http://youtu.be/Y8__fJOkKWQ http://youtu.be/eLaww3R3Hns http://youtu.be/SYSOcZzpvjI http://youtu.be/eMtu-VXpGP8 http://youtu.be/cBLTBYN8v2o http://youtu.be/Nk6aYIT2Wh0 http://youtu.be/eA_StgJvNyQ http://youtu.be/x5dJagDj1vs http://youtu.be/1QXOEi5vPBM http://youtu.be/JkzCjc4Hnx0 http://youtu.be/IGIXybnme4U        

Obese

http://youtu.be/apqob2QxOWA http://youtu.be/M6lJoAgEe4k    

Elderly

http://youtu.be/u-_A9PpRZFU http://youtu.be/9-hO6iwkkkU http://youtu.be/XUbXPz_GA_I

The way you dress?

http://youtu.be/_RjgQg3dOTE

What Would You Do?

http://youtu.be/striKP3A84w http://youtu.be/YMA5y6oQhBQ http://youtu.be/LyCH_EGrUvM http://youtu.be/minEI8R8qFw http://youtu.be/Ul1xsDwNeuo

The Way Kids See It

Book:Integration in America

Book:Integration in America

 By Tanner Colby Author of biographies of John Belushi and Chris Farley. His book Some of My Best Friends are Black is a historical investigation sparked by Colby’s personal revelations and strengthened with interviews and anecdotes from everyday people, creating a multi-faceted picture of race as it is lived in America. The book covers the clash over […]

Tiesto in Hong Kong

Guns

Jourdan Dunn and Arlenis Sosa

 

Chanel Iman and Nyasha Matonhodze

Avakian Jewelry

Privilege Myth?

http://youtu.be/xD8bzPen848 http://youtu.be/Sktg8ZsxWSE documentary on patriarchy, sexism, male privilege and social justice that I made for my Women and Gender Studies class at Dartmouth. http://youtu.be/pAljja0vi2M must-see for all people who are interested in justice, spiritual growth and community making http://youtu.be/NOVJ6QwFmDI http://youtu.be/L-E4aqOs1_0 http://youtu.be/bsylE79Hm30 http://youtu.be/jQEjWybFhac

W.L.S.

Marrying Up, Marrying Down

Female Ed

http://youtu.be/OD2myGrCoO8 a feature film called Girl Rising, created and launched by an award-winning team of former ABC News journalists in association with The Documentary Group and Paul Allen’s Vulcan Productions. We use the power of storytelling and strategic partnerships to deliver a single message: educating girls in developing nations will change the world.

Bride Kidnapping

http://youtu.be/VQjMLX3_hE0 Kyrgystan, where bride kidnapping is a proud tradition. As women struggle to preserve their autonomy, the controversial practice is seeing a surge in popularity. A young woman is washing her hands under a water pump when three men surround her from behind. They reach out and grab her. She screams, kicks, struggles and cries […]

Alice in Wonderland

Are Short Men at a Disadvantage in Romance?

http://youtu.be/3LwRe6tyqY8 A short documentary High school school project that illustrates in satire the struggles of a short person. Produced in an international school in Hong Kong.  

Think Like a Harvard Businessman

Why Human Potential Is Being Squandered

Why Human Potential Is Being Squandered

 The seminal book about IQ and class that ignited one of the most explosive controversies in decades, now updated with a new Afterword by Charles Murray Breaking new ground and old taboos, Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray tell the story of a society in transformation. At the top, a cognitive elite is forming in […]

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