Roundup

Harlem vs. Columbia University [video 1 hour, 53 minutes, and 39 seconds]

Stefan Bradley, history and African American studies professor at Saint Louis University, recalls the efforts by African-American students and the residents of Harlem to stop Columbia University from building a private gymnasium and expanding the University's footprint in 1968-69. Mr. Bradley focuses on the residents of Harlem's protest and the radicalization of portions of Columbia's student body, including the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) led by Mark Rudd and the SAS (Students' Af

Kwatsi Alibaruho, First Black NASA Flight Director [audio 5 minutes 5 seconds]

Ed Gordon talks with Kwatsi Alibaruho, the first African American to lead NASA's Mission Control as a flight director for the International Space Station.

Martin Kramer on Radical Islam and Superfluous Young Men [video 6 minutes 3 seconds]

You get six minutes at the Herzliya Conference to say something memorable (and there is a clock ticking away at your feet, facing the audience). So I made a memorable argument for the role of population growth in radicalization, a clip of which is embedded below. It's memorable—but not at all original. I first encountered the idea in the stimulating work of Gunnar Heinsohn (here is one example of many). There is also one error in my popularized recycling of his thesis. Heinsohn's ru

Zheng He Ranks Among the World's Greatest Seafarers [video 22 minutes 22 seconds]

Nearly a century before European explorers started out, he was commanding great fleets of huge ships The ships groaned with valuable cargo and travelled epic distances, from China to the coast of Africa. China has been through periods of overlooking Zheng He. But since the 1980s, he has had a revival in the People's Republic. Nick Baker finds out more about the man who was a eunuch, a Muslim, possibly a giant, and one of the world's most important historic

Archeologist Zahi Hawass Unlocks the Secrets of Egypt [video 28 minutes 43 seconds]

Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass discusses his work using "science to reconstruct history" in uncovering the mysteries of the pyramids, identifying mummies, and excavating the Valley of the Kings.

The Steam-Powered, Coal-Fired Vibrator [video 6 minutes 59 seconds]

The “Technology of Orgasm” author recounts the outrageous history of female genital “manipulators,” from water-powered turbines to the contraption called the Chattanooga.

“Unaccommodated Man” in Vietnam [video 4 minutes 51 seconds]

Robert Stone’s experience as a war correspondent is forever linked in his mind with a haunting passage from “King Lear.”

Rick needs this stuff

CTRL-Click the Time Machine icon in the Dock and select"Browse Other Time Machine Disks…". Select your Time Machine backup drive and the 'star field' interface will launch. This approach will allow you to navigate back to the user folder or item you wish to Restore. You will likely be prompted for the username and password of the old account, but you will be able to move the data. Once the Restore is complete You should be able to now go into this restored folder and change the permissions of the folder or item you are trying to access. Highlight the file/folder and select Get Info from the File menu. Click the tiny gold lock icon at the bottom. You will be asked for your current admin username and password. Now click the tiny"+" button on the left. In the resulting window select your current user account and click"Select". This should have added your current username to the list under Sharing & Permission. Under"Privilege" change"Read only" to"Read & Write". Now, if the item you are dealing with is a folder, then click the tiny Gear icon at the bottom and select"Apply to enclosed items...". You will be warned that you can't undo this but click OK anyways. When finished close Get Info and you should now have full access to the item in question.

Email Marketing Director guidelines

Nota Bene: Email Marketing Director is located on the Dell office computer under the C drive: Common Files New URL 2010: http://beta.zeop.com/ Templates for M, W & F newsletters M #121897 W #121898 F # 121899 Tips * New subscribers from Zeop are added to the bottom of the Arial list database. * You need to keep a list of all dropped subscribers in the event you lose the list. * You need to update every week the subscriber lists * You can only download new subscriber lists from Zeop once! That means, if you download to an excel file the newest subscribers from Zeop's webpage you m,ust manually add that list to the subscriber database in Arial. Updating the subscriber base from within Arial will not download those new names. Diary * 7-22-09: (HTML List Only) Sometime in July 2009 I discovered that the html list had dropped some 2,000 names. The last complete exported list of html subscribers was done on June 4, 2009. I added all new subscribers since June 4th by going to the database for the latest exported html list.

A gold elixir of youth in the 16th century French court [video 12 minutes]

Miracle beauty products may be a staple Christmas present today, but they're not a recent invention. Diane de Poitiers, a French noble woman and mistress of Henry II of France, tried to use gold to preserve her looks - in alchemical law, gold was immutable, and alchemists and apothecaries created various potions to pass this gift onto their customers. For Christmas, the BMJ has made a video about a French research team's investigations of Diane's remains, and its discovery that the

Oral Histories: Wisconsin Holocaust Survivors [24 Audio clips]

Each oral history presents a vivid eyewitness account of an odyssey through the Holocaust of World War II. Roll your cursor over a photo or name to see a brief biography. Click on a photo or name to access the full biography, transcript, audio recordings and pictures.

Historian/Documentary Editor, Joseph Smith Papers Project

The Joseph Smith Papers Project is engaged in producing a comprehensive edition of Joseph Smith documents featuring complete and accurate transcripts with both textual and contextual annotation. The scope of the project includes Joseph Smith's original correspondence, revelations, journals, historical writings, sermons, legal papers, and other documents. Besides providing the most comprehensive record of early Latter-day Saint history they will also provide insight into the broader religious la

British Army 'waterboarded' suspects in 70s

Evidence that the British army subjected prisoners in Northern Ireland to waterboarding during interrogations in the 1970s is emerging after one of the alleged victims launched an appeal against his conviction for murder.

Holidays at War: Recollections from the Front (Canada) [audio 7 clips]

Between 1939 and 1945, more than 1 million Canadians and Newfoundlanders served either on the home front or overseas, fighting for king and country. During that time, most would spend the holidays on the frontlines of war rather than at home with their families. Today seven veterans share their recollections of the holidays during the Second World War.

You Know You're Sick [audio 6 minutes 30 seconds]

The placebo effect can be effective even with crazy remedies like surgery to place goat testicles in male subjects to cure impotence. This is not a medieval remedy, but one from the history of the United States of America in the 20th Century. John Romulus Brinkley not only specialized in this operation, but reached every day Americans with his radio station giving medical "advice".

Against the Grain: Frida Kahlo [audio 48 minutes 19 seconds combined]

From Against the Grain we bring you a discussion of the life and work of Frida Kahlo -- one that focuses on "what has become of the Mexican artist's radical politics? Art historian Margaret A. Lindauer argues that Kahlo's artistic legacy has been done a disservice by those who would read the painter's works off her personal life, instead of looking at the complex intellectual and political processes that created them." Margaret A. Lindauer is the author of Devouring Frida: The Art Hist

In Germany, 'National Guilt' Stirs Against Afghan War [video 7 minutes 48 seconds]

Germany has the third largest contingent of forces in Afghanistan, yet among a population still haunted by World War II a deep-rooted anti-war sentiment persists. Margaret Warner reports.

A 19th-Century Mathematician Finally Proves Himself [audio 5 minutes 59 seconds]

Charles Babbage, the man whom many consider to be the father of modern computing, never got to complete any of his life's work. The Victorian gentleman was a brilliant mathematician, but he wasn't very good at politics and fundraising, so he never got the financial backing to finish any of his elaborate machine designs. For decades, even his fans weren't certain whether his computing machines would have worked.

Celebrating 350 Years Of Notable Scientific Papers [audio 5 minutes 33 seconds]

To celebrate its 350th birthday, the Royal Society of London selected 60 of the most notable scientific papers it's published over the past four centuries. And it's posting them online — with images of the original manuscripts. These are many of the biggest names in scientific history — Isaac Newton to Ben Franklin to Stephen Hawking. Host Guy Raz reviews a few of them with Michael Thompson, the man in charge of choosing from the society's 60,000-paper collection.

From Dickens Himself, Notes On 'A Christmas Carol' [audio 3 minutes 19 seconds]

Tis the season — every year at this time — for the various renderings of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. This year, the current animated version in the cinema — starring a computer-generated Jim Carrey in multiple roles — has won some plaudits for sticking with the spirit of the Dickens original. So it might come as some surprise to learn that when Dickens himself performed A Christmas Carol, he didn't do it as it's written. And during this holiday season, you can see the proo