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"Five Weeks in a Balloon" by Jules Verne, and "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum are read aloud.

Today Ruth reads from ""20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, and the full poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert W. Service.

OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, presents Dr. Roy Bellhorn and his lecture 'Animal Eyes: Their Form and Function.'

OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, presents Bob Travis and his lecture 'Woodcarving for Fun and Profit: The Art of Caricature Carving.'

OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, presents  Dr. Marving Goldman and Barry Schuler, and their lecture 'The Next Big Thing in Technology.'

Best of '12: Rio Mania 10

Episode #399 of “Media Edge” (initial airing on cable TV during week of December 29 - January 4) includes:

"A Buffalo's Trail of Tears" (6 minutes)

A short video about the annual hazing of the last wild and free buffalo, by the Buffalo Field Campaign.

"The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation" (1 hour, 48 minutes)

"Health Care as a Human Right in Occupied Palestine"

At an event in Sacramento on October 30, Dr. Ruchama Marton, founder of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and 2010 winner of the Right Livelihood Award, and Dr. Allam Jarrar of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society described the current state of health care in the West Bank. They also discussed the challenges in providing comprehensive health services in light of the military occupation. The event was sponsored by PSR/Sacramento and Jewish Voice for Peace/Sacramento, and endorsed by Sacramento Area Peace Action.