vaults oen collapsed in the middle ages.f a romanesque architect wished, however, to find a go model for large stone vaulting, he could do no better than to look at the well-preserved examples of roman vaulting, which he could have found in the south of france or all around him here in burgundy. less than a mile from this roman gate in the nearby town of autun stands autun cathedral. like paray-le-monial, the cathedral is a perfect example of the influence of classical roman architecture on the romanesque architect. we can see the classical forms everywhere here-- the fluted pilasters crowned at the top by corinthian capitals. and in the middle story of the building, this characteristic composition of round arches separated by flat pilasters and closed by a horizontal cornice. these forms come straight from the local roman precedent here in autun, thpont d'arroux. the romanesque style spread right across europe. in 1066, it crossed the english channel with the norman conquest of england. the normans stroyed most of the main

, um, in the middle ages. religion was a very important part of daily life. the books of hours were prayer books that laypeople, not the clergy, but the average person, would have and be would use to guide their devotional life. so in looking in the books of hours, you can get some of the sense of how medieval people approached, um, their daily life through their prayers and a sense of what they found beautiful in the use of rich materials, the gold applied, um, to the illustrations and, um, a general enjoyment of, um, all that nature has to offer. >> interviews from beaumont, texas, are being featured all weekend long on booktv. for more information visit c-span.org/localcontent. >> i am destler spoke to booktv about his -- i.m. destler spoke to booktv about his latest book. this interview was recorded at the horn library, and it's about 40 minutes. >> the name of the book is "in the shadow of the oval office." simon & schuster published it, and, professor i.m. destler is the co-author along with ivo daalder.

history in the middle ages. religion was a very important part of daily life. the books of hours were prayer books that lay people -- not the clergy, but the average person -- would have and would use to guide their devotional life. so in looking of the books of hours, you can get some of the sense of how medieval people approached their daily life through their prayers and a sense of what they found beautiful in the use of rich materials, the gold applied to the illustrations and, um, a general enjoyment of, um, all that nature has to offer. >> beaumont, texas, is about 80 miles east of houston and has a population of about 120,000. booktv visited the city to take a look at its lively literary culture and history. next, a conversation with beaumont area authors laura o'toole and wanda landry. their book, betting, booze and brothels, takes a look at the boom town era that followed the 1901 discovery of oil in the state. >> well, there were brothels, there were quite a few brothels, and there were gambling halls.

when you talk about, you know well, ghetto originally was a term for a jewish neighborhoods in the middle ages: yes, everybody knows that when newt says ghetto he's talking about spanish being the language of jewish neighborhoods in the middle ages. and i for one share newt's concern about these meddive el jewish spanish speaking menaces to society. like hey, get out of here, you ghetto hooligans. back off, hombre, for we are both loco and meshugganeh. oh, here they go. here they go with that ghetto music. camel music. you have a lot of chutzpah, mi hermano. >> stephen: leave my stud why and i will not call los federallest. >> amigo, let's leave the schlemil and take a siesta but first we will norb on enchi-latkes, vaya con shalom. >> stephen: learn english you no good -- -- folks this is why we i have always said we need a border wall with the 14th century. we'll be right back. cheefers plaus (cheers and app >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is a professor of constitutional law at harvard who taught president bama. you know what they say, those who can do, those who can al

the biggest group of people who live alone are middle aged adults between the ages of 35 and 65. most of the time these are people who have lived with someone else before. they're generally people who have been married before. but we all know that divorce is quite common in the contemporary world and there are millions of people -- 16 million people in this age group -- and many of them live alone because they decided that in fact they're better off staying on their own and being quite social than they are searching out a relationship that is the wrong relationship. they won't settle for the wrong relationship, and that's a big change here. they're not living the life they expected to live but they're fining a way to make it work. then finally, the fastest growing group of people who are living alone are young adults under the age of 35. more than 5 million people like that. in 1950, there were 5 been thousand, and it went from 1% of people under 30 living alone in 1950, to more than 10% today. >> host: what about -- so there seems to be -- well, let's put aside the elderly group

class, i mean for the young group and the middle-aged, as you call them, those are basically by definition middle-class. >> host: i am clear about this in the beginning of the book. to expensive to live alone. you have to pay for that privilege and that is why you find it in more affluent nations and find very little of it in impoverished nations of the world. the same is true when you come home to the united states. it's something that's far more common among the middle class and the affluence of the great majority of the interviews in the book were people who could afford to do it. that said there's a small subset of people who are living alone under tougher conditions, very poor men, mostly men, tend to live in these single occupancy dwellings that we still have in some cities old hotel residencies and they can be quite vulnerable and for them living alone is often a way to protect themselves against the influences of people or places that once got them into trouble. we spent a lot of time talking to them and for them it's a very different experience. there are also people

, um, in the middle ages. religion was a very important part of daily life. the books of hours were prayer books that lay people -- not the clergy, but the average person -- would have and would use to guide their devotional life. so in looking in the books of hours, you can get some of the sense of how medieval people approached their daily life through their prayers and a sense of what they found beautiful in the use of rich materials, the gold applied, um, to the illustrations and, um, a general enjoyment of all that nature has to offer. >> interviews from beaumont, texas, are being featured all weekend long on booktv. visit c-span.org/local content. >> up next, peter schweizer contends that members of congress profit from insider trading and use their political influence for their own financial gain. this is just over an hour. >> thank you all for joining us here at heritage this afternoon in our louis lehrman auditorium. we, of course, welcome those who join us on our

deaths from hepatitis c have increased steadily in recent years most of the deaths occurred in middle- aged-64 baby boomers according to research are the most at risk over 3 million americans are estimated to have the disease and more than half do not know they do to increase diagnosis' health officials are considering a one time screening of all those born between 1945 and 1965 fructose is not linked to extra weight gain that's according to a new study in the annals of internal medicine researchers found that people who consumed extra fructose baked in breads are sprinkled in drinks didn't gain any extra weight compared to those who consume to other types of cards with the same amount of calories additional studies need to be done on natural fructose found in fruit compared to those found in soda >>and most people have no idea how much under there will look after undergoing plastic surgery according to recent study of plastic surgeons young or middle-aged people can expect to live between six to eight years i habe a cohd. i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is,

it's mostly young teen girls middle school age making the videos. you will find some from boys as well. one video that was posted a year ago, has gotten more than 3.4 million hits and 92,000 comments. the disturbing trend is raising concerns, here is one video we found of a girl asking, am i ugly? a number of bloggers responded to the videos urging youtube to take them down. linda so, abc2 news. >>> day a house panel will hear a bill on sobriety checks , the bill will target people who drive under the influence with children in the car. they will have an electronic device the car checking sobriety. it would require drivers to blow in to a tube before starting engine. >>> news around the nation, a driver accused of hitting a girl on a bike and leaving the scene, turned herself in to police. surveillance camera caught the whole thing in philadelphia. it was a hit and run. the 9 year old girl suffered minor bumps and bruises. >>> in california, now a hiker had to be rescued off of a cliff outside of los angeles. he got stuck and a firefighter had to be

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middle age doesn't sound good, we'll stay with young turks. >> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow. romney takes the lead. now leading in the michigan polls despite little living in denial. >> we should get the government out of general motors so the future is determined by the demands by the marketplace not washington. >> and living on another planet. >> i like the fact that the cars i see are detroit-made automobiles. i >> iand you wonder why he cannot connect with the average voter. >> you can bet since it's an election year they're dusting off their three. point plan for $2 gas. >> newt equals $2.50 gasoline. >> how the g.o.p. is full of hot gas. >>> mid-atlantic crieses as they approve same-sex marriage and virginia rams forced ultrasound. >> they say vote for us, things will get better. then you vote for the republicans and they take a hard right turn. >> and with god on his side. >> i personally think this is god's will. i think he has a final path and i think there is more happening than what we're seeing. >> that's rick santorum's wife explaining his surge i

dennis the men nighs if he had grown upton a -- dennis the menaze if he had grown up to be middle aged. >> i hold the words close to my heart. >> thank you. >> no problem. >> andy, you had said at the beginning there the word belacoast. it is from the latin roof -- root belum for war, and it means favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars. >> you and i know that because we both -- restudy lapping wedges. we study languages. >> but the number of times i have seen you do this job the whole purpose is to be a punch line buzz kill. isn't that what you do is you take people things say? >> i don't know. i have never had a punch line on the show. >> you are fun. >> brooke, you said iran has hired the mexican drug dealers. i think you are confusing iran with gary by see. busey. it happens a lot. tucker, you mentioned that iran is not a bigger threat than china, not even close. iran may get nukes and china controls our economy. that is actually not true. it is a common misnomer, but china accounts for 2.7% of u.s. personal consumption expenditures in 2 010 according to the federal reserve

in the middle ages protection from invaders by building settlements in the way places one of them is high on the bank of a river in the district. natural obstacles provided protection for the inhabitants of these fortifications. team people came from the region to pray for. people in the surrounding villages. of the. twenty six to the gods. to join. prayer in appealing to the gods. to the. sacrificial. taking part in the ritual. to bring the people together. people get closer to the gods by eating in this way. mari people from all over have come here even those living in moscow and st petersburg. everywhere in russia trying to be here for this press of us. before nightfall the romans finally find what they set out for at the start of the expedition the depression. norma's pitch in the very center of a field they hold their vehicles at a safe distance from it the people living in this village used to plough these fields and grow crops on it. but. they were awakened by loud noises. when they came here they were surprised to see a large crazy in the middle of a field with some water in

city is found several kilometers away from the ancient oak in the middle ages the maori sought protection from invaders by building their settlements in out of the way places one of them is high on the bank of a river in the district. natural obstacles provided protection for the inhabitants of these fortifications. team people came to this grove from the region to pray for a russian victory over napoleon people in the surrounding villages still tell the story of the maori who sacrificed twenty six to the gods. now it's time for me. to join other worshipers at the prayer in appealing to the gods. to the singing of an exodus touched sacrificial animals. this is followed with a meal shared by those taking part in the ritual giving out food from enormous pots to bring the people together according to their beliefs people get closer to the gods by eating in this way. everywhere try to be here for the service. before nightfall the romans finally find what they set out for at the start of the expedition. depression. pit in the very center of a field. a safe distance from it the people living in

age range. but for the middle class i think for the younger groups and the middle-aged as you call them, those are basically by definition middle class. >> guest: line clear about this in the book it's expensive to live alone. you have to pay for that privilege. that's why you find it in more affluent nations and very little of it in the impoverished nations of the world. the same is true when you come home to the united states. it's far more common among the middle class and the affluent so the great majority of the interviews are people who could afford it. with that said there's a small subset of people who are living alone under tougher conditions. in the dwellings that we still have in the hotel residencies. for them living alone is often the way to to spend themselves or protect themselves against the influences of people or places that once got them into trouble and we spent a lot of time talking to them and it is a very different experience. there are also people aging alone who are vulnerable and we can talk about them later. >> host: how did you decide -- did you pick this as a place to

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they are predominantly white, male, and middle aged. she doesn't seem to mind.s the most nominated actors of all time care about the oscars? >> sadly, it still matters. it is so exciting. it really is. i remember the first time i went and lord olivier was here and bette davis was here and i remember that for many years. >> all the talk is about the french silent movie, the artist. >> a harvard student has a program of presenting the oscars -- predicting the oscars. everyone seems to think it is a foregone conclusion that the artist has won. it does not seem to be the year of the american film. >> steven spielberg's warhorse, -- woody we alan's alan's romantic comedy. the help is another contender for best film. its star is nominated for best actress. >> that brings today's show to a close. from all of us here at abc world news america, thank you for watching and have a good -- bbc world news america, thank you for watching and have a good weekend. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of ne

there predominately white, male, and middle aged. she does not seem to mind. does the most nominated actress of all time care about the oscars? >> it still matters. it is so exciting. it really is. i remember the first time i went. i was next to gregory peck. betty davis was behind me. i been going to that thing for many years. ♪ >> as for best film, all the talk has been about "the artist." >> everyone making oscar predictions, everybody seems to think it is a foregone conclusion. it does not sound like it will be the year of the american film. >> or maybe it will. "ware is steven spielberg's horse," and "hugo," and " midnight in paris." "the help" is another contender for best found. viola davis is nominated for best actress. >> you are watching bbc news. >> make sense of international news. bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu newman's own foundation and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture n

well, there's only been 50 cases of this since the middle ages.so has a remarkable determination to lead a normal life. at first sight, this could be any bangkok neighborhood. but this is where nat lives, a special child, whose spirit and determination has been an inspiration to her community. 11-year-old supatra sasuphan, nicknamed nat, has a syndrome that gives her excess hair covering her face and parts of her body. a genetic condition so rare that only 50 cases have been documented since the middle ages. she was born with the condition and as a baby, needed two operations just to be able to breathe normally. it's the way i am, she told me. i don't even think about it. the guinness book of records recently named her the world's hairiest girl. an award she says she's proud of. she is self-confident, she works and plays hard, her father told me. we want people to understand, she's a normal little girl. young nat seems to be able to cope with all the attention. but it hasn't always been that easy. one of her biggest challenges came when she first

the complaint was that the voters were predominantly white and middle aged.he doesn't seem to mind. but do the actors care about the oscars? >> sadly, it does. it is so exciting. it really is. i remember the first time i went and lauren oliver was here and gregory peck was here, sammy davis was behind me. i've been going to that thing for many years. >> all the talk has been about the movie "the artist." >> everyone from this kid at harvard who has a program of predicting the oscars to all the people that are in what i call the blogosphere, everyone seems to think it is a foregone conclusion that the artist has won this. it doesn't sound like it will be the year of the american film. >> maybe it will. the americans are not out of the picture. some -- there is stephen spielberg's "war horse." there is the movie "hugo" and woody allen's romantic comedy, "midnight in paris." >> "the help" a story about racial contentions in mississippi is another trying for best movie. >> that brings today's show to a close. for all of us here at "bbc world news america" thank y

>> none of these middle aged white guys are game changers. >> find me a woman. >> if you are going to seriously consider the governor of alaska, you have to call her now. >> this is sarah. i'm not sure how much she knows about foreign policy. >> you can actually see russian from land here in alaska. >> oh, my god. what have we done? >> it wasn't my fall. i wasn't properly prepared. >> she is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. >> you are telling me what to wear, what to say, how to talk. i am not your puppet. chris: wow. it seems like you are giving her a little break, but mainly is a knock on palin. >> the book tried to be fair to her. >> and you had her in a feetal position. >> there was both sides. there is no one who will see this movie who won't feel an enormous amount of admiration and see some problems. >> you are getting your jaw set here. you wrote an influential column saying she should quit the campaign? >> that was early on, september 26, 2008. i remember it because it was my birthday, and i got 20,000 e-mails. she is done the three big interviews on television, and it wa

>> none of these middle-aged white guys are game changers. >> so find me a woman. >> if you are going to seriously consider the governor of alaska, you have to call her now. >> this is sarah. >> not sure how much she knows about foreign policy. >> you can actually see russia from land here in alaska. >> oh, my god, what have we done? >> i wasn't properly prepped. >> she's on the verge of a complete nervous breakdown. >> telling me what to say, what to wear, how to talk. i am not your puppet! >> wow! seems like you're giving her a little break but mainly it's a knock on palin, isn't it? >> the book tried to be very fair to her and -- >> but the fetal position there? >> as she was. re -- we tried to show both the dark side of sarah palin and the light side. there is no one who will see this movie who will not feel an enormous amount be admiration and sympathy and also see that there were some problems. >> you wrote an influential column, kathy, getting your jaw set here, that she should jump off that train she was on, quit the campaign. >> that was september 26, 2008. i remember it beca

a survey shows that the academy lacks diversity and they are predominantly white, male, middle-aged. does not seem to mind. >> whose fault is that? >> yours. >> does the most nominated actress of all time care about the oscars? >> certainly. it is so exciting, it really is. i remember the first time i went and i was next to gregory peck and bette davis was behind me. i have been going to that thing for many years. >> as the best film, all the talk has been about the french movie "the artist." >> everyone has a program of predicting the oscars, all the people in be the blogs making predictions, it is a foregone conclusion that "the artist" will win. >> the americans are not out of the picture. some of the biggest names will be competing. stevens bill bert's "-- steven "warhorse," woody paris.""midnight in "the help" is also a contender. its star is up for best actress. >> >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu newman's own foundation and union bank. >> at union bank, our r

>> like a middle aged parent going over the hill, because we're all in the 40s right now. >> we're in of the demographics are seniors. so i'm just going to have fun with it. >> brrr, it's cold in here, there must be some wildcats in the atmosphere. >> that's going to do it for this edition of "right this minute." we're going to leave you with a beautiful compilation of time lapse footage from luke dergeron called "welcome to the earth." there's another 30 minutes on the way. there's another 30 minutes on the way. stick around. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

a new study from university college in london linked smoking to a faster mental decline in middle-aged men researchers studied over 5000 men in 2007. participants were given memory of verbal skills and reasoning tests over a period of 10 years starting at the age of 56 in the study found that men who smoke showed a greater decline. >> lunch break is coming up next. >> we are putting a refreshened twist on salad with it some winter citrus hey, it's me -- water. i was trying to figure out how i could get rid of 99% of the lead i can pick up traveling through your pipes and then... [ click ] ...it just clicked. get it? it clicked... like the thing. click. it is time for the lunch break ... i was so excited about today's segment we started during the commercial break. we are talking about cooking with citrus. >> i am going to be talking about some of my favorites. citrus is loaded with a vitamin c and everyone knows this it is also a great source of fiber and helps the body fight infection. >> usually people think citrus and they think of it warm weather food. >> i think it is hands down t

let me read to you a short few paragraphs from a middle-aged woman. candid and makes a generational point i'm trying to make here. i grew up with a balanced view of the civil war. if by that you mean i was taug, lee high school, no less. that our side lost, hell the iast t still a confederate battle flag hanging in my father's garage, the same one that hung over my childhood bed until i was 18. this was written in april 25th, 2011. we were democrats, my grandfather told me in the '70s. because lincoln was a republican. a decade later by the time i was in high school, my family would become reagan democrats. the type of folks who today populate the base of the older generation of the southern gop. and they made the switch totally along the culture fault lines dating back to the civil rights act, reconstruction, and civil war. this suggests that healing occurs because some people pass on, frankly, and the next generation -- the next generation whose views, world view, comes from a different context such as the civil rights movement is if you will forgiv

"the repressed urge in the middle-aged male," "its roots and its consequences."g and yelling) in the 1950's, psychoanalysis washed over popular culture. there was an obsession with psychoanalysis, and with the meaning of psychoanalysis. psychoanalysis taught us that under the surface of life, particularly domestic life, lay a whole set of unruly, chaotic, dark feelings, tension and dark, dirty little secrets. and now at the same time, billy wilder is making movies. and i think this is important in terms of staying power. (peter bogdonavich) i think, certainly, pictures in the 50's and 60's are satirical examinations of the various archetypes. look how she moves! that's just like jell-o on springs. must have some sort of built-in motor or something. i tell you, it's a whole different sex! wilder's "some like it hot" may be the most important romantic comedy of the 50's. it was the most commercially successful, but it was also the sharpest in the way that it dealt with the way men and women treat each other. have you tried american girls? why? was that anything? th

why would a middle-aged white native southerner write a book about american blacks? first of all, it's not a book just about american blacks. it is about the institution of slavery and all aspects of it. so it's a little more encompassing than just about a group of people. let me give you some of the reasons why i did write the book. one is, i just dearly love history. i've been a student of history since a very, very early age. i remember when my mother used to read me stories about the fall of the alamo and other historical tales and i guess i get my love of history from my late mother. now, i basically tried to do the same thing with my kids. i have twin daughters, and rather than reading them bedtime stories, i read to them about the battle of gettysburg. and, i drug them to every national battlefield there is in the united states. as they got older, i'd say by the time they were 7 or 8 years old, they could give a pretty good discourse on the military strategies of robert e. lee versus ulysses s. grant. i knew i had probably gone too far. they were about 5 or 6