Documentary featuring the six hostages who escaped from US embassy compound in Iran in 1979 at the start of the 444 day hostage crisis and were sheltered and ex-filtrated by Canadian staff such as charge d’affaires Ken Taylor and the Sheardowns. Includes interview with Flora Macdonald re the false Canadian passports issued by Canadian Govt.
Grade levels: Adult
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444 Days to Freedom: The Inside Story
This documentary, winner of three Canadian Gemini Awards and narrated by William Shatner, offers an in-depth portrait of the events encompassed by the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 to 1981, when 52 Americans were held by fundamentalist Iranian students deeply disturbed by the course of American policy in their native land. Attention is given to the American reaction to the crisis, both inside and outside of the country. The focus here is on the conduct of the hostages themselves and how they managed to survive within such a volatile situation. Also included is some discussion on the implications of the crisis on American foreign policy.
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1916, Episode 4: Thomas McDonagh
“They gave their lives for Ireland.” The 1916 Easter Rising changed the course of Irish history and at the heart of the story of the Rising are the seven men who put their names to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. By signing the Proclamation each man knew they were committing themselves to bloody rebellion, and in all likelihood signing their own death warrant.
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1916, Episode 5: Seán Mac Diarmada
“They gave their lives for Ireland.” The 1916 Easter Rising changed the course of Irish history and at the heart of the story of the Rising are the seven men who put their names to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. By signing the Proclamation each man knew they were committing themselves to bloody rebellion, and in all likelihood signing their own death warrant.
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1916, Episode 6: Éamonn Ceannt
“They gave their lives for Ireland.” The 1916 Easter Rising changed the course of Irish history and at the heart of the story of the Rising are the seven men who put their names to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. By signing the Proclamation each man knew they were committing themselves to bloody rebellion, and in all likelihood signing their own death warrant.
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1916, Episode 7: P.H. Pearse
“They gave their lives for Ireland.” The 1916 Easter Rising changed the course of Irish history and at the heart of the story of the Rising are the seven men who put their names to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. By signing the Proclamation each man knew they were committing themselves to bloody rebellion, and in all likelihood signing their own death warrant.
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Acids and Bases
Acids and bases are all around us. This program features the following: – Early theories of Arrenhius and Lowry-Bronsted. – Valence structures. – Exposed protons and proton transfer. – Diprotic and triprotic acids linked to structures. – Amphiprotic example given by hydrogen sulphate ion. – The pH scale and the use of indicators to measure pH. – Conjugate pairs and strengths of acids with strong acids giving weak conjugate bases. – Standard reactions: acid + metal, acid + oxide, acid + carbonate, acid + hydrogen carbonate.
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Cutting Their Own Cloth: Entrepreneurial Clothing Designers
In this program, we look at two enterprising young sisters turn a lost opportunity into a commercial gain. Twin sisters, Lou and Sophie McDermott, after missing out on the fashion TAFE course of their choice, have set up their own successful business designing and manufacturing club wear. The program examines the processes of setting up a small business from scratch, the issue of mass marketing versus niche marketing, their inspirations for designs, the logistics of manufacturing and the decisions they now have to make to expand the business and keep ahead in a highly competitive market.
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Daily Café Operations: Day in the Life of a Café
A café culture is developing in our country with new cafes springing up on a weekly basis. There are many different types, but all cafés have similar underlying principles of what is involved in their day to day running. We take a look at Provisions Café and the daily operations a café undertakes such as; opening procedures, a typical day, café skills, café job qualifications, and closing procedures.
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Dealing with Difficult Customers
This program covers important principles in dealing with difficult customers within the customer service industry. Included are feature interviews with service and training professionals from Safeway/Woolworths, The Windsor Hotel Melbourne, Jennifer Allcorn – difficult customer specialist from Gordon TAFE, and the 2004 Best in Australia Industry Award winner, Melbourne restaurant Jacques Reymond. The program offers sound advice for dealing with difficult customers in an easy to understand and practical way. Various role plays are included to demonstrate points and interviews with professionals who work in a variety of areas within the customer service industry. It is an informative mix of expert knowledge with excellent examples on how to deal with difficult customers.