Bristle Dolls: Bai Dacheng Artist At Work
2:22 Bristle dolls have truncated clay cores. Bai glues boar bristles onto their wide bottoms. While the figures were originally clothed in paper, they are now clothed in silk. The silk clothing is backed by rice paper that Bai makes himself, and it is attached to the dolls with flour paste. The dolls made by Bai’s teacher were made of paper and were also much smaller.
A History of Jazz - Ragtime, Blues
12:50 A History of Jazz is a short documentary, which traces the roots of Jazz back to the Slave Trade and its African Roots. This is Focused on African Americans. For more see:
Irish American Vernacular Linguistics
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Linguisitics/
Bill Gates Biography - BBC Documentary 2 of 6
5:54 Bill Gates Biography - BBC Documentary 2 of 6. William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world's
wealthiest people[4] and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009,
excluding 2008, when he was ranked third. During his career at
Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief soft
Jews on Trial: The Papal Inquisition in Modena, 1598-1638
Katherine Aron-Beller will be speaking about her book on the Modena inquisition of 1598-1638.
Speaker Biography: Katherine Aron-Beller is adjunct professor at Gratz College of Jewish Studies and lecturer at the International School in Tel Aviv University.
For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5501.
Science Bulletins: Aiming High: The Search for Ultra High-Energy Cosmic Rays
The history of cosmic ray research is a story of scientific adventure. For nearly a century, cosmic ray researchers have climbed mountains, soared in hot air balloons, and traveled to the far corners of the Earth in the quest to understand these energetic particles from space. They have solved some scientific mysteries—and revealed many more. With each passing decade, scientists have discovered higher-energy and increasingly more rare cosmic rays. The Pierre Auger Project is the largest scient
Outstanding Grads 2012: César Soto
An interview with an extraordinary CSUN student we profiled in our Newsroom commencement article at:
http://blogs.csun.edu/news/2012/05/graduates-4/
directed, shot and edited by Krishna Narayanamurti
interviewer/producer: Carmen Ramos Chandler
executive producers: Vance Peterson and Stacy Lieberman
assistant editor and production assistant: Jacquil Constant
music by Impact Music Library
special thanks: Lee Choo and Rayetta Esquibel
© 2012 California State University, Northridge.
Studie van het chemisch evenwicht : Practicum In dit practicum toon je aan dat bij een (omkeerbare) reactie in evenwicht, zowel de reagentia als de reactieproducten aanwezig zijn. De werkbladen voor dit practicum zijn gestructureerd volgens:
School of Law Commencement 2012 - Jacqueline A. Berrien
Honorary Degree Recipient Jacqueline A. Berrien delivers the Commencement Address at the School of Law Commencement on May 25, 2012.
Mercury, Venus, and the Dance of the Planets || Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Owen Gingerich, CfA
For all of us, it's now or never to see Venus silhouetted against the face of the sun. On June 6 the goddess will transit the sun, a phenomenon not to be repeated until 11 December 2117.
May 17, 2012
10 Doggie Kisses by Todd Parr for Sesame Street (Counting to 10)
This is Todd Parr's (author and illustrator) second short film he has made for Sesame Street. Young learners will enjoy counting to 10 as the doggies kisses 10 different children. What a fun resource for the early childhood classroom. (0:46)
Improve Your Acrylic Painting
This 3:43 long video shows Terry Harrison demonstrating simple exercises for watercolor and oil painting techniques using acrylics. It is a useful video with good tips
Horses in the Movies
This is a very interesting video about what is needed to provide animals and wagons for a movie. This video shows how one man works out the details of what is needed, when, and where. A lot of interesting facts are presented and the video should be of interest to students as a career or as a math in daily life project. The presenter is from Movin' On Livestock.
Running time 5:33 minutes
ELEC 301 Projects Fall 2011
Rice University ELEC 301
A collection of the class projects of Rice University's Fall 2011 ELEC 301 Signals and Systems course.
Some Rights Re
Obama Addresses 2004 Democratic Convention
On July 27, 2004, Barack Obama, then a little-known Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate from Illinois, delivers the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. His speech, in which he describes his personal story of the American Dream, catapults him into the national spotlight. (2:51)
The Exchange: An Independent President?
Buddy Roemer talks to Rob Cox about what's wrong with Washington and Wall Street - and how he'd change both as president.
Walking To New Orleans Fats Domino 1960 Original Underdub
This song by Fats Domino was recorded in 1960 and was a big hit. This makes a fun compliment to studying about Ruby Bridges because it features New Orleans where she lived and went to school. It was on the airwaves the same year that she made history by being the first African America student to attend a white school. (01:54)
12.06.2012 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Dienstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
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Im Streit zwischen Bundesregierung und Opposition über den EU-Fiskalpakt ist keine Einigung in Sicht. Eine Verhandlungsrunde der Unterhändler mit Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel am Montagabend im Berliner Kanzleramt blieb ohne greifbares Ergebnis. Beide Seiten beschuldigten sich anschließend, sich zu wenig zu bewegen. Die Koalition drängt darauf,
Reagan Speaks on 40th Anniversary of D-Day
On June 6, 1984, in Normandy, France, President Ronald Reagan honors the heroes of D-Day, a pivotal moment during World War II. (0:41)
Truman Announces Japan's Surrender
On September 1, 1945, in a radio address to the American people, President Harry Truman announces the unconditional surrender of Japan, formalized aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. (1:57)
