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After slamming Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria is tracking northwest from the Dominican Republic to the Bahamas. Capital Weather Gang's Angela Fritz breaks down what we know about Maria's next move. (01:11)
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September 23, 2017 at 10:45 AM
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Jack London, like the unnamed man described in the story “To Build a Fire,” lived on the edge. Born in 1876, he died a short forty years later. As a young man, he was a full-fledged participant in the Yukon Gold Rush of 1897. Like many others at the time, London made the incredibly arduous journey by foot and handcrafted boat from Dyea in Alaska over Chilkoot Pass—a three-quarter-mile 45-degree-angled obstacle course—and eventually down the Yukon River into the Northwest Territories. The only gold he brought back, however, was an experience that he would mine for gems of literature for much of his writing life, as evidenced in his well known novels like "Call of the Wild" and "White Fang," as well as in “To Build a Fire” (1908), all of which draw on the places he saw and the people he met during those hope-filled and brutal times in the Northwestern Yukon territory.Watch editors Amy A. Kass and Leon R. Kass converse with guest host William Schambra (Hudson Institute) about the story. For more about Jack London and "To Build a Fire," visit whatsoproudlywehail.org/curriculum/the-meaning-of-america/freedom-and-individuality.
Found by WSPWH in Government, Politics, and Civics
November 14, 2013 at 01:25 PM
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One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Also on this day 1955, the Warsaw Pact was created by the Soviets. (01:00)
Found by CourtneyMorrison in May 11-20
September 14, 2012 at 12:05 AM
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High in the mountains of Laos the Yiu Mien lived as they had for centuries until the Vietnam War forced them to leave their homeland and come to America....catapulted from one century into another. MOVING MOUNTAINS is the story of these refugees caught between two worlds.
Ethnic & Immigrant Cultures, Family, Festivals/Customs, Asian American Culture / Pacific Northwest / 1989
58 minutes
Found by ECP in American Roots Culture
February 14, 2012 at 07:28 PM
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From the placing of an order to the completion of the last stitch, the film details the entire process of creating a traditional Lone Star quilt. As the quilt grows, so does our knowledge of Kathleen Ware's vibrant spirit as quiltmaker, wife, mother, and grandmother. A film by Sharon Sherman.
Arts & Crafts, Traditional, Women, Aging / Pacific Northwest / 1979
32 minutes
Found by ECP in American Roots Culture
February 13, 2012 at 08:45 PM
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The Northwest Territories government is tracking black bears by using
special collars with satellite devices, in order to find out more about
the bears and their habitat. Here biologist Dean Cluff puts a satellite
collar on a sedated bear. (00:35)
Found by japate in Black Bears
August 28, 2012 at 08:47 AM
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When next you’re in Iowa, head northwest to Nemaha- population 102. As you enter, a sign states - "Nemaha, A MIGHTY Small Town". Blocks later another sign boasts "Nemaha, Home of the Farmall Promenade". The Farmall Promenade is an eight member, all male troupe of farmers who, as four male-'female' square dancing couples, perform across the Midwest. They have a passion for the dance but this isn’t your Grandpa’s square dancing. They perform all the favorites while perched atop antique tractors. "Everybody Promenade" is a portrait of the Farmall Promenade- a group of friends who love performing but it is equally a portrait of a rural community struggling to keep farms solvent while keeping community ties strong. Grab your partner and join the dance.
Dance, Agriculture, Festivals/Customs, Rural Life / Midwest / 2007
27 minutes
Found by ECP in American Roots Culture
February 4, 2012 at 06:25 PM
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An in-depth portrait of a man, his art, his philosophy, and his creative process, this work cuts across folk and fine art boundaries to explore the energized world and works of chainsaw artist J. Chester "Skip" Armstrong. Skip describes the forces that drive him: "The chainsaw allows you that moment of thinking translated immediately into the act of creating."
Arts & Crafts, Traditional / Pacific Northwest / 1991
28 minutes
Found by ECP in American Roots Culture
February 18, 2012 at 08:44 PM
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Footage: from the Arctic Circle - Northwest Passage Music: from the HOLOCENE ORATORIO PERFORMED BY THE SWEDISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, SWEDISH RADIO CHOIR. (05:13)
Found by teresahopson in Holocene Epoch
January 18, 2020 at 09:51 AM
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Fire Dance
From folkstreams.net, produced by Amy Mills
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Fire Dance presents the emerging art form called fire dancing, as practiced in the northwestern United States. The dancers explain their attraction to "playing with fire", how they learn and create new forms of fire dance, and why making their own equipment gives them a sense of pride.
Dance, Play / Pacific Northwest / 2002
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Found by ECP in American Roots Culture
February 8, 2012 at 03:12 PM
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Going, Going, Going
From folkstreams.net, produced by Deborah Cohen, Raspberry Wood Productions
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Going, Going, Going tells the story of aspiring auctioneer Mark Kuhn and how he learns his craft. Rural life is at the heart of the livestock's heritage and chosen profession. Going, Going, Going shows how the auctioneer pursuing this career fares among the shifting sands of today's disappearing rural world.
Arts & Crafts, Traditional, Work, Agriculture, Rural Life / Pacific Northwest / 1990
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Found by ECP in American Roots Culture
February 8, 2012 at 04:09 PM
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Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions and a key figure of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. He led the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage by sea, from 1903 to 1906, and the first expedition to the South Pole in 1911. He led the first expedition proven to have reached the North Pole in a dirigible in 1926. He disappeared while taking part in a rescue mission for the airship Italia in 1928. (04:51)
Found by teresahopson in Misc. Explorers
October 22, 2022 at 11:44 AM
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How did The Normans Conquer England?Across the English Channel lived the Normans. Up in the Northwest of France, above Paris, was a growing Viking settlement in Normandy. Back in 911, when the Vikings were wreaking havoc throughout Europe with their raids and terror, the contemporary ruler of the area, Charles the Simple, struck a deal with his invaders. (10:32)
Found by teresahopson in Norman Invasion
October 14, 2022 at 05:58 PM
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A surge of lava spews out of a rupture in the lava tube system and is heading down steep cliffs, or pali in Hawaiian. This strong flow is being supplied by lava from Kilauea Volcano's Pu`u O`o Crater four miles to the northwest. The rupture was at the 1600-foot elevation about four miles northwest of Kalapana Gardens, and directly above the old Royal Gardens subdivision. Further down the mountain I shot the rough a`a lava and chunky pahoehoe lava river, and at the 800-ft elevation. (02:13)
Found by teresahopson in Hawaiian Volcanoes
March 14, 2021 at 12:14 PM
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