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[View \| Download]	Civilization! - *Some Restrictions Apply In Tucson's own Loft Cinema, during October's First Friday Film Shorts contest, this is the video I think SHOULD have won. It is witty and right on the mark. It comes from IrreverentFilms (here on YouTube) and I think it's pure genius. Tags: agriculture, anthropology, b, civilization, daniel, derrick, endgame, ishmael, jensen, of, quinn, story 1 Downloads - Last from: http://opposingdigits.com/vlog/?m=20071110 (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Bio-attitude sans béatitude Sur le mode de l'enquête, ce film nous emmène à la découverte de la production bio dans plusieurs régions de France. Sans passéisme ni béatitude, le propos est de battre en brèche quelques rumeurs infondées qui voudraient cantonner le bio à une consommation élitiste ou marginale. Et s'il fallait que nous mangions tous bio pour offrir un avenir à nos enfants ? Tags: agriculture, bio 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	How does a biogas plant work? This animation shall explain the biogas technique. You will be shown the process of a biogas plant from the delivery of feedstock to the output of the digestate. This biogas film is useful for everyone, who would like to plan or operate a biogas plant, no matter if you are farmer, energy provider or disposer. Furthermore, the biogas film is excellent for operator training, for school lessons and university purposes. For more informations visit our website http://www.bioconstruct.com Tags: agriculture, bio, biogas, chp, energy, farmer, feedstock, fermenter, gas, new, plant, production, substrate 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	The F Word: Famine is the Real Obscenity (US) Bono, George Clooney, Jessica Alba, Idris Elba and more unite behind ONE's new campaign to help focus the world's attention again on the famine and food crisis in the Horn of Africa. Find out more at http://www.one.org Tags: Africa, Alba, Annie, Arianna, Barbara, Bloomberg, Bono, Burns, Bush, Christy, Clive, Colin, Davis, Elba, Evan, Ewan, Farrell, Huckabee, Huffington, Idris, Jenna, Jessica, Justin, K'naan, Kebede, Kristin, Lennox, Liya, Long, Lowe, McGregor, Michael, Mike, ONE, Owen, Rachel, Rob, Turlington, Wood, agriculture, famine 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	AVSF au Cambodge : les banques de riz des paysans de Takeo Dans la province de Takéo au Sud du Cambodge, AVSF appuie les organisations paysannes pour qu'elles montent des projets innovants tels que des banques de riz et des épiceries villageoises. Les familles paysannes ont désormais accès à des services agricoles de qualité. Tags: Agronomes, Cambodge, agriculture, frontières, nourrir, paysan, riz, riziere, sans, vivrière, vétérinaires 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	John Deere - 175 Years The video celebrates the legacy of the John Deere brand throughout its 175 years, beginning with one man's creation that changed the face of agriculture. From those humble beginnings, John Deere has grown to be a world leader in agricultural equipment, construction equipment, forestry equipment and turf care equipment. Never forgetting its core values, the company now prepares to feed, clothe and shelter a growing global population, keeping its age-old commitment to those linked to the land. Tags: 175, Deere, John Deere, agriculture, anniversary, construction, core values, feed, forestry, linked to the land, turf care 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Shortage of Nurses Is Worldwide, but Worst in Poorer Nations This is the VOA Special English Development Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com \| http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The health care industry needs more nurses. All areas of the world face a nursing shortage. But the shortage is most severe in developing countries. Many of their nurses leave. They move to more developed nations for better pay, better working conditions and better chances for career development.A World Bank report earlier this year called attention to the problem. For example, nearly two thousand nurses left the Caribbean between two thousand two and two thousand six. Caribbean nations currently have about one nurse for every one thousand people. The ratio of nurses to population is about ten times higher in the United States and countries in the European Union. Currently, more than twenty-one thousand nurses who trained in the Caribbean are working in the United States, Canada and Britain.Gaetan Lafortune is with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. He says the nursing shortage also affects industrialized countries. Mr. Lafortune says a large number of nurses are expected to retire within the next ten years. At the same time, the health care needs of aging populations are expected to grow, intensifying the shortage of nurses. He says some researchers in the United States have projected that there may be a shortage of close to a million nurses by two thousand twenty. The United States is one of thirty-one countries in the O.E.C.D. Gaetan Lafortune says in recent years many of the countries increased their efforts to hire foreign nurses. But he says this has raised concern that O.E.C.D. countries were mainly exporting their shortage problem to countries that may have an even greater need for these nurses. In May, the World Health Assembly approved a global code of practice on the international recruitment of health workers. The assembly is made up of countries in the World Health Organization. The code advises against actively recruiting health workers from developing countries that face severe shortages. The world also faces a shortage of nursing trainers. As a result, nursing schools are forced to turn away qualified students. And that's the VOA Special English Development Report. You can find transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our reports at voaspecialenglish.com. What are your thoughts about the nursing shortage and what should be done about it? Share your comments on our website or on Facebook at VOA Learning English. (Adapted from a radio program broadcast 07June2010) Tags: TV, agriculture, america, american, business, captioned, college, communication, controlled, culture, development, download, economics, education, efl, elementary, english, esl, farming, finance, food, foreign, gardening, health, higher, history, international, language, learn, learning, linguistics, medicine, mp3, music, news, of, plain, radio, report, secondary, simple, special, speech, states, students, subtitled, teach, teacher, teaching, tertiary, texts, transcripts, u.s., united, university, videos, voa, voice 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Rooster Crowing in the Morning Pearl white leghorn rooster crows in the morning. The British call roosters "cockrills." What is a rooster called in your native language or slang? He looks like a real-life Foghorn Leghorn cartoon. The chicken which appears in the end was his main hen. The sound is all natural. In fact, this video was uploaded as-is, the shots were back-to-back in the camera, so it's original and in-camera-cut. The rooster didn't notice me, I shot him while looking through the bedroom window doing his daily crow in the morning. He was beautiful. Video taken with a fun predecessor to the Kodak PlaySport which produces awesome video for such a tiny, well-built, all-weather gadget. Click to view 3D version on bottom right of video frame. April 21, 2012 - NEWS ALERT! Did you see the video counter? Wow! Last night, the rooster video surpassed 4,000,000 views, so that means worldwide, millions of people have enjoyed it or hated it. So, to celebrate this momentous milestone, I am considering running a special video contest challenging folks to create a video impersonation of the crow or making fun of this video to explain why it has 4 million views. If you're interested, let me know, then I will start shopping around for some prizes or sponsors to get prizes for the winning videos. I want to make sure there are enough people interested to play this game! Featured on National Geographic website here: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/09/21/our-idiot-brother-casts-doubt-at-reliability-of-roosters/ Tags: 3D, ADHD, America, California, Comedy, Croaking, Crowing, Delta Flight 1063, Eggs, Emergency Landing, Hatching, Hatchling, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Pet, San Gabriel Valley, USA, agriculture, animals, bank, banks, bird, bird strike, birds, chick, chicken, chickens, chicky, cockrill, collapse, country, crisis, crow, cute, depressed, dollar, europe, farmers, feed, fried, happy, hatch, help, hilarious, humor, humour, kentucky, leghorn, outrageous, pet video, peta, pets, poultry, rooster, roosters, silly, stunning, vegetarian 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Microsavings Could Mean Big Gains for the World's Poor This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com \| http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish When it comes to savings, no amount is too small. Microsaving is a growing part of the international movement of microfinance. The aim is to bring financial services to poor people. Modern microfinance started with Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh. In the nineteen seventies, he started small loan programs that would become the Grameen Bank. Currently, microcredit providers are in over one hundred countries. Now, microfinance institutions are starting to offer other services, including savings plans. Recently, the non-profit group Small Enterprise Education and Promotion held a conference in Washington. SEEP works with over one hundred twenty groups around the world in efforts to cut poverty. It does this by supporting small businesses. The goal is help microfinance industry experts share ideas. One idea is called Financial Access at Birth, or FAB. It is designed to start each person with a financial citizenship at birth through a savings account connected to a bank deposit. Rosita Najmi is FAB's program director. She says FAB starts with financial inclusion, but creates other possibilities for inclusion across other sectors of health or education. Mobile or wireless technology will be important to many microfinance services. One meeting at the SEEP conference examined a mobile phone application for saving money. Debbie Dean of the Grameen Foundation says these efforts can also be extended to other financial services. They could include a combination of savings programs and money transfer programs. She says this could provide the most flexibility and convenience for savers. But offering savings, payments and other services requires more training and controls. Rashid Bajwa leads Pakistan's largest microfinance organization. He says more training is needed. And, he says, microfinance institutions will need specialized people when they start offering savings programs. Small savings deposits add up. And interest over time makes them grow. This can have a surprising effect for savers and societies. Rashid Bajwa puts it this way. He says the amount of money that poor people have is imaginable.For VOA Special English, I'm Carolyn Presutti. (Adapted from a radio program broadcast 18Nov2011) Tags: TV, agriculture, america, american, business, captioned, college, communication, controlled, culture, development, download, economics, education, efl, elementary, english, esl, farming, finance, food, foreign, gardening, health, higher, history, international, language, learn, learning, linguistics, medicine, mp3, music, news, of, plain, radio, report, secondary, simple, simplified, special, speech, states, students, subtitled, teach, teacher, teaching, tertiary, texts, transcripts, u.s., united, university, videos, voa, voice 1 Downloads - Last from: http://downthisvideo.com/ (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Broken Instruments Are Music to the Ears of These School Repairmen From http://voaspecialenglish.com \| http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish LARRY JERNIGAN: "This is a leak light. So if you see light, then that means air is getting through. That means the lower notes won't play and it's a chance that it will diminish the child's playing experience, which we don't want." Larry Jernigan wants children to have a joyful experience with music. LARRY JERNIGAN: "I think that works." Charles West feels the same way. CHARLES WEST: "Actually love my job. Sometimes it seems not, you know, to be work. But it is work." LARRY JERNIGAN: "I like the fact that I work around music all day, that my job involves music, it involves the support of music, and it involves the education of music." Charles West and Larry Jernigan have worked together for almost 20 years. They fix musical instruments for the Washington, D.C., public schools. Last year, they repaired more than 600 instruments. CHARLES WEST: "There are two of us here. We do brass, string, woodwind, percussion, piano and electric keyboard. And if you take it outside, you are talking six, seven different individuals to fix what I just stated." The two men say they have yet to meet an instrument they could not fix. CHARLES WEST: "There are instances when we run across an instrument that is just beyond economical repair. So we just strip the parts from that and use those parts to give life to other instruments." Both men are musicians and music lovers. So learning to do repairs was easy. CHARLES WEST: "I have been a musician all of my life. I am almost 50 now and I have been playing instruments since I was six years old. I played in an orchestra here in the city. I majored in music in college. And I played in an army band." LARRY JERNIGAN: "I was formerly trained in the piano and guitar. The alto sax, the clarinet, and the flute, I picked up while working here." In addition to fixing instruments, the men also go to schools to show teachers and students how to make minor repairs. West believes that children who start early and stay involved with music do well in other areas of their lives. CHARLES WEST: "I see that in other kids. I see it in myself. I have seen it hundreds of times and it works. They learn teamwork. They learn solo work. They learn camaraderie, they learn patience, and they learn respect." But he has concerns about music in the electronic age. CHARLES WEST: "We are not telling you to throw the PlayStation or the Xboxes in the trash. But this electronic age and this instant age has taken away from the sit down, the patience. There is no patience. And to learn to play an instrument, it takes patience, it takes diligence, it takes time." Jernigan says he and West are lucky because they can enjoy music on the job. And they say they really enjoy the performances of D.C. students. LARRY JERNIGAN: "When I get to go see a concert or go see one of the bands perform, or the children playing, or the choir singing, that is probably the one that gets me the most because we had a big part into making that a success." I'm Mario Ritter. Tags: TV, agriculture, america, american, business, captioned, college, communication, controlled, culture, development, download, economics, education, efl, elementary, english, esl, farming, finance, food, foreign, gardening, health, higher, history, international, language, learn, learning, linguistics, medicine, mp3, music, news, of, plain, radio, report, secondary, simple, simplified, special, speech, states, students, subtitled, teach, teacher, teaching, tertiary, texts, transcripts, u.s., united, university, videos, voa, voice 1 Downloads - Last from: http://downthisvideo.com/ (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	How to feed the world in 2050: actions in a changing climate World Scientists Urge Key Actions for Achieving Food Security in a Changing Climate http://ccafs.cgiar.org/commission/reports/ To achieve food security in a changing climate, the global community must operate within three limits: the quantity of food that can be produced under a given climate; the quantity needed by a growing and changing population; and the effect of food production on the climate. At present the planet operates outside that safe space, as witnessed by the enormous number of people who are undernourished. If current trends in population growth, diets, crop yields and climate change continue, the world will still be outside this 'safe operating space' in 2050. Humanity must urgently work to enlarge the safe space and also move the planet into the safe space. The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change has a produced a set of concrete policy actions to transform the food system. Credits: Concept developed by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, in collaboration with University of Minnesota Global Landscapes Initiative. Animation and editing: Diego Maclean Music: Adam Lastiwka Voice: Adam Beauchesne Tags: 2050, CGIAR, agriculture, agriculure, cgiarclimate, climate change, farming, food security, food waste, sustainability, sustainable agriculture 1 Downloads - Last from: http://downthisvideo.com/ (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	CMA Music Fest - Rachael Baribeau Races New Holland Tractor Here's Rachael Baribeau taking her turn driving a New Holland Boomer in the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race. Tags: agribusines, agriculture, agwired, baribeau, cma, cma-07, festival, holland, michael, music, new, peterson, rachael, tractor, zimmcomm 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	President-elect Obama Announces Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture The President-elect announced his nominees for Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior at a press conference December 17, 2008 in Chicago. http://www.change.gov/copyright Tags: agriculture, cabinet, elect, interior, obama, president, salazar, secretary, vilsack 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	NEEM - A Tree For Solving Global Problems Neem (Azadirachta indica) has worldwide medicinal and agricultural applications as a non-toxic alternative to synthetic chemicals for both curing and preventing disease. MEDICINAL uses of neem: ANTIPATHOGEN- effects are selective against parasites: INSECTS (eg Head Lice, Whitefly, Weevil, Caterpillars, Fleas, Moths), WORMS, FUNGI (eg Athletes Foot, Yeast Infection), BACTERIA (eg Leprosy, Tuberculosis) and VIRUS (eg Malaria, Flu) IMMUNO-MODULATOR, ANTICANCEROUS, ANTIVIRAL, ANTIFUNGAL, ANTIALLERGEN, ANTIDIABETIC, CNS EFFECT, ANTIHEPATOTOXIC (liver), WOUND HEALING, CARDIO-VASCULAR, SKIN DISEASES (eg eczema, psoriasis), ANTI-HEMORRHOIDS, ANTI-PYRETIC (fever), ANTI-HISTAMINE, ANTI-ARTHRITIC, ANTI-INFERTILITY, CONTRACEPTIVE, ANTI-OXIDANT, ANTI-LEPROTIC, AGRICULTURAL uses: STORAGE OF GRAINS WOOD FISHERIES PESTICIDE (kills Threadworms (Nematodes), repels Slugs and snails, but is beneficial for spiders, bees, wasps, ladybirds, birds, bats and earthworms) ANTI-AFLATOXIN (toxin produced by fungus on many common commercial crops such as cotton) FERTILISER FORESTRY uses: Improvement of soil, Wind breaker, Mulching... HOUSEHOLD: Pest repellent, Fuel, Soap... THE VIDEO SOURCES ARE BOTH CANADIAN DOCUMENTARIES 1. The Nature of Things with David Suzuki (1994) This 46-minute film focuses primarily on the use of neem as insecticide and the discovery of Azadirachtin: Neem Trees are used for reforestation, because it can grow well in dry conditions and sheds leaves all year round. Neem is mentioned in the Indian Vedas. Neem is beneficial for all human skin disorders, the skin of animals and plants and the skin of the Earth. Neem sticks are used as tooth brushes, and neem extracts in toothpaste. Cavities & Periodontitis are caused by bacteria which are killed by neem (ANTIBACTERIAL). Neem is ANTI-INFLAMMATORY & ANTI-ULCEROGENIC (cures inflammation and ulcers). Fed to livestock it is nutritious, medicinal and ANTHELMINTIC (expels parasitic worms). It is part of sustainable agriculture as a fertilizer & pesticide. Totally non-toxic to plants, people, birds, fish. In the fight against malaria, neem acts both as insect repellent & an ANTIMALARIAL (anti-viral oral treatment for infection and relief of symptoms). Alternative to conventional pesticides (more effective, non-toxic, selective). There is no need for farmers to isolate active ingredients for synthesis. Neem contains hundreds of beneficial compounds complete with packaging. Why were attempts made by large pharmaceutical companies to restrict its use? 2. The Corporation (Mark Achbar 2003) Vandana Shiva talking about freedom from intellectual property laws. Governments and corporations were restricting use of Neem, so people all over the world successfully fought back. THE CHALLENGE NOW FOR NEEM- is against monoculture plantation projects that are funded by corporations. Neem has an invaluable role in the biodiversity of our Ecosphere. To grow it in isolation does not benefit other plants or the Neem Trees.. We must cultivate healthy Wild Neem Trees which live with other wildlife and help to support it. Large Corporate Neem Plantations damage land and produce inferior trees, while paying workers slave wages. THE PROBLEMS WITH PLANTATION NEEM- Neem's ability to hold water may cause damage to the water table, The collection of nutrients on top soil may cause salination of the soil. The neem trees do not have optimal conditions to mature properly and do not generate the same variety of active components. The land is owned by corporations, who do not pay workers a fair wage. www.earthworkstrading.co.uk is an excellent UK-based supplier of wild neem from Africa other sources of information: "Neem: The Divine Tree : Azadirachta Indica" by Harbans Singh Puri - 1999 "A TREE FOR SOLVING GLOBAL PROBLEMS" -National Research Council,Washington,D.C. 1992. Tags: Azadirachta, Neem, agriculture, ancient, corporation, documentary, herbal, life, margosa, medicine, permaculture, skincare, tree 1 Downloads - Last from: http://opposingdigits.com/vlog/?p=2216 (Your Blog here!)

[View \| Download]	Civilization! - *Some Restrictions Apply In Tucson's own Loft Cinema, during October's First Friday Film Shorts contest, this is the video I think SHOULD have won. It is witty and right on the mark. It comes from IrreverentFilms (here on YouTube) and I think it's pure genius. Tags: agriculture, anthropology, b, civilization, daniel, derrick, endgame, ishmael, jensen, of, quinn, story 1 Downloads - Last from: http://opposingdigits.com/vlog/?m=20071110 (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Bio-attitude sans béatitude Sur le mode de l'enquête, ce film nous emmène à la découverte de la production bio dans plusieurs régions de France. Sans passéisme ni béatitude, le propos est de battre en brèche quelques rumeurs infondées qui voudraient cantonner le bio à une consommation élitiste ou marginale. Et s'il fallait que nous mangions tous bio pour offrir un avenir à nos enfants ? Tags: agriculture, bio 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	How does a biogas plant work? This animation shall explain the biogas technique. You will be shown the process of a biogas plant from the delivery of feedstock to the output of the digestate. This biogas film is useful for everyone, who would like to plan or operate a biogas plant, no matter if you are farmer, energy provider or disposer. Furthermore, the biogas film is excellent for operator training, for school lessons and university purposes. For more informations visit our website http://www.bioconstruct.com Tags: agriculture, bio, biogas, chp, energy, farmer, feedstock, fermenter, gas, new, plant, production, substrate 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	The F Word: Famine is the Real Obscenity (US) Bono, George Clooney, Jessica Alba, Idris Elba and more unite behind ONE's new campaign to help focus the world's attention again on the famine and food crisis in the Horn of Africa. Find out more at http://www.one.org Tags: Africa, Alba, Annie, Arianna, Barbara, Bloomberg, Bono, Burns, Bush, Christy, Clive, Colin, Davis, Elba, Evan, Ewan, Farrell, Huckabee, Huffington, Idris, Jenna, Jessica, Justin, K'naan, Kebede, Kristin, Lennox, Liya, Long, Lowe, McGregor, Michael, Mike, ONE, Owen, Rachel, Rob, Turlington, Wood, agriculture, famine 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	AVSF au Cambodge : les banques de riz des paysans de Takeo Dans la province de Takéo au Sud du Cambodge, AVSF appuie les organisations paysannes pour qu'elles montent des projets innovants tels que des banques de riz et des épiceries villageoises. Les familles paysannes ont désormais accès à des services agricoles de qualité. Tags: Agronomes, Cambodge, agriculture, frontières, nourrir, paysan, riz, riziere, sans, vivrière, vétérinaires 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	John Deere - 175 Years The video celebrates the legacy of the John Deere brand throughout its 175 years, beginning with one man's creation that changed the face of agriculture. From those humble beginnings, John Deere has grown to be a world leader in agricultural equipment, construction equipment, forestry equipment and turf care equipment. Never forgetting its core values, the company now prepares to feed, clothe and shelter a growing global population, keeping its age-old commitment to those linked to the land. Tags: 175, Deere, John Deere, agriculture, anniversary, construction, core values, feed, forestry, linked to the land, turf care 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Shortage of Nurses Is Worldwide, but Worst in Poorer Nations This is the VOA Special English Development Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com \| http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The health care industry needs more nurses. All areas of the world face a nursing shortage. But the shortage is most severe in developing countries. Many of their nurses leave. They move to more developed nations for better pay, better working conditions and better chances for career development.A World Bank report earlier this year called attention to the problem. For example, nearly two thousand nurses left the Caribbean between two thousand two and two thousand six. Caribbean nations currently have about one nurse for every one thousand people. The ratio of nurses to population is about ten times higher in the United States and countries in the European Union. Currently, more than twenty-one thousand nurses who trained in the Caribbean are working in the United States, Canada and Britain.Gaetan Lafortune is with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. He says the nursing shortage also affects industrialized countries. Mr. Lafortune says a large number of nurses are expected to retire within the next ten years. At the same time, the health care needs of aging populations are expected to grow, intensifying the shortage of nurses. He says some researchers in the United States have projected that there may be a shortage of close to a million nurses by two thousand twenty. The United States is one of thirty-one countries in the O.E.C.D. Gaetan Lafortune says in recent years many of the countries increased their efforts to hire foreign nurses. But he says this has raised concern that O.E.C.D. countries were mainly exporting their shortage problem to countries that may have an even greater need for these nurses. In May, the World Health Assembly approved a global code of practice on the international recruitment of health workers. The assembly is made up of countries in the World Health Organization. The code advises against actively recruiting health workers from developing countries that face severe shortages. The world also faces a shortage of nursing trainers. As a result, nursing schools are forced to turn away qualified students. And that's the VOA Special English Development Report. You can find transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our reports at voaspecialenglish.com. What are your thoughts about the nursing shortage and what should be done about it? Share your comments on our website or on Facebook at VOA Learning English. (Adapted from a radio program broadcast 07June2010) Tags: TV, agriculture, america, american, business, captioned, college, communication, controlled, culture, development, download, economics, education, efl, elementary, english, esl, farming, finance, food, foreign, gardening, health, higher, history, international, language, learn, learning, linguistics, medicine, mp3, music, news, of, plain, radio, report, secondary, simple, special, speech, states, students, subtitled, teach, teacher, teaching, tertiary, texts, transcripts, u.s., united, university, videos, voa, voice 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Rooster Crowing in the Morning Pearl white leghorn rooster crows in the morning. The British call roosters "cockrills." What is a rooster called in your native language or slang? He looks like a real-life Foghorn Leghorn cartoon. The chicken which appears in the end was his main hen. The sound is all natural. In fact, this video was uploaded as-is, the shots were back-to-back in the camera, so it's original and in-camera-cut. The rooster didn't notice me, I shot him while looking through the bedroom window doing his daily crow in the morning. He was beautiful. Video taken with a fun predecessor to the Kodak PlaySport which produces awesome video for such a tiny, well-built, all-weather gadget. Click to view 3D version on bottom right of video frame. April 21, 2012 - NEWS ALERT! Did you see the video counter? Wow! Last night, the rooster video surpassed 4,000,000 views, so that means worldwide, millions of people have enjoyed it or hated it. So, to celebrate this momentous milestone, I am considering running a special video contest challenging folks to create a video impersonation of the crow or making fun of this video to explain why it has 4 million views. If you're interested, let me know, then I will start shopping around for some prizes or sponsors to get prizes for the winning videos. I want to make sure there are enough people interested to play this game! Featured on National Geographic website here: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/09/21/our-idiot-brother-casts-doubt-at-reliability-of-roosters/ Tags: 3D, ADHD, America, California, Comedy, Croaking, Crowing, Delta Flight 1063, Eggs, Emergency Landing, Hatching, Hatchling, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Pet, San Gabriel Valley, USA, agriculture, animals, bank, banks, bird, bird strike, birds, chick, chicken, chickens, chicky, cockrill, collapse, country, crisis, crow, cute, depressed, dollar, europe, farmers, feed, fried, happy, hatch, help, hilarious, humor, humour, kentucky, leghorn, outrageous, pet video, peta, pets, poultry, rooster, roosters, silly, stunning, vegetarian 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Microsavings Could Mean Big Gains for the World's Poor This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com \| http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish When it comes to savings, no amount is too small. Microsaving is a growing part of the international movement of microfinance. The aim is to bring financial services to poor people. Modern microfinance started with Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh. In the nineteen seventies, he started small loan programs that would become the Grameen Bank. Currently, microcredit providers are in over one hundred countries. Now, microfinance institutions are starting to offer other services, including savings plans. Recently, the non-profit group Small Enterprise Education and Promotion held a conference in Washington. SEEP works with over one hundred twenty groups around the world in efforts to cut poverty. It does this by supporting small businesses. The goal is help microfinance industry experts share ideas. One idea is called Financial Access at Birth, or FAB. It is designed to start each person with a financial citizenship at birth through a savings account connected to a bank deposit. Rosita Najmi is FAB's program director. She says FAB starts with financial inclusion, but creates other possibilities for inclusion across other sectors of health or education. Mobile or wireless technology will be important to many microfinance services. One meeting at the SEEP conference examined a mobile phone application for saving money. Debbie Dean of the Grameen Foundation says these efforts can also be extended to other financial services. They could include a combination of savings programs and money transfer programs. She says this could provide the most flexibility and convenience for savers. But offering savings, payments and other services requires more training and controls. Rashid Bajwa leads Pakistan's largest microfinance organization. He says more training is needed. And, he says, microfinance institutions will need specialized people when they start offering savings programs. Small savings deposits add up. And interest over time makes them grow. This can have a surprising effect for savers and societies. Rashid Bajwa puts it this way. He says the amount of money that poor people have is imaginable.For VOA Special English, I'm Carolyn Presutti. (Adapted from a radio program broadcast 18Nov2011) Tags: TV, agriculture, america, american, business, captioned, college, communication, controlled, culture, development, download, economics, education, efl, elementary, english, esl, farming, finance, food, foreign, gardening, health, higher, history, international, language, learn, learning, linguistics, medicine, mp3, music, news, of, plain, radio, report, secondary, simple, simplified, special, speech, states, students, subtitled, teach, teacher, teaching, tertiary, texts, transcripts, u.s., united, university, videos, voa, voice 1 Downloads - Last from: http://downthisvideo.com/ (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Broken Instruments Are Music to the Ears of These School Repairmen From http://voaspecialenglish.com \| http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish LARRY JERNIGAN: "This is a leak light. So if you see light, then that means air is getting through. That means the lower notes won't play and it's a chance that it will diminish the child's playing experience, which we don't want." Larry Jernigan wants children to have a joyful experience with music. LARRY JERNIGAN: "I think that works." Charles West feels the same way. CHARLES WEST: "Actually love my job. Sometimes it seems not, you know, to be work. But it is work." LARRY JERNIGAN: "I like the fact that I work around music all day, that my job involves music, it involves the support of music, and it involves the education of music." Charles West and Larry Jernigan have worked together for almost 20 years. They fix musical instruments for the Washington, D.C., public schools. Last year, they repaired more than 600 instruments. CHARLES WEST: "There are two of us here. We do brass, string, woodwind, percussion, piano and electric keyboard. And if you take it outside, you are talking six, seven different individuals to fix what I just stated." The two men say they have yet to meet an instrument they could not fix. CHARLES WEST: "There are instances when we run across an instrument that is just beyond economical repair. So we just strip the parts from that and use those parts to give life to other instruments." Both men are musicians and music lovers. So learning to do repairs was easy. CHARLES WEST: "I have been a musician all of my life. I am almost 50 now and I have been playing instruments since I was six years old. I played in an orchestra here in the city. I majored in music in college. And I played in an army band." LARRY JERNIGAN: "I was formerly trained in the piano and guitar. The alto sax, the clarinet, and the flute, I picked up while working here." In addition to fixing instruments, the men also go to schools to show teachers and students how to make minor repairs. West believes that children who start early and stay involved with music do well in other areas of their lives. CHARLES WEST: "I see that in other kids. I see it in myself. I have seen it hundreds of times and it works. They learn teamwork. They learn solo work. They learn camaraderie, they learn patience, and they learn respect." But he has concerns about music in the electronic age. CHARLES WEST: "We are not telling you to throw the PlayStation or the Xboxes in the trash. But this electronic age and this instant age has taken away from the sit down, the patience. There is no patience. And to learn to play an instrument, it takes patience, it takes diligence, it takes time." Jernigan says he and West are lucky because they can enjoy music on the job. And they say they really enjoy the performances of D.C. students. LARRY JERNIGAN: "When I get to go see a concert or go see one of the bands perform, or the children playing, or the choir singing, that is probably the one that gets me the most because we had a big part into making that a success." I'm Mario Ritter. Tags: TV, agriculture, america, american, business, captioned, college, communication, controlled, culture, development, download, economics, education, efl, elementary, english, esl, farming, finance, food, foreign, gardening, health, higher, history, international, language, learn, learning, linguistics, medicine, mp3, music, news, of, plain, radio, report, secondary, simple, simplified, special, speech, states, students, subtitled, teach, teacher, teaching, tertiary, texts, transcripts, u.s., united, university, videos, voa, voice 1 Downloads - Last from: http://downthisvideo.com/ (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	How to feed the world in 2050: actions in a changing climate World Scientists Urge Key Actions for Achieving Food Security in a Changing Climate http://ccafs.cgiar.org/commission/reports/ To achieve food security in a changing climate, the global community must operate within three limits: the quantity of food that can be produced under a given climate; the quantity needed by a growing and changing population; and the effect of food production on the climate. At present the planet operates outside that safe space, as witnessed by the enormous number of people who are undernourished. If current trends in population growth, diets, crop yields and climate change continue, the world will still be outside this 'safe operating space' in 2050. Humanity must urgently work to enlarge the safe space and also move the planet into the safe space. The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change has a produced a set of concrete policy actions to transform the food system. Credits: Concept developed by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, in collaboration with University of Minnesota Global Landscapes Initiative. Animation and editing: Diego Maclean Music: Adam Lastiwka Voice: Adam Beauchesne Tags: 2050, CGIAR, agriculture, agriculure, cgiarclimate, climate change, farming, food security, food waste, sustainability, sustainable agriculture 1 Downloads - Last from: http://downthisvideo.com/ (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	CMA Music Fest - Rachael Baribeau Races New Holland Tractor Here's Rachael Baribeau taking her turn driving a New Holland Boomer in the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race. Tags: agribusines, agriculture, agwired, baribeau, cma, cma-07, festival, holland, michael, music, new, peterson, rachael, tractor, zimmcomm 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	President-elect Obama Announces Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture The President-elect announced his nominees for Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior at a press conference December 17, 2008 in Chicago. http://www.change.gov/copyright Tags: agriculture, cabinet, elect, interior, obama, president, salazar, secretary, vilsack 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	NEEM - A Tree For Solving Global Problems Neem (Azadirachta indica) has worldwide medicinal and agricultural applications as a non-toxic alternative to synthetic chemicals for both curing and preventing disease. MEDICINAL uses of neem: ANTIPATHOGEN- effects are selective against parasites: INSECTS (eg Head Lice, Whitefly, Weevil, Caterpillars, Fleas, Moths), WORMS, FUNGI (eg Athletes Foot, Yeast Infection), BACTERIA (eg Leprosy, Tuberculosis) and VIRUS (eg Malaria, Flu) IMMUNO-MODULATOR, ANTICANCEROUS, ANTIVIRAL, ANTIFUNGAL, ANTIALLERGEN, ANTIDIABETIC, CNS EFFECT, ANTIHEPATOTOXIC (liver), WOUND HEALING, CARDIO-VASCULAR, SKIN DISEASES (eg eczema, psoriasis), ANTI-HEMORRHOIDS, ANTI-PYRETIC (fever), ANTI-HISTAMINE, ANTI-ARTHRITIC, ANTI-INFERTILITY, CONTRACEPTIVE, ANTI-OXIDANT, ANTI-LEPROTIC, AGRICULTURAL uses: STORAGE OF GRAINS WOOD FISHERIES PESTICIDE (kills Threadworms (Nematodes), repels Slugs and snails, but is beneficial for spiders, bees, wasps, ladybirds, birds, bats and earthworms) ANTI-AFLATOXIN (toxin produced by fungus on many common commercial crops such as cotton) FERTILISER FORESTRY uses: Improvement of soil, Wind breaker, Mulching... HOUSEHOLD: Pest repellent, Fuel, Soap... THE VIDEO SOURCES ARE BOTH CANADIAN DOCUMENTARIES 1. The Nature of Things with David Suzuki (1994) This 46-minute film focuses primarily on the use of neem as insecticide and the discovery of Azadirachtin: Neem Trees are used for reforestation, because it can grow well in dry conditions and sheds leaves all year round. Neem is mentioned in the Indian Vedas. Neem is beneficial for all human skin disorders, the skin of animals and plants and the skin of the Earth. Neem sticks are used as tooth brushes, and neem extracts in toothpaste. Cavities & Periodontitis are caused by bacteria which are killed by neem (ANTIBACTERIAL). Neem is ANTI-INFLAMMATORY & ANTI-ULCEROGENIC (cures inflammation and ulcers). Fed to livestock it is nutritious, medicinal and ANTHELMINTIC (expels parasitic worms). It is part of sustainable agriculture as a fertilizer & pesticide. Totally non-toxic to plants, people, birds, fish. In the fight against malaria, neem acts both as insect repellent & an ANTIMALARIAL (anti-viral oral treatment for infection and relief of symptoms). Alternative to conventional pesticides (more effective, non-toxic, selective). There is no need for farmers to isolate active ingredients for synthesis. Neem contains hundreds of beneficial compounds complete with packaging. Why were attempts made by large pharmaceutical companies to restrict its use? 2. The Corporation (Mark Achbar 2003) Vandana Shiva talking about freedom from intellectual property laws. Governments and corporations were restricting use of Neem, so people all over the world successfully fought back. THE CHALLENGE NOW FOR NEEM- is against monoculture plantation projects that are funded by corporations. Neem has an invaluable role in the biodiversity of our Ecosphere. To grow it in isolation does not benefit other plants or the Neem Trees.. We must cultivate healthy Wild Neem Trees which live with other wildlife and help to support it. Large Corporate Neem Plantations damage land and produce inferior trees, while paying workers slave wages. THE PROBLEMS WITH PLANTATION NEEM- Neem's ability to hold water may cause damage to the water table, The collection of nutrients on top soil may cause salination of the soil. The neem trees do not have optimal conditions to mature properly and do not generate the same variety of active components. The land is owned by corporations, who do not pay workers a fair wage. www.earthworkstrading.co.uk is an excellent UK-based supplier of wild neem from Africa other sources of information: "Neem: The Divine Tree : Azadirachta Indica" by Harbans Singh Puri - 1999 "A TREE FOR SOLVING GLOBAL PROBLEMS" -National Research Council,Washington,D.C. 1992. Tags: Azadirachta, Neem, agriculture, ancient, corporation, documentary, herbal, life, margosa, medicine, permaculture, skincare, tree 1 Downloads - Last from: http://opposingdigits.com/vlog/?p=2216 (Your Blog here!)