Practical Problem: Where to Place the Braces
The Pythagorean Theorem is used to calculate where the braces should be placed to hang a store's sign so that the bottom falls six inches above the
Transcript: SIGN MEASURES 3 FEET WIDE AND 1 AND 1/2 FEET HIGH. THE SIGN WILL HANG FROM A CHAIN 3 AND 1/2 FEET LONG. NE BRACE WILL HOLD THE CHAIN. ANOTHER BRACE WILL
Creative Expression in Theater: Bracing Scenery on the Set
Set properties are supported by brace and weight systems from behind. A set designer demonstrates how walls ("flats") are braced, how
John Updike: A & P
When Queenie and her friends, dressed only in bathing suits, enter Lengel's A&P to buy kipper snacks, the life of Sammy the cashier is changed forever. This program presents a dramatization of John Updike's frequently anthologized story of irony and...
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Tillie Olsen discusses "I stand here ironing"
"Can you imagine? That woman went on for pages just about ironing. Standing there ironing!" said an unimaginative judge about Tillie Olsen's short story, submitted in a competition for a fellowship at Stanford University. Olsen credits that fellowsh...
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Sign Language
One way to increase the language and cognitive development of a special needs child is to introduce sign language. Leg braces help a developmentally
The Siglo de Oro Begins: Picaros and Mystics - in Spanish with English Subtitles
made its bracing debut. In this program, respected authorities scrutinize the lives and works of those who paved the way for Cervantes, Vega, and Góngora
The Blind Men and the Elephant
struggles provide a bracing counterpoint to the historical narrative.
Transcript: quarantines and mass graves. But as the public braced for possible cancer epidemics, scientists began experimenting with vaccines to prevent them. "The viral
Backstage
techniques, flats and bracing, scene changes, hand props, furniture, statues and masks, period suits and dresses, light rigging, and mic placement makes this
Brain Attack: Slow Road to Recovery: Practice, Perseverance at Home
After a month in acute rehab, Jim Krakowsky returns home to continue his recovery efforts. The key to rehabilitation in patients is to practice and practice those things you want to do, even though progress at times seems painfully slow. For the Kra...
Transcript: things for jim-- To watch him stumble through getting his own brace on And doing those tough things for himself when you know That you can do it faster and
Working It Out: Athletic Overuse Injuries
Athletes and those who are in good physical shape need to be careful to avoid doing too much of a good thing. Overuse injuries, torn ligaments , rotator cuff injuries often occur when intense competitors overdo. A major advancement in recent years h...
Transcript: ligament, Which is really popular in females, and then they told me That i'd be okay if i strengthened my muscles And gave me a big brace to wear. And then