Waching daily Mar 5 2018

I'm Anna Maria Martinez

And I'm Gabby Attell her other half

my better half

Being an only child I was home alone a lot and I feel that one of the

greatest forms of connection that I had was through PBS

and my happiest memories of watching television were with Mr. Rogers

here was this wonderful soul

giving tremendous wisdom and life lessons to all of us with great care

Even though I knew some English when I came to New York I wasn't

fluent so I felt even more on the shy side but Sesame Street really helped me

to gain that confidence so that I could quickly be up there at the same level

speaking English with my classmates great performances were always on at

home and I do remember thinking maybe I can do that too

maybe one day I can do that too

The way that PBS approaches the programming

I feel is to give it to you much like we do onstage here this is for you to

enrich your life it's not about wow look how flashy we are this is something

other fellow humans created and this is something you can be a part of

I think that self-awareness is unfortunately grossly lacking in the world and if I

take for example Madame Butterfly which is a role I do a lot and what she had to

go through and then her sense of loss and then ultimate sacrifice to play that

you have to go through that and your empathy is just so much stronger

So when you see and observe the process of that you see how valuable each human life is

and you see how valuable each culture is and each opinion, especially when it's

not your own seeing that process come to fruition teaches you tolerance

We only watch PBS at night

It has impacted my life in in so many ways I used to

watch the New Yankee Workshop so I developed this really infinite love for

for woodworking I built our dining room table it's a replica of a

French provincial dining table

As a country we should be proud of PBS

I mean it is a national treasure for sure

Become a member of Houston public media at $10 a month or more

and we'll set you up with access to hundreds of on-demand programs

through TV PBS passport step it up to $100 a month and join a group of

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or give online at houstonpublicmedia.org

I am blessed to have a son whose name is Lukas who is 10 going on 11 and

sometimes I think 10 going on 40 who loves PBS

and he's been watching PBS since he was a baby

It establishes an atmosphere, a mood of calm

and in that calm they tell you a story

in a way that a child especially can be more receptive

and to this day he talks to me a lot about Nova. That's actually his favorite PBS show.

There's this one Nova episode it was about black holes

and how they like suck you in but when you're getting sucked in they like

stretches you like spaghetti

We've recently changed our whole viewing in

this household where we had all sorts of channels on cable and we said all we

really need is PBS that's what we need. And even Lucas said you must have PBS

whatever it is that you have you have to keep PBS

PBS is really the only source

we have right now that puts classical music and the classical art form and

opera in our living room and to parents I say they don't need to know anything

about the art forms just turn on the TV let your kids watch it, you watch it and listen

and see how it's going to ignite your imagination

I think one of the

characteristics that makes a society worth anything and helps our

intelligence and helps our empathy and helps us to build together

a beautiful future, are the Arts

I have to emphasize the importance of PBS

with all of the programming that specialized in the arts,

also news, children's programming,

all sorts of incredible programming.

This is one of the sources that we have to keep culture alive in our lives

As individuals, as communities, as a nation we need to cherish PBS defend it protect it

Because it's one of the few things that's going to keep us decent, and wonderful, joyous

as the best versions of ourselves that we can be

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Martial Arts is Not a Sport: 2nd place... - Duration: 0:59.

Martial arts is not a sport.

Hey guys. My name is chip Townsend

You know one of the best pieces of advice that I think my instructor ever gave me was this

We were all on the mat

And we were between sets and we were talking about who got what place at the tournament last week

And I vividly remember my instructor, like 5 foot nothing walking up to me and looking at me and saying

"2nd place. There is no second place"

"There is no second place out there on the street. 2nd place is dead boy."

Those were his words to me

I thought, "Wow!"

So we're not here as martial arts instructors to train you to get second place

We're here to train you to be the best that you can be to prepare you for anything that comes anytime, anywhere

And it makes me think of this old saying

"It's better to be a warrior in a garden,

than a gardener in a war"

So think on that.

And remember, Martial Arts is NOT a sport!

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Is Your Sexuality Purple!? - Duration: 7:26.

Oh hi! I guess I'm an E4, possibly an E3. Let's call it a E3.6.

Today I want to discuss the Purple-Red Scale of Sexuality that I was only

recently introduced to. This will include a bit about researcher Alfred Kinsey, and

then why sexuality matters in the first place. As a young person I believe that

there could only be straight and gay. Which really messed with my head. I knew I

felt weird because I didn't fit into either of those dualities. So then in

elementary school, in hushed tones while eating a peanut butter sandwich, I

learned about bisexuals. Looking back on it, it was probably an inappropriate

conversation the janitor was having with me. But this opened my mind that there was a

third option. I was the vanilla in the Neapolitan

sexuality spectrum. That's a book idea! Then in my early 20s, while at university,

I discovered the Kinsey Scale. The Kinsey Scale looks like this. It's seven columns,

from zero to six, that gradually transition between exclusively

heterosexual to exclusively homosexual. As you can see bisexuals take up the

vast majority of the chart, which probably initiated the belief that most

people are some level of bisexual. Now the Kinsey Scale was developed by Alfred

Kinsey. Classic narcissist. Kinsey is a pretty controversial figure now – well, I

mean he's always been controversial just for different reasons. He was born in

1894. He grew up poor and in a very strict religious household. But at a

young age he became fascinated with biology. His father pressured him to go

to school for engineering instead. However, after two years he knew that he

hated it, so against his father's wishes he got a degree in biology instead.

Kinsey would go on to become a professor of entomology (the study of insects) and

zoology (the study of zoos). Or animals if you want to be pedantic. Kinsey was also

bisexual which may be why he started to become fascinated by sex. People were

expected to be attracted to the opposite sex. Any sort of deviance from the norm

was not accepted. He wanted to know what attracted people to one another and how

they expressed that attraction. However, this is the 1930s. You don't just go

around saying that you're sometimes attracted to men.

You'd either lose funding, or find yourself in the middle of a group of

guys ready to pound you. And not in a good way.

Despite that, he was able to release two landmark studies published as Sexual

Behavior in the Human Male, in 1948. And Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, in

1953. They were both bestsellers. My favorite reaction has to be from Mae

West who said...

Now, originally Kinsey was criticized for even studying sex. It didn't seem

important. But it did eventually lead to the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s.

That in and of itself would make Kinsey a polarizing figure, depending on your

sexual politics. However in recent years Kinsey has also been heavily criticized

for his research methods. I mean the biggest one is that he had sex with

coworkers and filmed it in the attic of his own home. Many believe that Kinsey

became more obsessed with his own sexual desires than with the research. He also

interviewed a disproportionate number of prostitutes and prisoners in his study.

He also talked with a lot of homosexuals. Which isn't a bad thing, but that did

impact the results. There's also the fact that he went and observed orgasms in

young boys, so let's just say that he's probably a bit – as the kids would say –

problematic. So whether you love or hate how Kinsey conducted his research, I

think we can agree that the scale is a bit too simplistic. Especially when we

are now introduced to a wide spectrum of sexualities. The Kinsey Scale, for

instance, makes no room for asexuality. It's like trying to explain all the

different countries of the world by only using six categories. Can it be done. Sure.

But you're going to lose a lot of the nuance. So that's how we get to the

Purple-Red Scale. Someone who's better at Google searching could probably figure

out the person who created this. I'd love to give them proper credit, but I

couldn't seem to nail that down. It has seven columns, just like the Kinsey Scale,

but it also has six rows. Yeah! We get to do spreadsheets together. Remember kids,

IF statements are your friend. This scale inverts Kinsey by going from exclusively

homosexual on the left, to exclusively heterosexual on the right.

On the bottom we have those people who identify as asexual, and it ramps up to

those who are hypersexual, which is how I get to my E3.6. This also isn't

infallible. I don't know if any bisexual is completely 50/50 with their

attraction level to different genders. But that could be my own bias. It also

doesn't incorporate the person's gender identity, which I do realize would

essentially create a 3d chess set at this point. But I'd love to see someone

try! So we've now been discussing these two scales to explain people's

sexualities. Now it's my job to tell you why I think any of this is important. And

in a perfect world, it probably wouldn't be. Perhaps in a couple hundred years it

won't. People won't judge others based on who they fall in love with, and how they

have sex. That just isn't the case currently. By latching onto an identity

that makes sense to you, the world becomes just a little more clear to me.

It's like when I first got glasses. I was very young like three and my mom

would point to something in the distance. I would squint and couldn't see anything, and

my mum thought I was joking. And soon I just pretended I could see

what she was pointing at. When it was eventually understood that I needed

glasses, and I put them on for the first time my whole world changed. I could see

the leaves on the trees. I could see what they were pointing at in the distance. I

am fundamentally not a different person with or without glasses, but by

identifying that I need glasses to function, and to feel whole it allows me

to fulfill my potential. Sexualities are the exact same thing. You might find it

ridiculous that someone needs to list off something that sounds like a

detailed Starbucks order, but it is important to them that they tell you how

they are a gender fluid polyamorous demisexual ... Grande sized. I think that

we're in the next phase of the sexual revolution. Where consent is extremely

important, and where our assumptions about gender and sexualities are being

challenged. Which can be hard when you've lived your whole life being told things

are one way, and then you discover that's not true. It can be hard to adapt. Now we

have to figure out what it means to be purple, or red. And I have it on good

authority that it's not easy being green. And hey I struggle too. I'm

not perfect. I still have a bit of skepticism whenever I hear a new

sexuality that I hadn't heard before. But also I'm still trying to accept the

Berenstain Bears as a thing. And if you have no idea what that means, look up the

Mandela Effect. But, as always, I'm very interested to hear what you have to say.

How do you identify? Do you think it matters at all? Where do you fall on the

chart? Do you have proof it was ever the Berenstein Bears? Let me know down in the

comments below. I also need to shout out a couple of Patreon backers. They help

make videos like this one possible. Thank you so much for watching! My name is Kyle.

I upload videos every Monday and Thursday. If you want to make my videos

even better, consider becoming one of my Patreon supporters. For as little as $1 a

month. Josh, I have the most irrational need to

go and play bingo...

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This Is Why | Blackshear Elementary - Duration: 5:05.

My name is Christopher Spencer I go to school at Blackshear Elementary and I'm in second grade

My name is Aaliyah and I'm in second grade

My name is Victoria and I'm in 5th grade

Blackshear Elementary School has been around for a hundred years

it's located in the historic Third Ward area of Houston Texas in the

morning when the students arrive they all come through the cafeteria and wait

for breakfast before their teachers pick them up so in that time we show

PBS KIDS videos usually we'll show WildKratts

because they'd like to learn about the animals they like the science component

and then when the older kids come in we can switch it to Odd Squad

"We work for Odd Squad"

I like to watch Odd Squad

It's like about villians

"everyone writes down on a piece of paper what they want to do to the odd squad agents"

they like make odd stuff happen and they have to use numbers to solve the problem

I like to watch WildKratts because they teach you about different animals and what they do

"This salamander lives to be over 100 years old"

PBS programming is all educational I mean every show has an educational

component whether it be science literacy math sometimes like with Daniel tiger

it's about getting along and how to resolve conflicts what to do when you get angry

"What do you do with the mad that you feel when you feel so mad you could ROAR"

as a parent PBS has been great for us

I like Daniel Tiger

"It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood a beautiful day for a neighbor"

It's about a little boy who's a tiger and when he like goes to score and something is wrong then the teacher

might come over and if she might sing a song to help everybody else

they're conflicts that happens between Daniel and his friends and he has to

song says you get so mad that you want to roar you take a deep breath and count to four

and those are things that teach kids how to calm themselves down

When you give a small amount to Houston Public Media each

month you make a really big impact become a sustainer at ten twenty or

thirty dollars a month just set it up once and you're done you'll know every

month that you're supporting the arts, quality journalism, science, and education

with your sustaining membership call (800)364-8300

or give online at houstonpublicmedia.org

I like Arthur, they have to solve different problems because they're like real life problems

Watching the shows, it introduces them to careers that they may

not know anything about on Arthur the creator Mark Brown he'll come on and

he'll show them how he makes the characters and things like that

and so maybe a child who has an artistic talent but they never

realized that well I can actually use my art skills as a career and he's showing

them that hey I made this cartoon you can make a cartoon as well

I want to be a choreographer

I want to be a superhero

I want to be the President of the United States of America

I support Houston public media because it is vital to to the kids growth

to kids learning when my first child was younger

we would watch, Super Watch, like the letter e came on the screen and she said

e without them saying it and then when the show goes off you go write different

letters and be like and you tell me what letter is and she could point to it and

so that let me know that you know it was working it was real it's she's

actually learning something from these programs and so and I'll be honest with you

after that I started donating money

to channel 8 I became a monthly donor

because I was like this is worth it

I like Peg + Cat

I like Electric Company

I like to watch Cat and The Hat

I support Houston Public Media because

it's an educational tool that will help my children from birth on through high

school and college as well hopefully they will be a PBS fans for life

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Adam West is left out of the Oscars 'in memoriam' section | news 24h - Duration: 4:44.

Outrage as Batman star Adam West and Glenn Campbell are LEFT OUT of the Oscars 'in memoriam' section - along with some other well known-names and faces

The Oscars in memoriam presentation again stirred outrage with iconic Batman actor Adam West left out along with other beloved names. The annual presentation of Hollywood figures who died over the previous year included 48 names remembered in a tribute during the awards.

There was never room for everyone but fans were shocked actors like West, Glen Campbell, Powers Boothe, and Dorothy Malone were omitted. Batman TV series star Adam West was left out of the Oscars in memoriam presentation.

Fans were shocked and outraged that the beloved actor, who died aged 88 last June, was omitted. I cried at the Oscars Memorial not because of the people who died but because Adam West wasnt there, one unhappy viewer wrote on Twitter.

All my friends tweeted about it at once. Howd you forget Adam West? another said. The Academy should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for not including both Tobe Hooper and Adam West in this years In Memorium segment, at third wrote.

Two iconic legends that are and will be missed greatly. That was a beautiful tribute to some incredible artists, but where was Adam West?! That man gave so much to the world of film, TV, pop culture and comic books, another said.

James Bond actor Roger Moore, singer Chuck Berry (pictured), actors Harry Dean Stanton and Jerry Lewis, and John Heard who played the father in Home Alone all made it in.

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder performed Room at the Top by Tom Petty, who died in October, as the montage rolled.

However, some fans pointed out that West was primarily known as a TV actor and was never a movie star of the kind included in the segment.

West played Batman in the campy 1966-68 TV series and one film, and later appeared in films like Robinson Crusoe on Mars and The Outlaws Is Coming. The 88-year-old died last June after a short battle with leukaemia.

Other notable omissions included Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper, The Sopranos actor Frank Vincent, and Frasiers John Mahoney. Glen Campbell, star of the original 1969 True Grit, was also left off the list, to fans dismay.

The tribute segment was presented by actress Jennifer Garner. Fans were also outraged Bill Paxton wasnt included, but the prolific actor was given a sendoff by presenter Jennifer Aniston before last years in memoriam as he died the day before.

Sunday nights edition was presented by Jennifer Garner with Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder performing Room at the Top by Tom Petty, who died in October, as the montage rolled.

James Bond actor Roger Moore, singer Chuck Berry, actors Harry Dean Stanton and Jerry Lewis, and John Heard who played the father in Home Alone all made it in.

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This Is Why | HBCU - Duration: 5:08.

When I was growing up I developed this thing that I call my three pillars

which are education, entertainment and service it definitely came from the shows that I

grew up with watching on PBS

My name is Terrence Bolton I'm graduating with my masters this year

shortly after I will be getting my doctoral degree in business management and strategy

oh my god

PBS was there in the very beginning when I was a child I remember being sat in

front of the television my mom and dad loved to get me things that would make

me smile and laugh and I was introduced to Sesame Street

That's how we learned how to count

I learned about friendship through Bert and Ernie and there's still two of my favorite

examples of friendship they've been friends for a very long time

And Big Bird, oh my goodness, Big Bird was always and always will be

one of my favorite childhood examples of what a leader should be

I really got the opportunity to see into adulthood based

on these children based educational shows

it's great for the student who wants to learn and grow

Houston Public Media is you're a local PBS station

and we're proud to bring you stories and voices of people here and around the

country support Houston Public Media at ten twenty or thirty dollars a month

you'll be a sustaining member with access to hundreds of on-demand programs

through TV 8 PBS passport become a sustainer by calling (800)364-8300

or give online at houstonpublicmedia.org

Whenever it comes down to your financial aid anything that you need for enrollment

Service, education and entertainment

So I go back I regress back to being a 8 year old I'm

sitting in front of the television and the three pillars that have to deal with

me came into play from seeing what I saw on those shows

So looking at PBS and seeing Sesame Street it was a lot of music, it was a lot of music

with the educational value, educational value comes just as easy as the

entertainment portion because I learned abcdefg and I'm singing it

as I'm learning it which makes it stick

I remember some of my favorite singers being on there I could be sitting there

listening and five minutes later five seconds later they're breaking into a

song and I'm like this is for me that's what I can tell and I'm a performer I'm

a musician so I would sit and sing my ABCs you know I would and it was an

amazing thing to be able to express yourself as a child

oh my God if I were to put a price tag on Public Media it would be a number

that no man can number you know you have this show that is doing the job that

educators are supposed to do between the hours of 8:00 and 5:00 and you know it's

a continuation of what's being taught in the classroom

my parents explained to me this is a service being granted to you do you

understand what that means no what is that this is a service being granted to

you because you're a child you are learning things and who's getting paid to teach you?

And I'm like my teachers

No we're talking about right now, this show is on public broadcasting stations so you

tell me who's taking care of you public broadcasting station you're very bright

you're such a good boy, yeah my parents they were so good at that so good at

making us understand the value of what we have

I'm Terrance Bolton and I support Houston Public Media

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This Is Why | Arts Panel - Duration: 5:39.

As a performer I love getting to see great performances or recordings of the

met you know their live broadcasts to see the scale of their production the

world's best singers coming straight to our homes that is a special thing and

that's all thanks to Houston PublicMedia

Well they say that arts is the

mirror of society and street art does that because it's just there but because

he's done is so big the world is so big you know it's not possible for you to

see everything and so you need some means to show the people

I think in today's world PBS is one of the only places where you are getting an intimate

look at the art that is happening in communities around America

Houston Public Media is showing you the real artists in these communities

I know a lot of people they grew up on Bob Ross and on other

segments that really helped them hone that person in them that became an artist

You never know what child is watching something and finding their

dream finding their passion being inspired having new ideas

You know the most influential thing was just six wives of Henry the eighth

I was like eight or nine we'd sit with my parents and they would have history

books they were so excited that we were so interested in the history it was a

great family moment but it was a great show it was so good

Growing up my family wasn't

able to afford cable television so pretty much the only thing that was on

TV was was PBS so I grew up watching everything from like Sesame Street to

you know Bob Ross and then also there was the series of shows like 1900 house

and manor house and I was even so obsessed with those that I would go to

the library after it was off the air and I would check out those DVDs and keep

watching them because I just loved that

I grew up in a smaller town for a period time

and although I was exposed to lots of arts in that town it was also

limited and I have really vivid memories of great performances

and the shows that I was I was seeing at that time and it was so inspiring to see

dance what I am so passionate about at that level and on that scale and to see

it in such big opera houses from all over the world coming straight into my

home was really something that I'll never forget

and I grew up on those videos and still watched them to this day

There was a story with Tracy Letts

who had won the Pulitzer Prize for August Osage County and which is an

amazing play that I loved and he just curse orally mentioned his favorite work

and I thought well what's that buddy and so I went and found it and fell in love

with it and and it was programmed in and offered that's a direct impact you know

I was so influenced by Downton Abbey one of my favorite television series of all

time in the history of television so I think I definitely went through a very

classic phase while Downton Abbey was was airing about we really need a little

more erudite language and I play is here

when you support Houston Public Media on

an ongoing monthly basis you'll become a sustaining member that means your

membership will never expire and you'll have access to hundreds of on demand

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film's, Masterpiece, American Experience and more consider ten twenty or thirty

dollars a month when you call (800)364-8300

or give online at Houstonpublicmedia.org

Sometimes when you're able to hear what the artist has to say

the most important thing is always paint

on programs like Arts Insight then you're able to

connect to it work and in new and much more meaningful way

so you are beautifying the city one wall at a time that's exactly right

when you we're using media when you're using PBS when you are expanding the scope of your

understanding through Houston Public Media then what you're doing is

enriching the whole of the experience exposure to the arts conversation about

the arts engagement with the arts understanding that your response to art

is valid all of those things come through arts education and it's critical

it's the way in which our minds can be most open to that which is good in

humanity no other media is doing it as fully as public media0

I think that PBS is all about the flexible mind and I think that it makes us think about the

world in a in an exciting and different way

I think art is the universal language it's something we all share

I speak through dance I love that

because there's no words you know we don't have to speak the same language to

be communicating from the day we're children we're dancing every culture has

their own style of dance same with music same with you know painting we all have

our own version our own language but we're all able to understand each other

through the Arts

my name is Whitney Bullock and I support Houston Public Media

I am Anat Ronen and I support Houston Public Media

I'm Kenn McLaughlin and I support Houston Public Media

I am Connor Walsh and I support Houston Public Media

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This Is Why | Hurricane Harvey & Datacasting - Duration: 5:31.

Houston Public Media is really the backbone of our alerts and warnings

when it comes to coordinating with the media

when we push out an emergency alert it goes to Houston Public Media

that then informs the rest of the media

to get those alerts out to people listening to the radio or watching television

so they are basically the hub that informs the rest of the media so they get that message

The night of the storm essentially the water came in from the

Bayou around about 1:30 two o'clock in the morning it just started rising and

rising until it got to about two feet inside the house the the alerts weren't

going off throughout the day a severe storm warning flood alerts so you were

able to keep up with what was going on just outside the immediate area because

it did get to a point where there was 8 feet of water down at the bottom of the

base of the street so there's no way I could get out and go see for myself

anymore so at that point you're at the mercy of what information can I bring in

my wife and I felt that our lives were in danger

we had 12 year-old boy we had a brand new puppy and a cat and we felt that the

situation was untenable at that point so our next door neighbor has the only

two-story street on the house so I went over there the rain still coming down

started knocking on the door and just said hey look can we come over and of

course you know they said yes

Ok can you tell me what's happened to you

Well I actually did have a little home right here on this intersection in them woods

and I'm here to see how bad it's been affected by the storm

now we would love to welcome Kim from Willowbrook Camry there yes good morning

and let me just say to you guys thank you thank you thank you for being on the

radio keeping us updated and without you guys a lot of people wouldn't have the

information that you guys are providing

through broadcasts from Houston Public

Media we discovered that there was a huge need for us to get lawyers as

volunteers into the shelters there were thousands of people who had been

evacuated from their homes and moved to George R Brown or NRG and so we

immediately knew that we needed to have people there to help them with their

legal needs and so we got our volunteers organized and I think we were in George R

Brown by the Wednesday after the storm and NRG by the Thursday after the

storm we served more than ten thousand Houstonians who were who were in those

shelters during the storm so Houston Public Media helped get the word out

that we had this program and that it was available to the people impacted by the

storm and that made a huge difference

in Houston we celebrate diversity

the multitude of perspectives makes Houston one of the fastest-growing cities in America

Houston Public Media provides television radio and online resources

for families from all walks of life become a first-time member now

with a contribution in any amount whatever you can give

now is the time to support media that makes you smarter

call (800)364-8300 or give online at houstonpublicmedia.org

Houston Public Media is the backbone for not only how we alert

people during times of crisis but also how we keep them informed through the

news that you offer and secondarily for our first responders our Emergency

Operations Center datacasting allows us to share video and information in real

time so we can make decisions very quickly with the best information

possible to keep our public safe

Datacasting is a capability that we use

to leverage unused TV spectrum to broadcast content to first responders out in the field

We can upload video send messages just like we did during

Superbowl for example it allows us to utilize that bandwidth from public

safety so we don't have to rely on those networks that everybody else is using

when those are in high demand

we in the fire department didn't really have

anything comparable we didn't have anything like that during Hurricane

Harvey as a field unit responder we were able to transmit send video of real-time

water levels of real-time rain situation back to the Office of Emergency

Management we also used it during Harvey on fire scenes where we had crews in the

back film and sending it back to the front and we could see what the real

conditions were anytime you have a natural disaster your resources get

spread pretty thin and so we were able to kind of use it to to help add some

eyes to the scene we're just barely scratching the surface of the

possibilities that are out there that exist sharing with law enforcement

partners and everyone else I think it's going to open open a lot of doors for

everybody to kind of be on that same page

I'm familiar with the fact that you

know public media has different shows on and different radio programs but to the

extent that they're involved with the county in the city to help with Public

Safety and in emergent situations was kind of surprising but but good to know

and glad to see that there's that undercurrent of support and that network

and system in place to help people out

we've been home for two weeks now and we're

making the house back into a home as it was

and getting our lives back to normal and looking forward to the future at this point

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This Is Why | Girls, Inc. - Duration: 4:57.

Well I think it's important to teach girl stem because there's a gap in a lot

of the STEM fields you're not gonna just be able to employ men you're going to

need women just to even meet the workforce gap

My name is Jo Leah Payne

and I am program director at Girls Inc of Greater Houston

Girls Inc is a national youth development organization that serves to

inspire all girls to be strong smart and bold

PBS LearningMedia has been a phenomenal resource for our

facilitators at Girls Inc just having a one-stop shop that they can go to and

have access to all of the learning plans and all of the interactive activities

that are available there at no cost that they can use to bring into the classroom

with the girls to expose them to non-traditional STEM fields I mean they

talk about archaeology and geography

girls have very real and complex issues

in society and that includes gender stereotyping and discrimination they're

also disproportionately affected by poverty and salary gaps

and so we serve to provide supports and equip girls with the skills and knowledge

they need to address those challenges

I think it's very important that we teach our girls

that they are capable that they are smart enough that they are skilled

enough to take on those STEM fields

I am Brianna I am 11 years old and I am a student with Girls Inc

My name is Kaiden and I'm 11 years old and I'm a student of Girls Inc.

I enjoy stem because you can make a lot of things with stone and I

enjoy science because there are so many projects and possibilities

You can do all these experiments where the different new technology learn new things that you

never learned before, look for science I love how when you learn something

there's always something else for you to learn

when I was little I watched WildKratts

The Odd Squad for Odd Squad I love how they helps kids with mathematics

For WildKratts I love how it teaches you more about animals that's

why I want to become a veterinarian

When you give a small amount to

Houston Public Media each month you make a really big impact become a sustainer

at 10, 20 or 30 dollars a month just set it up once and you're done

you'll know every month that you're supporting the arts, quality journalism,

science and education with your sustaining membership call (800)364-8300

or give online at houstonpublicmedia.org

Because they are underrepresented in STEM I think that PBS LearningMedia is

definitely a major player in getting girls active into STEM fields the girls

are very responsive now with the media for PBS at first they were a little

hesitant and kind of shy but now I feel like they're very open they're more

willing to take on activities on their own and I just kind of guide them

Houston Public Media is my source for educational programming with the girls at Girls Inc.

the benefits of having PBS learning media is having a clearinghouse

of resources available that teachers and educators our facilitators can tap into

to provide those innovative activities if they don't have to start from scratch

and it's readily available readily accessible it's very user friendly so

for today's program the girls are going to be doing clubs to float my boat they

will have to create a boat out of various materials such as foil popsicle

sticks straws and not only does it have to float in the water they have to be

able to carry pennies and so the girls will work together to try to figure out

how many pennies the boat can hold

PBS LearningMedia for us has been such a

critical instrument it really gives teachers an opportunity to develop in

areas that they may need developing and so I think it's just a really phenomenal

development resource I believe that PBS LearningMedia is important in the

classroom today because it's a hands-on resource for the girls

it's very relatable for them and it's accessible for all individuals to use

PBS LearningMedia is our resource for hands-on innovative curriculums that

help support girls in the classroom