annenberg media ♪ by: narrador: bienvenidos a otro episodio de destinos: an introduction to spanish.rimero, algunas escenas de este episodio. hola, raquel. i¿luis?! sí, raquel, soy yo. ivaya sorpresa! ¿y qué haces aquí? ¿has notado cómo se miran raquel y tío arturo? sí, hacen una buena pareja. arturo: ¿ud. también es méxicoamericano? no, soy mexicano. pero vivo desde hace muchos años en los estados unidos. claro, y ahí conoció a raquel. pues, sí. nos conocimos en la universidad de california. ¿te acuerdas? en este episodio vamos a ver cómo se pide en un restaurante. ¿en qué consiste una cena? ¿qué se dice en un restaurante? primero, viene el camarero a preguntarles a los clientes qué van a tomar. ¿desean algo de tomar? después, el camarero les pregunta si quieren un plato para comenzar. ¿no desean algo para comenzar? también les toma la orden para el plato principal. ¿están listos para ordenar? luis: después viví muchos años en nueva york por razones de trabajo. pero ahora he vuelto a los angeles para quedarme. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project

annenberg media ♪ ¿quieren decir que carlos nos engañaba a su propia familia? cálmate, mercedes.emos dicho eso. pues, ¿qué están diciendo, entonces? narrador: bienvenidos a otro episodio de destinos: an introduction to spanish. primero, vamos a ver algunas escenas de este episodio. ( suspira ) carlos, ¿qué te pasa? ino, nada! te conozco bien. algo te pasa. no me pasa nada. ¿nada? dime. tal vez puedo ayudarte. te llamé a tu habitación, pero no estabas. ¿qué haces a estas horas? estaba en la cafetería del hotel, platicando con arturo. ¿por qué está contigo? debe estar con su familia. mamá, por favor. ¿estoy hablando contigo o con la policía? también vamos a aprender más vocabulario relacionado con los asuntos económicos y financieros. pedro: en otra ocasión, sacó cinco mil dólares. señorita raquel rodríguez, tiene una llamada telefónica. ¿y ahora quién puede ser? captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. en el episodio previo la familia castillo conversaba con arturo. como no sabían mucho de rosario le pidieron a

annenberg media ♪ by: narrador: bienvenidos a otro episodio de destinos: an introduction to spanish.rimero, algunas escenas de este episodio. hola, raquel. i¿luis?! sí, raquel, soy yo. ivaya sorpresa! ¿y qué haces aquí? ¿has notado cómo se miran raquel y tío arturo? sí, hacen una buena pareja. arturo: ¿ud. también es méxicoamericano? no, soy mexicano. pero vivo desde hace muchos años en los estados unidos. claro, y ahí conoció a raquel. pues, sí. nos conocimos en la universidad de california. ¿te acuerdas? en este episodio vamos a ver cómo se pide en un restaurante. ¿en qué consiste una cena? ¿qué se dice en un restaurante? primero, viene el camarero a preguntarles a los clientes qué van a tomar. ¿desean algo de tomar? después, el camarero les pregunta si quieren un plato para comenzar. ¿no desean algo para comenzar? también les toma la orden para el plato principal. ¿están listos para ordenar? luis: después viví muchos años en nueva york por razones de trabajo. pero ahora he vuelto a los angeles para quedarme. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project

annenberg media ♪ by: era la agente de bienes raíces. empresario de los estados unidos está interesado en comprar la gavia. pero... todavía no está en venta, ¿verdad? narrador: bienvenidos a destinos: an introduction to spanish. primero vamos a ver algunas escenas de este episodio. aquí jaime. tengo muy buenas noticias. angela ha llamado desde el hospital. dice que roberto se despertó y que está muy bien. ibueno, qué alegría! se te ve muy bien. por lo menos estás despierto. sí. la verdad es que sí me siento muy bien. y yo lo puedo comprobar. se comió dos desayunos. ay, a propósito ¿no queda algo por allí? veo que la recuperación ha sido completa y rápida. también vamos a hablar un poco sobre el ballet folclórico de méxico. fundado por amelia hernández el ballet folclórico incluye música y danzas de diferentes regiones del país. ( se toca el jarabe tapatío ) ¿y carlos se fue así? ¿no te dio ninguna explicación? no, ninguna. ¿no lo has visto esta mañana? no, no he visto ni a carlos ni a gloria. captioning of this program is made possible b

annenberg media ♪ caioningponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the region of southeast asia and southacific coains t fourth most populous country ithe wod anthe largest islamic country in world they, in fact, one and the same: indonesia. a frmentary state spadcross anpegoof 13,iss, i. latelyitoes no seemo unifie eastimor ry rwhile most of indonesiais , irian jaya threaten the same. the island of bali is mostly hindu.timor ry recently bombed is ta popur nightclub here? or it is because the tropical paradise was a mecca for western tourists? in theurrent war against terrorism, we explore the geographical roots of the tourist economy that crashed after the violent attack in 2002; whetr the influx of sitors will threaten the loca and how ba's distinct cuure fits into the complex diveity of indonesia. still use the methods passed down from their grandfathers. but life around them is chaing. it's a lot greener some of those roadsideught stalls look interesting. yeah, might do those tomorrow still haven't worked out the money though. ( people clamoring, airport announcements ) narror: balias

funding for this program is provided by annenberg media.k studies this scarce resource. dr. maddock: the real problem that we have is that with increasing populations and shortages of water, we are becoming very vulnerable. in the southwest, there's a very unique vulnerability here, simply because where do we get the water if there is no water? narrator: across the country in northern florida, the quantity of water isn't an issue. rainfall averages an abundant 1 1/4 meters each year. wendy graham and her colleagues evaluate and model the impacts of industrial and agricultural land use threatening the world's largest collection of freshwater springs. dr. graham: right now, the biggest question is how far we can stress the system and not push it past the point of no return. narrator: both researchers are working towards a sustainable future to protect the water needed by our species and our planet. arizona is one of the fastest-growing states in the u.s. the consequent demand on freshwater for personal, industrial, and agricultural use is dep

annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the region of southeast asia and southacific includes a multitude of small island nations and one large continent country. here we find economic tigers and raw-material producers. state economies benefit from their relative location on the pacific rim, and multinational corporations take advantage of shipping opportunities offered by proximity to the world's largest ocean. we focus on the tiny city-state of singapore. despite being the smallest country in southeast asia and lacking natural resources, it is one of the wealthiest states in the world and the gateway to southeast asia. american computer giant hewlett-packard searched for a base to spearhead its push to asia. man: we basically stock and distribute hewlett-packard products, mainly computer-related products like pcs-- personal computers-- printers, plotters, scanners and all kinds of related peripherals for personal computers. and we distribute throughout the asia-pacific region, and that covers all the way from korea to india, down to australia. narrator: the co

annenberg media ♪ funding for this program was provided by...oman: image making is in my eyes, in my head, in my feeling state. i relate to the world with all my senses, and then they get funneled into something that has to be very tangible -- a painting or a print or something like that. the process is intellectual, it's sensual, and it's technical. i'm working on what i hope can become a group of three or four prints. the ideas in the prints actually link together ideas that i've worked with for maybe 45 years. it's at least 40 years that i've been interested in the interplay between the aesthetics of science and the aesthetics of art. and i call my style now "quantum aesthetics." very often, you see the image developing out of modules which transmit energy from one to another. when i work, i tend to make things that are layered in energy. at least, that's what's in my mind. sometimes i show the layers by offering a detail within a field. here we see a very close rectangle with kinds of flames breaking out of it, but there they are also in a f

annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the region of northern africa and southwestsia is largely islamic. but jerusalem, like the rest of israel and palestine, is bitterly divi between muslims anjews. at the beginning of the 21st century, arabs in the israeli-occupied territories on the west bank and the gaza strip began an uprising they called the "second intifada." it was marked by a seemingly endless cycle of arab attacks and suicide bombings followed by israeli repriss. in order to understand the prospects for peace, we explore the historical geography of israel and palestine with special emphasis on the sacred space of jerusalem. for half a century, israelis and palestinians have battled over jerusalem and a larger homeland. helping to mediate competing claims was dennis b. ross, special envoy for the first president bush and then president clinton. as his term ended, the peace process crumbled. the intifada that began has had lots of casualties. unfortunately, one of the worst casualties-- in addition to the true human suffering-- has been a loss of complete f

annenberg media ♪ gam made possible by the financial support of...ollowing individuals and foundations... corporate funding for art of the western world is by movado, makers of the movado museum watch, the watch dial design in the permanent collections of musms throughout the world. captioning made possible by the annenberg/cpb project as the 16th century ended and the 17th began, here in catholic rome there was a feeling of jubilation, a sense of rebirth. pope paul v, in the year of our lord 1612, has brought water 35 miles from the healthiest springs in bracciano through new and restored aqueducts. what better way to sigl the revival of the ancient grandeur of rome than to restore its renowned system for bringing water from distant mountains to the city streets? pope paul's new water supply, the acqua paola, or paul's water as it was called, was soon rushing into the daylight from fountains all around the city. the finest of these fountains was designed by sculptor and architect, gian lorenzo bernini. it was built in the piazza navona which stood o

annenberg media ♪ funding for this program was provided by...every year, leftover family members came from columbia "just to look and remember. "some parts of the house were bought, "others salvaged from houses taken over by kudzu and snakes. "one window cost two months' pay. "a fancy door she had to have "was four months' worth of washing clothes. "the first grandbaby arrived "when the second story was started. he had to have a home!" man: southerners have a really strong sense of place, but it's not just like in "gone with the wind" where the land's the only thing. it's the house. we are "house proud." and if we see houses as important, sometimes we haven't seen shacks as important. we've differentiated between the grand antebellum architecture. that's what people think of when they think of the south. but the reality is that very few people, black or white, ever lived in a white-column mansion. most of us lived in houses much more like these shacks. and i think that beverly has called attention to what's really one of the edominant housing va

annenberg media ♪ provided by: narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 45 de destinos: an introduction to spanish¿dónde estabas esta vez? llamé por teléfono a todos lados. aló, aló. iluis! ¿cómo estás? señora, como le expliqué ya no hay nada que se pueda hacer por su padre. pueden llevarlo a su casa como él quiere. pronto estará en casa como quería, y yo no tendré que aguantar más sus quejas. yo sé que regreso a mi casa para morir. en este momento el doctor se lo está diciendo a mi hija. señor castillo... itú sabes muy bien a lo que me refiero! no tenías ningún derecho de hacer venir aquí a luis sin preguntarme, sin avisarme siquiera. iningún derecho! pati, tal vez mañana lleven a papá de regreso a la gavia. y tú quieres regresar también, ¿verdad? creo que debo regresar. vengo de la gavia y decidí pasar a verlos de camino a casa. ¿saben algo de don fernando? pues sí, pero... las noticias no son muy buenas. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. en el episodio previo, luis sorprendió a raquel con su plan de pasar el fin de se

annenberg media ♪ funding for this program was provided by...oman: the kinds of art that i'm engaged in, that i'm interested in, most deeply moved by, is a relational work. it's a work about public good and public art. it's about public speaking, in a sense. and it's really about changing on a larger scale, and problem solving, on a larger scale, some of the most important problems that we have to solve in this period of time. siqueiros uses a structure called polyangular theory. in that position -- you fall into his position. then all the corners of the wall disappear. the project that i'm working on now is a mural i designed for the usc student center with input from the latino student body. this mural is the focal point of a long struggle for the students at usc, who have struggled to assert their presence both in numbers and in sensibilities. we will use these lines to take to the center of our figures. and he figured them in mathematically... i call myself a chicana, because being a chicana means that i understand that i am in a position of

y the annenberg/cpb project. [middle eastern violin music] ["we three kings" played on saxophone] (male narrator) what is it that distinguishes the sound of one instrument or voice from another? [ensemble playing turkish music] what accounts for the infinite variety of sounds that can be produced? [airy flute-like music] the quality of sound of instruments and voices are influenced by a number of factors that taken together produce what is called tone color or timbre. [sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] [playing buzzing and whirring sounds on a jew's-harp] (brown) timbre is tone quality, you know, when you listen to a sound, when you listen to a musical note, you hear several things. [throaty singing] you hear the basic note, but you also hear some overtones. you hear some other sounds that are generated. [shrill flute plays] the particular combination of overtones that you hear gives each musical instrument its own sound. [single note played on various instruments] you could play a note-- say a "g" on a g

director of the annenberg public policy center at the university of pennsylvania, she has been a force behind two essential, non-partisan websites, factcheck.org and flackcheck.org, each calling out the deception and confusion generated by parties and partisans. on the other side of the continent, her fellow annenberger marty kaplan is founder and head of the norman lear center at the university of southern california's annenberg school for communication and journalism. the center focuses on the bustling intersection of show business and politics. he's been a producer and screenwriter as well as a speechwriter for then vice president walter mondale and a colleague of the late u.s. commissioner of education ernest boyer. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> kathleen, the last time you were here you said all we've got left in the search for truth and knowledge is the debate. all right, are you satisfied now? >> no, we did not get an answer to the question that i wanted answered, which is "what are the sacrifices you're going to ask of us? where are you going to get the mon

annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the geographic region of southeastsia and south pacific is characterized by political and economic disparity, a mosaic of small countries scattered on peninsulas and islands. we begin in laos, southeast asia's only landlocked country. a long history of isolation has protected its natural resources and ingenous cultures. laos today is beginning to court the global economy throh e sale ofydroeltric power. geof its indigenous tions wd its natural environment. the mekong river traces an 1,100-mile path through or along the border of laos. the river has also been a barrier between laos and its neighbors. now there is a road, where before there was none. in 1994, the friendship bridge gave laos its first land link with the outside world, through thailand to the west. the bridge may symbolize a connected future, but laos in the here and now remains among the poorest countries in the world. ( rooster crows ) it is the least developed country in the lower mekong basin. life expectancy is low, about 53 years. ( rooster crows % o

but nonethweess, we've seen learning across the debates in our annenberg survey.hen t my sense is tha there is no penalty for lying or as jonathan swift says in the last part of "gulliver's", for saying the thing that is not soh that the things one learns about what people say are completely irrelevant. governor romney has chang his position on just about everything throughout his entire career. and that, i believe, bedevils the fact checkers who hall say, "well, his official position is this, but then he did that.wh so it's hard to know, but you can't really say, this is true because also that's true." if that's the context, if that's what's going on, then i'm not sure what can be learned at all about governor romney because the ances of him saying something different, doing something different once the election comes, based on his behavior during this campaign and while he's been running anr president, are extremely high. >> let me give you an example o what people have learned. people know that governor romney is going to increase spending for the military. and

funding for this program was provided by the annenberg/cpb project. (narrator) music and time are inextricably linked. in fact, one of the primary aspects of music is that it divides time into patterns of sound and silence. this division is what is known as rhythm. rhythm is rhythm is rhythm. in each part of the world, they have a way in which they hear and express rhythm. dancing, singing, walking, praying, rhythm is the way we do it. [low hum and sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] rhythm is the temporal organization of music. it's how music is organized in time. it divides time into an organized series of moments, periods, durations. without rhythm, we wouldn't know how tperform the series of tos. rhythm you can consider fluctuations or pulsations in time. but forgetting the whole technical thing, rhythm is feeling and it's motion, and rhythm hits you at your core-- at your physical core. rhythm is probably the most physical element of music. (narrator) for much of the world's music, the foundation of rhythm is a steady reoccurring pattern or

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annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: our investigation of northern africand southwestern asia takes us to egypt. here, as throughout this region, the presence or absence of water has profoundly influenced patterns of human settlement. the nile river is egypt's lifeblood. people here cling to its path through the desert and cluster in its broad delta. our case explores human modification of the environment as humans harness the mighty nile through projects like the aswan dam, lake nasser and the new toshka canal; the move from subsistence to commercial agriculture; and how an expanding population in the nile river delta is encroaching on the area's remaining precious farmland. from space, the earth can seem an abstract pattern of color and shape, but as we look closer, environmental processes come into view. here the rain of east-central africa collects in the giant lake victoria. its waters drain to the north, giving rise o of the world's great rirs, the nile descending from the african highlands, the nile winds through one of earth's most arid landscapes.

annenberg media ♪ gam made possible by the financial support of...nd the following individuals and foundations... corporate funding for art of the western world is by movado, makers of the movado museum watch, the watch dial design in the permanent collections of museums throughout the world. captioning made possible by the annenberg/cpb project this is siena, a wonderfully preserved medieval city in central italy. at its heyday around 1300, it was one of the most civilized and prosperous places in europe. siena and other italian city-states can stand as a new beginning in our story of western art. hitherto, the old medieval world view had, put simply, divided the classes of society into the aristocracy at the top, the church, and the laboring peasantry at the bottom. in places like this, we see for the first time a new class, conscious of its own identity-- the merchants. these cities were no longer controlled by feudal lords. they were republics. here in siena, several thousand citizens were eligible for election to the governing bodies which met d

annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb the region of south asia stretches omoaimalaneaksoscatinanceslan a naon experiencing exosive populationwth. mid-centas the world'sl st populated country. wei, is eaway from e hardships thhiof the rural countryside. here we see the effects of rural-to-urban migrion and the development of informal settlents. india's capital, delhi, has a population of between 13 and 14 million. commuters, camels, rickshas, buses, motorcycles-- delhi is a smorgasbord of sights and sounds. people of many different ethnic, religious and linguistic groups make the capital the city that it is today. but amid this cultural mosaic, this swelling city faces some serious challenges. delhi sits on the banks of two large rivers, catal city for aongsuccess, the ganges aheamuna. delhi s fomamanyea its lonvarious peoplesfnks have left their mark on delhi. for instance, remnants of the islamic domination that started in the 12th century can be seen in old delhi. new delhi was built in the british colonial period at the end of the 19th century. its tidy grid-line

annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the region of east asia is one of ancientultures and modern economic growth. in japan, people are much affected by natural events, especially in rural areas. re, weather patterns such as the cold wind-- called yamase-- can have drastic impact on agriculture. in northern japan, economics and agriculture intersect as the rural economy has been consumed by the challenge of an age-old goal: to make the country self- sufficient in rice production. early october in japan's northeast-- or tohoku region-- is the harvest season. as a staple food, rice is as important to the japanese diet as wheat is to the western diet. for a variety of reasons-- historical, religious, economic, social and cultural-- rice in japan has meaning much deeper than simply being a crop grown onhe majority synonymous with rice farming.y more than a quarter of japan's domestic rice output comes from this region. the village of rokunohe is located in the northern part of tohoku. it is a marginal place to grow rice. as one moves north, the available light and th

additional funding is also provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcastingand by contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. it's about 8:00 p.m. eastern time two fridays before the election and according to the app on my iphone, we have 10 days, 23 hours, 15 minutes and 53 seconds before the polls close. accord dog every one of what seems like a thousand polls taken this week, this thing say true dead heat. so what are the candidates up to? they are releasing new ads every day. it's said that character is what we do when no one is looking. mitt romney thought no one was looking when he attacked 47% of americans. his company shipped jobs overseas. >> higher deficits, chronic unemployment, a president who admits he can't work with congress. >> you can't.hange washington from the inside. >> but he says he's had only four years. that's all mitt romney needed. he turned massachusetts around. turned the deficit into a rainy kay -- day fund. >> and they are the nation, attrac

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annenberg media ♪ gam made possible by the financial support of...nd the following individuals and foundations... corporate funding for art of the western world is by movado, makers of the movado museum watch, the watch dial design in the permanent collections of museums throughout the world. captioning made possible by the annenberg/cpb project as the 16th century ended and the 17th began, here in catholic rome there was a feeling of jubilation, a sense of rebirth. pope paul v, in the year of our lord 1612, has brought water 35 miles from the healthiest springs in bracciano through new and restored aqueducts. what better way to sigl the revival of the ancient grandeur of rome than to restore its renowned system for bringing water from distant mountains to the city streets? pope paul's new water supply, the acqua paola, or paul's water as it was called, was soon rushing into the daylight from fountains all around the city. the finest of these fountains was designed by sculptor and architect, gian lorenzo bernini. it was built in the piazza navona whi

annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: following the attacks of september1, china drew at least temporarily closer to the u.s. the reason: beijing fears separatist forces in their islamic western provinces. china has a delicate relationship with its ethnic and religious minorities. to understand the interactions between two asian cultures, we travel to the frontiers of han and muslim china with its ethnic and religious minorities. in the city of lanzhou. but lanzhou's location-- and its future-- on this frontier have much to do with the region's physical geography and naral resources. ( blowing heavily ) narrator: for centuries in this part of china, rafts like this were an important means of transportation. made of sheepskin, inflated and tied together, these rafts, called yangpi fazi, navigated the huang he, or yellow river. by looking only at the huang he, you might think lanzhou is a wet place. in fact it only receives about 12 inches of rain a year. geographer chai yangwei, in the green, follows these farmers to see how they cope with such low rainfall

additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting andy contributions station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. the first debate is behind us and the presidential race is tighter than ever. for different reasons, both candidates returned to the campaign trail this week with renewed vigor. >> you may know that a couple of nights ago we had a debate. you may have got an chance to see that. i got the chance to ask the president some questions i think people across the country have wanted to ask the president. which is why it was that when america needed jobs to badly he was pushing for obama care. >> my opponent has been trying to do a two-step and reposition and -- got an extreme makeover. governor romney plans to let wall street run wild again but he's going to bring down the hammer on "sesame street." it makes perfect sense. gwen: the morning the president got good news on the jobs front as the unemployment rate dropped if 8 .1 to 7 .8%. news so good that some rom

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additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, modiator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. there's this hole. your candidate dug it and it's up to the number two guy to diagnose you -- dig you both out. the other, the polls are teetening, wind at your back and up to his number two to make sure it stays that way. thasks the task facing vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan last night. basically the same approach. arguing the other ticket is not to be trusted. in this exchange, the two sparred about medicare. >> this is a plan that's bipartisan. it's a plan i put together with a prominent democratic senator from oregon. >> there's not one democrat who endorses it. >> our partner is a democrat from oregon. >> and he said he no longer supports it. >> we put it together with the former clinton budget director -- >> who disavows it. gwen: president obama and governor romney continued that theme of untrustworthiness on t

additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. what's at stake in this election came into sharp focus this week, both at the contention long island debate and the days that followed. it's now clear that as the polls tighten, both men are fighting for the same voters, not necessarily the undecided ones, but the decided ones, who can be persuaded to show up on election day to cast the ballot for the man they trust the most. that's what these debate night exchanges about energy, taxes and the 47% were really about. >> production on government land of oil is down 14%. and production -- >> what you're say something not true. it's just not true. >> it's absolutely true. you have looked at your pension? >> i've got to say -- >> mr. president, have you looked at your pension? >> i don't look at my pension. it's not as big as yours so it doesn't take