DocentDoings

The following is a collection of prints taken from the scrapbooks (which explain why they look the way they do) beginning in the docent classes from 1972 plus pictures taken on docent field trips and staff parties. Fortunately, the pictures get better thereafter. Click on the arrow to start the 15 minute plus video and double click to enlarge the video screen. At the lower left of the screen is a pause button which you can press to pause (stop) the video in order to review the details (still not very clear but almost readable). In the lower right there is a button to return to normal size to view the pictures following the scrap book pics. One final note: Don't forget to turn your computer speakers on to listen to the music that goes with the pictures. This video was prepared for the 50th Anniversary Party on June 19, 2012 and placed here in the docent blog. Enjoy.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12618167 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12618167 A fantastic collection of photographs... Open the following link to exotic bird pictures that you can view.  This is a PowerPoint presentation: https://skydrive.live.com/edit.aspx?sc=documents&resid=8E81B1350EE5909F!442 A 7 minute photo shoot that will take you away from your world. Click on the photo and the photo shoot will begin, you are in for a treat.... A 7 minute photo shoot that will take you away from your world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12618167 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12618167

This was sent to me from my nephew in North Carolina.  Does anyone know about Microraptor?  The four wings are intriguing.  The video at the end of the article has great shots of our dino hall and Dr. Chiappe. ~~Fly~~ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/microraptor-dinosaur-fossil-shows_n_1333039.html  

From Susan Coltrin: Ferris Bueller February 5, 2012 Super Bowl Commercial: Matthew Broderick Reprises Role For Ad (VIDEO) .  Click on link below to start and view video (on black screen). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/ferris-bueller-super-bowl-commercial_n_1241558.html?ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment

Question:  Tell us about the beginning of the docent program 50 years ago.  Click on arrow to begin the 5 minute video: What else did you do at the NHM besides the docents program? Question on the downstairs Diorama Halls: Question on how the school visits were handled in the past?

Speaker Videos: Karen Wise: Karen (continued) Susan Oh: Other Speakers on January 11, 2012 Luis Chiappe Kristina Lockaby Molly Gena

 For us fishermen: It may be a ridiculous notion to think the Los Angeles River could ever support a resident steelhead population. In fact, it may be ridiculous to contemplate that this gritty icon of shoot-‘em-up movies like “To Live and Die in L.A.” will ever shed its miles of concrete, flood-control skin in favor of a sustainable habitat. Yet, talk to the various players in the multi-year, multi-million dollar reconstruction drama and a common theme emerges: steelhead restoration. Whether it’s actually feasible or not, the steelhead has become a symbol of the river’s potential rebirth. In the years to come, whether flapping fins or flummery will triumph, remains to be seen. Problems abound with a restoration effort of this size, 51 miles through a morass of cities, from the San Fernando Valley to the port of Long Beach. Those reading these pages outside of Los Angeles must wonder if steelhead ever swam in the river to begin with. The answer, which is ironic even to those of...