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Thursday, December 18, 2008

ESL Video for Children: The Tale of the Sun and the Moon


EricHermanMusic December 17, 2008http://www.erichermanmusic.com/ytcds....

"The Tale of the Sun and the Moon" is a lullaby about why the sun is up during the day and the moon is out at night. It's somewhat of a platonic love song about two best friends who can't really be together as much as they would like. The song is from the CD, Snail's Pace, by Eric Herman (also available on his The Kid in the Mirror album), and was adapted from a poem by Kenn Nesbitt. The illustrations in the video were made by Lauren Wilson and the video was conceived and directed by Eric and Roseann Endres.

Eric Herman's website: http://www.EricHermanMusic.com

Kenn Nesbitt's website: http://www.poetry4kids.com

Lauren Wilson contact: laurenwilsonart (at) gmail dot dom

Friday, November 07, 2008



Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Music for Children: Blackbeard, Bluebeard & Redbeard - A Pirate Story by Eric Herman


EricHermanMusic September 17, 2008http://www.erichermanmusic.com/ytcds....

To celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th (and every other pirate holiday throughout the year), Eric Herman presents "Blackbeard, Bluebeard and Redbeard", a video depicting the story of three famous pirates who sailed together on a most colorful voyage. Definitely not as violent as the Family Guy pirate chase video, but funny tongue-in-cheek humor.

The full lyrics and chords for this song can be found here:http://www.erichermanmusic.com/Blackb...

This song, which was voted the "Best Children's Song" in 2006 by the Just Plain Folks organization, was written in collaboration with Kenn Nesbitt, a popular funny poetry author whose work can be read at http://www.poetry4kids.com The video was animated and directed by Eric's wife, Roseann Endres, and Eric and Roseann worked closely together to create the video.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Vietnam to Invest $1Billion USD on Internet Broadband

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam's largest telecommunications company plans to invest US$1 billion (euro670 million) to upgrade the country's broadband Internet network and keep pace with economic growth.

Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group will expand and improve the network over the next two years, said Bui Quoc Viet, spokesman for the state-owned firm.

The improved network will provide faster connections for Vietnam's nearly 19 million Internet users, he said. Roughly one-fifth of the country's 85 million people use the Internet.
"Vietnam is developing very quickly, and the number of Internet users is rising," Viet said. "We have to build a better Internet infrastructure."

The Vietnamese government wants to expand the country's broadband network into previously unserved regions of the country and link public high schools and government offices to the network.

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