What Happened On September 11, 2001? (Child-Friendly, 9+) WatchKnowLearn ratings are intentionally harsher than what you might find on YouTube, for example. Most of our videos have been imported by people who want to use them with kids, not by the creators of the videos. We take a hard-nosed attitude toward quality. Four and five stars should be reserved for really excellent quality. Three stars isn't bad. Two is often watchable and shouldn't be ruled out. 5 stars = Exemplary. The 100 Best, Most Interesting Blogs and Websites of 2014 Editor’s note: 2015’s list of the best, most interesting websites has arrived! The video above is a sampling from that list. Welcome to the most awesome blog post you’re going to see all year. Yep, it’s the third installment in the super-popular annual series in which I document the sites I think you’ll want to spend a lot of time on in the coming year (below you’ll find a few highlights from recent years in case you missed out). I have one major rule: a site can only appear on this list once, so there are never any duplicates.
11 Material Design Concepts (GIF) The international web awards for solo designers, studios & agencies Submit 11 Material Design Concepts (GIF) by CSSDA crew ~ 6 Jan 2015 ~ inspiration Dribbble is featuring some nice examples of material design concept in animated GIFs right now so we've curated the best ones for your inspiration. Visit each concept to see them in action. Music Player Transition by Anish Chandran Alarm Material UI by Ehsan Rahimi Contact Sync by Ramotion Power Chart by Kingyo Google Chrome Material Design by Suganth Android Slider by Olga Mihailenko Audio Recorder by Nikolay Kuchkarov Material Design: Keynote Animation by Kish Patel iOS Google App Colored Headers by Noah Levin After Effects - Player freebie by Jelio Dimitrov for FourPlus Studio Maps by Jovie Brett
Fandom powered by Wikia Art merchants were the primary suppliers of two-dimensional drawn media, such as paintings and maps, in Renaissance Italy. With his apprentices, an art merchant could reproduce and sell decent copies of most works of art and drawings. They were still a raw trade, much like blacksmiths. Paintings Edit Each painting increased Monteriggioni's value, with the higher the price, the higher the added value. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pomological Watercolor Collection The USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection documents fruit and nut varieties developed by growers or introduced by USDA plant explorers around the turn of the 20th century. Technically accurate paintings were used to create lithographs illustrating USDA bulletins, yearbooks, and other series distributed to growers and gardeners across America. Fast Facts: Time period: 1886 to 1942, with the majority created between 1894 and 1916.
World Trade Center The iconic twin towers of downtown Manhattan’s World Trade Center were a triumph of human imagination and will. Completed in 1973, the towers stood at 110 stories each, accommodating 50,000 workers and 200,000 daily visitors in 10 million square feet of space. They were the hub of the bustling Financial District, a top tourist attraction and a symbol of New York City’s–and America’s–steadfast devotion to progress and the future. On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center became the target of a massive terrorist attack that took the lives of nearly 3,000 people.
29 Incredibly Useful Websites You Wish You Knew Earlier There are so many wonderful websites around, and it is difficult to know each and every one of them. The below list provides some of those websites that I find particularly helpful, even though they are not as famous or as prevalent as some of the big names out there. 1. BugMeNot Animated Gifs by Micaël Reynaud France-based photographer and videographer Micaël Reynaud created these amazing animated GIFs. Since 2002 Reynaud is working as a creative freelancer while maintaining many personal projects involving motion, photography and music. You can scroll through many more of his creations over on Google+. All images © Marco Ugolini | Via: designboom