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Vermont's Reps, Kei Takei, Cellulose Converting & Boston Marathon [BX6434_2]
25:59  - 3 years ago
Factual Factory- Stock Footage, (color) Paintings of birds- owls, hawks, etc... Bird watchers. Footage moves to a court room- these are the people that make up the laws for the state of Vermont. Information on Vermont- small state but has one of the biggest legislatures. Representatives- One is a house wife that does the entire state budget. Kei Takei- came to the United States from Japan in 1967 and created a series of dance works that she calls, "Light." Her group of dancers are called, "Moving Earth" and have performed all over the world. A way has been found in converting cellulose into alcohol. Cellulose is what all plants are made of- every year the stuff grows and then just as natural it decomposes. It is the decompostion that scientists are most interested in. In the lab the decomposed cellulose is matched with a fungus and the process takes over from there. Every year, Americans from all over come to Boston to run in the Boston Marathon. There were nearly 5,000 people who ran- it takes the mob 3 minutes just to cross the starting line.
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