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Affirmative action programs in education British literature History 19th century Composition (Language arts) Irish literature History 19th century Minorities Education (Higher) United States Minority college students United States Music Arab countries Music Social aspects Religions History WritingSummary: Neanderthals begin burying their dead in sepulchers that simulate their huts in an attempt to connect with the spiritual world. When God first speaks to Abraham, he becomes the father of three great religions: Judaism, and subsequently Christianity and Islam. Moses leads the children of Israel out of slavery and into the Promised Land. Buddha, "The Awakened One," teaches humans to transcend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Around 76 million cases of food-borne illness occur each year in the U.S., causing thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations. This program compares and contrasts our old enemies campylobacter, salmonella, E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, calicivirus, and Hepatitis A, which, thanks to “improved” methods of food processing, have become a renewed health threat. The program...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of the press, but how do we reconcile the conflict between national security and government accountability? Do we err on the side of secrecy or transparency? From the Pentagon Papers to WikiLeaks, how do we balance the government's need to keep some information classified and the public's right to know what the government is doing?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Biblical accounts of his leadership were probably woven together centuries after the Hebrew exodus from Egypt. Nevertheless, scholars have found promising signs that a figure like Moses did exist and interact with Egyptian authorities. Sifting through the evidence, this program combines new scientific theories with state-of-the-art computer graphics and dramatic reconstructions that bring the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Robert W. Galvin, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board, Motorola. One of the earliest advocates of continuing professional development and lifelong training, Motorola's Bob Galvin explains how he instituted one of the most extensive and successful corporate employee education programs anywhere in the world. That education program helped earn Motorola the Baldrige Award-the Oscar for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: A hands-on introduction to Mandarin Chinese, this set of videos provides vocabulary, pronunciation, syntax, appropriate usage, and the realistic setting for the words and phrases. The narrative concerns Virgil, a young tourist visiting China; scenes of contemporary China provide the context for the language skills taught. The communication topics consist of Food and Eating, Buying Things,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This program with Bill Moyers focuses on Dallas, TX, to examine how violence is affecting American life. Dallas has the highest crime rate of any American city with a population above 500,000. The program visits a hospital emergency room, citizens who patrol their neighborhoods, and follows a police officer who patrols one of the most dangerous beats in Dallas. Featured in the program are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Do too many people go to college? The belief that college is essential to reaching one's full potential is under fire. Student loan debt has surpassed credit card debt, unemployment for those with bachelor's degrees is at an all-time high, and entrepreneurs like the founders of Microsoft and Facebook prove that extraordinary success is possible without graduating college. But recent studies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Filmed in the beautiful setting of Jerwood Hall at St. Luke's, London, this program features pianist Joaquín Achúcarro as he delivers a consummate performance of Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83. Achúcarro renders the concerto's four movements in his sensitive, spirited style, accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Colin Davis. Skillful camera...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program documents the MANTRA clinical study, the largest multifaith prayer experiment ever devised. A three-year effort to find a causal link between prayer and physiological healing, the project generated a high degree of skepticism among scientific purists and religious leaders. Nevertheless, it rigorously assembled medical data on 750 critical heart patients while coordinating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: From all appearances, China has emerged unscathed from the global economic crisis, in stark contrast to the United States, its biggest debtor. China's admirers point to the government's ability to mobilize state resources, make decisions quickly, and create a business-friendly environment as reasons for the nation's economic ascendency. But can its brand of state-directed capitalism overcome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: Heroic soldiers in blue and gray endure the bloodiest battles ever fought on American soil, as the country fights a civil war over the future of slavery. Grim battles unfold: Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg. Famous generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee lead the war between the North and the South. Lincoln speaks eloquently at Gettysburg, and just a year and a half later is brutally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002
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Summary: In this interview, Kurt Vonnegut-iconoclastic writer of science fiction and satire-discusses his family history, how he got his start as an author, his experiences in World War II, his obsession with the betrayal of humankind by science, and his vision of technology gone mad. Delving into the psyches of his characters, he even enters into a dialogue with his fictional alter ego, Kilgore Trout....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: When is a mole not a mole? Section one of this program demystifies concepts such as Avogadro's Constant, molecular mass, and molar mass. In section two, the Percent Composition Formula is spotlighted, while section three addresses the Empirical Formula and its use in determining formula weight. The calculation of mass in the conversion of magnesium to magnesium oxide in a segment called...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Whether it’s to give parents a break from caretaking, to provide kids with an educational head start, or a guilt-free mixture of both, TV shows that purport to be good for a baby’s brain attract more new viewers every year. But can children really learn from targeted edutainment the way they can from live human beings, or even by playing with objects like simple wooden blocks? In this program...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Can music define a common ground? Since 9/11, U.S. relationships with the countries of the Middle East have become increasingly strained. But citizens are not governments, and where governments are about politics, citizens are about culture. Dissonance and Harmony, a part of the PBS America at a Crossroads series, presents a rare portal into a vital and entertaining world shared by both Western...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.. Dickens' tragic tale of love, friendship, and sacrifice begins against the backdrop of the French Revolution. Using affecting dramatizations of key passages, Dickens experts Professor Margaret Reynolds and Professor John Rignall analyze the many nuances and themes of this work. Topics discussed include dualism in characterization and plot;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: When used as a factor in college admissions, affirmative action aims to foster diversity on campus and provide equal opportunities to people from certain minority groups. But is affirmative action achieving these goals and helping those it was designed to assist? Critics point to students struggling to keep up in schools mismatched to their abilities. But defenders claim that it is still...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2014
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Summary: After the pen and paper have been gathered, what comes next? In this program, Fay Weldon, Janet Evanovich, Richard Ford, Amit Chaudhuri, Isobelle Carmody, and other highly regarded authors share their approaches to launching a story. From how to jumpstart the imagination to deciding whether to write for a specific market, these writers candidly speak their minds-even about the dreaded writer's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006