Summary: In action or at rest, the human body is always in motion. This program uses vivid animations and real-life examples to show how the musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory systems work and how they influence and respond to movement. Chapters include Introduction, The Skeletal System, The Muscular System, The Respiratory System, The Circulatory System, and Conclusion.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The idea of using art to explore the human condition rather than the divine was a significant departure from the predominantly religious artwork that preceded this secular revelation. In this program, Matthew Collings seeks the first glimmerings of humanist art in the Italian Renaissance-particularly in the works of Giotto and Leonardo da Vinci. He also contrasts two 18th-century artists who,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Whenever the pressure of air is changed rapidly-by the beating of a drum, rattling a stick in a can, plucking a string stretched across a box-the ear-brain system detects the pressure changes as sound, which travels from source to listener as sound waves. This program examines sound waves: why some sounds are musical and others just noise, and the relationship of regularity or irregularity of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program brings together three psychologists who have transformed thinking about the role of creativity and emotion in maximizing human potential. In a conversation hosted by Yale University's Peter Salovey, Howard Gardner discusses his philosophy of multiple intelligences, Daniel Goleman expounds on emotional intelligence, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi talks about flow. Interwoven throughout...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This program covers the start of the International Music Festivals and Venice's role as host to Hindemith, Schoenberg, Bartok, and Stravinsky; the rise to fame of Malipiero, Nono, and Maderna; and the role of today's avant-gardists. Live performances in the Albrizzi Palace and on the Lido.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The final episode, Divas and Superstars, is an exciting backstage look at the Latin-pop explosion into the English-language market. At the turn of century, artists like Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, and Shakira became overnight sensations. But as music studios concentrated on star-driven pop, Latino youth gravitated toward a more urban-driven fusion, following Spanish-speaking rappers like...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Through inspiring interviews and rare historical footage, episode 1, Bridges, features Latin musical pioneers themselves, tracing the rise in popularity of Latin culture in America and its vibrant array of music and dance. The film includes the great Machito and his Afro-Cubans, and Cuban bandleader Pérez Prado, who reflects on the mambo and cha cha dance styles that swept like wildfire across...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Is venting one's rage really healthy? Do age, gender, and self-image have any connection with anger problems? Has our society become inherently angry? This ABC News program explores the psychology and sociology behind the most dangerous of emotions. Viewers will meet Dr. Robert Millman, a Weill Cornell Medical College professor who has coined the term acquired situational narcissism to explain...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: How can biomechanical principles be used to enhance physical performance? This program explains how to calculate velocity, acceleration, and momentum involving major types of bodily motion; distinguishes between two types of balance while discussing the concept of center of gravity and showing how to calculate force; and investigates the principles of fluid mechanics, including buoyancy,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In New York City, there are many ways to travel. Of course, it's a lot easier if you're a bird. Using the Big Apple as a living laboratory, this program addresses speed and distance using a pigeon, a taxi, and a tour boat. Additional situations such as the deployment of a Mars rover, a zero-G flight in NASA's Weightless Wonder, a walk on a conveyor belt and a cruising aircraft carrier, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Episode 3, The Chicano Wave, continues the story of the rise of Latino music told by a new generation of Mexican-American entertainers, raised on rock and rhythm & blues, including Ritchie Valens, Freddy Fender, Linda Ronstadt, Selena, and more. Through interviews and historical footage, this documentary illustrates how Mexican-Americans across the Southwest created their own distinct musical...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: When asked to describe birth from a baby's perspective, a group of women talk about fear, elation, and other feelings-while their male counterparts summon only physical sensations. What causes such a contrast? This program explores the divergent emotional tendencies of men and women, throwing gender differences into bold relief through spontaneous theatrical exercises and expert commentary....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: First, call 911. This program shows viewers how to respond to common medical emergencies while waiting for professional help to arrive. With demonstrations and commentary from an experienced paramedic throughout, each section describes trauma situations or symptoms of distress and the best way to address them. The video also includes relevant advice on topics such as giving yourself the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This modern retelling of Humperdinck's fairy tale opera - described by Richard Strauss as "a masterpiece of the highest quality" - combines Romanticism, lyricism, and exuberant playfulness in a rich orchestration. Director Laurent Pelly places the siblings in a cardboard shack, and the iconic gingerbread house has been re-envisioned as shelves of child-enticing junk food. This popular...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The special characteristics of prime numbers have intrigued and confounded mathematicians since ancient times. Outlining the basics of primes-including their unique multiplicative properties and their supposedly random appearance in the number line-this program details the early history of prime number theory, beginning with discoveries that took place in the Hellenistic world. The film...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Zen master Joan Halifax, a driving force of socially engaged Buddhism, is known for her work with people at the last stage of life. In this TEDTalk, Halifax recounts her experiences in a Bangalore hospice ward as she defines the intricacies of compassion. To understand the nature of suffering, to aspire to transform suffering, and to engage in activities that alleviate suffering, without fear,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This program is devoted to the 18th century, the Age of Decadence. It covers the rise of Antonio Vivaldi and his famous all-women orchestras at the Pieta, the heyday of Venetian composition, Vivaldi's departure from Venice and the rise of a new breed of composer, and the decline-when the kissing had to stop. Live performances at the Conservatorio and the Church of the Redentore.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Throughout history, musicians and musical works have reflected the fashion, culture, and social attitudes of their times. Music today is more diversified than ever, from the megahits of teen pop stars to the depth and emotionality of gospel choirs to the tones and textures produced by large-scale orchestras. Add to this the unstoppable forces of MySpace, YouTube, the iPod, and a rapidly...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: As many non-Western cultures have always known, music affects human development from the womb to the grave-in fact, it may even have specific health benefits. This documentary examines the role music plays in shaping our brains and improving our well-being. Starting with the effect of musical vibrations on premature infants in neonatal intensive care, the film moves on to study the role of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program, devoted to the 16th century, provides an introduction to the history, art, and architecture of Venice and the history of music in the city; covers Willaert and Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli at the Basilica of St. Mark; and demonstrates the extraordinary acoustics and explains their influence on the music written for performance here. Live performances in San Stefano of Gabrieli's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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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...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This program travels to both developing and industrialized countries to capture culture-defining rhythms and melodies and explain the important roles they play in human society. With stops in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe, the video observes how music is used by gauchos and Cossacks, Sufis and Buddhist monks, Papuan warriors and Western soldiers, Senufo weavers and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Begin early to develop children's interest and abilities in art and music by doing fun and educational activities with them. Watch and learn how fine motor skills can be strengthened as children paint, draw, mold clay, and play instruments. Social skills are practiced as boys and girls share markers and paints, dance and sing side by side..emotions have an outlet as children bang, clap, mold,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Music is an art that depends greatly on the quality of the instrument as well as the skill and talent of the performer, the nature of the music itself, and the perceptions of the listener. This program explains how the brain perceives music and why certain melodies seem more appealing than others. The flute is used to show how this instrument has been adapted to different music and musicians at...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007