Summary: Seaside resorts are becoming fashionable in China, creating more instances in which recreational activities are a subject of conversation. Designed to help beginning Chinese speakers and Western tourists keep up in such exchanges, this program focuses on vocabulary and phrases integral to booking a hotel room, renting a boat or bicycle, discussing favorite sports and leisure pursuits, and more....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: The hospitality and tourism cluster is all about providing food, lodging, and entertainment to people when they're away from home. This program provides an inside track on what the work is like by talking to a travel agent, hotel manager, baker, and waitress. Correlates to the National Standards for Life Work.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The United States has long been a "service nation" because Americans at every stage of life are willing to pay a premium for good service. In this program, members of the hospitality, human services, and tourism groups-a chef and a caterer, a massage therapist and a retirement home manager, and a hotel manager and an event planner-describe what their professions are like. Correlates to all...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program features profiles of three women who have staked out successful careers in the adventure tourism industry: Diny Harrison, a certified mountain guide with experience in Italy, Switzerland, and other countries; Mylene Pronovost, a dog sled musher and outdoor activities instructor; and Marie-Josee Blanchette, an ecotourism development agent who plans and guides wilderness tours....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Just as being able to ask for directions is a key skill when visiting China, so is the know-how needed to pay the right fare and obtain the right ticket when using the country's public transportation. This program demonstrates how to use Chinese words and phrases to get around by taxi, bus, and train. Cultural topics include: a trip to the Great Wall, with rich historical background on its...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: Reading, taking a walk, going to the movies, watching TV, playing sports - this program shows viewers how to talk about what they like to do in their spare time. And because floral gardening is of such great interest to the French, the video follows the fortunes of Autretot, a pastoral village northwest of Rouen, in its efforts to win the designation of “Quatre-Fleurs Ville Fleurie” from the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1994
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Summary: In this program, everyday people talk about things common to taking a trip: destinations, directions, and - sacre bleu! - getting the car repaired. In addition, the video profiles an octogenarian taking her maiden voyage in a hot air balloon and a group of students traveling the Canal du Midi via houseboat as they study the architecture and history of the region.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1994
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Summary: With companies of all sizes moving toward a corporate casual dress code, our clothing choices have changed dramatically as the lines between work and leisure have begun to blur. This video allows viewers to review corporate dress requirements, look at some of the options for leisure wear, and see how they can purchase clothing to serve both areas of their lives..all from the perspective of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Viewers learn how to converse about leisure time in this program as passersby tell host Yolanda Vazquez what they like to do on the weekend. Responses include strolling in the park, reading, playing basketball and other sports, and riding the Strawberry Train for an excursion to the historic gardens of Aranjuez. A profile of the Royal Palace is included.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1987
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Summary: Leisure activities are as fundamental to society as work or rest. This video looks at the challenges of building arenas for popular entertainment. Venues for pastimes from different ages are represented: a Roman amphitheater, a Victorian glasshouse, and a modern stadium.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: When used with delicacy, the hand is capable of manipulation that goes far beyond what might be expected of its mechanical design. This program demonstrates how the hand functions, spotlighting the opposable nature of the thumb, and how the nerve network and blood vessels deploy. The pathologies of common damage, including carpal tunnel syndrome, wrist fractures, "mallet finger," and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: o Airline Pilot * Architect * Bank Teller * Brick Layer & Stone Mason * Compositor & Typesetter * Correction Officer * Dental Hygienist * Drywall Applicator & Finisher * EKG Technician * Electrician * Firefighter * Forester & Conservationist * Geologist * Guard * Health Services Administrator * Hotel Clerk * Industrial Engineer * Insurance Agent & Broker * Jeweler * Kindergarten & Elementary...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: At once banal and provocative, the works of Andy Warhol sardonically comment on the ubiquity of mass media in modern America. This program takes a look at the Pop Art movement and the life of Warhol through a penetrating investigation of his deadpan Ten Lizes. The painting exemplifies his fascination with-and his indifference to-celebrities as objects no less commodified than a simple can of soup.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: One of Fortune's Most Admired Companies, jetBlue is dedicated to bringing humanity back to air travel. And HK Hotels, family-owned and -operated accommodations infused with charm and Old World service, has been featured in Conde Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure. In section one of this program, Eric Brinker tells how he overcame severe dyslexia to become jetBlue's Director of Brand Management...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Building on the extremely popular First Look at Careers, this 2-part video set takes an alphabetic Second Look at Careers. We've taken 40 occupations from the Children's Dictionary of Occupations, and brought them to life using real people at work. Students learn about the tools of the trade and the tasks performed on the job. They hear from workers who will tell them how to prepare for each...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program honors the best of the Clio gold and silver winners for the year 2003. Entries include IKEA's "Lamp," Nike Shox NZ's "Streaker," Coca-Cola's "Supersub," Wrangler's "Cafe," BMW of North America's "Hostage," Verizon Wireless' "Ferret," Whiskas' "Bungee," Peugeot 206's "The Sculptor," Hewlett-Packard's "Digital Crime Fighting," Masterpack's "Watch," Labatt Breweries/Bud Light's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The numbers alone are stunning: 8 million inhabitants, 70 percent of whom live below the poverty line; a life expectancy of 50 years; a 65 percent illiteracy rate; and a 70 percent unemployment rate. Such is the recent population in Haiti, which ironically had its origins cast in optimism: the Haitians were the first people to abolish slavery in 1797 and establish a black republic. Yet the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Today's teens still listen to a lot of music, but it doesn't come from conventional radio. In this program, host Jian Ghomeshi takes the pulse of an industry that seems to be on the verge of dying as the shortcomings of airwave radio are measured against Internet radio, podcasting, satellite radio, and HD radio. Perspectives are provided by Bob Roback, of Yahoo! Music; Ralph Simon, of Mobile...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Providing a snapshot of the experiential travel industry, this program follows the ongoing challenges facing Rocky Ehlers and his Skytrek Adventure Park. His concept and marketing strategy are judged by Brett Wilson, an avid globe-trekker and founder of Calgary's first energy corporation, and Beverley O'Neil, a founder of the Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia, board member of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Considered the most imposing Hellenistic site in Jordan, the Qasr al-Abd at Iraq al-Amir was the dream of Hyrcanus, an unscrupulously ambitious member of the influential Tobiad family. With the assistance of architect Francois Larche, of the National Center of Scientific Research, this program virtually reconstructs the ornate but uncompleted palace-ironically, a symbol of Hyrcanus' failed...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Part one of this program presents the life of Jesus against the backdrop of first-century Judea, inhabited by the Jews and occupied by the forces of the Roman Empire. Was Jesus the long-awaited Messiah? After the Resurrection, Saul of Tarsus, later Paul, became a champion of a budding new religion based on Jesus' teachings: Christianity. Part two traces the spread of the faith and its...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In recent decades, more than 10,000 children reportedly were sexually abused by Catholic priests in the U.S. In this edition of Frontline, filmmaker Joe Cultrera gives a very personal account of how his own brother was molested in the 1960s by Father Joseph Birmingham, who also allegedly abused nearly 100 other children. At times raw and emotional, this expose puts a human face on a dark story...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This video divides its time between California, with an eco-friendly hotel (Hospitality and Tourism Cluster) and a sustainable information and communications technology consultancy (Information Technology Cluster), and the East Coast, with a firm that invests in green business development (Finance Cluster) and a manufacturer of chemical-free eco-friendly cleaning products (Business Management...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: With the increasing popularity of YouTube, video blogs, Internet-based newscasts, Slingbox, and made-for-mobile content, has the time finally come to turn off the TV? This exploration of whether-or when-nontraditional video will topple commercial television looks at how New Media is changing the way video is both created and consumed. In the process, host Jian Ghomeshi gathers the insights and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007