Summary: Aimed at young people as well as teachers, counselors, and parents, this program explores the threat of party drugs in a nonjudgmental way, encouraging young people to make responsible choices. It looks at a range of popular party drugs-including alcohol, marijuana, ecstasy, amphetamines, and LSD-and contrasts their medical applications with their typical recreational uses and abuses. Young...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Each year, millions of people attempt to slim down-and fail. If super-diets and weight-loss fads don't work, what does? This program presents ten science-based approaches to losing weight without starving as volunteers put the theories to the test. Experiments reveal the relationship between plate size and food consumption, why soup is the most filling of meals, how low-fat dairy products...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Forget the concept of "roughing it." Learn to "smooth it" in the great outdoors with a practical guide to almost any type of excursion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: This program introduces viewers to osteoporosis through a scenario involving a post-menopausal Caucasian woman who has never given birth and has a family history of severely depleted bone density. Topics include the wide spectrum of risk factors, diagnostic procedures, and approaches to osteoporosis management through dietary supplements, moderate weight-bearing exercise, hormone replacement...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Get smart or get stung! This ABC News program gives new meaning to "let the buyer beware" as it exposes things that some advertisers, restaurant proprietors, and dentists would rather people didn't know about-like misleading before-and-after photos, questionable charges on the dinner bill, and risks associated with dental veneers. Ways to frustrate credit card/ATM thieves are also examined, as...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Dozens of Fortune 100 companies agree that The Music Paradigm, the ingenious brainchild of conductor Roger Nierenberg, promotes keen insights into the dynamics of corporate leadership and communication. In this program, Nierenberg leads the BBC concert orchestra and executives from several major corporations through a series of interactive exercises relating to the complex interplay between...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Evelyn Glennie's music challenges the listener to ask where music comes from: is it more than simply a translation from score to instrument to audience? In this soaring TEDTalk demonstration, the Grammy Award-winning percussionist and composer - almost completely deaf since the age of 12 - illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In episode 2, The Salsa Revolution, the melting pot of music is stirred into an entirely new genre. As told by the artists themselves, Puerto Ricans and other Latinos in New York combine the Cuban son (sound) with the Puerto Rican plena beat. By taking a fiery Latino vibe and adding elements from soul and jazz they create the sound - now renowned worldwide - of salsa music. This vibrant and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Boss is for young people who love a challenge, are doers, and have lots of energy. The BIZ WHIZ QUIZ will help them identify characteristics that are necessary if they want to be in charge. Boss talks about the various hats people who own a business must wear, such as a business planning hat and a marketing hat. Entrepreneurs of all ages offer insightful hints into a variety of businesses,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Even though many experts recommend eight hours of sleep a night, getting that much rest often seems impossible. This program offers ten scientific ways to get quality sleep, and more of it. These techniques include sleep restriction programs for people with insomnia, explained by Professor Colin Espie of the University of Glasgow's Sleep Centre; fasting to beat jet lag, presented by Harvard's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: It might seem contradictory, but decisions about how to end a company are just as important as the dreams that give birth to it. There may even be reasons that make a pre-planned exit strategy mandatory, such as the specific needs of investors. This video explores various end-game scenarios for business owners, helping to clarify long-term goals for anyone on the verge of creating a company...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Economically speaking, a wealth of new international business opportunities is swiftly creating a world without borders. But from a cultural point of view, many potential barriers still exist. In this program, people who have worked in different cultures offer insights into a variety of customs, including forms of greeting, body language, dining etiquette, and negotiation styles. This practical...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As more and more companies view low-income Americans as opportunities for profit, the "poverty business" is taking off. In this program, Bill Moyers Journal and Expose: America's Investigative Reports follow a team of BusinessWeek reporters as they track corporate practices that some say are exploiting the working poor. Bill Moyers then talks with economist Dean Baker, co-director of the Center...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: From price tags to paychecks, from tracking sales to filing taxes, from opening in the morning to locking up at night, the on-the-ground challenges of running a business never end. This video sheds light on them with expert commentary and helpful explorations of numerous management issues. Topics include obtaining proper insurance; determining the best market prices for goods and services;...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The old saying, “People don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan,” rings especially true when it comes to creating a company. This video helps aspiring business owners plan to succeed, with advice from veteran entrepreneurs on clarifying goals, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a potential enterprise, and establishing a realistic pathway to prosperity. Challenging the viewer to take a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Beginning with an overview of how and why chemical bonding occurs, this program explains ionic bonding, describing the common properties of ionic compounds, the Lewis theory, electronegativity, the Pauling scale, ionization energy, and the importance of the valence shell. Using animated graphics throughout, the video also gives relevant information about the periodic table and how specific...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: After a short discussion of why chemical bonding occurs, this program explains how electrons are shared in covalent compounds. Viewers learn about the VSEPR theory, the two types of weak forces of attraction between molecules, dipole interactions and dispersion forces, and covalent network solids such as diamond, graphite, and fullerenes. With the assistance of animated graphics, the video...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Many consider Alan Turing to be the father of computer science-mainly because of his cryptography machine, which cracked the German code during World War II. But Turing created his device before the war-not for military purposes, but in the hope of disproving the Riemann hypothesis. This program gives an account of Turing's unresolved zeta function research, the tragic conclusion of his life,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Across Asia, the notion of "face"-a propriety of appearances-is being replaced by Western frankness, while traditional caste systems are yielding to wealth as the determinant of status. This program profiles three executives who typify the changing style of business in Asia: James C. Louey, senior executive of the world's largest bus company, KMB in Hong Kong; Dr. Jannie Tay, CEO of The Hour...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005