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Core curriculum video libraries (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Core curriculum video library Creating all-around wellness Elusive Peace, Israel and the Arabs Famous composers Kitchen and Food Safety (New York, N.Y.) Made in Spain ; Season 1 Stephen Hawking's universe The French Experience ; Series 1 Total health (Princeton, N.J.)Filter By Series
Core curriculum video libraries (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Core curriculum video library Creating all-around wellness Elusive Peace, Israel and the Arabs Famous composers Kitchen and Food Safety (New York, N.Y.) Made in Spain ; Season 1 Stephen Hawking's universe The French Experience ; Series 1 Total health (Princeton, N.J.)Summary: Will the universe keep expanding forever or will it someday stop and start collapsing upon itself in a big crunch? This program ventures through the observational research of American astronomer Vera Rubin on the velocities of stars around galaxies and the massive amount of matter exerting a gravitational force that we simply cannot see. Yet, this “dark matter” makes up roughly 90 percent of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1997
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Summary: The difference between becoming a victim of violence and avoiding life-threatening danger often comes down to preparedness. This video uses realistic scenarios and interviews with experts to reach out to teens with safety strategies for walking or driving alone, for staying at home alone or babysitting, and for interacting on the Internet. Personal safety statistics are also included, to stress...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Do your students know that the average abduction victim is an 11-year-old girl from a safe middle-class neighborhood? Or that most sexual assaults occur within a mere quarter of a mile from home? What a teen doesn't know about abduction, rape, and sexual abuse can have dire consequences. This video discusses dangerous situations and how to avoid them, the case against cooperating with an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program illustrates the application of positive psychology through a powerful workshop in which participants increase their awareness of what creates happiness by performing acts of indulgence, altruism, and gratitude. How to Be Happy also considers whether wealth, friendship, religion, job satisfaction, raising children, and getting older typically do or don't promote happiness. An fMRI...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Overall well-being requires not only physical health, but psychosocial health as well. What exactly is psychosocial health, and how is it achieved? This program explains the elements that compose psychosocial health, the internal and external factors that influence it, and methods to enhance it. The importance of taking responsibility for one's own psychosocial well-being through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: As the idealized male physique continues to be hyped in movies, on TV, in magazines, and on billboards, a rapidly growing number of men are becoming obsessed with appearance. Each year alone, they spend billions on gym memberships and home exercise equipment—and women are no longer alone in battling anorexia and body dysmorphic disorder. This topical program explores some of the issues facing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: No one wants a burger with a side of salmonella or a taco topped with E. coli, but that's what you can get when food isn't prepared correctly. This video describes common-and serious-food-borne illnesses, how they're spread, and how they can be prevented through careful food handling and proper food preparation. Salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli, and shigella are discussed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In an era of high-speed international commerce, safety standards and import inspection procedures are riddled with loopholes. The result? Quantities of dangerous substances found in goods manufactured overseas have risen dramatically. This program investigates the alarming global mobility of synthetic toxins, tracing egregious-yet often repeated-hazardous material violations from supplier to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of escaping his dreary existence in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. As fate would have it Paul gets his chance by stealing some money and subsequently running off to glamorous New York City. Once there, Paul experiences everything he ever dreamed of, from a luxurious hotel suite to his first taste of champagne. However, when reality...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1980
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Summary: This overview of the life and work of Gustav Mahler from the Famous Composers series opens by introducing the composer's parents and the political and social landscape of nineteenth century Bohemia. The film follows the young Mahler's musical education at the Vienna Conservatory and his general education, both supported by his father, Bernard Mahler. By the age of 20, Mahler secured steady work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The universe is a strange and violent place: full of regions spewing out energy on an unimaginable scale and objects so massive not even light can escape from them. With the discovery of quasars (extremely luminous, compact objects in the hearts of ancient galaxies), the picture of the universe has become even more complex. This program examines possible mechanisms responsible for such enormous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1997
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Summary: In this program, Chef José Andrés cooks a quick tapa of fried eggs and Spanish chorizo sausage before showing us the artistic and food culture of the Spanish capital. He eats a fried squid sandwich on the streets, and sips an elegant cup of consommé in a historic restaurant. He prepares a refreshing salad of clementines, anchovy, and olives, and returns to Spain for a huge meal of Madrid stew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The region of Asturias means family for Chef José Andrés, and in this program, he prepares a simple apple and cheese salad with his mother’s favorite blue cheese, Cabrales. Chef José shows us the region’s traditional hard cider, and returns home to add cider vinegar to some caramelized onions that he serves with light and fluffy corn cakes. Back in Asturias, he joins his family for a hearty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: No Spanish wine is more famous than Rioja, and in this program, Chef José Andrés starts with a quick tapa of apples in a red wine syrup. He takes us to a great Rioja winemaker before cooking his own version of the region’s classic dish of potato and chorizo sausage. Back in Spain, he shows us Rioja’s superb vegetable market and eats at a special restaurant run by a mother and son who cook their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: In this video, shot in his home region of Asturias in northern Spain, Chef José Andrés showcases its great cheeses, making a sweet and sour salad of cheese and tomatoes with a honey and vinegar dressing. He fries some golden brown monkfish, and takes to the seas off Asturias to risk his neck while fishing for barnacles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Chef José Andrés explores the food of the magical, mystical region of Galicia where pilgrims have traveled for centuries. In this program, he cooks a simple tapa of green Padrón peppers stuffed with cheese, as well as the traditional pilgrim’s meal of a chicken empanada, or turnover. He fishes for octopus off the region’s rocky coast, eats a traditional Galician dish of boiled octopus with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This video shows how Chef José Andrés turns Spain’s sparkling wine, cava, into a light dressing for oysters and also a refreshing mimosa cocktail. He goes mushroom-hunting in the Catalan mountains, before cooking a crumbled pork sausage with wild mushrooms. Back in Spain, he fishes for shrimp and eats Catalan seafood in traditional and modern ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Sweet, hand-roasted red piquillo peppers are now sold in jars across the United States. In this program, Chef José Andrés stuffs some piquillos with cheese, then takes us to Navarra to show how they painstakingly roast and peel the peppers. He returns to his home kitchen to prepare a cheese and white asparagus salad. He ends with a trip to Pamplona, where the young men run with the bulls -...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Chef José Andrés prepares scallops in their shells with Albariño white wine, and visits the dramatic seafood farms of this northwestern region. Back home, he steams mussels with bay leaf and serves them with potatoes and Spanish smoked paprika. This video then returns to Galicia to watch the magical cooking of the legendary Spanish potato tortilla, or omelet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: There’s tuna and there’s Spanish tuna. Discover the difference in this video as Chef José Andrés prepares a classic tuna salad before joining the extraordinary tuna catch off the southern coast of Spain. He returns home to cook seared tuna with sesame seeds and sweet piquillo peppers. He explains the great sherry culture of Andalucía, and goes bar-hopping to eat the region’s great tapas food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Chef José Andrés prepares a cold soup of Basque cheese bought in Manhattan before going to the rustic farms where the cheese-makers live. In this program, he introduces us to the great red and white wines of the Basque Country, then returns home to cook a traditional dish of baby squid with caramelized onions. He finishes by eating an extraordinary meal cooked entirely on a charcoal grill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The French spend about two hours a day at the dining table - almost six years of their lives! This program shows viewers how to make a reservation at a restaurant as well as how to order a quick lunch and a complete dinner. The video also travels to Strasbourg for “La Journée du Goût” - a day when chefs visit schools to educate children’s palates - and a visit to a family-run wine pub known as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1994
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Summary: Using a Catalan olive oil bought in the U.S., Chef José Andrés prepares two tapas: marinated olives and toast with cheese and anchovy. Then, this video takes us to his beloved market in Barcelona, and Chef José gets inspired to cook a creamy rice dish of mushrooms, artichokes and cuttlefish. Back in Spain he shows us two great Catalan artists: Salvador Dali and his own culinary mentor, Ferran...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: In this program, Chef José Andrés explains the Spanish sweet tooth, cooking pancakes with chocolate before showing us the wonderfully thick hot chocolate of Spain. Just outside the capital, he takes us to a strawberry farm and returns home to prepare strawberries in a wine syrup. He ends at a traditional bull fight in Madrid, finishing off the evening with a traditional stew of bull’s meat.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008