Summary: The ankle, a major weight-bearing joint, is injured more than any other part of the body. After examining the surface features of the foot and ankle, this program probes the deeper layers, highlighting major bones, muscles, ligaments, blood vessels, and nerves. Special attention is given to the arches and the ankle joint with respect to stability. Common ankle and foot injuries, such as sprains...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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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: Although it is a major weight-bearing joint, the knee is surprisingly flexible in all manner of forward, reverse, and lateral motions. This program addresses the intricate mechanics of the knee joint's musculature, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage. In addition, traumas to the menisci and the collateral and cruciate ligaments-the most commonly damaged structures-are described.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: A ball-and-socket joint capable of a complex range of motion, the shoulder achieves its mobility through the sacrifice of stability, relying on surrounding muscles and tendons for strength. This program presents the technical specifications of the shoulder: what muscles sheathe it, how it functions, and its range of motion. Conditions such as bursitis, tendonitis, dislocation, and fracture of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Many Americans descend from a variety of European ethnicities, with ancestral roots across every country in Europe. Actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal are textbook examples of Americans with a rich medley of European immigrant stories in their family trees. Delve into their deep American roots in early colonial communities and meet their Eastern European Jewish ancestors, who share...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: Their European immigrant ancestors blazed unconventional trails in America, from capturing British ships for the American Revolution to crossing racial barriers in slave-era Louisiana. Generations later, as children growing up in New Orleans, Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis found a deep and abiding friendship through their common love of jazz and of the city itself. In this hour, trace...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: What do Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have in common? They are both famous actors and both descend from prominent American families that have been in this country since its inception. But they share something else, too: Both had ancestors who were early opponents of slavery. Bacon's Quaker ancestors repudiated slavery long before the rest of the country, in 1780. And Sedgwick's ancestor...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: Most African Americans struggle to trace their ancestors beyond Emancipation; slavery erased names and family ties with brutal efficiency. But what about the descendants of the handful of free black people who evaded bondage during that terrible time? Musician John Legend and comedian Wanda Sykes discover the extraordinary stories of the free black ancestors they never knew about, while...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Brown University president, Ruth Simmons, have each climbed to the pinnacle of their profession, yet each started life as a second-class citizen in the Jim Crow south. DNA is used to investigate family mysteries: Where in Africa do they come from and who are the white men in their family trees?
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: This program features two African-American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds. John Lewis grew up in a sharecropping family in rural Georgia, while Cory Booker was raised in an affluent, all-white New Jersey suburb. Although both men have devoted their lives to the betterment of African-American people, neither knows much about his own ancestors. In this episode,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez all share Spanish colonial roots, yet each views their own identity very differently. In this episode we ask what it means to be Hispanic-and find that the answer lies in the tangled histories of European, Native American and African peoples. Crisscrossing Mexico, Spain, the Caribbean, and the Southwest, Professor Gates reveals stories of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: Contrary to popular belief, adequate preparation for college-level study is not an option for the majority of America's public-school students. This program exposes the educational "sorting machine," the factors that mold a child's academic future, through the case of a set of twins from Nevada: one, an academically oriented high achiever who is encouraged to take honors classes, and the other,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: Situated in America's heartland among acres of Indiana cornfields, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility houses not just the state's most violent offenders but also a large population of the mentally ill. This MSNBC documentary looks at the challenges of confining thousands of hardened criminals in addition to those with deep-seated psychiatric needs. Wabash psychiatrist Dr. Mary Ruth Sims...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Contents: Introduction to Bridge Restoration (1:33) -- Counter-Brace Trusses (1:42) -- Fish-Plate Reinforcement (1:01) -- Bridge Deconstruction (2:42) -- Bridge Designer (1:48) -- Timber Repair (4:33) -- Bridge Masonry Restoration (3:55) -- Wooden Truss Bridge (2:35)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Contents: Introduction to Lighthouse Restoration (2:00) -- Seawall Construction (3:36) -- Lighthouse Restoration: Interior (2:29) -- Cast Iron Restoration (6:06) -- Lantern Room and Light (2:15) -- Lantern Room Restoration (3:38) -- Credits: 'Lighthouse' (0:20)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: It is one of the largest women's prisons in the world, full of murderers, violent criminals, and drug dealers-but many at Valley State Prison are hoping to turn their lives around. Recorded at the jail in 2000 and again five years later, this MSNBC documentary profiles three women who contemplate the severity of their crimes-ranging from manslaughter to murder-and their chances for emotional...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Contents: American Country Church (1:57) -- Restoration of Country Church Cupola (3:37) -- Restoration of Country Church Roof (3:27) -- Restoration Planning for Church Pew Replacement (4:44) -- Restoration of Church Pews (1:54) -- Installation of Restored Cupola (1:39) -- Restoration and Installation of Church Bell (2:41) -- Credits: Church (0:20)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Contents: Introduction to Craftsman Bungalow Restoration (1:49) -- Cabinet Restoration (2:21) -- Craftsman Porch Masonry Restoration (1:53) -- Craftsman Furniture Construction (6:30) -- Craftsman Exterior Restoration (3:18) -- Craftsman Interior Restoration (4:36) -- Credits: 'Craftsman' (0:20)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Contents: Saltbox Design (2:45) -- Saltbox Restoration: Joists (3:43) -- Saltbox Restoration: Recycled Wood and Nails (6:19) -- Clapboard Exterior Restoration (7:04) -- Credits: 'Saltbox' (0:20)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: On an island adjacent to the Bronx sits one of America's most notorious jail systems, known for much of the past century as a place of inmate-on-inmate cruelty. But violence has decreased by 90 percent at Rikers since 1999. This MSNBC documentary examines Rikers then and now, spotlighting the measures that have reduced conflict among a population of 15,000 offenders. New York City Department of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: We do not cure anybody, the director of Atascadero State Hospital's Sexually Violent Predator unit frankly admits. Nevertheless, many in the criminal justice community admire Atascadero's relentless efforts to treat the criminally insane. This MSNBC documentary provides an inside look at the facility, which houses several types of offender-from MDOs, or the mentally disordered, to frighteningly...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: You like horror movies? responds a Folsom State Prison inmate when asked to describe life in the penitentiary. "This is a horror movie." Virtually every inmate who appears in this MSNBC documentary-and perhaps a few of Folsom's guards-seems to share his opinion. Viewers are guided through the prison's antiquated infrastructure, from the general population areas to the dungeon-like Cell Block 5,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Proving that female prisoners struggle with the same conditions male convicts face, this MSNBC documentary goes inside a North Carolina facility filled with 1,100 troubled mothers, sisters, aunts, and even grandmothers. Warden Annie Harvey conveys the goals and frustrations of her job, while male officers acknowledge an ongoing challenge to maintain professionalism and objectivity. Although...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Contents: Introduction: Barn Restoration (3:00) -- Barn Deconstruction (4:11) -- Barn Reconstruction (3:50) -- Barn Raising (2:59) -- Dairy Barn Conversion (6:43) -- Credits: 'Barn' (0:20)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011