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Core curriculum video libraries (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Core curriculum video library Creating all-around wellness Famous composers Great courses Great courses (DVD) Kitchen and Food Safety (New York, N.Y.) Made in Spain ; Season 1 Stephen Hawking's universe 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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Greenberg, Robert
Summary: Examines the life and works of Gustav Mahler.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAHLER, GUSTAV GRESummary: "This course is a presentation of the types of matter: what they are, how they behave, why they behave that way, and what they're used for."--Page 1 of guidebook.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.4 NATSummary: 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: In this new 2023 high-definition program, learn about all of the various bodies of water on earth. What are the differences between ponds, lakes, oceans, rivers, etc.? What are connective bodies of water? What are the human-made bodies of water? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with exciting video and dynamic graphics that reinforce important concepts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV GEOSummary: "Check out the latest images the Hubble Space Telescope has captured of our Milky Way Galaxy--and beyond."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2020
Copies Available at Kingsley
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 MEYCall number: DVD 520 MEY
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 goal of the Healthy Living Module is to help kids build positive habits and encourage independence and confidence. Topics in this module include hygiene and routines, nutrition and exercise, mindfulness, and environmental awareness. Life Skills Academy is designed to help kids gain the knowledge and mindset to promote both personal and academic development. By working through each module...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.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: 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: The force of gravity rules the universe. It governs our everyday lives on Earth and it controls the motions of the heavens above. Yet it is one of the least understood of all the forces of nature. This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of the forces of gravity that rule the universe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 531.14 BLAWinn, Joshua N.
Summary: As recently as 1990, it seemed plausible that the solar system was a unique phenomenon in our galaxy. Thanks to advances in technology and clever new uses of existing data, now we know that planetary systems and possibly even a new Earth can be found throughout galaxies near and far. We are living during a new golden age of planetary discovery, with the prospect of finding many worlds like...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.24Call number: DVD 523.24 SEA
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.
Format: software, multimedia
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...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008