Summary: "Generation Zapped investigates the potential dangers of prolonged exposure to Radio Frequencies (RF) from wireless technology, its effects on our health and well-being, as well as the health and development of our children. Today we encounter a hundred thousand times the level of radiation from wireless technologies than we did decades ago. Yet the safety standards set by federal regulatory...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zapped Productions 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GENSummary: With the AT&T Frankin A10 Mobile Hotspot Router share fast wireless internet access with up to 15 devices - your tablet, laptop or other Wi-Fi enabled device. The long-lasting battery provides ample power for checking email, browsing the web, sharing, streaming and more on the AT&T network.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Keep the family entertained by streaming HD movies and shows, listening to music, and playing live games at home and on the go. Connect up to 20 Wi-Fi enabled devices.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Eboch, M. M.
Summary: This essential volume explores the invisible world behind wireless computer technology. From our homes and workplaces to public coffee shops, Wi-Fi has changed how we connect to the internet and how we send and receive information. The Wi-Fi story spans from the discovery of radio waves to high-speed wireless connectivity. This book covers it all in a relatable and fun way that kids will enjoy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 004.6 EBOSummary: World’s smallest 15-inch essential business notebook* with first-of-it's-kind Dell Optimizer AI that adjusts to how you work wherever you are. Includes mobile hotspot so you have access where you may be.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Dell 2019
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1 available in Reference Desk, Call number: LENDING LAPTOPSummary: Why do girls demonstrate greater reading and writing ability than boys? Is the female brain hardwired for faster verbal development? Should men let women do the talking? This program studies language differences between the sexes and explores the possibility that many communication skills are gender-specific. Following two teams of well-educated adults as they undergo a crash course in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Lowery, Jack
Summary: "By the late 1980s, the AIDS pandemic was deeply impacting gay and lesbian communities in America, and disinformation about the disease was running rampant. Out of the activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an art collective that called itself Gran Fury was formed, to create graphics and media that campaigned against corporate greed, government inaction, and public...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.19697 LOWFreeman, John
Summary: Freeman takes an entertaining look at the nature of correspondence through the ages, considers the consequences of email overload, and enters a plea for communication that is more selective and nuanced and, above all, more sociable.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 FREErikson, Thomas
Summary: Erikson explains that there are four key behavior types that define how we interact with and perceive the people around us. Reds are dominant and commanding, Yellows are social and optimistic, Greens are laid back and friendly, and Blues are analytical and precise. Understanding someone's pattern of behavior is the key to successful communication. Erikson provides practical advice for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Offit, Paul A.
Summary: Scientists are often unable to package their insights into the neat narratives that the public requires. Enter celebrities, advocates, lobbyists-- people taking advantage of scientists' reluctance to provide easy answers, flooding the media with misleading or incorrect claims about health risks. Offit shares hard-earned wisdom on the dos and don'ts of battling misinformation. He discusses the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.101 OFFSummary: The only way to remove sexual harassment from school and work is to get educated about the problem and learn ways to deal with it. This informative video explains different kinds of sexual harassment, defines the factors motivating harassers, and provides specific techniques for dealing with the problem. Viewers will see what steps to take if anyone harasses them or if they witness the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Gundry, Steven R.
Summary: "In this addition to his New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series, Steven R. Gundry, MD offers a guide to the gut biome and its control over its home-us!-revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our guts to prevent and reverse every type of disease"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The more digital technology becomes inseparable from our daily lives, the more chances corporate and political media have to manipulate young people-unless students are taught how to dissect and defend against that manipulation. This program helps educators instill media literacy through an exploration of its basic concepts as well as examples drawn from film and television. Defining media...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Ticking away inside the human body are the timepieces that govern our daily and seasonal lives. This program shows how these biological clocks dictate physiological behavior—determining when our brains are most alert, when our stomachs are ready to break down food, and when our bodies want to sleep. Viewers learn why most babies are born in the early morning, why most teenagers want to sleep...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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McAnulty, Stacy
Summary: Meet Earth. Planet Awesome! And your awesome home! Actually, Earth is home to all the plants and all the animals in the solar system, including nearly eight billion people. Humans have accidentally moved Earth's climate change into the fast lane, and she need your help to put on the brakes. Earthlings need Earth, and Earth needs Earthlings, so let's save Earth together!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCAWarner, Melanie
Summary: Grief knows no age. Death of a child is devastating, whether it's a young mother with a stillborn baby or an elderly father mourning the loss of his middle-aged son from cancer. For parents who have suffered the loss of a child, the path to recovery is often scattered with deep emotional struggle with few known comforts or resources. Stories of Hope and Healing from Other Parents After the loss...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Builders Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 WARFernyhough, Charles
Summary: We all hear voices. Ordinary thinking is often a kind of conversation, filling our heads with speech: the voices of reason, of memory, of self-encouragement and rebuke, the inner dialogue that helps us with tough decisions or complicated problems. For others - voice-hearers, trauma-sufferers and prophets - the voices seem to come from outside: friendly voices, malicious ones, the voice of God...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: What harm could come from sitting leisurely at the computer, chatting with online pals? Unfortunately, many young people who spend hours in chat rooms or post sensitive information on the Internet have little or no idea of the risks involved. This program warns students about how vulnerable they are whenever they venture into the cyber realm-even when they think they're among "friends."...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Pistorius, Martin
Summary: "With unflinching candor, Martin describes the chilling details of life as a secretly lucid vegetable--from the perversion of some who believed him to be brain dead, to the grace of those who sought recognition in his eyes"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 PISTORIUS, MARTIN PISSummary: A follow-up to the video A Thousand Tomorrows: Intimacy, Sexuality, and Alzheimer's, this program revisits Everett and Betty, married for 25 years when Betty was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, to document the changes that late-stage dementia brought to their sexual relationship. Central to the program is Everett's candid discussion with a social worker about his feelings and decisions regarding...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Despite steady advances in medical science, there is still no end to the long list of illnesses in need of treatment. This program examines symptoms and risk factors associated with a wide variety of maladies, including those that derive from the stresses of modern living. Respiratory disorders, such as allergies and chronic bronchitis; neurological problems, including headaches, seizure...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Johnson, Richard J. (Richard Joseph)
Summary: "Dr. Johnson not only provides new recommendations for how we can prevent or treat obesity, but also how we can use this information to reduce our risk of developing disease. Nature wants us to be fat, and when we understand why, we gain the tools we need to lose weight and optimize our health"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this program three married couples affected by Alzheimer's disease talk candidly with a clinical social worker about both physical and emotional changes that occur in their intimate relationships as a partner goes from being a spouse to a caregiver. Sexual expression becomes awkward or meaningless when a mate with dementia no longer recognizes a husband or wife, and the overall fabric of the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Pennebaker, James W.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Guildford Press 1997