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Behind the camera (Films for the Humanities & Sciences) Cambridge core science series Chassis and front end Complete new releases curriculum library 2006 Harmonics (Princeton, N.J.) Kitchen survival guide Librarian special (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Living stones Physical science collection (New York, N.Y.) WoodworkingSummary: This episode of The Green Interview features Alexandra Morton, a citizen scientist who has worked as an outspoken advocate for conserving and protecting marine species on Canada's west coast. In 2009, Morton launched and won a legal challenge in the British Columbia Supreme Court that forced the provincial government to hand over fish-farm management to the federal government. In 2011, she took...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Plenty of fish in the sea may endure as a platitude, but the expression runs afoul of current marine biology. This program examines the dangerous depletion of Pacific Ocean fish stocks, an echo of the overfishing that has ravaged the Atlantic. Contrasting the tuna industries of wealthy countries with the localized fishing many developing nations engage in, the video features case studies of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Stock market traders crowded together, trading (staged shot); Wall Street, Stock Market Crash
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1929
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Summary: This program from NOVA presents author and neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks and his exploration of the link between music and the brain. While working with patients who struggle to cope with a number of debilitating medical conditions, including autism and Tourrette syndrome, Dr. Sacks found that the therapeutic effects of music help many. Four remarkable case studies from Dr. Sacks’ book,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Stocks and bonds, money market and mutual funds, IRAs and Roth IRAs, CDs and annuities, and good-old-fashioned passbook accounts-this program helps students make sense of the many ways to save and invest money. With input from financial experts about the risks and rewards of each, the video defines terms viewers may have heard but not understood, such as compound interest, capital gains and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: During this episode of New York: A Documentary Film, filmmaker Ric Burns explores how the post-World War I economic boom, the rise of consumer culture, and the birth of new mass media industries fueled the convergence of an incredible array of human and cultural energies, ending with the stock market crash of 1929 and the construction of the Empire State Building. In just over a decade, New...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: Part one of two videos, examines the huge project of restoring the Nisqually River, from its source on Mount Rainier to the estuary in Puget Sound. Led by the Nisqually Indian tribe, the restoration aims to fill the river once again with wild salmon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: Since his book Awakenings first stormed the bestseller lists (and subsequently the silver screen), Oliver Sacks has become an unlikely household name - a pioneer in the field of neurological anthropology as well as an engaging storyteller. In this TEDTalk, he brings our attention to Charles Bonnet syndrome - a hallucinatory disorder that sometimes afflicts the visually impaired. Sacks describes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In the years preceding 1929, the stock market rose, seemingly without limits, to usher a “New Era” of prosperity—one where it was widely believed that in America, everyone could become rich. Yet in reality, only the rich were becoming richer. As told by the descendants of the financial “folk heroes” of the economic boom of early 1920s, The Crash of 1929, from the PBS American Experience...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Scottish fishermen have trawled for cod in the North Sea for generations. Under new European Union laws, many families are being forced out of the trade. This Wide Angle documentary poignantly depicts a year in the life of Fraserburgh, a hard-hit community caught between E.U. policies designed to preserve fish stocks and the need to earn a living. Showing how commercial overfishing has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: How long will the biosphere tolerate exploitation of the oceans? Are local fishermen a doomed species? What can be done to reverse the decline of fish stocks around the planet? This program documents the environmental and socioeconomic costs of excessive fishing. The film contrasts ancient maritime practices-like those of Mauritania's Imragen fishermen and Djibouti's pearl divers and lobster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Although sustainable fishing practices are a rarity in our environmentally threatened world, some can be found. This program searches out fishing industries that take steps to protect delicate ecosystems. In the Canary Islands, fishermen use hook-and-line methods for high market-value species and take only fully mature fish. In Oman, the authorities closely monitor catch sizes as well as what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Without doubt the Lear of the century, this performance surpasses the skill of the critics to praise it; its all-star cast and crew have won every award that exists for performance and production. More important, the production makes a taut, compressed, and difficult play into a work that reaches out to modern audiences in its grip on the elemental human emotions-emotions common to ancient...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Stockbroker office; men watch stock ticker
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Use this program to correlate the precarious existence of endangered species and the forces of global trade. Visiting Indonesia, Japan, and the Florida Everglades, the video studies the difficulty of balancing economic and ecological well-being. The plight of animal populations-Sumatran elephants losing their habitat to palm oil plantations, Oriental white storks feeding in pesticide-ridden...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This video shows young people how to prepare quick, easy, and nutritious snacks and mini-meals using utensils and equipment found in most kitchens. Because all family members can have busy schedules, teaching teens and 'tweens to do some basic food preparation is helpful for everyone. All recipes are simple to prepare with ingredients easily purchased in supermarkets. Safe use of kitchen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: After reviewing the English and metric measurement systems, this video demonstrates how to measure and mark lumber and then cut with handsaws and portable power saws.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: For help explaining how a car’s suspension system functions, use this detailed video, which covers all essential suspension components. The program first outlines the fundamentals, including the control arm, frame, ball joints, knuckle, spindle, shock, spring, strut rod, and stabilizer bar. Viewers will discover the types of springs—coil, leaf, torsion bar, and air—and how they work, as well as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In part one of this program, filmed prior to the foundering of the Internet economy, NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman examines the methodology of Amazon.com's founder Jeffrey Bezos and Drugstore.com's CEO Peter Neupert, who faced stiffening retail and online competition by innovatively adapting their business plans. In part two, correspondent Margaret Warner analyzes the meteoric rise of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Is it time to cook? Not until the right tools are at hand and the kitchen is clean and safe! In this video, Mike Colameco, creator and host of PBS's Colameco's Food Show, illustrates smart cleaning and storage methods and their importance in cooking. Mike provides essential facts on food-borne illnesses, as well as the correct use of knives, food processors, and cutting boards. Explaining how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Knowledge of the physics and chemistry of the planet's "bones" is essential to a complete understanding of Earth science. Ranging from the Mohs scale and specific gravity to silicates, carbonates, and halides, this video delves deeply into the composition, properties, and classification of rocks and minerals. An element of forensic-type analysis is also brought into play, since any stony...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: By transforming actors into memorable characters, makeup specialists, wig dressers, and wardrobe designers help bring the movies to life. This program takes a look at these highly skilled professionals who are in demand whenever the cameras roll.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This Science Screen Report explores the genetics of aging and the different ways in which biologists study longevity. Citing various experiments with test subjects ranging from fruit flies to elderly humans, the program focuses on genetic structure and how it affects the life span of organisms. Highlighting two important scientific discoveries-the telomere, a genetic sequence determining how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Thriving in the shadows of the Roman and Parthian Empires, the polyglot oasis town of Palmyra, "the Venice of the Sands," grew rich on the caravan trade between northern Syria and Babylonia. In this program, archaeological footage and 3-D computer-generated images enable viewers to step into that bustling multicultural center, with its busy streets, temples to ancient gods, and silent tombs. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006