Kanopy (Firm)
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There is no question that businesses are going toward more mobile computing. Mobile solutions enable the enterprise to respond quickly to customer and market demands, increase productivity and improve internal collaboration. In order to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks with mobile solutions, organizations need to plan and implement a mobile strategy. This course will provide insight and best practices for planning and executing an effective...
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Do you ever stop and wonder what's on YOUR plate? Discover what's on the new MyPlate food icon developed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). This video is an overview of good food choices and the MyPlate food guide that highlights the best choices from each food group. Includes interviews with teens about their favorite healthy foods. 22 minutes Closed captioned Grade 6 - Adult
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Shakespearean Drama of the Highest Quality Performed at an authentic recreation of The Globe. With performances by world famous award winning Shakespearean actors this series has recaptured the Elizabethan flavor of Shakespeare's own Globe productions by staging them just as they were seen in the 16th century. Two of history's most famous lovers are caught between their consummate love for one another and the struggles for power amoung the rulers...
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Voting rights activist and Civil Rights Leader Fannie Lou Hamer, born in 1917 in Montgomery County, Mississippi, was the granddaughter of a slave and the youngest of 20 children. Raised by hardworking parents who were sharecroppers, she was no stranger to poverty or hardship. An inspirational speaker and writer, she used her powerful voice to raise the cause of equality and freedom for all blacks in America and became a defining force in the fight...
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Legendary horseshoe pitching champion Walter Ray Williams, Jr. explains every aspect of this fun and challenging sport. He works with players of various skill levels, and provides them with all the techniques, tips and strategies needed to become better players. Walter Ray also details various scoring methods and rules used when competing in league play and tournament matches. This comprehensive video is a must-have for anyone serious about pitching...
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In 1938 three Australian patrol officers - Jim Taylor, John Black and Pat Walsh - set off on an epic journey into the unexplored highlands of Papua New Guinea. Their purpose: to make contact with "stone age" tribes who knew nothing of the outside world and explain to them that their lives were about to undergo incredible change. Fifty years later, Jim's daughter Meg took time off from her legal practice and set out on her own journey of discovery,...
89) Asylum
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A truly unique documentary that examines the controversial ideas of psychiatrist and philospher R.D. Laing. Asylum is both an exploration of Laing's alternative theories on schizophrenia and an invaluable record of the day-to-day lives of some forgotten members of society.
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Soccer pin-up star Cristiano Ronaldo spent his formative years at the most famous club in the English Premier League - Manchester United, before transferring to Real Madrid for a record fee of 94 million Euros in late 2009. But even if his sports-playing career didn't reach the super heights, he's still assured a living in advertising. Ronaldo is a marketer's dream, his looks and name already ensuring that his fans - particularly kids - are eager...
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The California Newsreel Collection features the best fims from their library. Included in the collection are impactul films such as Race - The Power of an Illusion, Black Gold, Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask, and others. California Newsreel produces cutting edge, social justice films that inspire, educate and engage audiences.
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Some of your students may be bilingual and some may have taken a course in Spanish, Latin, or Japanese. But are any of them fluent in Kinesics? Kinesics is the study of body language as a form of communication. People engaged in a conversation may exchange 200 words per minute, but more than half of their communication is nonverbal. We often use gestures, postures and eye contact without thinking twice about them, but these behaviors can communicate...
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17-year-old school girl Renae Simpson lives in Mt Magnet, a mining town hundreds of kilometers away from Perth. She wants to be a famous actress, and, as she puts it, "be on the cover of Woman's Day". Over 2 weeks Renae is immersed in drama school with mentor Rick Brayford. In a fortnight she's up on stage performing live to a large audience.
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In East Africa, the Serengeti comes alive when wildebeests journey across treacherous terrain to find the best grazing locations. Every year, approximately 1.5 million wildebeests migrate over 1,800 miles or nearly 3,000 kilometers searching for rain ripened grass. Prior to their journey toward Kenya, they graze on the grasses of the Serengeti in Tanzania before the rainy season comes. As they search for food and water, they endure crocodile-filled...
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This program is a must for healthcare workers in assisted living facilities. Join us as we explore various strategies for managing AD residents with patience and respect, all the while reducing the stress level of each healthcare professional. Meets Florida state requirements for Alzheimer's training. Facilitators guide included.
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Halston’s clean simple lines put American fashion on the international map. The list of famous faces who wore Halston was extensive. But after his death in 1990, his namesake label has struggled under different designers and has been re-launched several times, with the most famous occurring in 2008 after being purchased by Hollywood executive, Harvey Weinstein. Recently Sarah Jessica Parker and designer Marios Schwab have been enlisted by Weinstein...
98) The Safe House
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It's the summer of 1954 and seven-year-old Lee Whitmore and her friends are drifting through the holidays, exploring their quiet suburban neighbourhood where nothing ever seems to happen... until the day mysterious strangers move in with the old lady next door. No one explains the odd comings and goings, the big black cars, the men in suits and hats, the overheard snippets of conversation. But that doesn't stop the children from imagining. Lee makes...
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On December 9, 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army laid siege to the Chinese capital of Nanking, beginning a reign of terror that killed as many as 300,000 civilians, an infamous tragedy now referred to as the Rape of Nanking. The first big-budget fiction film by the Chinese to deal with this seminal event in their modern history, City of life and death is a visceral, heartbreaking portrait of life during wartime, and an unforgettable masterpiece of...
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From the time they are born, human beings are predisposed to learn and enjoy music. Children especially are open to it, and research increasingly has shown that exposure to music and especially participation in making it - by singing and playing simple percussion instruments - is invaluable in helping childrens brains develop the - neural bridges - that make them stronger.