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When an interdimensional rupture threatens to unravel reality, the fate of the world is suddenly in the hands of a most unlikely hero: Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), a flustered immigrant mother. As bizarre and bewildering dangers emerge from the many possible worlds, she must learn to channel her newfound powers and fight her way through the splintering timelines to save her home, her family, and herself in this big-hearted and irreverent adventure through...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Fall in love all over again with black-and-white photography, which looks great in just about any light and allows you to create compositions and moods you could never achieve with color photography. As Professor Sartore demonstrates, it’s a powerful way of getting to the essence of your subject..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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If you have a clever anecdote, an interesting memory, a new way to explain how something works, or an opinion on a social or political issue, then you have an essay in you. Unlike a novel, history book, or scientific publication, essays provide you with the versatility to express all the various facets that make you you. The concise and direct nature of an essay means that you may tap into your sense of wit, share your individual point of view, persuade...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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How can you find a way to love what you do? Every day? Join Dewitt Jones, National Geographic photographer and author of three best selling training programs, in For The Love of It as he shares with audiences the importance of beginning each day with a full cup. In this program, Dewitt discusses how we all have the ability to love what we do through honoring our passion, making a contribution to those around us, and expressing gratitude.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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From greeting customers and gracefully managing several at once, to handling dissatisfied customers and keeping a fresh outlook at all times, Taking C.A.R.E. of Business emphasizes personal accountability as it teaches your employees to actively improve their customer service skills. Learning Objectives: Make a customer's needs more important than anything else, for the moment Ask customers questions that will give you valid information about their...
Publisher
Empty Mind Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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A ground-breaking journey across India, Tibet and China, to explore traditional medicine and natural ways of healing. With health care costs soaring in the west, looking eastward to alternative medicine may provide the only answer. In this comprehensive look into traditional eastern medicine we connect all three countries through the core philosophy of the Five Elements, Yin and Yang and the common belief that a life-force called Chi or Prana exists...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Have you ever wanted to sit down beside a master teacher and see how he or she confers? In this video, join Patrick Allen, author of Conferring: the keystone to reader's workshop, as he confers with nine different students over the course of two days. Sitting down one-on-one with a student in a conference is the best way to differentiate instruction so all students can learn the comprehension skills and strategies that wise readers use. Patrick demonstrates...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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Embracing Change was created to stimulate conversation. Using "person-on-the-street" interviews, you will be introduced to a cast of characters that not only share how we should deal with change, but are required to put their thoughts into action. Six Ways to Embrace Change: Be Open and Adaptable Be Enthusiastic Focus on What You Can Control What It Takes To Be A Leader Choose to Be with Positive People Find the Possibilities Fast paced and funny,...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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As travel costs rise and budgets shrink, conference calls are rapidly replacing face-to-face meetings. Unfortunately, many people have not yet learned the skills needed to make this type of meeting effective. We have all participated in ineffective conference calls, wasting everyone's time and energy. Often participants don't take a conference call as seriously as a regular meeting, but in reality, a conference call is a meeting, a virtual meeting...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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You don’t have to spend much time with outdoor enthusiasts to learn it’s all about the gear. From high-tech creature comforts to lightweight innovations, there’s no shortage of ways to outfit your next overnight. What do you really need? How do you balance weight versus convenience? Start building your system of gear in this practical episode.
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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This documentary aims to educate and inform the public more about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and how this neurodevelopmental disorder impacts the lives of people with it way more than you may have thought initially. It affects essentially all aspects of their lives in one way or another, usually negatively and resulting in negative outcomes. This documentary also aims to clear up the many myths and misconceptions about ADHD and...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
We all need to deal with the unexpected in our daily lives, so learning the secrets to navigating the unexpected in a debate has far-reaching applications. Here, see what it takes to slow down, diagnose, analyze, and respond to unexpected arguments. By following a few simple steps, you can easily find your way back to terra firma.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Compare the first time you tried to tie your shoes to your present-day, shoelace-tying mastery. How did you come such a long way? Practice alone doesn't begin to cover the intricate process of your brain learning a skill. See which stages are involved in acquiring skill-based knowledge and how you put them all together, with this insightful discussion.
14) Restoration
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
עברית
Description
70 year old Yaakov Fidelman hangs on with all his might to the antique restoration workshop which has been his life's work. After his long-time business partner passes away, Fidelman rejects his son Noah's idea to close the business and build an apartment complex on the site. He believes that with the help of his new apprentice Anton, he'll find a way to save his workshop, his world and his solitary way of life. Winner of the Screenwriting Award for...
15) Yeah you rite!
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The culture of New Orleans represents the mixing of many rich traditions: French, Spanish, African, Irish, Italian. At the heart of this unique culture lie its speechways, the subject of Yeah you rite!, a close-up video profile of a single language community. New Orleans English has been influenced by the city's rich and varied history, leaving it with dozens of unique words and phrases that all New Orleanians understand but which frequently baffle...
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Great Courses volume 9
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English
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Logic is intellectual self-defense against such assaults on reason and also a method of quality control for checking the validity of your own views. But beyond these very practical benefits, informal logic—the kind we apply in daily life—is the gateway to an elegant and fascinating branch of philosophy known as formal logic, which is philosophy’s equivalent to calculus. Formal logic is a breathtakingly versatile tool. Much like a Swiss army...
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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In this episode, cook, shave, and milk corn to create a delicious corn soup with julienned vegetables, an accompaniment to freshly cooked lobster. And once the lobster is cooked, you'll learn the correct way to separate it to best access all its sweet meat.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Glasnevin Cemetery is the final resting place of 1.5 million souls; it is Ireland's national necropolis. One Million Dubliners reveals the often unspoken stories of ritual, loss, redemption, emotion, history - and the business of death. But this is really a film about life: the Saint Valentine's Day rush in the florists; the American visitors eagerly searching for Irish ancestors; lost and longed for love; discovery and bereavement; earthy gravediggers...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
We have all pondered seemingly unanswerably but significant questions about our existence - the biggest of all being, "Why are we here?" Philosophy has developed over millennia to help us grapple with these essential intangibles. There is no better way to study the big questions in philosophy than to compare how the world's greatest minds have analyzed these questions, defined the terms, and then reasoned out potential solutions. Once you've compared...
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