This video demonstrates how to drive and remove nails like a pro while explaining how to work with wood screws-from pre-drilling, to countersinking and plugging, to increasing their holding power.

Enjoy the latest in motorsport magic, witness what could be the end of the flat tire, and take a ride across the English Channel-in a small Italian car. Triumphs of ingenuity featured in this program include: the Prodrive P2, the MB Supercar, and the MIRA track where both were tested; PAX, Michelin's potentially invulnerable auxiliary-supported run-flat tire system; new methods of organization and operation in racing pits; and the watertight Panda...

Part one of this program, presented against a backdrop of Gothic architecture and pre-Raphaelite art, asks whether religion and science can coexist in a post-Darwinian world. Are Creation and Evolution mutually exclusive? Part two focuses on the questions raised by the global movement toward social equality. Must Christianity adapt to survive, and if so, do issues like female priests and homosexuality threaten to rob it of its scriptural authority?...

The history and social structures of Latin America's native peoples were neither simple nor peaceful before the arrival of Europeans. Wars were fought, empires were created and destroyed, and-as this program illustrates-narrative tapestries of fact and fiction were woven in the process. Underscoring the linguistic sophistication that flourished for thousands of years in the region, the program addresses the proliferation of Nahuatl and Quechua literature,...

Behind every calculus problem, neatly packaged and ready to solve, is a word problem. But before coming to terms with word problems, this program examines local extrema and local maximums and minimums. Next, the first- and second-derivative tests for local extrema are studied. Finally, max/min word problems-like how to make packaging for Uncle Skippy's Premium Edible Dirt-are addressed, and the five-step process for solving them is applied.

An investment expert teaches us what to consider in choosing an online broker. He explains cash accounts and margin accounts, different types of retirement accounts, and the 529 plan. He discusses how investors can responsibly engage in aggressive trading as opposed to a conservative buy-and-hold strategy.

In this program, geometry is combined with approximation to solve relatively complex problems involving shooting an arrow and landing an airplane on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Emphasizing the value of sketching as a visualization tool, the program also explains how the solution of the archery problem, through geometric inversion, can help solve the problem of a plane landing.

Antitrust laws, trade regulations, and property ownership work together to preserve the balance of rights among consumers, retailers, and employees. Module one of this program explains how citizens of Zurich voted to extend shopping hours, overturning an obsolete market intervention; module two examines fair competition in the case of Volkswagen/Audi v. The European Commission; and module three examines how Venice, in an absence of private property...

No automotive course is complete without an in-depth look at inspecting and servicing steering systems. This program guides students through the entire process, from diagnosing problems to performing first-rate pump, rack, and linkage system service. Starting with visual, fluid-level, and stethoscope inspection methods, the video shows how to test pressure throughout the system, how to deal with rack-and-pinion components, and how to remove the wheels,...

Today Opera Easy zeroes in on one of the most fascinating and intriguing operas in all of operatic history," says host Natalie Choquette. "The composer of today's featured work was born in Germany in 1819 but became a naturalized Frenchman. He was called the King of the Operetta, having written over 90 popular and hilarious operettas for the Parisian stage during the Second Republic. Yet Jacques Offenbach's dream was to write an opera. When the opera...