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1) No Choice
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English
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In this episode, Bill Moyers travels to China to learn about healing and the mind from another culture. “What I discovered in China was another way of thinking about mind and body, about health and illness and a phenomenon called chi,” Bill Moyers tells the audience in his introduction. Later on in the episode, in a park where hundreds are practicing Tai Chi, he observes: “I can see that although traditional Chinese medicine seems alien to Westerners,...
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English
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Tests and papers. Routine homework. Reading assignments. Athletics. Clubs. Social life. Keeping up with all of these aspects of typical teen life in the 21st century can be hard. Life moves fast, and the temptation to find short cuts is strong. Some teens have turned to using so-called study drugs to give them the boost they think they need to keep up. Study drugs, such as Adderall or Ritalin, typically prescribed for people suffering from attention-deficit/hyperactivity...
3) The choice
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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When feisty medical student Gabby Holland moves in next door to perennial ladies' man Travis Shaw, it sends them both on a romantic journey neither ever dreamed possible. Travis has always believed a serious relationship with a woman would cramp his easygoing lifestyle, while Gabby is all set to settle down with her long-term boyfriend, until an irresistible attraction between the unlikely couple upends both of their well-planned lives.
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
Description
A drama set in post-World War II Brooklyn revolves around Sophie, a Polish Catholic beauty who survived Auschwitz, her lover, Nathan, and Stingo a would-be writer. As the three grow closer, Stingo discovers the captivating and moving truths that each harbor.
Pub. Date
[2010], c2008
Language
English
Description
While abortion will no doubt polarize our society for the foreseeable future, students can learn a great deal from the circumstances, anxieties, and life goals that surround the decision to end a pregnancy. This program presents a poignant and profoundly honest look at that decision through intimate discussions with young British women. Cheryl imagines other choices she might have made if her ex-boyfriend had remained with her. Carmel shares her college...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2010
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English
Description
This sensitive and informative program uses dramatizations of real-life situations to explore the choices available to young people faced with an unplanned pregnancy. While some references pertain to U.K. citizens only, the video provides a useful overview as a teen couple evaluates the options and implications of keeping the baby, adoption, and voluntary termination. Interviews with health care and education professionals, parents, and young people...
Pub. Date
[2006], c2002
Language
English
Description
The implementation of the 1996 welfare reform act's Charitable Choice provision has proved controversial in the extreme. In this program, supporters and opponents alike give a clear sense of what is at stake as they examine the application of Charitable Choice in Indiana, Massachusetts, and North Carolina-states with distinctly different political cultures and religious landscapes. These academic, religious, legal, and human services experts debate...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
Description
For nearly 20 years, Jorge Cruise has been changing people's lives as a personal trainer, coach, and author of multiple New York Times best-selling fitness books. He thought he had everything he wanted: a thriving career, a loving wife, wonderful children, a big house, and all the toys and gadgets he could ask for . . . So why did he still feel empty inside? It took losing everything for Jorge to realize that he was living a life that wasn't true...
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English
Description
Recent statistics indicate that more than two million students in the U.S. are taught at home. Why are so many parents opting to educate their children themselves? Are they wary of violence in public schools? Do they lack confidence in what they perceive as a one-size-fits-all approach to learning? Or are they intent on adding a fourth R, religion, to the traditional three? This program examines the homeschooling phenomenon with Chris Klicka, director...
Pub. Date
[2006], c1989
Language
English
Description
The friendships that are formed during adolescence provide teenagers with some of their fondest memories. Friendships can also influence individuals to do things that they normally wouldn't do. Actions that all too often have negative and far-reaching consequences. This informative video utilizes testimonials from students to examine the topic of adolescent peer pressure. It begins by focusing on the detrimental effects that occur by doing something...
Pub. Date
[2010], c2006
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English
Description
In response to the widely seen documentary Super Size Me, this video follows two college students as they eat only fast food for a month-losing weight and lowering their cholesterol levels in the process. The trick? Aaron and Ellen stay within portion sizes appropriate for their body types. The experiment was organized and documented by Dr. James Painter of Eastern Illinois University's School of Family and Consumer Sciences and monitored by a physician...
Pub. Date
[2010], c2006
Language
English
Description
Fast food is a delicious-but-fattening fact of teenage existence. This video returns to Eastern Illinois University as Ellen and Aaron further explore the concepts and strategies introduced in Portion Size Me. The game plan? After calculating caloric needs based on height, weight, age, gender, and activity level, they order smarter, skip the "little extras," and eat smaller portions. The true "value meal" here is the one with fewer and healthier calories,...
20) The choice
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English
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Travis Parker believes that a serious relationship would only cramp his style, until Gabby Holland moves in next door.
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