Kanopy (Firm)
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The training program highlights libraries that provide outstanding services to teens and shows how to replicate their successes. Serving teens in libraries showcases the outstanding services offered by the Public Library of Charlotte (NC) and Mecklenburg County, Queens (NY) Library, and the Baltimore County (MD) Public Library. LVN crews spent several days in each location to learn as much as possible about how they're successfully reaching the toughest...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Trace the history of the second law of thermodynamics, considered by many physicists to be the one law of physics most likely to survive unaltered for the next thousand years. The second law says that entropy"”the degree of disorder in a closed system"”only increases or stays the same.
65) Titanic Inquiry
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
From the BBC comes this riveting look at one of the little known mysteries of the Titanic. The Titanic Inquiry tells the story of the British Inquiry into the sinking of RMS Titanic and whether the SS Californian was in near enough proximity to the vessel to rescue some, if not all, of the 1,500 lives lost.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Continue your study of ancient Babylon by reflecting on Nebuchadnezzar's city gates and processional way. These impressive feats of architecture and engineering inspire awe through their sheer size. The animals on the gate"”lions, bulls, and the snake-dragon"”were meant to protect the city by intimidating those who would bring harm to the community.
67) Column of Trajan
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This stunning 125-foot-high monument is truly a marvel, combining a feat of engineering with the skill of sculptors who crafted a 650-foot-long story that spirals upward from the base. The column commemorates the successful military campaigns of the Roman emperor Trajan and offers a wealth of information about Roman warfare, religious rites, and even building techniques.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Step back more than 30,000 years as you view some of the earliest known art in the world"” a fabulous gallery of animals painted on the cave walls at Chauvet. These paintings tell us something profound about the Paleolithic mind and force us to reconsider our own ideas about "primitive" art.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This video program examines the rationale for and principles of nursing involvement in spiritual care, describes qualities in the nurse which are conducive to providing effective spiritual care, identifies specific spiritual interventions and discusses the partnership between nursing and pastoral care workers. Challenges and barriers to providing spiritual care are also explored.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A video from ECU's archive of documentaries and teaching films. A series of twelve programs which examines aspects of 'landscape' in a contemporary cultural context. The presenters of the series, a painter and a poet, are joined by writers, visual artists, dancers, musicians, historians, cultural commentators, environmentalists, pastoralists, scientists and many others to explore the way we 'know' the land and the way we create our 'landscapes'. This...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Newsmaker Jean Paul Gaultier has been making head lines since he exploded onto the fashion scene in 1976. Always a fashion catalyst, Gaultier packs huge auditoriums each fashion season with fans clamoring to see what revolutionary ideas he will present next. A cult following has given him the reputation of fashion’s boy wonder, but his association with Madonna, and film legends like Luc Besson and Pedro Almodovar was what cemented his place in pop...
73) Faces of AIDS
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Although we may not personally recognize their faces, they are the faces of our neighbors, family, and friends. They come from all walks of life and all lifestyles, including our own. They are a picture of every ethnicity and culture, just like us. They share many of our same thoughts and perspectives, connecting with us. They are no longer they, but us. These 6 faces believed they had very little in common. But they were wrong. All 6 believed...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Son of a peasant worker, born in Saida on November 1, 1944 Rafic Hairiri leaves Lebanon at the age of 18 and builds an immense empire in Saudi Arabia. He serves twice as Prime Minister of Lebanon, from October 31st 1992 to December 2nd 1998 and then from October 23rd, 2000 through October 21, 2004. It is here where he uses his influential network for the goals of his country, although many of his critics point at unsound conflicts of interest between...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Additional evidence to support the theory that man on earth had his genesis somewhere in outer space is offered in this thought-provoking film. Filmed on locations throughout the world, some of the bizarre phenomena depicted include a complex astrological clock built in 50 B.C. ...pre-Columbian skeletons showing astounding surgical operations...and similar-looking rock paintings and stone carvings discovered in various parts of the world. The viewer...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Quantum mechanics is the most precise theory ever invented, yet it leads to startling interpretations of the nature of reality. Probe a quantum state called the collapse of the wave function that may underlie the arrow of time. Are the indications that it shows irreversibility real or only illusory?
77) 36th precinct
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
In the underbelly of the Parisian criminal world, the Police are frustrated by a gang committing a series of violent robberies. Leo Vrinks and Denis Klein are two cops seeking promotion, and the imminent departure of the Chief sets the scene for them to compete for the vacant throne. The competition between them becomes increasingly ruthless and blurs the usual lines of morality, until there seems no difference between the police and the criminals...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
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. The renowned story of mistaken love, familial deceit and murder. Lear, the aging King of Britain, has chosen to lay aside the care of the...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Thanks to innovations in health and science, human beings now live longer than ever before. But at what cost? Without advanced planning, the expenses of long-term care can be overwhelming. Phyllis Shelton, a leading authority in long-term care insurance, explains the essentials Americans must consider to protect themselves, their children and their assets. The groundbreaking PBS special And Thou Shalt Honor series brings to light the challenges...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learning about literacy is a social act. Young children develop the necessary skills they will need to be competent and confident readers and writers from the people around them and their environment. Children need to know about their language(s) and the sounds and all about print and its uses. They need to develop a love of books and storytelling and have the confidence to express themselves, use their imagination and be creative. It is young children's...