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Learn useful Hebrew phrases with our Hebrew in Three Minutes series! In Israel, manners are important, and this step-by-step video teaches you some of the basics you need to be polite while speaking Hebrew. A native Hebrew teacher will explain the simple phrases necessary. In this lesson, you'll learn how to use the phrase Do you speak English?
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[2018]
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English
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The U.S. Navy provides medical relief to poor countries around the world. We filmed aboard the USNS Comfort as it brought medical and surgical care to local communities in Guatemala. USNS Comfort is over 270 meters long, thirty-two meters wide and as tall as a ten-story building. The former oil tanker has 12 operating rooms and half a million doses of medicine. Its primary role is to provide medical support for the U.S. military in times of war. Throughout...
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[2018]
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English
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Scientists are developing a universal flu vaccine. A brand new vaccine against seasonal flu has to be created once a year for both the northern and southern hemispheres. The constant and rapid evolution of the virus means an effective vaccine this year, can be useless by the next. Scientists in Belgium are determined to beat the virus by producing a vaccine that works long-term, against many types of flu, including pandemic strains. Professor Saelens...
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[2018]
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English
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Robotic surgery is transforming modern medicine. Large movements of the surgeons hands in the operating theater translate into very small movements of the robotic instruments. It is less tiring for the surgeons and for the patient, it means less scarring, a quicker recovery, and reduced risk of infection. It is cutting edge medicine. Robotic arms – including a powerful camera – are slid into the patient through small incisions. At the end of the...
6) Hello World!
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English
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In this program, Ashlee Vance finds out how England is fighting to inject new life into its technology industry. He heads to Cambridge, the heart of England’s technology scene, where he hangs out with learned cows and artificial intelligence whizzes, bikes past Newton’s famed apple tree (at least a reasonable replica of it), and goes punting with the inventor of the Raspberry Pi computer. From Cambridge, it’s off to the Cotswolds and the headquarters...
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[2019]
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English
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Pamela Flood challenges Jess Murphy (Kai Café + Restaurant) and Gareth Mullins (The Marker) to reimagine their food. In their restaurant kitchens, the chefs prepare their signature dishes as they are served in the restaurant and Pamela tastes them. Jess prepares her Charred Achill Island Black Face lamb with whipped ricotta and muhammara, while Gareth servesup wild Irish venison loin. Dietitian Aveen Bannon reveals how much fat, sugar and fibre is...
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[2018]
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English
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In India, water management is a very big issue and one social entrepreneur is doing an amazing job of helping farmers to do this. In India, farmers struggle to grow their crops during the long dry months. The company, IDEI, tries to help by making affordable irrigation products that feed plants a drop of water at a time. But can farmers really make enough money to pay for them? And can IDEI’s inspirational boss, Amitabha Sadangi, accept Alvin Hall’s...
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Maybe it's hearing about friends, driving home from a dance, who get into a car wreck that no one survives. Or a fellow student - the one who wears a bandanna to hide what chemotherapy has done to her hair - one day fails to show up for homeroom. Or an announcement over the school's PA system: "There will be a memorial service this afternoon..." For many young people, this will be their first exposure to death. How can teachers and school administrators...
12) Hero Elementary
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There's a big surprise in store for Mr. Sparks: He will be receiving the "Hero Teacher of the Year" award! His heroic students want to make everything special for the big celebration, and that includes making a cake. Then, Invisigirl (a former student) likes to use her invisibility to play jokes, but a joke has unintended consequences when she makes a cake invisible, and then can't find it!
13) Heart Surgery
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Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Learn strategies for rating and describing your pain level to members of your cardiac team, so they can treat it.
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[2006], c2003
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English
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This program sheds light on the evolution and spread of Christianity across 13 centuries of architecture and art. Selected sites and masterpieces include the 8th-century monastic settlement on Inishmurray Island, off the coast of Ireland; frescoes in the catacombs of San Domitilla and Caravaggios at Santa Luigi di Franchesi, in Rome; the Hagia Sophia, once a Christian cathedral, in Istanbul; the astonishing underground churches of Lalibela, in Ethiopia;...
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The obesity epidemic has hit every part of American society, and is a major contributor to some of the leading causes of death including heart disease, diabetes, and some forms of cancer. This clip explains the factors that have contributed to the rise of obesity, and showcases several community initiatives trying to prevent and reduce it.
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[2008], c2007
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English
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This collection of 54 video clips (1 minute to 2 minutes 30 seconds each) takes a close look at infectious diseases and medical disorders, spotlighting AIDS, ALS, Alzheimer's disease, aneurysms, asthma, autism, avian flu, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, food allergies, heart attack, Huntington's disease, macular degeneration, malaria, Marburg virus, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson's disease, Spanish influenza, spinal cord injury, stroke, and West Nile virus....
18) Healthy Eating
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[2016]
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English
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Our bodies need some fat to function properly. See which kinds of fats are best for you for providing energy and building hormones and cells and which ones should be avoided.
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[2010]
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Español
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This program details the rise of Vicente Guerrero, one of Mexico's most prominent military leaders, who joined with another leader, Agustin de Iturbide, to end Mexico's War of Independence from Spain. Part 1 addresses Guerrero's bravery and early experience as a traveling mule train driver that benefitted the militia he joined and the insurgent Army of the South. He rose in command as insurgent leaders like Hidalgo, Morelos and Galeana were killed....
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Anorexia and other eating disorders exert a frightening degree of control over millions of teenagers, especially young women. Manifested in so-called "Pro-Ana" websites, which actively promote anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, the mental and physical grip of these sicknesses can prove impossible to break. This program represents a powerful weapon in the battle against eating disorders, pinpointing their origins in body image and self-esteem issues,...
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