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The Gift of the Magi

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Dramatization of the story by O. Henry. A romantic tale of a young married couple who have little money to buy each other a Christmas gift and the ironic sacrifice they make.

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Triangles and Quadrilaterals (2006)

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The program explains how triangles can be classified by side length and by angles, introducing the mathematical names. It then names and illustrates the different types of convex quadrilaterals. Study guides are available from VEA website. www.veavideo.com

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Triangles and Quadrilaterals

Preparing Kids to Stay Safe at Home and in the Community (2003)

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This live-action program for children offers important safety tips and techniques for use inside and outside the home.

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01:30
Preparing Kids to Stay Safe at Home and in the Community

Genes and Cloning (2006)

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There is a lot of controversy around genetic modification of organisms and cloning. This program looks at the way man has modified genomes of plants and animals used for food since the dawn of agriculture. As knowledge of cells and genetics has increased so has man's ability to alter genomes.

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Genes and Cloning

Genetics, Stem Cells and Society (2007)

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Professor Alan Trounson is a distinguished Australian scientist. He was one of the pioneers of IVF treatment for infertile couples, and is now a leading international figure in stem cell research. He reviews a range of techniques and issues related to stem cell research, including: maker cell biology, gene expression and epigenetics, applications of genetics and epigenetics, ?blinking on?

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Genetics, Stem Cells and Society

Frankenstein

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Obsessed with violating the laws of nature and life and death, Victor Frankenstein constructs a creature from the limbs of the dead. Once jolted to life, the creature proves even more human than his creator. Unable to inspire love, he chooses to inspire fear and vows to avenge the man who created and abandoned him. Directed by Kevin Connor. Stars William Hurt, Donald Sutherland, Julie Delpy, Luke Goss. Based on the novel by Mary Shelley.

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Let's Get Real (2003)

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Examines the problem of name-calling and bullying in schools today. In their own voices, students discuss racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, disabilities, sexual harassment, and more. The program educates audiences of all ages about why we can no longer accept name-calling and bullying as just a normal part of growing up.

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Let's Get Real

A Raisin in the Sun

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A RAISIN IN THE SUN is a groundbreaking drama celebrating the human spirit, featuring an electrifying performance by Academy Award®-winner Sidney Poitier (Best Actor, Lilies of the Field, 1963).

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A Raisin in the Sun

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Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads where the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? Or even pay for medical school tuition? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder.

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A Raisin in the Sun

Your Life, Your Money (2009)

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Filled with straightforward information and practical guidance, YOUR LIFE, YOUR MONEY, empowers young adults to get their financial life on track and "give purpose to every penny."

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Your Life, Your Money

The War of the World: A New History of the 20th Century (2007)

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World War II, we have been told all our lives, was our greatest triumph, the moment when the forces of light—the Western democracies and the U.S.S.R.—prevailed over the forces of darkness—the Nazis and the other Axis powers. It was a conflict that began in Europe in September 1939 and ended with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan in August 1945. Or did it?

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The War of  the World: A New History of the 20th Century

The War: 1941-1945 (2006)

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THE WAR, a seven-part documentary series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history.

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The War: 1941-1945

How the States Got Their Shapes (2010)

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Every line on the U.S. map tells a story. Every border reflects our history -- our struggles for independence, our internal conflicts over states rights and slavery, our westward expansion, and the mastery of our natural resources. We are so familiar with the map of United States, but do we know why our states look the way they do? Every shape on the map tells a great story about our past.

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How the States Got Their Shapes

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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From the author of the phenomenal #1 NY Times best seller comes the original screen adaptation of MITCH ALBOM'S THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN. This NY Times best seller is broght to life by an award-winning cast, including Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn and Jeff Daniels. The NY Times praised it for its "genuine power to stir and comfort." Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven explores the unexpected mysteries of the afterlife by reminding us what really matters here on Earth.

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Gilded Age (2005)

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This episode establishes the course themes of American identity, freedom, and equality at the end of Reconstruction, then examines the reasons behind the large scale industrialization in the late 19th century.

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The Gilded Age

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