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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Many people believe openings are the most important part of the game, but as you’ll learn in this lesson, this belief is wrong on many levels. Here, you’ll encounter a few simple strategies for developing your pieces and getting to the middle of the game. Learn Mr. Silman’s recommended opening repertoire so you can successfully get through the opening with minimum memorization..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Round out your study of cross-examinations by turning to "open-ended questions." Designed to help you understand your opponents' arguments, open-ended questions give you the opportunity to shift your position, thus maximizing strategic flexibility. They also allow you to set traps for your opponent. Find out how to craft - and answer - open-ended questions.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The hopes, fears, and aspirations of adolescence are expressed in the close friendship of two Afghan boys. As their acceptance of the filmmakers leads them to express their feelings more and more openly, the film grows rich in fact and themes of universal concern.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
It’s always important to develop your pieces as quickly as possible, but once developed, open and closed board positions require very different strategic approaches. Study these differences and find out how to use your knights, bishops, or rooks for greatest success—and how best to get those pieces into play..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Authentic, lasting joy is an internal experience, not dependent upon any circumstances outside of ourselves. Learn how to find authentic joy by opening up to all of life (allowing yourself to feel the full range of your feelings, including those emotions you’ve been taught to bury) and taking responsibility for your own choices in your unique journey.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Almost everyone enjoys tactics, but tactics are not the most important element of the game. Begin the first of several lessons on positional play and chess strategy, starting with the rooks. Learn why and how to create an open file and employ your rooks to best advantage. See examples of these mighty pieces at work..
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
This program answers such questions as, What is multi-culturalism? Why do we need to emphasize other cultures? From appreciating multi-cultural history to understanding ethnic differences, this program opens the door for multi-cultural education..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A powerful opening statement requires many things: credibility, persuasion, logic. Using the George Zimmerman and O.J. Simpson trials as case studies, go inside the (sometimes tricky) art of crafting palpable opening statements that grab the jury's attention and leave it eager to hear the testimony to come.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this video we see the savanna baboons of Africa in various regions of their natural habitat, but with an emphasis on woodlands and forested regions since most other baboon films focus on the open savanna. The video emphasizes various roles filled by animals in a troop with particular attention paid to the range of behaviors seen in males.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Take a deeper dive into neural networks by working through a simple algorithm implemented in Python. Return to the green-screen problem from the first episode to build a learning algorithm that places the professor against a new backdrop.
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Video in the Villages presents its recent progress and its indigenous workshops of training and production. Founded in 1987, the project began with the introduction of video in indigenous communities that produced documentaries for their own purposes. In 1995, the opening of a space on educational TV in Cuiabá, led the project to produce the "Indigenous Program," an original experience for the first time on Brazilian television. Since 1997, Video...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Haitian
Description
A frank look at a largely unexplored area, Of Men And Gods examines the daily existence of several Haitian men who are openly gay.Prevalent, yet still taboo, homosexuality and gay culture are allowed to flourish within the context of Haiti's Vodou religion.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An old Bolivian man nears the end of his life. He has property and status, but not contentment. Believing himself posessed by evil spirits, he opens his heart to reveal his anguish. His personal tragedy brings us close to every man's confrontation with the unknown, old age, and death.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books.Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto.
16) Bugs in My Hair!
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Is something bugging you? Here is the funny side of waging war against - oh no! - head lice. This book is guaranteed to make you laugh- and itch! From the opening scene of happy, oversized lice, you know these bugs are determined to stay, and Mom is about to go nuts!
Publisher
Star Thrower
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
The Paradigm Mastery Series is a five-part series designed to help you explore the impact paradigms have on your world. This series will get people talking about the future and help you develop the hands-on skills needed to create an environment that is open to change..
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
There's a lot to learn for the thirty-two new students - 8 incisors, 4 canines, 8 premolars and 12 molars - at Dr. Flossman's Tooth School. He has his hands full showing each student how to floss, care for the gums, and avoid the ultimate tragedy...tooth decay!
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Often confused with “the detective,” the private eye is different from the classical version of the detective in terms of motivation, methods, lifestyle, and beliefs, and is the major contribution of American hard-boiled fiction. Comparing a vast selection of stories across history, you’ll isolate the differences between the two crime-solvers and understand the different impacts each had.
Publisher
The Film Sales Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Little Falls, New Jersey the 262nd free school opens its doors for the fall semester. The school is run by ambitious director Alex Khost, whose idealism of a new education system is tested by a defiant student, determined to upend the rules and possibly the school itself. APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT captures the volatilizing energy that builds through this turbulent first year. Nominated for a **Film Independent Spirit Award** Truer...
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