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National Film Board- quality free video

Quality Free Educational Video- NFB.ca

 

This fascinating documentary looks at obesity. Stockholm’s Dr. Stephan Rossner, an obesity specialist, proves beyond doubt that obesity is ..."The Weight of the World"

Over the Edge -Fifth Estate tonight-B.C.'s billion dollar marijuana business

CBC TV Fifth Estate:  Friday November 13 at 9 pm on CBC-TV

What happens when a small-town thrill seeker is lured into B.C.'s billion dollar marijuana business?

On February 23, 2009, 24-year-old Sam Brown of British Columbia was arrested by U.S. authorities in Washington State as he landed a helicopter he had piloted across the border. Sam’s crime: he was attempting to smuggle almost 200 kilograms of marijuana, “B.C. Bud”. Only a few days after his arrest, Sam hanged himself in his jail cell. In Over the Edge, Linden MacIntyre takes us into the world of drug smuggling in B.C. and the role in it of young people like Sam Brown.

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Body Image- beauty evolution reprise

Body Image-

A few years back, Dove cosmetics won awards at Cannes film festival for their radical exposure of 'Photoshop' marketing-" Evolution of Beauty" where truth is obscured by digital tools in order to sell a product. It underscores the massive campaign against consumers rights and corporate integrity.  We see no immediate casualties with this onslaught so we back other causes like animal rights, etc. The sophistication of modern media marketing needs young people to rebel.  Buy used! Reduce cosmetics! Acquire a skeptical approach to material goods! Improve our society one VISA charge at a time-  Al Smith

Dove: http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.ca/flat2.asp?id=7134

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibyAJOSW8U

Brain Fitness Program- PBS

The Brain Fitness Program PBS

The PBS special, The Brain Fitness Program, explains the brain’s complexities in a way that both scientists and people with no scientific background can appreciate. The show is narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Peter Coyote and features experts in the field of neuroplasticity, including Dr. Norman Doidge, Sharon Begley, and Dr. Michael Merzenich, founder of Posit Science and creator of the Brain Fitness Program software.

   

The two-hour show is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about how our minds work—and to find out more about the latest in cutting-edge brain research.

"This program presents a workout to help viewers get their brains in better shape. The Brain Fitness Program is based on neuro-plasticity, the ability of the brain to change and adapt — even rewire itself. In the past two years, a team of scientists has developed computer-based stimulus sets that drive beneficial chemical, physical and functional changes in the brain. Dr. Michael Merzenich of the University of California San Francisco and his colleagues around the world have been leading this effort; he brings the research findings, along with a scientifically based set of brain exercises, to PBS viewers in this innovative and life-altering program. Peter Coyote (pictured) narrates. "

Air: Friday, June 6, 10:00 pm on KCTS9
Learn how to drive beneficial chemical, physical and functional change in the brain. Run Time:  01:29:12

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