Call number: 1196 GE

Focusing on the enigma of time, Greene establishes that nothing in the laws of physics insists that it run in any particular direction and that “time’s arrow” is a relic of the universe’s condition at the moment of the big bang. And in explaining the big bang itself, Greene shows how recent cutting-edge developments in superstring and M-theory may reconcile the behavior of everything from the smallest particle to the largest black hole. This startling vision culminates in a vibrant eleven-dimensional “multiverse,” pulsating with ever-changing textures, where space and time themselves may dissolve into subtler, more fundamental entities.

Sparked by the trademark wit, humor, and brilliant use of analogy that have made The Elegant Universe a modern classic, Brian Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world. (From Amazon)

Call number: 1183 GE-1186GE

Academy Award winning actress Sissy Spacek narrates APPALACHIA: A HISTORY OF MOUNTAINS AND PEOPLE. The four-part PBS series weaves breathtaking scenes of the natural world together with compelling stories of human drama to create a deep and unprecedented look at America’s mountain home. The first environmental history of any region, APPALACHIA features interviews with Barbara Kingsolver, E.O. Wilson and many others including native Cherokees. Series include:

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Tracking number: 775H

The Health Insurance and Portability Administration Act (HIPAA) is federal legislation that protects the safety and privacy of all medical records and other personal health information. The new Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) law requires additional enforcement of the Privacy and Security rules.
This short, concise program is the 15 minute solution to your mandatory HIPAA training needs! This program benefits all health care workers, including the Admissions Department, Administrative Staff, Lab Workers, and Healthcare Professionals on the front line. (From Envision)

Tracking number: 774H

In today’s healthcare environment there are many obstacles that challenge our ability to document well: Time constraints, staff shortage, lack of standardized systems, numerous checklists and the list goes on and on.This program will sharpen your documentation skills by focusing on:

• Overcoming obstacles and barriers to good documentation
• Benefits of quality documentation
• Professional and legal responsibilities
• Characteristics of good documentation
• Documentation requirements (as issued by regulatory and accreditation agencies)
• Documentation techniques
• Tips for improving documentation skills (From Envision)

Tracking number: 138F (Located in Public Safety Academy)

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Presented in docudrama style, Fire’s Fury! is a personal account of one family’s close call with a fire. Interviews with family members while they move into their new house reveal details of the frightening experience that starts when the teenage daughter leaves a candle burning in her bedroom. As the story unfolds, a dramatic onscreen fire recreation provides an eye-opening look at how rapidly smoke and flames can spread, reaching life-threatening proportions in just seconds.(From NFPA)

Call number: HB 3722 .I57 2011

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Producer/director Charles Ferguson (No End in Sight) speaks at length with journalists, politicians, and financial insiders in order to offer a clearer picture of the economic meltdown that hit America starting in 2008. Academy Award winner Matt Damon narrates this unflinching look at the deep-rooted corruption that has left millions of middle-class Americans jobless and homeless as the major corporations get bailed out while paying millions in bonuses. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Tracking number: 1178 GE

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Inside the California Institution for Women, the first inmate initiated and led group in U.S. prison history, shatters the misconceptions of domestic violence.
Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA) was created in 1989 to help women inside prison break the silence about abuse and learn more about what they needed to do to help others stop the cycle of violence.
Instead of fighting a system that does not fully comprehend the complexities of abuse, the women of CWAA led an initiative to help educate the system. Through careful orchestration of letter writing campaigns, media coverage, and senate hearings a movement was born and laws for battered women were changed. And for the founder of CWAA, the flicker of hope begins to grow as her possible freedom, after 26 years in prison, lies moments away. (From http://www.sinbysilence.com)

Tracking number: 1168GE

In this documentary produced to bring attention to various ways of life that stand on the brink of extinction due to rapid progression in the modern world, filmmakers travel to five continents to explore the values and behavior of endangered societies in an era where culture seems to take on a new meaning with each sunrise. In one such case, the influential leader of New Guinea’s Kawelka tribe spends five years amassing an abundance of valuable items including 600 pigs and a motorbike only to give them away in a festive ceremony called the moka. A key component to Kawelka culture, the moka ceremony finds those seeking to gain influence attempting to do so not by acquiring valuable objects, but by giving them away. Unfortunately, things do not go as planned and the leader of the tribe is ultimately threatened with violence as a result of his outwardly selfless act of giving. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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