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Learn how to solve your business’s problems at their root with sustainable solutions.
Problems are nothing new, but how do we get to the root causes of the problems and fix them? In this course, Sam Yankelevitch addresses root cause analysis and how you can make it work for your business. Sam defines root cause analysis (RCA) and explains how to work with others to find root causes. He describes how to build a Pareto chart to separate vital causes...
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Power up your "morphological radar" and gain the ability to spot Latin and Greek word parts in unfamiliar words, aiding you in uncovering their definitions. Investigate words using the affixes eu-, dis-, in-, pre-, post-, and dys-; then, turn to words that build from the roots man, umbr, tract, and therm.
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Owing to a genetic mix-up involving stem cell research, the recently founded company INFINITY BABY is able to offer a service for aspiring parents who never want to leave the baby bubble - infants that do not age. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival** and **San Francisco International Film Festival**.
5) The BFG
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Sophie, a nine-year-old orphan, is awakened one night by the sound of an owl. Upon peering out her attic window, she is terrified to see a 25-foot-tall giant, who ends up taking Sophie to a faraway land populated by giants and dreams. Based on the novel by Roald Dahl
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Yidl in the Middle looks at growing up "different" in America. In this evocative, entertaining film, filmmaker Marlene Booth probes her Iowa-Jewish roots. Through home movies, period photos, her high school reunion, and current interviews, she examines the complicated process of negotiating identity -- as an American, a Jew, and a woman. A compelling film, sure to provoke discussion. "This extraordinary film is not only about growing up Jewish in...
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Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai tells the inspiring story of the Green Belt Movement of Kenya and its founder Wangari Maathai, the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The U.S.- educated Professor Maathai discovered her life's work by reconnecting with the rural women with whom she had grown up. Their lives had become intolerable: they were walking longer distances for firewood, clean water was scarce,...
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More than 55 years after the end of World War II, Germans and Jews still struggle with the difficult legacies of war. Filmmaker Heidi Schmidt Emberling confronts her German father and Jewish mother about the devastating secrets and painful silence about the past as she struggles to reconcile her dual identity as both a German and a Jew. Through intimate interviews with both her Jewish relatives in America and her German Lutheran relatives abroad,...
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Too much complexity can bog down an organization. Find out how to overcome the complexity by learning the critical skills to guide your business decisions.
The world is evolving at warp speed, and trying to keep up can sometimes be too much, too quickly. Organizations fail to keep up when uncertainty goes unchecked and rogue complexities take root. In this course, learn how to navigate an ever-changing work culture with executive development coach...
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A brief history of the Italian Risorgimento provides the context for the great flight from the mezzogiorno region, as well as the roots of the first generation's distinctive psychology. Through the travels of Italian migrant workers, we understand the transnational nature of these Birds of Passage. By the late 19th century, Italians begin to put down roots. Little Italy's spring up in urban areas throughout the U.S. But the first generation holding...
11) Root cause
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One man's extraordinary, personal journey of self-discovery set to send ripples through the dental profession and expose perhaps one of the world's greatest medical industry cover-ups.
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David Hobby talks about his experiences running a photography business that's rooted in photojournalism and the community where he lives.
Whether you're a photo enthusiast or a working professional, it's important to have a "compass point." So says David Hobby, publisher of the popular Strobist.com blog and a former staff photographer for the Baltimore Sun. A compass point is a set of guidelines aimed at helping you arrive at the intersection of...
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Learn techniques for identifying the root cause of a problem, generating options, and selecting the best solution.
You can't solve a problem unless you can get to the cause—and sometimes there's more than one. In this course, learn techniques for identifying the root cause of a problem, generating options, and selecting the best solution. Chris Croft takes you through several methods for identifying what's actually causing a problem, including...
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Mary Walsh Farmer has been teaching history for 17 years to junior high school students in Illinois, in a racially integrated community that values and celebrates its multiculturalism. Mary often uses this diversity as a resource for her lesson content. With her students she explores international struggles for human rights, by demonstrating personal loss of power and privileges within the classroom and setting up a world court to hear cases for revolutions...
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Foxx returns to his comedy roots with a DVD series that will keep you in stitches from start to finish. Filmed before a live audience in Atlanta, GA, this video features the hottest up-and-coming comedians, handpicked by Mr. Foxx himself. Cedric the Entertainer serves as your master of ceremonies.
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Up heartbreak hill chronicles the lives of three Native American teenagers in Navajo, New Mexico-Thomas, an elite runner; Tamara, an academic superstar; and Gabby, an aspiring photographer-as they navigate their senior year at a reservation high school. As graduation nears, they must decide whether or not to stay in their community-a place inextricably woven into the fiber of their beings-or leave in pursuit of opportunities elsewhere. Largely isolated...
17) Rango
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Rango, a kooky pet chameleon, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, a lawless outpost populated by the desert's most wily and whimsical creatures. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt, until he starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.
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From bootlegs to urban battlefields this groundbreaking series traces the origin of the gangs that dominated criminal activities and invented their own codes of conduct. This episode journeys into the roots of organized crime starting with the American Revolution up to the prohibition of alcohol.
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In this issue of Videofashion Collections, Alexander Wang celebrates 10 years with a star-studded anniversary collection! DKNY pairs softness with strength to shake up New York’s most iconic brand. Plus, Prabal Gurung expresses his gratitude by going back to his Nepalese roots!
20) Adopting Audrey
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Audrey (Jena Malone) is a restless woman in a constant state of transition but yearns for more permanent roots. Ultimately putting herself up for adult adoption, she connects with a family and forms an unlikely bond with the misanthropic patriarch.
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