New Releases - October 2009 - Learningemall.com

foreclosed homes - and it's alsocompletely illegal. But while these vocalsquatters have morality in their hearts,they don't have the law on their side.Item no.Format: TH06581952: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 30 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 56.00NOW 2009: INSIDEISRAEL'S ARMYAs President Obama begins a new pushfor peace in the Middle East, NOW travelsto Israel to see how a lifetime of warshapes the psyche of a nation wherealmost every able-bodied man and womanmust serve in the military. NOW goesinside Israel's defense forces, where fewhave gone before, to speak with reservistsabout the impact of constant war on boththeir lives and their world view.Item no.Format: WH06581953: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 30 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 56.00NOW 2009: JUSTICEDELAYEDA terrible statistic: one in six women will bea victim of rape or attempted rape in herlifetime. But an even more shocking reality:A backlog in processing rape kits isdelaying and sometimes denying justicefor tens of thousands of American women,over 12,000 kits are sitting untested inpolice storage facilities. An internal auditfound that more than 50 of these caseshave exceeded the 10-year statute oflimitations on rape.Item no.Format: FN06581940: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 30 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 56.00NOW 2009: OBAMA'SBORDER FENCEWhile they're putting the finishing toucheson the controversial fence along thesouthern border between the U.S. andMexico, the outrage is far from over. Aneven greater worry may be the virtualfence the Obama administration isplanning for the remaining 1,300 miles ofborder, at an estimated cost of nearly $7billion. The problem? The new technologyto complete the virtual fence has not beenproven to work in the field.Item no.Email: inquiry@learningemall.comFormat : DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned)Duration : 30 minutesAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 56.00NOW 2009: ON THIN ICESeventy-five percent of the world's freshwater is stored in glaciers, but scientistspredict climate change will cause some ofthe world's largest glaciers to completelymelt by 2030. What effect will this have onour daily lives, especially our water andfood supply? With global warming fallinglow on a national list of American concerns,it's time to take a deeper look at whatcould be a global calamity in the making.Item no.Format: YY06581955: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 30 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 56.00NOW 2009: OVER FIFTY,OVERDRAWNThe economic crisis is affecting people inall income and social brackets, butAmerica's baby boomers and seniors don'thave the option to wait it out. Some arereluctantly exiting retirement to look forjobs, others are falling prey to predatorylending companies. This week NOWtravels to South Carolina to see how theyare coping and what options are left.Item no.Format: TD06581956: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 30 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 56.00NOW 2009: PEACE ANDPROSPERITY FOR THEWEST BANK?Once one of the most dangerous andviolent cities in the West Bank, today,however, there's been a huge turnaround.Jenin is now the center of an internationaleffort to build a safe and economicallyprosperous Palestinian state from theground up. But can the modest success inJenin be replicated throughout the WestBank, or will the effort collapse under theintense political pressure from all sides?Item no.Format: GP06581957: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 30 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 56.00Learning Rendezvous LimitedNOW 2009: POWERSTRUGGLEWill the green energy dream come tofruition? This week NOW exploresobstacles to the promise of energygenerated from natural resources such assunlight, wind, and rain. An inconvenientreality stands in the way: the need toupgrade the country's antiquatedelectricity grid. The green energy dream:Why it may not happen.Item no.Format: WW06581958: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 30 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 56.00NOW 2009: PREDICTINGPANDEMICSHow do we fight both the swine flupandemic and our fear of it? Dr. LarryBrilliant, an epidemiologist and a centralfigure in the World Health Organization'ssuccessful small pox eradication programand NOW's David Brancaccio discuss howhigh tech tools are making it easier forscientists to detect global outbreaks, thecritical importance of early detection andearly response, and how the currentpandemic has yet to show its real hand.Item no.Format: WH06581959: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 30 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 56.00NOW 2009: PREVIEWINGTHE SUPERPOWERSUMMITKenneth Rogoff, Harvard economicsprofessor and former chief economist ofthe International Monetary Fund,discusses next the upcoming crucialmeeting of the world's economicsuperpowers (G20), and how high weshould raise our hopes and what's at stakefor America and the world.Item no.Format: BM06581960: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 30 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 56.00NOW 2009: REHAB FORTERRORISTSNOW partners with author and journalistRobert Lacey to investigate the surprisingsuccess of Saudi Arabia's approach todealing with terrorists and extremists,: HV06581954without torture or water-boarding. Laceyvisits terrorist rehabilitation camps that use________________________________________________________________________________________________________18Websites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk