The Union Siege of Vicksburg
The heavily fortified city of Vicksburg is the gateway to the Mississippi River. To force surrender, Ulysses S. Grant holds the rebel forces under siege for six weeks. Grant will defeat the Confederate forces and gain control of the Mississippi River. In this clip, learn more facts about the Union siege of Vicksburg. (2:37)
LeBron Asks About the Chances of Making 10 Free Throws
LeBron James asks Sal how to determine the probability of making 10 free throws in a row. (07:05)
Peer Advisors & Mentors (PAM) Spotlight: Thomas Lueders
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Generation of Alternating Current
In this interactive resource adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center, learn how a generator produces alternating current. More specifically, see how slip rings, brushes, an armature loop, and a magnetic field interact to produce single-phase alternating current. Animations show how positive and negative voltages are induced into the armature loop as it rotates through the magnetic field, and how the polarity of the voltage changes periodically, visualized as a sine wave.
Look ma, no wings: Secret of great tit flight revealed
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http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/01/look-ma-no-wings-secret-of-great-tit-flight-revealed.html
Breakingviews: Hollande won't have long to learn
May 7 - Francois Hollande faces a short honeymoon after his election as France's president, says Reuters Breakingviews.
KET Image Bank: Birds (Interactive)
The KET Image Bank is a collection of royalty-free photographs available for educational use. The pictures are arranged in interactive catalogs. Click on the "view" button to look through the list of images in the catalog and then click on the name of the bird you would like to view. On that page, you will find a thumbnail of an image or images, along with a paragraph about the animal. Clicking on the thumbnail will take you to a high resolution image you can download.
Learn Japanese Grammar Video - Absolute Beginner #19 - Negative Forms of Class 3 Japanese Verbs
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com’s Learn Japanese Grammar Video Series-Absolute Beginner. Over twenty-five video lessons, we will teach you the absolute essentials of Japanese grammar using a powerful combination of audio and video. Each audio grammar explanation is enhanced with motion graphics so you can follow along visually every step of the way. [...]
Authors@Google: Frances Frei & Anne Morriss: Uncommon Service
"Award-winning Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei and global thought leader Anne Morriss, both of whom specialize in building outstanding service companies, reading from their new book Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business.
Most companies treat service as a low-priority business operation, keeping it out of the spotlight until a customer complains. Then service gets to make a brief appearance - for as long as it takes to calm the customer dow
Blood Glucose Monitoring
This pharmacological resource demonstrates the procedure in quatitative measuring of glucose level in the blood. The OneTouch Horizpon Test Strip with the OneTouch Horizon Blood Glusose meter will be used for this purpose. These test strips are for in vtiro diagnostic use, that is, testing outside the body. The video demonstration covers the procedure form preparation to observing for results with accompanying audio to explain each step.
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The Rawlsitarian Paradox [Free Market Fairness By John Tomasi • Princeton University Press, 2012 • Xxvii + 348 pages] WSU faculty member knee-deep in education efforts for Spokane museum exhibit "Dig It!" LQP Asks: Hot dogs or burgers on the barbecue? The Eurozone's Awkward Threesome: fiscal stance, macroeconomic stability and growth [Audio] Musical Moods 2012 2012 Commencement Ceremony 4 Gerald Ford on Resignation of South Vietnam's President Williamsburg's Indian School The College Experience - St. Petersburg College (Alt)
If ever an opera is written about dirt, look for soil scientist Ann Kennedy's name in the credits. If she's not the lyricist, she'll be the enthusiastic backer.
"I love dirt," she said with a laugh. "I'm always, constantly, taking up handfuls of soil and smelling it."
Kennedy, a researcher with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service and an adjunct faculty member in crop and soil sciences at Washington State University, talks about dirt the way some people ta
LQP Asks: Hot dogs or burgers on the barbecue?
Speaker(s): Professor Leszek Balcerowicz | Unsustainable fiscal policy hampers growth - the effect not only of sovereign debt distress but also of an overblown welfare state. What can we learn from the financial-fiscal crisis (US, UK, Ireland, Spain) and the fiscal-financial crisis (Greece, Portugal)? Professor Leszek Balcerowicz has served three times in the Polish government and the central bank, being in charge of economic reforms. Between 1989–1991 and 1997-2000 he held the position of Min
GRCC's talented music students demonstrate their prowess with voice and instruments at this annual event. This year the family of Ray Gill, former GRCC Music Instructor, are recognized for their father's achievements.
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In April 1975, when North Vietnamese forces reached Xuan Loc, Saigon's last line of defense, President Nguyen Van Thieu announced his resignation. In an interview, President Gerald Ford denies that the U.S. government influenced Thieu's decision to resign. (0:36)
The Indian School at the College of William and Mary was conceived for the religious conversion of Indians. Professor Jim Axtell shares the storied building's history.
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