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Does the celebrated harmonic series diverge or converge? Discover a proof using the integral test. Then generalize to define an entire class of series called p-series, and prove a theorem showing when they converge. Close with the sum of the harmonic series, the fascinating Euler-Mascheroni constant, which is not known to be rational or irrational.
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Learning Phonics Has Never Been This Easy!™
Meet the Letters taught children to recognize letter characters. Now, with Meet the Letter Sounds, children will learn the different sounds that each letter makes. Meet the Letter Sounds also introduces children to basic phonics rules, such as "r-controlled vowels" and "silent e." Meet the Letter Sounds is one of the three part Meet the Phonics Series that teaches Letter Sounds, Digraphs, and Blends....
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Learning Phonics Has Never Been This Easy!™
Children will fall in love with these wonderful characters as they Meet the Blends. Two letters that come together and keep their own sounds are taught in primary school as "letter blends." Meet the Blends makes learning to identify blends fun and easy. Meet the Blends teaches 20 basic blends that are taught in primary schools across the country. Blends are taught both alone and in word context. Preschool...
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Each night, when Ben falls asleep, his Crayons enter a magical Crayon Box that transports them to Color City, a world of dazzling hues and soaring fantasy. When timid Yellow is accidentally left behind in Ben's room, she inadvertently awakens two Unfinished Drawings. They follow Yellow to Color City where they wreak havoc and stop the flow of the enchanted Rainbow Waterfall that provides all the color to the Crayons. It's up to Yellow and her fellow...
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Sisters Jin (Hee-yeon Kim) and Bin (Song-hee Kim) must fend for themselves when their mother abruptly packs her things, leaving the girls in the care of their alcoholic aunt without a word as to when she'll return. In a tale of innocence lost, the sisters try to make sense of their mother's absence. But in the meantime, 6-year-old Jin will be forced to mature far beyond her tender years.
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Learning Phonics Has Never Been This Easy!™
Children will fall in love with these wonderful characters as they Meet the Digraphs. Two letters that come together to form a single sound are taught in primary school as "letter digraphs." Meet the Digraphs makes learning to identify digraphs fun and easy. Meet the Digraphs teaches 13 basic digraphs that are taught in schools across the country. Digraphs are taught both alone and in the context of words....
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Brian Cox stars as Jacques, the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas (Dano), a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas a fitting heir and takes him under his wing, schooling him in the male-centric laws of his alcoholic...
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Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne's poignant tribute to his murdered childhood friend, Andrew Bagby, tells the story of a child custody battle between the baby's grieving grandparents and Shirley Turner, Bagby's pregnant ex-girlfriend and suspected killer. Initially, Kuenne made this documentary as a memorial for Andrew's loved ones, but it morphs into an emotional legal odyssey when Turner goes free on bail and is allowed to raise her son.
10) Blue Steel
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An U.S. Marshal is suspected of a robbery when he witnesses it. As he investigates, he realizes the town's leading citizen is planning a massive heist. He must clear his name and stop the real culprits.
1934 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury. The film stars John Wayne in one of his earlier leading roles. The story revolves around a U.S. marshal who gets caught up in a robbery where he is suspected of being the culprit.
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The once mean and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge was forever changed by his ghostly Christmas Eve encounter. Now one year later, Scrooge receives another posthumous visit from his old business partner. It seems Jacob Marley is not yet finished with Mister Scrooge! Sent on a journey 170 years into the future, Scrooge encounters a world even colder and greedier than his own, a world that includes a young cutthroat businessman named Timothy Cratchit VI. Will...
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The earliest Christians were in fact Jews - essentially, a Jewish sect of Jesus followers. They followed Jesus and respected his teachings as if he were much like a modern-day rabbi. And they adhered to the laws of Moses - which means they circumcised, ate Kosher, and respected Saturday as the Sabbath. So why is there such a separation between Judaism and Christianity today?
13) Promised Land
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"With high hopes of even higher dreams, basketball star Davey Hancock (Gedrick) eagerly anticipates high school graduation and continuing his legacy in the challenging "adult" world of college. But the future holds many surprises and no guarantees for Davey or for his classmates--the all-American cheerleader Mary (Pollan) and the off-beat "Senator" (Sutherland). Mary is college-bound, but discovers deeper ties at home. Senator is adrift, until he...
14) The Red House
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A man (Edward G. Robinson) & his sister (Judith Anderson) are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter (Allene Roberts), concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods. A classic suspense thriller with a haunting score by the famed composer Miklos Rozsa...The all-star cast also includes Rory Calhoun, Julie London, & Lon McCallister.
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Government agent Singin' Sandy Saunders infiltrates a small town to investigate a corrupt land baron who is hoarding water and extorting ranchers. Saunders teams up with a young woman whose mine has been stolen by the baron, and together they fight to bring him down.
1933 pre-Code Western musical film starring 26-year-old John Wayne as Singin' Sandy Saunders. It was the first of a series of sixteen Lone Star Westerns made for Monogram Pictures between...
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Snake oil salesman Georgi (Danny Kaye) is too honest for his own good. After his partner fires him, Georgi wanders into a corrupt town where he is mistaken for a diplomat. As Georgi unknowingly enjoys his false identity, the townspeople make several attempts to assassinate him, believing he is a powerful politician. Matters get more tangled and amusing, when the real inspector general shows up.
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Visual tour of the Grand Canyon and its wonders. "The Grand Canyon, the eighth wonder of the world, commonly called the four corners region, it contains more national parks and monuments than anywhere else in the world... [This DVD will take] an exploration uncovering the geology and the forces that have shaped this marvelous landscape."--Container.
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John Weston, the man from Utah, drifts into town just as Marshal Higgins is shooting it out with three bank robbers. Higgins asks Weston to assist him in the investigation of both a crooked rodeo-promoting gang that has been cheating neighboring towns out of their money and the mysterious deaths of the top rodeo performers. Weston agrees to investigate and works his way into the show, which is run by the shady Spike Barton. As Weston gets closer to...
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Gangster Eddie Kagel finds himself in Hell to do the Devil's bidding in this noir classic that centers around revenge, love, and doing the right thing. After an agreement between Eddie and the Devil, Eddie returns to Earth to ruin the life of a judge and to seek revenge on the trusted lieutenant who sent him to his fiery demise. Little goes right for the duo as Eddie continuously enhances the reputation of the judge and, somehow, finds love.
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