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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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John Wayne returns for his latest adventure in, the Lawless Frontier! Notorious outlaw Pandro Zanti has met his match in John Tobin! After murdering Tobin's parents Zanti attempts to kill a local man and kidnap his daughter. Fueled by the desire of revenge and affections for the young lady, Tobin saddles up, and prepares for the fight of his life as the two square off in an confrontation the likes of which Texas has never seen!
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A nameplate about to be put on a statue of Admiral Hornblast goes missing and Huckle, Sally and Lowly try to uncover what happened to it. // Pig Will and Pig Won't are playing spies. However Pig Won't suddenly finds himself out of the game when his Secret Spy Ring disappears!
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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?
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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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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...
13) Antarctica
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From Oscarwinning director Luc Jacquet March of the Penguins comes a stirring portrait of French glaciologist, Claude Lorius, whose groundbreaking research in Antarctica gave us the first clear evidence of manmade global climate change.
14) The Tower
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Beirut, Lebanon, Today. Wardi lives with her whole family in the refugee camp where she was born. When her greatgrandfather, Sidi, gives her the key to his old house, she fears he may have lost hope of someday going home.
15) Season One
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In this season, discover and learn about animals, starting with the ones that your children may encounter at home, to farm animals, all the way to the most unique of creatures from all 7 continents
17) Last Summer
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During a long hot summer in the rural paradise of 1970s West Wales, a courageous ten year old boy arms himself against the adult world to salvage the lives of his friends, convincing them to run away with him after a love triangle ends in murder.
18) Human Capital
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As the destinies of two families, one wealthy and the other middle class, become entwined, a fateful hit and run accident sets in motion a chain of events, triggering dangerous consequences that will change their lives forever.
19) Another Country
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The great Australian Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil tells the tale about when his people's way of life was interrupted by ours.
20) Cinderella
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Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown, and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving only a single glass slipper, the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending! Bonus features included.
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