Summary: This second video in the Principles of Flight series focuses on the forces of Thrust and Drag and how each can affect flight. Viewers then learn how pilots manuever through these forces using primary and secondary instruments which create movement around the three axes of flight. Key terms such as wing tip vortices, pitch, yaw, and roll are explained in detail, giving a clearer understanding of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In order to be a competent pilot, one must develop a thorough understanding of how and why a plane flies, as well as the forces that affect the flight of an aircraft. This video gives viewers just that. It outlines the forces of Lift and Gravity on an aircraft and goes on to describe how different structures on the plane are used to control these forces. Experts on aeronautics and flight give...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Covers allergies, defined as hypersensitivity to the immune system, and immune disorders, which are dysfunctions of the immune system classified as different from allergies based on immune system disorders. Entries explore allergies to common allergens, like pollen and certain foods, as well as a variety of immune disorders, such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Coverage includes causes,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Reference, Call number: Reference 616.079 Buratovich 2021Forest, Christopher.
Summary: Learn about the pyramids of ancient Egypt including their history, how they were constructed, and their purpose.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2012
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J932 CAPSummary: Pleasing the eye is important, but a skilled designer also pays attention to the consumer's mind, emotions, and needs. This program explores the basic elements of design and how they can be manipulated to create powerful visual and interactive experiences. Detailing the properties of line, shape, tone, point, texture, color, and letterform-and how designers organize these elements through...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Dalio, Ray
Summary: In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history. Dalio himself has appeared on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 DALCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 DALSummary: To study and understand the motion of objects in space, students need to build a foundation of knowledge in a wide variety of physical science phenomena. This program demonstrates typical mechanics situations common to many physics courses, such as circular motion, projectile motion, straight line motion, and inclined plane motion. Describing these motions in terms of forces and energy...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Principles of Business: Management provides students and researchers with a solid understanding of the most important aspects of management, from leadership and operations to project management and entrepreneurship. An understanding of the fundamentals of management will serve job-seekers in all industries, alongside those who want to start their own business.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 PRISummary: This resource introduces students and researchers to the fundamentals of biotechnology using easy-to-understand language that gives readers a solid start and deeper understanding and appreciation of this complex subject. The 134 articles include 109 entries that explain the basic principles of biotechnology, ranging from Alternative Energy Sources to Zygomycetes, with attention paid to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 PRISummary: Forests are not just collections of growing trees. A forest is a complex environment, home to thousands of intricately interconnected living species. This program explores three aspects of the forest: the amazing process of photosynthesis, by which plants collect solar energy and convert it into essential compounds; the role of forests in global weather and in maintaining the balance of the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Skogen, Jennifer
Summary: The Door of the Dead is open, and Macy hones her newfound powers destroying the ghosts who emerge. However, when she meets a ghost who reminder her of her dead brother, Macy decides to spare him. While Dominick and his friends try to find a way to close the Door. Macy's dangerous friendship grows stronger. Ultimately, everyone must decide what secrets are worth keeping, and what price they are...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SKOWohlleben, Peter
Summary: "From the international bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees. An illuminating manifesto on ancient forests: how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through generations, and why our future lies in protecting them. In his beloved book The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben revealed astonishing discoveries about the social networks of trees and how they communicate....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: David Suzuki Institute 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.3 WOHVilla-Lobos, Heitor.
Contents: Overture -- Deep in the forest -- Excitement among the Indians -- First bird song -- Nature's dance -- Second bird song -- Vocalise -- Sails -- On the way to the hunt -- Third bird song -- Twilight song -- The Indian's in search of the girl -- Fourth bird song -- Rima's music -- Vocalise -- Head hunters -- Love song -- Sentimental melody -- Forest fire -- Finale.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Delos 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL VILDeep Forest (Musical group)
Contents: Deep forest (5:33) -- Sweet lullaby (3:54) -- Hunting (3:27) -- Night bird (4:18) -- The first twilight (3:18) -- Savana dance (4:26) -- Desert walk (5:14) -- White whisper (5:46) -- The second twilight (1:24) -- Sweet lullaby (ambient mix) (3:47) -- Forest hymn (5:48).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony 550 Music 1992
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC DEEAnderson, Kevin J.
Summary: Five years after humans inadvertently kill most of a powerful alien species known as the Hydrogues, an ancient Hydrogue enemy forces the human race to choose between ruthless new allies and becoming pawns in a galactic war.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDKishimoto, Masashi
Summary: "Through Naruto's pluck and a healthy dose of luck, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura passed the written portion of their Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams ... but that was only the beginning. They're now in the thick of the exam's second portion, help in the aptly named Forest of Death, and instructor Mitarashi Anko has promisd to cut the number of advancing teams by half! Each team is turned against...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz 2006
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1 available in Manga, Call number: YA FIC KISMarrin, Albert
Summary: "Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path. In this book, you'll find out about how and why wildfires happen, how different groups . . . have managed forests and fire, the biggest wildfires in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 634.9 MARHudak, Heather C.
Summary: "This engaging title introduces readers to one of the richest biomes in the world-the rain forest. A special section on this habitat under threat helps readers use their mapping skills to research endangered rainforest animals."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.34 HUDOwen, Ruth
Summary: Explores the ecosystem of the forest and how plants, animals and trees are interdependent.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ruby Tuesday Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.3 OWESummary: The tropical rain forests of the world are home to nearly half the animal species on earth and contain some of the most fascinating examples of natural adaptation ever seen. This classic program takes viewers into the rain forests of Costa Rica to witness a richly varied habitat under threat from human encroachment. Here, a basilisk lizard walks on water, howler monkeys bask in the sun, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Cradick, Martin.
Contents: Spirit of the forest (5:30) -- The man who danced too slowly (6:04) -- Ngombi (4:43) -- Baka play Baka (7:01) -- Nahwia (5:12) -- Eeya bé (Elephant song) (7:31) -- Canya jam (5:38) -- Bounaka (6:50).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hannibal Records 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT BAKWohlleben, Peter
Summary: "In an era of cell phone addiction and ever-expanding cities, many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature--but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact. Whether we observe it or not, our blood pressure stabilizes near trees, the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses. Drawing on new scientific discoveries, The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2021