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The Renaissance: Florence's Golden Age
Florence in north central Italy came to prominence during the middle ages. Its wealth, initially generated from the weaving of woollen fabric, was consolidated when the Republic of Florence began minting gold florins in sufficient...
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Digitizing Ghent University's Library
At the heart of the historic Belgian city of Ghent is the city's university. Ghent University s library has a collection in excess of a million books in French, Flemish, German and English. Since 2007 the library has been working with...
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Venice: a City of Islands, Culture, and Challenges
The city of Venice is built across 118 small islands in the lagoon along Italy s northern Adriatic coast. It has no roads so people must either walk along narrow paths or travel by boat.
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Big Ideas - Episode 22 - High Speed Trains
Near Geneva is the Big Idea of CERN, the world s largest particle-physics laboratory. In its tunnels, situated underground, scientists study matter, anti-matter and the forces that created the universe itself. Scientists are working on...
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Balance of the Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco s Golden Gate Bridge takes its name from the narrow opening to San Francisco Bay. It links the city with Marin County. When it opened in 1937 it replaced a ferry service that had been in operation for more than a 100 years....
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Living Green - Episode 104 - Beijing Smog
Since 2008, Beijing has been striving to improve its air quality. During the Olympics, the city placed restrictions on construction sites, gas stations, and an estimated 45% of Beijing's 3.3 million cars were taken off the roads in an...
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Exploring Petra
In the southeastern hills of Jordan, on the edge of the Wadi Araba is Petra, capital of the ancient Nabataeans. Its location in the rocky crevices of Mount Hor made it a natural fortress and because it was at the confluence of trade...
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Navigating Sydney Harbour
This video provides an overview of the importance of marine pilots in navigating the complex waterways of Sydney Harbour. It highlights the compulsory use of pilots for ships above 30 meters in length and the role they play in safely...
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The Future of Fuel Cell Technology
Fuel cell technology is the way of the future for motor transport. It s a clean, zero emission fuel that has no side effects for the environment which is why car makers are starting to develop vehicles to suit the technology.
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Inside the USS Stennis
Modern aircraft carriers are used by the dominant military nations to extend air power far from the homeland.
PBS
The Origins of ‘Big Bug’ Science Fiction
Insects make up 80 percent of the world’s species, so it's not all that surprising we’ve occasionally made them into monsters in science fiction and horror. What is staggering is why the “big bug” subgenre took off in the 1950s. Find out...
Great Big Story
Colma, the city of a Million Souls
Dive into the history of Colma, where the dead outnumber the living and cemeteries serve as community parks.
Wonderscape
Exploring the World of Ants: Strength, Society, and Survival
Dive into the fascinating world of ants and discover why these tiny creatures are some of nature's most impressive engineers and survivors. From their incredible strength, capable of lifting 50 times their weight, to their complex social...
Science Buddies
Create an Urban Heat Island Profile Using ArcGIS Online
In this science project, you will explore Urban Heat Islands with ArcGIS Online and analyze surface type & air temperature relationships in your city.
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Rust Programming 2023 - A Comprehensive Course for Beginners - What Are Enums in Rust
This video demonstrates Enums in Rust. This clip is from the chapter "Beginner to Intermediate Lessons" of the series "Rust Programming 2023 - A Comprehensive Course for Beginners".This section focuses on the beginner to intermediate...
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JavaScript Mastery from Zero to Hero - Prepare for Coding Interviews - Modifying Objects and Accessing Objects in JavaScript
This video helps you with modifying objects and accessing objects in JavaScript. This clip is from the chapter "Data Structures - From Zero to Intermediate" of the series "JavaScript Mastery from Zero to Hero - Prepare for Coding...
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Project Finance and Excel - Build Financial Models from Scratch - Transactions Eligible for Project Finance
This video talks about the various transactions eligible for project finance. It also talks about what we use project finance for and the use cases. We use project finance for transportation, power, environment, and more. This clip is...
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Building Microservices API in Go - Database Adapter
In this video, we will focus on building a database adapter for our Go application, including setting up a MySQL connection pool, implementing the repository pattern, and injecting dependencies at the time of application wiring. This...
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Let's Go There! Battle of Sabine Pass
Travel to Sabine City, Texas and learn about the Battle of Sabine Pass the most one sided Confederate victory of the Civil War.
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Let's Go There! Galveston Hurricane
Travel to Galveston Texas and learn about the deadly hurricane of 1900 and the bulding of the Galveston Seawall
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Mechanical Marvels: The Magic of Giant Automatons
Step into the world of giant automatons with Mac Lesggy as he explores the inventive Machines of the Isle of Nantes. Witness the awe-inspiring 12-meter high elephant automaton, capable of carrying 50 passengers and powered by intricate...
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Revolutionizing Urban Mobility: From Smart Traffic Lights to Public Transport Apps
Discover the future of urban mobility in this fascinating exploration of emerging technologies designed to streamline city living. Learn about intelligent traffic light systems that adapt in real-time to reduce congestion, and innovative...
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Chatbots Development with Amazon Lex - Testing Our Chatbot
After completing all the necessary steps in building the chatbot, we will now deploy the chatbot and back to the Lex console. We will then test the chatbot for the intended tasks it is to perform.
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Chatbots Development with Amazon Lex - Starting Lambda Code
In this video, we will prepare to write the code for the chatbot's functioning; we will import a few required libraries, including JSON, datetime, and time.