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Technique Critique - Accent Expert Breaks Down 17 More Actors Playing Real People

Dialect coach Erik Singer once again takes a look at idiolects, better known as the specific way one individual speaks. Did Rami Malek do a good job speaking through prosthetics to become Freddie Mercury? How accurate was Jennifer Lawrence's Long Island accent in Joy? Did Christian Bale nail former Vice President Dick Cheney? Check out more from Erik here: http://www.eriksinger.com/




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Accent Expert Breaks Down 4 Fascinating Things About Languages

Ever wonder why we pronounce words differently than we did 100 years ago? Dialect coach Erik Singer breaks down four of the most mind-blowing facts we know about human language.




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Accent Expert Explains How to Tell Accents Apart

Have you ever had a hard time telling the difference between an Aussie and a Kiwi accent? Dialect coach Erik Singer breaks down the subtle differences between a few commonly confused regional accents. What actually makes a New York and Boston accent different? What's the main differentiator between a northern and southern English accent?




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Accent Expert Explains Similarities Between Different Accents

Many accents from different parts of the English-speaking world actually have a ton of similarities. Dialect coach Erik Singer talks about how this happens, and breaks down which mouth and tongue shapes correlate to the sounds we hear.




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A short course on relativistic heavy ion collisions / A.K. Chaudhuri (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, India and Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India)

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Condensed capitalism [electronic resource] : Campbell Soup and the pursuit of cheap production in the twentieth century / Daniel Sidorick

Sidorick, Daniel




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The new leadership paradigm : a leadership development textbook for the twenty-first century leader / Richard Barrett

Barrett, Richard, 1945- author




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Applying advanced analytics to HR management decisions [electronic resource] : methods for selection, developing incentives, and improving collaboration / James C. Sesil

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Hundred percenters [electronic resource] : challenge your employees to give it their all, and they'll give you even more / Mark Murphy

Murphy, Mark A. (Mark Andrew)




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Orientalism and imperialism : from nineteenth-century missionary imaginings to the contemporary Middle East / Andrew Wilcox

Wilcox, Andrew, author




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Geomechanical Processes and Their Assessment in the Rock Massifs in Central Kazakhstan by Khaini-Kamal Kassymkanova, Gulnara Jangulova, Gulnura Issanova, Venera Turekhanova, Yermek Zhalgasbekov

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250 million years of Earth history in central Italy: celebrating 25 years of the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco / edited by Christian Koeberl, David M. Bice

Dewey Library - QE272.A15 2019




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Paleozoic-Mesozoic geology of South Island, New Zealand: subduction-related processes adjacent to SE Gondwana / edited by A.H.F. Robertson

Hayden Library - QE348.2.P35 2019




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Coastal hydrogeology / Jimmy Jiao, Vincent Post

Barker Library - GB1005.J536 2019




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The Alnö Carbonatite Complex, Central Sweden / by Peter Kresten, Valentin R. Troll

Hayden Library - QE462.C36 K74 2018




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Interface engineering of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides towards next-generation electronic devices: recent advances and challenges

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,787-807
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00743A, Review Article
Wugang Liao, Siwen Zhao, Feng Li, Cong Wang, Yanqi Ge, Huide Wang, Shibo Wang, Han Zhang
This review presents recent advances and challenges in the interface engineering of 2D TMDCs and emerging electronics based on TMDCs.
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Intentional modification of the optical spectral response and relative sensitivity of luminescent thermometers based on Fe3+,Cr3+,Nd3+ co-doped garnet nanocrystals by crystal field strength optimization

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00097C, Research Article
K. Kniec, K. Ledwa, K. Maciejewska, L. Marciniak
The relative sensitivity and usable temperature range of Fe3+,Cr3+-based luminescent thermometers can be tuned by modification of the crystal field strength.
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Blue quantum dot-based electroluminescent light-emitting diodes

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1340-1365
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00029A, Review Article
Fei Chen, Qingli Lin, Huaibin Shen, Aiwei Tang
This review about the development of blue QD-LEDs will provide the reference to demonstrate the excellent blue devices.
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AIE-active Schiff base compounds as fluorescent probes for the highly sensitive and selective detection of Fe3+ ions

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1471-1482
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00792J, Research Article
Jonnagaddala Harathi, Kathavarayan Thenmozhi
AIE-active Schiff base compounds were synthesized and photophysical properties were investigated. The compounds exhibited prominent sensing behaviour towards Fe3+ ion with enhanced selectivity, high association constants and low detection limits.
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A turn-off fluorescent probe for the detection of Cu2+ based on a tetraphenylethylene-functionalized salicylaldehyde Schiff-base

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1500-1506
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00759H, Research Article
Hai-Fang Xie, Chang-Jin Yu, Ya-Li Huang, Hong Xu, Qi-Long Zhang, Xiao-Hong Sun, Xing Feng, Carl Redshaw
A tetraphenylethylene-functionalized salicylaldehyde Schiff-base fluorescent probe (TPE-An-Py) with aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE) characteristics exhibited high sensitivity towards copper(II) ions in aqueous media with a “turn-off” fluorescence mechanism; limit of detection is 2.36 × 10−7 mol L−1.
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When Centipedes Dream—Sue Bracken

ISBN: 9781988040387 Pub date: Spring 2018   Sue Bracken often finds the bizarre and the beautiful in what she sees. When Centipedes Dream, her debut book of poems, is a collection of these sightings. It  ranges from the familial love in a small blue bracelet,  the roar surrounding the loss of a sibling, the balletic thoughts of a [...]




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[ASAP] Combined Light Extinction and Scattering Measurement for Measuring a Low-Particulate-Mass Concentration with a White Cell-Based Optical System

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00179




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Kerala: Free WiFi, food, 24X7 doctors at care centres

To contain the spread and manage the people during the period of incubation, the state health department has issued an elaborate advisory to be followed at the Covid care centres where the NRKs will be admitted straight from the airports.




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The novel of the century: the extraordinary adventure of Les Misérables / David Bellos

Hayden Library - PQ2286.B45 2017




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Romanciers minimalistes: 1979-2003: colloque de Cerisy / Marc Dambre et Bruno Blanckeman (éds) ; Centre culturel international de Cerisy

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French studies in and for the 21st century / edited by Philippe Lane and Michael Worton

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The Némirovsky question: the life, death, and legacy of a Jewish writer in twentieth-century France / Susan Rubin Suleiman

Hayden Library - PQ2627.E4 Z899 2016




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The pen and the brush: how passion for art shaped nineteenth-century French novels / Anka Muhlstein ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter

Hayden Library - PQ653.M8413 2017




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Ménage à trois: littérature, médecine, religion / Vincent Kaufmann

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Enchanted islands: picturing the allure of conquest in eighteenth-century France / Mary D. Sheriff

Rotch Library - PQ265.S58 2018




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Weaving narrative: clothing in twelfth-century French romance / Monica L. Wright

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A history of modern French literature: from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century / edited by Christopher Prendergast

Hayden Library - PQ103.H57 2017




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The politics of love: queer heterosexuality in nineteenth-century French literature / Maxime Foerster

Hayden Library - PQ293.M39 F64 2018




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Race on display in 20th- and 21st-century France / Katelyn E. Knox

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Patron Services: Civil Rights in the 20th Century: Personal Papers and Organizational Records in the Manuscript Division

In this session, Manuscript Reference Librarian Edith Sandler will demonstrate how to search for and access personal papers and organizational records documenting the history of the civil rights movement in the 20th century. Time will be included at the end of the session for Q&A about research strategies or steps on specific research projects. All researchers are welcome.

Please note that the maximum class size is 30 researchers unless otherwise indicated.

Individuals requiring accommodations for any of these events are requested to submit a request at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

Patrons are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes prior to the orientation. Seating is available on a first-come basis. Registration does not guarantee entry after the orientation start time.

For more information, please visit: https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/satorient/

 

Date: Saturday, January 25, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST

 

Location: Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ-139B

 

Click here for more information and to register.

 

Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

 

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Program arcade games: with Python and Pygame / Paul Vincent Craven

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Program Arcade Games: With Python and Pygame / Paul Vincent Craven

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Centre, Bengal in tussle over migrant trains

The return of migrant workers to West Bengal has become another flashpoint between the Centre and the TMC-led state government with home minister Amit Shah alleging that the state government is not allowing special trains. However, the TMC government accused the Centre of "lying" and said they have planned eight trains to ferry migrants.




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Live: Covid testing capacity scaled up to 95,000 per day, says Centre

India’s Covid-19 count is nearing 60,000 mark with 59,662 cases after new cases topped 3,000 for the third consecutive day. The overall death toll too was just short of 2,000 at 1,981. Overall, 3,294 fresh cases were reported from states in past 24-hour. Stay here for all live updates




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'Confusion' within central government in fight against Covid-19: Congress




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Shah slams Bengal govt for 'not allowing' migrant trains; Centre lying, says TMC

The return of migrant workers to West Bengal has become another flashpoint between the Centre and the TMC-led state government with home minister Amit Shah alleging that the state government is not allowing special trains. However, the TMC government accused the Centre of "lying" and said they have planned eight trains to ferry migrants.




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Bears could make a move for recently-released Saints guard Larry Warford

One of the best guards of 2019 is all of a sudden on the market.




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Recent advances in nanostructured intermetallic electrocatalysts for renewable energy conversion reactions

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8195-8217
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01809K, Review Article
Ho Young Kim, Sang Hoon Joo
This review summarises recent advances in the synthesis and electrocatalytic application of intermetallic nanostructures.
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Recent progress in carbonyl-based organic polymers as promising electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03321A, Review Article
Hao Wang, Chang-Jiang Yao, Hai-Jing Nie, Ke-Zhi Wang, Yu-Wu Zhong, Pengwan Chen, Shilin Mei, Qichun Zhang
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been demonstrated as one of the most promising energy storage devices for applications in electric vehicles, smart grids, large-scale energy storage systems, and portable electronics.
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Upcoming Events: Kluge Center Spring Events

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce a packed schedule of public events happening this spring.

Click here for more information.

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.




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Harpsichord sonatas / Vincent Persichetti

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--as if the mesh of words were broken--: Lieder in the late 20th century and beyond.

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[ASAP] Stereoselective Asymmetric Synthesis of Pyrrolidines with Vicinal Stereocenters Using a Memory of Chirality-Assisted Intramolecular S<sub>N</sub>2' Reaction

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01307




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The scientific journal: authorship and the politics of knowledge in the nineteenth century / Alex Csiszar

Browsery Q223.C85 2018




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Reluctant power: networks, corporations, and the struggle for global governance in the early 20th century / Rita Zájacz

Browsery P95.8.Z267 2019