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Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard: A Slave's Life
A brief look at how slavery in America was tied to the crops grown in the South. See how the need for skilled workers was decreased and the use of unskilled slaves increased with the introduction of the cotton gin.
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Cornell University: Library: In Their Own Words: Slave Narratives
Slaves were not permitted to learn to read and write. Many risked their lives to record the narratives of their experiences as slaves. See why these narratives were so important to the anti-slavery movement. Find links to documents and...
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Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard: Prominent Abolitionists
Find the impetus behind the anti-slavery movement and the philosophy that united all abolitionists even though they followed different routes. Included are links to individual biographies of prominent abolitionists.
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Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard: Black Resistance
Free blacks in the North did what they could to support resistance to slavery, but see how the slaves themselves resisted in their own ways.
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Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard: The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the Civil War. Read about its importance, but also its inability to free a single slave in the South. Find a link to Abraham Lincoln which explains his change of thinking about the only...
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Cornell University: Kleinberg: The Mathematics of Algorithm Design
This site contains a paper (in PDF format) that describes some ways in which efficiency analysis may be performed on algorithms.
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Cornell University: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking: Purposes of Art
University instructor Charlotte Jirousek identifies and explains common purposes that art seeks to satisfy, such as commemorating an event, fulfilling a religious impulse, or commenting on society.
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Cornell University: Made to Measure
The activity investigates how 21st century technologies are defining a new era of customized clothing. Some topics examined are custom fit, custom clothing, the technologies, and testing a made-to-measure system at Cornell.
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Cornell University: Astronomy: Impact of Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 With Jupiter
Images and data from the Hale Telescope of the collision of Jupiter and Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Some of the most excellent ground-based observations of the impact.
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Cornell University: Astronomy: Frequently Asked Questions
Definintions for pulsars, millisecond pulsars, the evolution of pulsars, neutron stars and "Black Widows." Features related links.
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Cornell University: Library: Get Out the Vote: Campaigning for the u.s. Presidency
An examination of the process of campaigning and electioneering through partisan artifacts, symbols and ballots in ten featured elections.
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Cornell University: School Ergonomics Programs
This site contains information on the hazards of keyboarding and ways to improve the situation. Illustrations of correct seating arrangements are included.
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Cornell University: 3 D Body Scanner
Body scanning is a new technology that is shifting the focus of apparel production from "Cookie-cutter," to "One-of-a-kind." This site gives information about the technology, visualizations of a body scan, scenarios of the production...
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Cornell University: Kmoddl: Digital Library of Kinematics
This site by Cornell University takes an interactive approach to the science of Kinematics. Still, images, video, and machines that can be manipulated are just a few features available on this extremely comprehensive site.
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Cornell University: The Cesr Storage Ring
The Cornell Electron Storage Ring is a synchrotron electron accelerator. This website is a virtual tour of the facility.
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Cornell University: Meiosis in Lily Anther Microsporocytes
This cell biology page is illustrated with photographs of plant meiosis taking place in a cell.
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Cornell University: The Rush to Oklahoma
An observation printed in Harper's Weekly in 1889 about the Oklahoma land rush into the Indian Territory.
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Cornell University: Cell Division: Genetic Consequences
Review, identify, and describe the important steps in the cell reproduction of whitefish, onion root, and lily anther, and quiz yourself on the similarities and differences between mitosis and meiosis. A "Cell Division Construction Kit"...
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Cornell University: Johnson Museum of Art: Byrdcliffe, Arts and Crafts Colony
Byrdcliffe was an artist colony founded in 1902-03 in New York. This exhibition from the Johnson Museum of Art is the first traveling exhibition of Byrdcliffe and it features art objects, historical materials, architecture, music, and...
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Cornell University: Modeling Human Facial Expressions
Advanced look at Project Deidre, an attempt to get realistic computer generated facial expressions. Demos can be viewed here.
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Cornell University: Law School: Constitution of the u.s.
The Constitution of the United States is provided by the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University of Law.
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Cornell University: Law School: Grutter v. Bollinger
U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Grutter v. Bollinger case involving affirmative action.
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Cornell University: Law School: Antitrust: An Overview
A brief overview of the term "antitrust", with a specific emphasis on the Sherman Antitrust Act which passed in 1890.
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Cornell University: Law School: Insurance Law
This site from the Cornell University School of Law provides a clear overview of Insurance Law. A great place to get the basics with links to more in depth resources and examples.