Sunday, October 31, 2010

High Voltage - Arcing Lightnings Sparks

High Voltage Live Downed Wire Arcing (video)
==> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLlOjWmFaS4

Jacob's Ladder: 500 kV Switch Opening
==> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXiOQCRiSp0

Captured Lightning
==> http://www.capturedlightning.com/

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

South Asian Fonts, Malayalam short story

** From Univ of Chicago's South Asian Language Resource Center,
FONTS: http://salrc.uchicago.edu/resources/fonts/available/

** A Malayalam Short Story:
http://malabar-express.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-post_22.html

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Friday, October 15, 2010

SG Learning resource website + India - Hindu Wisdom site

**** Learning Resources SG websites
** SciberDiver -- portal with lots of links to Science Info, suitable
for Primary 3 and above.
==> http://www.sciberdiver.edu.sg/


**** India -- Hindu Wisdom:
Lots of info, links, pictures:
==> http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Glimpses_XVII.htm

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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Malayalam KuttiKkatha -- Game Pisaas

http://vettamashi.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post_20.html

Site full of poems and stories for children:
http://vettamashi.blogspot.com/


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Geogebra, Kojo etc...

Geogebra
http://www.geogebra.org/

* Interactive graphics, algebra and spreadsheet
* From elementary school to university level
* Free learning materials

Kojo -- a bit like Logo, visual IDE and play with Math/Art/Animation

* http://www.kogics.net/sf:kojo


MathPiper IDE

* http://www.mathpiper.org/screenshots

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Medicine: Physical examination

* Physician Revives a Dying Art: The Physical
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/health/12profile.html?src=me&ref=general

* A "map" of the Stanford 25 -- Physical examination of the patient
http://stanford25.wordpress.com/

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Monday, October 4, 2010

Gender of French nouns... French tips

In French, nouns (such as table and spoon) are masculine or feminine based on the Spelling.

* Rule 1: Words that end with E: usually feminine
6 exceptions: (i)~phone, (ii) ~scope, (iii) ~isme, (iii) age, (iv) ~ède,
~ège,~ème, (vi) é

* Rule 2: Words that end with A, I, O, U: usually masculine

* Rule 3: Words that end with consonants: usually masculine

An example re: the use of avoir or etre for Passe Compose.

Remember -- ADVENT.

Arriver - Partir
Descendre - Monter
Venir - Aller
Entrer - Sortir
Naitre - Mourir
Tomber - Rester, Retourner, Passer

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