Arranging and aligning objects
Learn about changing the stacking order of objects in an interactive tour, using familiar commands from Illustrator. Use the align commands to easily align objects on the artboard.
Entrepreneurship as Fast Growth Management
This course helps the student learn to anticipate the challenges that entrepreneurial companies face during their fast growth, turnaround, or rebirth periods. You will acquire the concepts, techniques, and skills necessary to successfully respond to Fast Growth & Corporate Innovation. It is a good course for those interested in starting their own venture, purchasing an existing company, turning around a problem company, providing services to other fast track companies, or pursuing new business v
Feasibility Analysis
This course is about developing analytical and conceptual skills required to test the feasibility of a business concept. In broad terms, the focus of a feasibility study involves undertaking activities that may help determine whether one should go forward with an opportunity. The process of feasibility analysis involves identifying, evaluating and determining whether to exploit an opportunity. (It should be noted that a business plan would be developed after a feasibility analysis has determined
Forensics in the classroom
This site uses crime scene scenarios to introduce concepts of biology, chemistry, and physics in a way designed to excite interest in the applications of forensic investigations. Students conduct a variety of experiments including paper chromatography analysis, hair analysis, pH testing, fingerprinting, and handwriting analysis to experience forensic science technology. The site is a collaboration between the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and Court TV designed for middle and high school
Middle School Portal: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2)
In this online activity, students analyze predictions made by sportswriters about which basketball teams will win to determine which teams are playing each other. The Getting Started link describes how to set up a table to organize the given information. The activity is one of 80 mathematical challenges featured on the Figure This! web site, where real-world uses of mathematics are emphasized. The solution illustrates and explains three different ways to successfully organize information, includ
Creating corner-aligned dashed lines
Control various elements of dashed lines in Illustrator CS5, including line length, corners and gaps.
Alternative discussion formats: museum exhibit design
Designing museum exhibits encourages students to think creatively and to use a wide range of thinking skills.
Negative in Hands
Shows the Gardner negative being held by Daniel R. Weinberg's gloved hands. Weinberg owned the negative before it was purchased by the Indiana Historical Society.,The Gardner negative is a collodion wet-plate negative of a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Indianapolis in Maps: Now and Then
This kit contains all the documents needed to replicate the activity, "Indianapolis in Maps: Now and Then" which is a 1-2 hr. program that introduces learners to the benefits of maps as tools for discovering a city’s (and its people’s) history. Using map navigation skills, participants will be provided with a list of well-known present day landmarks in Indianapolis. They will locate these sites on a current map of downtown Indianapolis and using the information found here (addresses, street
Healthy People 2010 disease prevalence in the Marshfield Clinic Personalized Medicine Research Proje
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of Healthy People 2010 disease conditions in a large population-based cohort in central Wisconsin (WI, USA) and to consider how these conditions can be prioritized for research based on the use of healthcare services, the prevalence of various disease states and the resulting study power.
Methods: Healthy People 2010 diagnoses were estimated for participants in
the Personalized Medicine Research Project (PMRP), a large popula
It's an ad!
How do marketers target kids -- and how can we teach kids to know the difference between advertising and fact? These websites provide strategies to build critical thinking skills for media literate kids.
Head of Albert Einstein
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Modeling of rollover protective structure and falling object protective structure tests on a composi
Machines have become indispensable as part of our day today lives. They have made a stand in various fields like agriculture, construction, mining, materials handling, excavating and general use in industries. Skid Steer loader is one such machine which has the ability to fit into all of these categories. Skid steer loaders are known the world over for versatility and maneuverability. These are agile machines which have become a part of most industries. Their ability of having various attachment
The Ideas that are Changing Politics
There has been an extraordinary surge in the study of behaviour from evolutionary biologists, neurologists and game theorists, but this has been largely divorced from the political debate. David Willetts will draw on the latest research from these disciplines to explain what Government can and cannot do to influence our behaviour. David Willetts is shadow secretary of state for innovation, universities and skills and has been the MP for Havant since 1992. He was shadow secretary of state for wor
The histories of each: a collection of short fiction
The used couch -- Indian graveyard -- Heart disease -- Tree house -- Cravings -- Henderson’s grocery.,Thesis (M.A.)--Wichita State University, Dept. of English.,"May 2006."
KS2 Numeracy SATs revision 2
The levels test basic skills - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (without a calculator!) - along with using brackets and questions where a missing number needs to be found. One level tests tables, and finally there are some questions where a calculator may be used, against the clock. Each question uses an on-screen keypad for entering the answers. The order of questions is randomised. Progress is tracked and numerous awards given for achievement at each level.
Resolved: A Chronicle of Technical Services (2006)
The news reports of Technical Services,Published irregularly.
Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series: Cynthia Dai
Cynthia Dai, Dainamic Consulting, Inc.
A seasoned entrepreneur, Cynthia Dai has co-founded several high technology start-ups and served on the executive team of both early-stage and public ventures. This hands-on experience combined with strong operational skills in marketing, engineering and finance has enabled Ms. Dai to build or reposition companies for rapid growth. Ms. Dai's strengths as an Interim Executive lie in attracting results-oriented senior management teams, developing strong busi
Title:Â funerary stela of Nesy-wer
VADS Collection:Â Artworld: Sainsbury Centre for
Description:Â Round-topped funerary stela.
In the lunette, there is a winged sun-disk with three columns of inscription (offering formula) directly underneath. On the left hand side of the stela, there is the hawk-headed Re-Harakhty, depicted mummiform with sun-disk and uraeus on his head, holding a was-sceptre and standing on a dais. An offering table stands before him. On the right hand side is a female, Nesy-wer, wearing a short wig, necklace and long see-through gown, one hand rais
Title:Â ivory female statuette
VADS Collection:Â Artworld: Sainsbury Centre for Vis
Description:Â Naked female statuette carved from one piece of ivory. The woman has a narrow waist and broad hips and stands with hunched shoulders, her arms held at her sides and legs together. The facial features of the statuette are simple whereas the features of the body are more finely carved. The pubic area is exaggerated and highlighted by punctate decoration. The eyes, eyebrows and pubic triangle have been emphasised with black pigment.
The figure is broken; the legs have been r
