Africa's Disease Burden
LSE Health and the LSE Africa Initiative in collaboration with The British Academy invites you to an event on Africa’s disease burden. Chronic non-communicable diseases have become major causes of adult disability and death in Sub-Saharan Africa. Chronic disease deaths in men and women as a whole are higher in sub-Saharan African than in virtually all other regions of the world and co-exist with a high burden of infectious diseases. In advance of the UN’s High Level Meeting on chronic non-co
WPMU to Wp3.1.3 Plugin compatibility spreadsheet
WPMU to Wp3.1.3 Plugin compatibility spreadsheet
1.3 The origins of voice-leading analysis
This unit introduces ‘voice-leading’ or ‘Schenkerian’ analysis, perhaps the most widely-used and discussed method of analysing tonal music. In this unit, this method is explained through the analysis of piano sonatas by Mozart. The unit is the first in the AA314 series of three units on this form of harmonic analysis, and concentrates on the ‘foreground level’ of voice leading. As you work through this unit, you will become familiar with five complete movements of Mozart’s piano
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Plate tectonics is an earth sciences topic that attracts a good deal of interest, given that it a topic very often featured in popular science programmes on TV and radio. It is a subject that have strong visual appeal. The coverage is S279 is self-contained, up to date and is written in a way that will be accessible to those with interest and motivation, all the more so for those who have some pre-existing scientific understanding.
Careers in Computer Science
Faculty members at Columbia University discuss career opportunities in Computer Science. (04:37)
Learn Hindi Daily Show – How old are you? – dda – Internal Compulsion
“How old are you?” If you are old enough, you probably “Have to learn Hindi.” You might feel compelled to learn Hindi. These are just two of the things that...
"We No Longer Control Our Resources": Donna Koons Kingsley Describes the Struggle of Trinidad's Oilf
A slew of international financial crises in the early 1990's, including collapses in Mexico, Southeast Asia, and Russia, highlighted the important influence international lending organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank had over economic decisions in the developing world. Often in cooperation with local elites, these bodies have forced countries to respond to debt crises by privatizing public industries and utilities, in many cases selling these public resou
Tower of Babylon - Plastic Palace
Watch two of America's most commonly consumed plastic items—hangers and bottles—get repurposed, designed, and transformed into large-scale works of art by students at Georgia Tech's College of Architecture. The purpose? To help build awareness about sustainability and to creatively convey the astronomical volume of recyclable material we carelessly dispose of everyday.
For more information, visit http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=66146
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Vector Multiplication
Richard Baldwin
This module explains vector multiplication in a format that is accessible to blind students.
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Atlantic World
AnaMaria Seglie
This course includes a variety of modules concerning the Atlantic World and Atlantic economies. It allows students to study how the networks of the Atlantic intersected and overlapped with those […]
Catholic Missions and Spanish Colonialism
AnaMaria Seglie
This course offers a series of modules through which AP history teachers can introduce histories of Spanish colonialism and Catholic missionary work in the Americas. Topics include colonial […]
Health and Medicine in the Western Hemisphere
AnaMaria Seglie
This course provides a series of modules that discuss yellow fever, disease, the building of the Panama Canal, and health care in the U.S. South and throughout the hemisphere. History teachers […]
Revolution and War in the Hemisphere
AnaMaria Seglie
This course offers AP history and English teachers teaching material for studying different wars throughout the Western Hemisphere. The collection is organized into three major sub-folders: […]
Slavery in the Americas
AnaMaria Seglie
This course includes modules that AP history and literature teachers can use to introduce students to slavery within a broader hemispheric context. It includes discussions of slave sales, labor, […]
Travel Literature and History
AnaMaria Seglie
This collection provides modules on different forms of travel. It includes lessons on transported labor and slavery, travel journals, travel fiction, migration, and U.S. imperialism in […]
Plastic Bag Bracelet
This is a great way to make a bracelet for either yourself or a friend. Materials Needed:Plastic Bag (with colorful design), Scissors, Pony Beads (these are used as decoration on braided hair). There is no sound, but the instructions appear on the screen. (00:56)
