Faculty of Law: Eileen Fegan – Education, Economics, Employment: Imagining Our Future
The Faculty of Law and the New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women, is pleased to host a public lecture featuring Eileen Fegan, an Irish lawyer specialising in human rights and women's rights. Eileen will be reflecting on changes in women's education and employment patterns and the challenges of the recession. 6 October 2012.
Duke Chapel Live - 11/25/2012
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Carl Sagan on the Chemical Elements
Taken from the legendary Cosmos series, this video features Carl Sagan discussing atoms and the origins of our chemical elements. He explains how they are fused together in the interiors of stars. "Where do the natural occuring chemical elements come from? Perhaps a seperate creation for each element? But all the elements are made of the same elementary particles; the Universe all of it, everywhere, is 99.9 percent hydrogen and helium." This video comes from Carl Sagan's Cosmo
Natuurrampen : Soorten Deze bijdrage bevat hyperlinks naar filmfragmenten, die ondersteund worden met uitleg in de presentatie. Op die manier worden de betekenis en de gevolgen van een natuurramp telkens toegelicht.
Hoekenwerk : Spelen met taal en wiskunde Het hoekenwerk met speelse opdrachten is bedoeld voor het eerste leerjaar. De uitleg i.v.m. de spelletjes staat kort omschreven in de lesvoorbereiding (hoekenwerk 1 en 2). Het maken van de 24 kleine krijtbordjes (30 cm op 20 cm) …
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Earth's physical resources: petroleum
The discovery of of the world's first major underground oilfield in Pennsylvania, USA in 1859 sparked the continuing era of the world's reliance on cheap energy from oil and gas. This unit begins by examining the geological characteristics of petroleum and the key ingredients necessary to form oil and gas accumulations. Then there is a brief description of industrial operations during the life cycle of an oilfield, starting with subsurface analysis and exploration drilling. The unit also highlig
The evolving Universe
The ‘Big Bang’ is said to be the origin of our Universe. This unit will help you to comprehend what happened in the moments immediately after the Big Bang and during the initial cooling period. You will also gain an understanding of how this event turned in to the Universe we live in today. First published on Mon, 12 Mar 2012 as Author(s):
Energy resources: An introduction to energy resources
Energy resources are essential for any society, be it one dependent on subsistence farming or an industrialised country. There are many different sources of energy, some well-known such as coal or petroleum, others less so, such as tides or the heat inside the Earth. Is nuclear power a salvation or a nightmare? This unit provides background information to each resource, so that you can assess them for yourself.Author(s):
5.2 Ways of organising yourself How do you organise yourself? Make a note of how you organise your: emails internet bookmarks or favorites computer files you 5.4.2 Leadership expectations Largely because of expectations created in childhood (our ‘inner child of the past’), we have many unconscious expectations of leaders, and may well harbour resentments, anxieties, suspicions, subservience, passive resistances and attitudes to leadership that have little relationship to current adult realities. The leader needs to be able to manage these feelings and his or her own responses to them. Leaders will tend t 2.4 Review In working through this section, you have identified some of your initial expectations and I have explained some of what I think you will discover as you work through the unit. It would be appropriate at this point to look at some of the questions I asked you about your expectations again and note ways your expectations have changed. Spend a total of around 30 minutes on the next three activities. 1.6 Further reading For an advanced general introduction to the philosophy of language, see Blackburn 1984. Lycan 1996 is pitched at a more accessible level. Pinker 1994 is an informal but informative discussion of the hypothesis that much of our linguistic ability is innate, an important topic that has had to be left out of this unit. 3.4 The role of the Edinburgh Town Council This route incidentally leads us to another important feature of the movement, namely the role of the Edinburgh Town Council and its provosts. (The English equivalent would be a lord mayor.) Throughout the eighteenth century, the Town Council, with a policy of enlightened self-interest, promoted the city by sponsoring or patronising its academic, medical and scientific life. The Council regarded the city's university, infirmary and medical school as institutions which, if given enough prestig 2.2 Adinkra Once you’ve watched the video, use your own words to explain what adinkra is. Breakingviews: Fine shows HSBC too big to indict 2.3.1 Geological mapping of coalfields Coalfields can be divided into two categories: exposed coalfields, where the coal-bearing strata outcrop at the surface, and concealed coalfields, where they are hidden beneath younger rocks. Exposed coalfields can be defined with considerable precision by surface geological investigations; indeed geologists recording field data still represent the cheapest exploration ‘tool’ available to the coal industry. In populated regions, the locations of coal outcrops are well 1.8.3 Explaining the observations Having made and reviewed our observations, we are now in a position to interpret them – why are the rocks the way they are? The sedimentary strata that we see in Figure 16 were likely to have been deposited in essentially horizontal layers, so why is one set tilted and the other horizontal? To answer YOW! 2012: Dave Thomas and Michael Feathers - Breaking the Legacy of Legacy Code Dave Thomas interviews Michael Feathers about legacy code and the benefits and challenges of refactoring older code bases to match the needs of modern times. This is a fascinating topic. Michael Feathers is a Member of the Technical Staff at Groupon. Prior to joining Groupon, Michael was the Chief Scientist of Obtiva, and a Senior Consultant with
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Dec. 11 - HSBC's $1.9bln fine is small beer for the bank. Regulators reportedly wanted to indict the UK lender, but backed down on systemic risk fears. Finance is 'far from fixed', says Reuters Breakingviews.
