The end of the road?
Road traffic has grown more than 80% since 1980 – as a result roads have deteriorated more quickly than could have been envisaged. Britain’s road network is one of the countries largest national assets.
The end of the road for Gordon Brown?
Has Gordon Brown's reputation suffered irreversible damage? Dr Steven Fielding, Director of the Institute of British Politics, weighs up pressure on the Prime Minister.
Start writing fiction
Have you always wanted to write, but never quite had the courage to start? This unit will give you an insight into how authors create their characters and the settings for their work. You will also be able to look at the different genres for fiction.
A Road Map to Reading
Students struggle with informational texts and websites. Understanding the structure of these texts is essential to efficient information gathering. The "Road Map" is a pre-reading strategy. Like the road map in your atlas, this mapping activity will help students visualize the layout of the text before they start reading so they will have an idea of where they are going (or where to find the information they are looking for) when they start reading. This lesson will also address active-reading
Healthy Start, Grow Smart
Healthy Start, Grow Smart provides parents of newborns information about checkups and shots, breastfeeding and bottle feeding, changing diapers, installing car seats, bathing, communicating, keeping a memory book, what's it like to be a newborn, and more.
This series was an initiative of Laura Bush as the First Lady of Texas and sponsored by the Texas Department of Health. President Bush and Mrs. Bush have asked that this series of booklets be revised and distributed by the U.S. Department of A
Start Smart: Money Management for Teens
This site tells how teenagers can save and earn money, decide where to keep it, spend it wisely, protect against identity theft, be charitable, and get help about money matters. Take an online quiz -- find out what you know about managing your money.
Workshop 3: When Rubber Meets the Road
A rubber band twisted around the axle of a plastic car provides the force that moves the car forward. In this workshop, fifth-grade students continue their exploration of force and motion by recording and comparing the distance a vehicle travels under various conditions. Students predict the distance the car will travel by counting the number of twists in the rubber band
Start a Rock Collection
In this OLogy activity, kids learn about how rocks give us important clues about Earth's history. The activity begins with an overview that explains the evidence rocks hold and how kids can begin to make observations about their different traits. Students are then given step-by-step, illustrated directions for collecting rocks, observing and sorting them, and creating a display of their collection. The activity includes a printable rock chart to help kids make their observations.
Going-to-the-Sun Road: A Model of Landscape Engineering
This site describes the first highway by which visitors could see the lakes, glaciers, alpine peaks, and meadows of Glacier National Park. Work on the 50-mile route, which connected the east and west sides of the park and crossed the Continental Divide at Logan Pass, began in 1921. The high technical standards of the Bureau of Public Roads (later the Federal Highway Administration) needed to be balanced with the commitment of the National Park Service to minimize damage to the landscape.
Consonants B to H Beginning Sounds Song - Let's Start Smart
This video focuses on the sounds that b, c, d, f, g, & h make at the beginnings of words. The video begins with a lesson on each letter's name and the sound it makes, followed by words that begin with the letter. Then, a song reviews the letter names, sounds, and words. The narrators adds "uh" to some initial consonants which may be confusing for some learners. (3:03)
Artifact Road Show
This outlines a staff development workshop and offers lessons designed to help students put historical events in context and see them as a part of a larger story. Use of primary resources is the focus -- where to find them, what they are, how to examine them, and how to construct the context to tell the whole story.
Jump start your creativity: question yourself!
A short webliography of tools to help you ask good questions.
Healthy Start, Grow Smart
Healthy Start, Grow Smart provides parents of newborns information about checkups and shots, breastfeeding and bottle feeding, changing diapers, installing car seats, bathing, communicating, keeping a memory book, what's it like to be a newborn, and more.
This series was an initiative of Laura Bush as the First Lady of Texas and sponsored by the Texas Department of Health. President Bush and Mrs. Bush have asked that this series of booklets be revised and distributed by the U.S. Department of A
Forth Road Bridge
Scotland's Forth Road Bridge may not be the most beautiful bridge over the Firth of Forth, but it is an incredible feat of engineering and is integral to the economy of the entire area. However, rust is threatening to destroy the cables that suspend the road. This unit uses video to explore the issues associated with the potential demise of this great bridge.
On the Road Again
The movement of people and goods is an important part of the New York State Global History and Geography Curriculum. It is listed as one of the themes that are emphasized in the core curriculum. Students are expected to understand why people migrate and what the impact of migrations has been on people, nations, and regions. Recently, the PBS WIDE ANGLE documentary series created two programs that relate to the movement of people. 'Border Jumpers' (2005) documents migration between countries in A
How to Start an Oil Painting
Don't know where or how to start? Look again at your image-add some mineral spirits to your brush so the pain is not thick. Choose a corner and start to block it in. English captions. (2:17)
Korean War ( The road to Seoul ) 5/15
Korean War - The road to Seoul Video gives history of the war. See Korea as the soldiers saw it. Pictures are real and may be disturbing. (CAUTION: Scenes of executions and dead bodies)
OSP with Jython Web Start application - step-by-step guide
A description of how to build Java Web Start applications using the OSP library. Integrates the OpenSourcePhysics .jar library files and the Python classes generated by Jython during compiling time with jythonc.
The Road to Copenhagen: a global deal on climate change
Ed Miliband is Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. He was previously Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, where he was responsible for helping to coordinate work across Government, and leading the Government's efforts to tackle social exclusion, support the Third Sector and coordinate the improvement of public services. From 2006 to 2007, he was Minister for the Third Sector, supporting charities, social enterprises and community organisations.
The Long Road Home from Iraq The Long Road Home from Iraq, A Video Lecture Delivered on April 9, 2008. Dr. Jack Miles, Pulitzer Prize winning author of God: A Biography and bestselling sequel Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God, was MacAurthur Fellow 2002-2007, and in 2008 joined UCI as Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies. A Senior Fellow in Religion and International Affairs of the Pacific Council, Jack observes that since tribalism and religious interests in the S
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Traveling the National Road
tells the story of the first road built with federal funds. Construction of the 632-mile road from Cumberland, Maryland, to Vandalia, Illinois, began in 1811. The aim was to improve trade between the east and the emerging western frontier and to avoid losing western trade to England in Canada or Spain in the Louisiana Territory. The website tells how the road was built, how people traveled on it, accommodations they found along the way, and more.
The Long Road Home from Iraq "The Long Road Home from Iraq" Dr. Jack Miles, Pulitzer Prize winning author of God: A Biography and bestselling sequel Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God, was MacArthur Fellow 2002-2007, and in 2008 joined UCI as Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies. A Senior Fellow in Religion and International Affairs of the Pacific Council, Jack observes that since tribalism and religious interests in the Sunni, Shia, and Kurds take precedence over any sense
2.1 Where to start?
What is ecology and why is it important to our understanding of the world around us? This unit looks at how we can study ecosystems to explore the effect that humans are having on the environment.
1 People right from the start
Here you will find out some of the things very young babies can do. You will also discover how babies can contribute to family life and relationships from birth. You will look at what they need from other adults and children, and what they can learn.
1.2 Hints before you start
Handling statistical data is an essential part of psychological research. However, many people find the idea of using statistics, and especially statistical software packages, extremely daunting. This unit takes a step-by-step approach to statistics software through seven interactive activities. No statistics software is needed.
1.2 Hints before you start Each section of this unit requires you to follow a series of instructions such as: “Press the Enter button” “Place your mouse over the radio buttons …” Each activity should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Here is a summary of the activities in this unit: Activity 1: How to start SPSS This is recommended if you have not had any experience with SPSS and are fairly new to computers. Activity 2: Using the
1 The Forth Road Bridge
Scotland's Forth Road Bridge may not be the most beautiful bridge over the Firth of Forth, but it is an incredible feat of engineering and is integral to the economy of the entire area. However, rust is threatening to destroy the cables that suspend the road. This unit uses video to explore the issues associated with the potential demise of this great bridge.
Jump start your creativity: question yourself!
A short webliography of tools to help you ask good questions.
Road Map of Class
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Poco a Poco: Heath-Care Collaboration in Honduras
The Arizona Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona assists individuals and communities statewide through a variety of outreach efforts. However, global initiatives are under way, too; members of the AHSC community are making a health-care difference in Honduras. While visiting a remote region of the Central American nation this winter, AHSC faculty, friends and others watched as a new clinic -- one that they helped to become a reality -- began to take shape.
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Why Chemomechanical Design of Materials is Critical to Sustainable
Our conversations on sustainable transportation typically begin with a review of vehicle efficiencies, and end with the characteristics of fuel, energy sources, and life cycle. In a remarkably novel approach to sustainable transportation, Krystyn Van Vliet discusses how other things matter too- namely the materials
The Road from Copenhagen
Following the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, a five-member panel reviews the pros and cons of the events that took place. Moderated by Ernest Moniz, the panel includes Rob Stavins, Michael Greenstone, Stephen Ansolabehere (filling in for William Bonvillian)
Three More For The Road
In a trio of mini-talks, Arnold Barnett applies statistical analysis to some of society’s most confounding challenges. He first takes up the minority achievement gap -- the apparent under-performance of black and Hispanic students on standardized tests in comparison to white and Asian students.
In his own work i
The long hard road to democracy and social justice
A lecture given by retired Labour MP Tony Benn at Wolfson College, Oxford. The lecture is introduced by Prof Richard Sorabji.
How to Start a Coin Collection
This clips gives tips and information for starting a coin collection. An antique store owner explains how to choose the type of coins desired,
how to do research on coins and complete a series of coins before moving on to the next series. He shows two sets of coins as an example of a coin collection.
Survey of London: volume 21 - The parish of St Pancras part 3: Tottenham Court Road & neighbourhood
Describes the areas to the east, west and north of Tottenham Court Road, including University College London and Euston station prior to its redevelopment.
IET knowledge network : transport : road, rail and air There is an rss format news feed. Information on the IET Transport Sector Panel which advises on policy issues is provided. Video clips are available.
This site includes a series of full text feature articles covering aspects of road, rail and air transport.
Sure Start Children’s Centres: Building Brighter Futures
This is a resource published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families explaining the role and purpose of Sure Start Children’s Centres. It summarises what the Sure Start Centres do, how they do it and explains how they are intended to close the achievement gap between the most disadvantaged children in England and the rest.
The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on Three Year Olds and Their Families
This resource is a detailed report with extensive appendices describing the research conducted as part of the national evaluation of Sure Start and analysing the findings from this work.
Ensuring the Best Start in Life: Targeting versus Universality in Early Childhood Development
This is a research paper published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy – an independent Canadian national non-profit organisation. This report identifies the strategies for enhancing the development of vulnerable children in Canada and focusing on early intervention programmes. The report explores four policy issues influencing early childhood education centres in Canada. The report is supplemented by American findings of initiatives involved in providing early childhood care.
Pro Forma Finance for Start-Ups
The UEC is a business plan competition for any university or college student in the State of Utah. Every year, the Challenge awards over $100,000 in cash and in-kind services to the top finalists in the competition.
Pro Forma Finance for Start-Ups
The UEC is a business plan competition for any university or college student in the State of Utah. Every year, the Challenge awards over $100,000 in cash and in-kind services to the top finalists in the competition.
How the Road to the White House Runs through the West
Panel moderated by David Patton, CPPA Director Dan Jones, Dan Jones and Associates Jeff Hartley, Political Consultant Richard Piatt, KSL Television Matthew Burbank, Political Science Chair, The University of Utah
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2007.10.15-Scotland: On the Road to Independence?
Brian Adam examines Scotland's form of government and the growing movement toward that nation's independence from the United Kingdom.
2007.10.15-Scotland: On the Road to Independence?
Brian Adam examines Scotland's form of government and the growing movement toward that nation's independence from the United Kingdom.
1955: From Rossotti's to Retirement: Reflections and the Road Ahead or Do You Have Change for 50?
Recollection, reflection, experience, life after college, path, choices, careers, family life, decisions, graduation, job, work, children, community, faith, employment, goals, living, class, reunion, alumni, alumnus, marriage, spouse, aspiration, universi
The Road Back: From Economic Meltdown to Renewal (Video)
world economy, economic crisis, financial industry, technology, democracy, business, science, mathematics, banking, stock market, recovery, interest, property home price, regulation, organization, federal government administration, consumer spending, illi
The Road Back: From Economic Meltdown to Renewal (Audio)
world economy, economic crisis, financial industry, technology, democracy, business, science, mathematics, banking, stock market, recovery, interest, property home price, regulation, organization, federal government administration, consumer spending, illi
How Did Life Start? Clues from Chemistry
science, earth, biology, Stuart Kauffman, At Home In The Universe, biopolymer, symmetry, cell, molecule, hand, chiral, light, polar, origin, geology, physics, phosphorous, black smoker, space, organic, energy, catalyst, organization, organism, evolution
Class of 1957 Panel Discussion: The Road Less Traveled…Are We There Yet?
Road less traveled, fifties, post-depression, jobs, family, middle class, career, glass ceiling, ninety percent male, married, kids, serendipity, Beatles, male culture, secretary, climbing the ladder, turning points, Stanford taught us how to think, Weste
Rough Road to Greatness - Stanford's Transition: An Interview with Dick Lyman
history, tom bailey, Gordon wright, Washington, university, professor, academic, administrative, promotion, Haverford, sterling, john gardner, reform, alum, football, faculty, African American, diversity, student, encina, bruce franklin, equality, women,
The Passion and Perseverance Behind a Start-up - Joe Liemandt (Trilogy)
Joe Liemandt, founder, President and CEO of Trilogy, describes the passion and perseverance it took to take his enterprise software company from a five-person start-up to a global industry leader.
From Start-up to Market Dominance in the Field of Surgical Robotics - Lonnie Smith (Intuitive Surgic
Lonnie Smith, President and CEO of Intuitive Surgical, discusses Intuitive's path from start-up to market dominance in the field of surgical robotics.
The Contrasts of a Big Company and a Small Start-Up - Gil Penchina (Wikia)
Gil Penchina, CEO of Wikia, and an 8-year veteran of eBay, contrasts his experiences and lessons of working in a big company with heading a small start-up.
A Pandora's Box of Start-up Expertise - Tom Conrad (Pandora)
After nearly two decades in the trenches of Pets.com, Apple Computer, and the You Don't Know Jack game series at Berkeley Systems, Tom Conrad (Pandora CTO) shares his acquired wisdom on succeeding in the consumer internet space. He discusses agility, crisp decision making, and focus, and peppers his lessons with numerous entertaining anecdotes of dot-com days and corporate progress.
Pilgrimage to the End of the World: The Road to Santiago de Compostela
history, philosophy, religion, culture, spirituality, journey, adventure, travel, shell, tomb, hat, staff, satchel, sleep, physical deprivation, hunger, thirst, reality, miracle, otherworldly, camaraderie, human, being, existence, internal, monastery, chu
Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
terror, politics, international, united states, ideals, journalism, report, war, conflict, troops, military, September 11, bush, Churchill, religion, mission, eric Shinseki, cult, kill, American, paul fussell, photo, publish, prison, nsa, intelligence, to
U.S. Foreign Policy: The Road Ahead
Democracy, Extremism, Jihad, Terrorism, National, Security, Nuclear Weapons, North Korea, Global, Development, Aid, Geopolitics, Growth, China, Economics, Politics, Israel, Palestine, Global Warming, Climate change, Anti-Americanism, Islam, Middle East, A
Building Your Own Dynamic Language is Fun and Easy! First Steps on the Road to Reinventing Computing
Computer science, engineering, software, hardware, computer science, PC, programming environment, technology, language, design, implementation, abstraction, McCarthy, LISP, parsing, code generation
On the Road to Computer Literacy (November 14, 2007)
Computing, science, technology, engineering, development, innovation, research, influences, data, applications, performance, programming, problems, projects, source code, implementation, tools, execution, social issues, software, readability, interaction,
1. When the Rubber Hits the Road: The Real Story on Fuel Economy (January 7, 2009)
science, economics, engineering, environment, global warming, energy, climate change, policy, technology, research, education, international issues, oil, fuel emissions, carbon, transportation, congestion, car, mileage, automobile, vehicle, bus transit, A
Home Schooling Overview : How to Start Home Schooling
Homeschooling is rewarding. Learn how to get started homeschooling in this homeschooling video from an experienced teacher and education curriculum expert.
Terry Neven, founder and principal of the Sunland Christian School, is the executive director of the National Independent Study Accreditation Council.
Filmmaker: Traci Holsey
4. A Pandora's Box of Start-up Expertise (April 28, 2010)
science, technology, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, innovation, startup, engineering, computer science, passion, programming, internet bubble, business, product agility, pets.com, lessons learned
The end of the road?
Road traffic has grown more than 80% since 1980 - as a result roads have deteriorated more quickly than could have been envisaged. Britain's road network is one of the countries largest national assets.
Professor Andy Collop from the School of Civil Engineering describes the research taking place in Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre and the improvements such knowledge can make to road materials, structures and sustainability.
The wrecks are talking: Why road crashes happen and what can be done about it.
There are many different factors that contribute to a vehicle accident and its impact on victims. What are those factors and how can we learn from them? For over 30 years, the University of Adelaide's Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) has conducted extensive investigations into more than 2,000 crashes on South Australian roads. It's vital work, with communities everywhere understandably calling for improved road safety to reduce unacceptable human and financial costs. Happily, progres
Is the downturn a good time to start a new venture? If I were you, I wouldn't start from here: understanding Oxford through its past If I were you, I wouldn't start from here: understanding Oxford through its past Silk Road to Guantanamo: The Story of Adel Hakimjan An Overview of the Ancient Silk Road of China The Rocky Road To Kansas, Part 1: Julia Lovejoy's Diary The Rocky Road To Kansas, Part Two, Ellen Goodnow and Maria Felt: "advise those young men who brough The Rocky Road to Kansas, Part Three: The Letters of Joseph Trego, "...my boots were so tight on my GSAs Marlon Cook presents Unpaved Road Seminar at Auburn University - Part 1 GSAs Marlon Cook presents Unpaved Road Seminar at Auburn University - Part 2
Jeffrey Skinner, Executive Director of the Foundational for Entrepreneurial Management, explains why the recession may be a good time to be an entrepreneur
Local history lecture, by Chris Day, giving an overview of the history of the University of Oxford. Visit http://media.conted.ox.ac.uk/lh01 to view the full presentation from Chris Day, including his slides.
Local history lecture, by Chris Day, giving an overview of the history of the University of Oxford. Visit http://media.conted.ox.ac.uk/lh01 to view the full presentation from Chris Day, including his slides.
This film shows the plight of ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate Adel Hakimjan, a Chinese Uighur, who was abused, persecuted, traded, and falsely imprisoned. This film shows the plight of ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate Adel Hakimjan, a Chinese Uighur, who was abused, persecuted, traded, and falsely imprisoned. Adel, fled his home and family in north-west China in 1999, having been harassed, tortured and imprisoned by the Chinese. He left Xinjiang province and in 2001 in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region he
This film is a series of slides and some video of the deserts and such that make up this road. The narration is good without too many difficult terms. It tells the basic facts such as the route itself and the types of materials traded at the time.
Julia Louisa Lovejoy, was the deeply religious wife of a Methodist Episcopal minister, and an ardent abolitionist. Julia's family traveled to Kansas Territory in 1855, under the auspices of the New England Emigrant Aid Company. Excerpts from the diary she kept on the journey give an unrelenting account of the hardships her family endured. Musical selections performed by The Free Staters (www.thefreestaters.com) and Paul and Win Grace (gracefamilymusic.com)
Ellen Goodnow and Maria Felt were early settlers sponsored by antislavery groups who wanted Kansas Territory to be admitted to the Union as a free state. Both of these women sent encouraging reports back east about their journeys to Kansas Territory and the new settlements there. Goodnow's husband Isaac was a co-founder of the town of Boston (later Manhattan), K. T. Goodnow quotes her husband as stating, "advise those young men who brought such doleful reports about Kansas, not to leave the s
Joseph Trego was one of the earliest settlers in Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory, in Linn County, which was renamed Mound City, Kansas in 1859. Although he was a doctor in Illinois, he helped build and operate a sawmill and a gristmill there starting in 1857. He wrote these letters home to his wife and daughters. Musical selections performed by The Free Staters, (http://www.thefreestaters.com),"Lucy of the Tallgrass," "Sailor's Hornpipe" Ho! For the Kansas Plains, Swinging Door Music, 1983 and
The SWaMP (Saugahatchee Watershed Management Plan) Project and Alabama Water Watch were extremely pleased to have Marlon Cook, Director, Groundwater Assessment Program, Geological Survey of Alabama, present results from a six-year GSA study, ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT LOADING RATES AND IMPACTS OF UPPAVED ROADS ON SELECTED TRIBUTARIES TO GANT AND POINT A LAKES, COVINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA 2002-2007. The presentation was at Upchurch Hall on the Auburn University campus on December 16th, 2009.
Eric Reutebu
The SWaMP (Saugahatchee Watershed Management Plan) Project and Alabama Water Watch were extremely pleased to have Marlon Cook, Director, Groundwater Assessment Program, Geological Survey of Alabama, present results from a six-year GSA study, ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT LOADING RATES AND IMPACTS OF UPPAVED ROADS ON SELECTED TRIBUTARIES TO GANT AND POINT A LAKES, COVINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA 2002-2007. The presentation was at Upchurch Hall on the Auburn University campus on December 16th, 2009.
Eric Reuteb
