ESOL Entry Level 1 and 2 Learners
The Installation Of Firefox
This is a step by step instructional on how to download firefox as a web browser on your computer.
Identifying, assessing and mitigating political risk
Businesses try to avoid investing in countries or areas of an economy where they face a high probability that their investment returns will be reduced or even eliminated completely by political developments. Yet while investors the world over are willing to spend considerable time and money employing lawyers and accountants to carry out ‘due diligence’ on planned investments, particularly those in foreign jurisdictions, very few resources - if any - are allocated to examining the political
More expensive medication may be more potent
"Marketing variables not only influence people's perceptions and expectations, they actually influence the real efficacy of products such as medications." This is according to Ziv Carmon, INSEAD Professor of Marketing, who, along with Rebecca Waber and Dan Ariely from MIT and Baba Shiv from Stanford, tested the effect of price on the efficacy of a medication by administering electric shocks to those taking part in the study to test their resistance to pain.
Social responsibility: Greater access to capital?
Practising social responsibility can give companies improved access to capital. That’s according to Brendan May, International Head of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at PR firm Weber Shandwick Worldwide.
Key financial centres are always thinking in terms of risk and investible propositions, and as May notes, “the chances are, that a truly investible proposition in the 21st century is not a company that is chopping down rainforests, (or) exploiting its workforce.” Th
What are Cells and How Were They Discovered?
This is a power point with audio and images that explain what cells are and how they work. It also gives a history of the discovery of cells. Run time 04:00.
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Shopping safely online
With busy schedules and boatloads of free shipping offers shopping online is a handy option, but hackers are hungry for consumers' sensitive data. A cyber security expert offers way to shop more safely online.
Dating the Birth of Jesus and the 'first Christmas' with a Herodian Coin
Anno domini. Today we use the system devised by the sixth-century monk, Dionysius Exiguus, as a way of synchronising events, and associate its origin with the nativity of Jesus and the 'first Christmas'. But did Dionysius get his dates right? Professor Kevin Butcher from the Department of Classics explores how a coin issued by Herod Antipas suggests not...
How to Create Free Google Apps Email like gmail for My Domain
This video provides a step by step tutorial for starting a successful blog. This video is hosted by http://fourblogger.com. The speaker tells you the directions as you see the screen with direction arrows (Running Time 4:53).
Hoekenwerk : Fiches van educatieve spellen Je vindt hier een aantal fiches, veelal van educatieve spellen, die je kan gebruiken voor je hoekenwerk.
Interesting Facts About Diamonds
This slide show is set to music and includes several interesting facts about diamonds. No narration or pictures, simply written information on the screen. Run time 01:11.
Six Poems: A Visual Presentation
There are six videos on this site and each one has actors and/or dancers "illustrating" the imagery of the poems. These videos would be best if used as an idea for students to create similar poems and videos that illustrate them. The students could also listen to the poems and write down phrases that they felt were interesting to them.
Prostitutes celebrate holidays
Residents at a shelter for sex workers celebrate Christmas.
Integrating Social and Behavioral Theory into Public Health Part II: Mezzo/Micro-Level Theories
Builds upon knowledge of basic public health concepts and theory, showing how they are incorporated into intervention design and evaluation on an individual, group, community, and national scale.
Bloodshed in Ramadi
As many as 17 people are reported to have been killed in a twin suicide bombing in Ramadi. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Discovery Channel-Planet Earth-Ice World-Polar Bears
This video shows a mother bear and her cubs coming out of hibernation. The mother must find food before her milk runs out. She is in the process of teaching her cubs survival skills. It also touches on how as the Earth warms there is less ice for polar bears to stand on to hunt for seals (Running Time 3:01)
Sign Language: Names
Sign Language: Names. Part of the series: Sign Language Basics. You don't want to spell out a name every time. ASL uses sign names to solve this problem.
