4 Additional resources Click on 'View document' to read Grammar glossary (PDF, 0.1 MB). Click on 'View document' to read Irregular verb table (PDF, 0.2 MB). Click on 'View document' to read Phonectic alphab
Earthquake Country - Seismic Waves
There are other segments of this series on WatchKnow. This is the 'Earthquake Country' series which is suitable for middle school and high school students. Through live-action demonstrations and vivid animations, Dr. Pat Abbott explains how earthquakes have shaped the scenery and the character of the greater Los Angeles area. Dr. Abbott shows how faults capable of large earthquakes lie beneath most of the area, posing great risk to the millions of people living in earthquake country. Animat
1.10 Voice and the speaking subject Discursive practices, as we have seen, order the shape of written and spoken discourse; they order the features which appear and the selection of words and phrases. But these properties are only a small subset of those which govern meaning-making. In this and in the next section we will be more concerned with patterns in the content of discourse and the psychological and sociological implications of those patterns. This will help elaborate further on the notion that language is constru
STS.462 Social and Political Implications of Technology (MIT)
This course is a graduate reading seminar, in which historical and contemporary studies are used to explore the interaction of technology with social and political values. Emphasis is on how technological devices, structures, and systems influence the organization of society and the behavior of its members. Examples are drawn from the technologies of war, transportation, communication, production, and reproduction.
Evaluating Arguments Part One (slides)
Part five of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will continue with the evaluation of arguments - this time deductive arguments - focusing in particular on the notion of validity.
“The Consequences of the Escalation of War in Afghanistan” (video)
A talk by political scientist Gilles Dorronsoro, visiting scholar in the Carnegie Endowment's South Asia Program. His research focuses on security and political development in Afghanistan, particularly the role of the International Security Assistance Force, the steps required to achieve a viable government in Kabul, and the conditions necess
Money talks: Countdown for Tesla
Patrick Foulis joins host Simon Long to take a look at the financial gymnastics keeping Elon Musk's business empire afloat. Also: the shadow economies that need a fuse of transparency and private equity's socialist secret
2.1 The problems of iron uptake Iron has a high natural abundance. It is the second most abundant metallic element by mass in the Earth's crust (7.1 per cent). What are the main oxidation states of iron? 18.2.1 Relative advantage In order to succeed, an innovation has to be perceived as offering advantages relative to existing comparable products or services. For example, it has more chance of selling if it is cheaper to make and buy, does the job better or does something previously not possible, offers more features, is easier to use, or is reliable and safe. Relative advantage is sometimes called competitive advantage. A good example is how the steady reduction in size and increase in efficiency of the electri The Death of Privatised Keynesianism #colourourcollections The National Archives UK posted a photo: Ear dropper design, 1871 6.3 The roots of segmentation Why does segmentation occur? One approach to this question focuses upon the evolution of the product markets, from the competitive and the localised to the producer dominated, and from the national to an international market. Technological change makes capital-intensive methods of production possible. Employers, however, are unwilling to undertake large-scale investment unless the product demand is stable and predictable; when demand is variable, labour-intensive techniques are preferred. A g Money talks: Chinese ripples Dr Malcolm McCulloch on Motor Development 6.6 ZigBee Development of the ZigBee standard is the result of a group of interested parties coming together to form the ZigBee Alliance. When approved it will be an open standard sitting within a subset of the IEEE 802.15.4 low-data wireless standard. At the outset ZigBee was designed specifically for networks set up for the purposes of monitoring and control. Two of the major development aims were that it should be low cost (so that it is cheap to install and maintain), and low power (for long battery Thomas F. DeFrantz: Bringing Together A Dancer and an Engineer University of Surrey Learning Skills portal Baptism Part II Ch 1: Biblical Proof that Baptism Saves Election 2008: A Letter to Spike Bacteria
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Professor Colin Crouch explains how a model of privatised Keynesianism has lead to financial meltdown and considers what changes are needed to resolve weaknesses in the global economy.
Catalogue reference BT 43/30 (256249)
Another week of market volatility sees the Fed possibly going ahead with a rate rise, Chinese manufacturing drop and oil prices see saw
Dr McCulloch, head of the Electrical Power Group, talks about the group's innovations in electric and hydrogen powered engines and how this technology will cause a revolution in the automotive industry, in particular their hydrogen powered sports car.
DeFrantz's students Monica Hogan and Brianca King - one a dancer, the other an engineer - used interactive motion tracking to capture dance movements.
Learn more. Thomas F. DeFrantz discusses dance, technology and African American culture.
http://today.duke.edu/2012/03/thomasdefrantz
The University of Surrey Skills Portal is a classified collection of quality materials designed to enable students to develop information literacy, research and study skills. It has been built using Openly licensed resources including several from Leeds Metropolitan University.
Biblical proof that baptism is nessesary for salvation. The person who narrates seems to know the subject matter.
Whatever your ideology and political convictions, there's no question that the election of Senator Barack Obama as president of the United States stands out as a major milestone in the nation's history. Salt Lake Tribune reporter Matthew
Shows images of bacteria and places where bacteria can be found. Kind of a silly song to go with it, but it does explain the basics of bacterial transmission. (02:43)
