(ii) National emergency, crisis or new development Legislation may be passed because of some national emergency or crisis which emerges during the Government's period in office. For example, the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 was introduced to respond to the new situation arising from the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001. The aim of the 2001 Act was to cut off terrorist funding, ensure that Government departments and agencies have the power to collect and share information required for countering
#colorourcollections The National Archives UK posted a photo: Sketch of Stephenson's Rocket
Catalogue reference COP1/111 (515)
3.1 How do organisms take up iron? Nearly all organisms are able to take up iron. However, only a handful of organisms have had their iron-uptake chemistry studied. The organism that has received most attention (other than human) is a single-cell, prokaryotic bacterium (found in the human large intestine and elsewhere), called Escherichia coli (abbreviated to E.coli), a high-resolution image of which is shown in Author(s):
6.2 Selling on the web The web is fast becoming a medium for selling everything from books to clothes, gardening tools to beauty products, investment advice to travel services. Web-based selling seems to be concentrated in three main categories of company: existing catalogue sales companies which have put their catalogues online to allow customers to buy using the web; existing companies whose products are largely information and which have used the web as a m
Redefining the United States.
Barack Obama was elected on a message of change, promising a new era of diplomacy and international cooperation - but can the President deliver a new vision of America? Reporting from the world's most troubled hotspots, Mark Danner has seen countless deaths over ethnic and political divides, and witnessed firsthand how U.S. attempts to exploit those conflicts have resulted in disastrous unforeseen consequences. Danner speaks with Bill Moyers about Obama's challenges in resetting the mindset of
14.20 Industrial Organization and Public Policy (MIT)
This is a course in industrial organization, the study of firms in markets. Industrial organization focuses on firm behavior in imperfectly competitive markets, which appear to be far more common than the perfectly competitive markets that were the focus of your basic microeconomics course. This field analyzes the acquisition and use of market power by firms, strategic interactions among firms, and the role of government competition policy. We will approach this subject from both theoretical and
Helmet lets you experience fly vision while driving
Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129611.000
Do you envy animals' 360-degree vision, night sight or richer perception of colours? We're building gadgets that will give us their powers
One two three more: challenges to describing a warmer world
First presentation of session 8 (Adaptation) of the 4 Degrees international climate conference.
Souvenirs et avenir de l'Assurance Maladie
Le modèle social français est caractérisé par: la langue, l'héritage historique et culturel, la laïcité et la sécurité sociale. L'histoire de cette dernière est rappelée, comparée aux autres systèmes existants et son avenir est évoqué.
La conférence a été donnée à l'Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 dans le cadre du cycle de conférences "L'invité du Mercredi" / Saison 2009-2010
Importance of Teaching Your Child Two Languages
This four-minute interview is about some advantages of being able to communicate in two languages. There is no data given as to the research, but it is referred to a number of times. In general, this is an overview that might be of value to parents on younger children.
Patterns of migration - a problem or opportunity?
Does the UK's current immigration policy cause us problems or does it provide us with opportunities for economic growth? Are we experiencing a new immigration phenomenon or is the flow of people from country to country something that has always been with us?
Professor Zig Layton-Henry, Politics and International Studies, is an expert in the patterns and policy of migration.
Length: 22 minutes
OE Global 2018 conference in Delft, Netherlands
We are exited to announce the annual OE Global conference will be hosted by TU Delft and the Open Education Consortium from April 24-26 2018, at TU Delft, Netherlands. The main theme will be transforming Education through Open Approaches. The call for proposals is now open. The Open Education Global Conference is where the world meets […]
Java1642 The Essence of OOP using Java, Nested Top-Level Classes
R.G. (Dick) Baldwin
Baldwin explains nested top-level classes, and illustrates a very useful polymorphic structure where nested classes extend the enclosing class and override methods declared in the enclosing class.
Greek Sculpture (BBC: How Art Made The World)
This ten minute video is about how Greek art was created as something more human than human. This is an excerpt from the BBC documentary "How Art Made The World" and contains a narrator and images of Greek sculptures. Be aware that this are real images of nude bodies.
Virtual Reality in the Design Studio: The Eindhoven Perspective
Since 1991 Virtual Reality has been used in student projects in the Building Information Technology group. It started as an experimental tool to assess the impact of VR technology in design, using the environment of the associated Calibre Institute. The technology was further developed in Calibre to become an important presentation tool for assessing design variants and final design solutions. However, it was only sporadically used in student projects. A major shift occurred in 1997 with a numbe
Power Functions and Polynomial Functions
OpenStax College
In this section, you will:
Video Walk-Through: Place Value x 10 to the Left x 1/10 to the Right 5.NBT.1
Understanding Place Value Standard 5.NBT.1 (16:45)
Lecture 27 - 11/24/2010
Lecture 27
Politics in 60 seconds. Exploitation
Dr Matthew Rendall defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on exploitation as a political concept.
Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.
May 2010
Suitable for Undergraduate study and community education
Dr Matthew Rendall, School of Politics and International Relations
Dr Matthew Rendall is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, and holds a PhD in Political S
Hitler and the Third Reich
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
As taught in Spring Semester 2010.
The Third Reich is one of the most notorious, discussed and horrific periods of our age and although it is also very well researched, still raises many questions: How could a man like Hitler gain so much power? How could a whole nation ‘fall’ for the Nazi ideology? Why the Jews ..?
In this module we will aim to deal with these and other questions about the time between 1933
