Who Killed The Maya? The History Channel 5/5
This documentary explores the reasons for this society's demise. 'The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems.' (Maya Civilization, Wikipedia, 2009). This History Channel documentary is suitable for older middle and high school students.
1.6 Equity buybacks, de-listing and reversion to a ‘private’ company Once its shares have been issued, a company has the option to buy back shares. Buybacks will occur if the company believes that it is overcapitalised and cannot generate a sufficiently high return on capital through its operations. Under these circumstances it is effectively saying to the investor ‘thanks but please now have some of your money back – you can probably make it work harder elsewhere’. A further reason for buybacks arises when a major capital restructuring is undertaken by
Introduction This unit considers working with people in group care and residential settings. Social workers play a critical role in supporting service users in moves to and from residential care, and they should be capable of assessing needs and the quality of care provision. The activities in the unit focus on the lives of three people living in a nursing and residential home for elderly and disabled people. Although many of the practice examples relate to work with older people, the values and principle
4.366 Advanced Projects in the Visual Arts: Personal Narrative (MIT)
This advanced video class serves goes into greater depth on the topics covered in 4.351 , Introduction to Video. It also will explore the nature and function of narrative in cinema and video through exercises and screenings culminating in a final project. Starting with a brief introduction to the basic principles of classical narrative cinema, we will proceed to explore strategies designed to test the elements of narrative: story trajectory, character development, verisimilitude, time-space
Counting With a Leprechaun - Song
This is a cute St. Patrick's Day song that includes counting with a leprechaun... by 1's up to 20 by 2's up to 30 by 5's up to 100 by 10's up to 100. Lyrics are also written on the screen. (03:08)
A topology construction from line drawings using a uniform plane subdivision technique
The paper describes an algorithm for constructing the topology from a set of line segments or polylines. The problem appears for example at land-maps that have been drawnby general-purpose drawing packages or captured from blue-prints by digitalisation. The solution comprises two steps; in the first step inconsistencies in the input data aredetected and removed, and in the second step the topology is constructed. The algorithm for topology construction consists of two phases: determination of a
5.2.2 Opening up ideas: analysing the question What do you need to know about your assignment? Most importantly, what it's about (i.e. the topic). Once you have worked this out, you are in a better position to gauge how much you already know and how much you will need to find out. Levels of Measurement: what you can and can't do arithmetically A Critical Approach to the Use of Computers in Architectural Design Java1480 Biomorphs and Artificial Life New group creates Wilderness Quilt Sustainable Tourism Certification Can renewable energy sources power the world? Ricky Gordon in Migration Rhapsody Combining Methods in Educational and Social Research No U.S. tax agreement, yet La Baie du Mont Saint-Michel - Un modèle de sédimentation en zone tempérée
Présentation d'un modèle de sédimentation actuelle d'un intérêt géologique exceptionnel par l'amplitude élevée des marées, la richesse et la diversité des environnements sédimentaires, son histoire et son évolution. L'étude analyse le rôle des marées, la répartition et la qualité des dépôts sédimentaires de la zone infralittorale au domaine supratidal. A partir d'une modélisation de la baie et d'une simulation des différents facteurs de sédimentation, le problème du c Using the Cartoon effect 2.875 Mechanical Assembly and Its Role in Product Development (MIT)
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An explanation of the statistical operations that can be performed on the different levels of measurement. This resource has been re-purposed and an HTML5 version has replaced the original version.
There are two dominant approaches to architectural and urbanistic problem solving: program based approaches and paradigm based approaches. Beyond these two, this paper proposes the critical/formalist approach as a paradigm for architectural design while summarizing the epistemological foundations of it, and investigates the possible contribution of the computers to this approach. The primary aim is to set a starting point for a more comprehensive future research.
R.G. (Dick) Baldwin
Baldwin shows you how to write an artificial life program that models selective breeding, sometimes referred to as artificial selection.
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Women Protecting Wilderness unveiled its first project at the downtown Salt Lake City library yesterday - a figurative wilderness quilt.
A lecture on sustainable tourism
We ask the question ‘Can renewable energy sources power the world?’ as a response to the growing awareness that increased use of renewable energy technologies is making a major contribution to global efforts to limit anthropogenic climate change. The course begins by examining the environmental concerns that have caused a rise in interest in renewable energy, introducing the main sources and technologies, and describing global efforts to increase the share of renewables. The course then look
See the full performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e4cvzuHwjg
In conjunction with the "One-Way Ticket" exhibition, Terrance McKnight, a host on New York City classical music station WQXR, curates an evening of music and performance with artists including Jim Davis, Kevin Maynor, Karen Chilton, Bill T. Jones, Alicia Hall Moran, Jason Moran, Damien Sneed, Bill Sims Jr., Ricky Gordon, Bob Stewart, and others.
This introductory chapter is reproduced with the kind permission of the Open University Press / McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. To order a copy of the book see: http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0335213073.html
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Summary of business headlines: Obama, Republicans talk taxes; Upbeat economic figures fail to lift Wall Street; Student protests disrupt Central London, Rome.
Use the Cartoon effect to turn a live-action movie into a cartoon-like movie.
The course presents a systematic approach to design and assembly of mechanical assemblies, which should be of interest to engineering professionals, as well as post-baccalaureate students of mechanical, manufacturing and industrial engineering. It introduces mechanical and economic models of assemblies and assembly automation at two levels. "Assembly in the small" includes basic engineering models of part mating, and an explanation of the Remote Center Compliance. "Assembly in the large" takes a
