Virtual Maths - Basic Structures, bending moment point of load
Interactive simulation demonstrating the bending moment at point of load
The Present by Michael Donaghy (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
Life is a succession of 'nows'. I thought I'd invented that remark until I googled it and found it had occurred to a few other people, too. In The Tales of Dr. Woo by David Price Francis, he goes on, "we cannot go back into yesterday's 'now' and change anything, we cannot go forward into a future 'now' that may be granted to us and change that either. The only 'now' we have access to is this one..."
Consciousness implies self-consciousness. Damn, google disappointed me again: Aristotle, D
The laser weapon you'll never see
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An unexpected discovery has created a laser that can blind you temporarily – and you won’t even know you’re the target
The Face of an Angel Q&A with Michael Winterbottom | BFI
The director joins writer Paul Viragh to discuss their film based on the murder of Meredith Kercher and the media circus surrounding the case. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI.
In The Face of an Angel (2014) director Michael Winterbottom tackles the story of a murder and its subsequent media coverage. Winterbottom joins writer Paul Viragh to discuss the themes of the film, which was based on the case of Meredith Kercher.
Screenwriter and journalist Mark Salisbury chairs the discussi
How Business Schools Must Evolve
Business education must enable students to reconcile enterprises with the changing realities of the global marketplace.
Sesame Street: Adrian Grenier: Seasons Explained
A short video that explains the seasons in terms of weather for those living where temperatures change in the seasons. Best of very young children.
Bahrain police clear protest camp
Bahrain police clear Shi'ite protest camp in Manama, using teargas; fleeing protesters throw petrol bombs.
HIV Antibody Test Using A Rapid HIV Card
HIV antibody tests are specifically designed for routine diagnostic testing of adults; these tests are inespensive and extremely accurate. Most people develop detectable antibodies approximately 30 days after infection, although some seroconvert later. The vast majority of people (99%) have detectable antibody by three months after HIV infection; a six month window is extremely rare with modern antibody testing.
Malaria Antigen Rapid Test
Malaria is a disease caused by four identified spicies of Plasmodia, namely Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae. It is transmitted by the female anopheles mosquito. It is a disease that can be treated in just 48hrs, yet it can cause fatal complications if the diagnosis and treatment are delayed. It is re-emerging as the the number one infectious killer and it is the number on priority tropical disease of the World Health Organization.
Depiction of terrorism in film and television
In this podcast, Professor Roberta Pearson from the School of American and Canadian Studies, discusses the fictional representation of terrorism in modern day television programmes and why more and more people are using fiction instead of the news to inform their opinions of world events.
Professor Pearson considers the frequent engagement of modern audiences with such television series’ as ‘24’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica’ and how these common cultural experiences should not be underes
Stegner Symposium Ad
Lincoln Davies talks about the upcoming Stegner Symposium.
2.2.1 What happens if you are the winning bidder?
Online shopping – think of it as a shopping centre in cyberspace, with online auctions as the car-boot sale in the car park. This unit will help you understand how to use online shopping sites, how to ensure that you are using the best sites and the best ways to protect your security.
Music Suited to a Lady
Colonial ladies played instruments that showed their graceful features to the best advantage, and they never showed their elbows. Music Interpreter Jane Hanson explains.
4.1 Introduction
The most ‘important and greatest puzzle’ we face as humans is ourselves (Boring, 1950, p. 56). Humans are a puzzle – one that is complex, subtle and multi-layered, and it gets even more complicated as we evolve over time and change in different contexts.
When answering the question ‘What makes us who we are?’, psychologists put forward a range of explanations about why people feel, think and behave the way they do. Just when psychologists seem to understand one bit of ‘who we are’
Welcome Remarks
David Schmittlein, John C Head III, Dean; and David Modest, SB '76, PhD '81
Lies My Finance Professor Told Me
Andrew W. Lo, Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor; Director, Laboratory for Financial Engineering
Economic Stimulus and Household Spending
Jonathan Parker, PhD '96, International Programs Professor in Management
7.6 Evaluating strategy and presenting outcomes This stage of the framework focuses on identifying what you have achieved and how well you have achieved it. It involves you in evaluating your overall strategy and presenting the outcomes of your work. As you evaluate and assess your strategy, identify aspects of your number skills that you want to develop further. At the end of this stage, use the records in your Skills File to complete the activity ‘Evaluating your use of number strategy and presenting outcomes’ and pull together
Swift, even flow
"To improve your productivity you need to do two things," explains Professor Roger Schmenner. "Reduce sector variation and reduce the throughput time. In doing so you will uncover all of the problems that occur in a process. You'll see what to fix and that's how the waste will come out and improvements will be made."
