Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart Earhart disappeared during her flight to Howland Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean - July 2, 1937. There has been much speculation about her disappearance. A new movie starring Hilary Swank is being made based on her life. (2min)
5.3 Vibrating string: standing waves on a string We still haven't answered the question of how standing waves are set up on a string. To do so we need to return to our string, fixed at one end and held in someone's hand at the other end. Imagine now that instead of sending a single pulse along the string, the person flicks their hand up and down periodically and sends a sinusoidal wave along the string. This wave gets reflected and inverted at the fixed end and travels back towards the person holding the string. There are now two waves of t
Mexican Spanish Survival Phrases #50 - Explaining Allergies in Mexico
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1.2.1 Your learning style Imagine you are going to learn a new task. It could be laying a laminate floor, following a new recipe or learning to use a new TV remote control. How do you approach the task? Approach 1 Do you sit down with the instructions and read them through before trying? Approach 2 Do you get stuck in to the task straight away? Do you ask others for help and then move on to a new task as soon as this one is complete?
Wynne - Man of Fire DP181086 Debenhams, (former Lewis's) Stafford Street, Hanley, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire. <br> Man of Fire by David Wynne, 1964, detail, made from anodised aluminium. Photographed by James O. Davies, 2015.
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Promise based management: How to create a 'promise' culture in an organisation Humania del sur : revista de estudios Latinoamericanos Africanos y Asiáticos Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor African musicology online Mars: Crash Course Astronomy Lecture 24 - 11/17/2010 Forests and Chases of England and Wales c. 1000 to c. 1850 "United States Government Perspective Global Energy Security" 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion Institute for the study of nomadic civilizations Acknowledgements Don't miss out: 1. Join over 200,000 students, currently studying with The Open University - http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about t 7.1 Hierarchies of ideas A useful way of giving sense and structure to ideas can sometimes be to see them in the form of a hierarchy. At one end is the ‘big picture’ (e.g. general context, principles, theories, ideas, concepts) and at the other end are particular facts, examples and other details. For example, the concept of living things contains the category of animals and plants. Animals contains the category of mammals, which contains the category of dogs, which contains the specific type of dog called Dalmat Ukraine rebels patrol destroyed airport Berklee Online Creative Strategies for Composition Beyond Style Overview Experimental physics I and II
In the final of his three-part podcast series on promise based management, Donald Sull, Associate Professor of Management Practice, explores how to encourage people to consistently make good promises and deliver results.
Humania del sur : revista de estudios Latinoamericanos Africanos y Asiáticos is a journal from the Centro de Estudios de Ãfrica y Asia “José Manuel Briceño Monzillo” at the Universidad de Los Andes dedicated to the study of three continents: Latin America, Africa and Asia. It is interdisciplinary by nature and covers history, politics, literature, sociology, art, philosophy and religion. The journal is formed by five sections. The Debate section publishes essays and articles by distinguis
 Rachmaninov composed it following a period of deep depression during which he questioned whether he could ever compose again. Response to his First Symphony - after it was initially performed in St. Petersburg - was extremely negative, sending Sergei Vasilievich into a tailspin.
A brilliant pianist with a famously wide hand span, he began to think performing in concert (or conducting) might be a better career path for him. Deeply unsettled, he began drinking too much alcohol.Â
African Musicology Online is a peer-reviewed full-text ejournal, published from the Department of Music, Maseno University, Kenya. At June 2009 there are three issues online, freely available for download in PDF format. Scholarly articles are well presented and are illustrated in black and white with line drawings and photographs. The journal is published bi-annually. The journal website has full details of the Editorial Board and International Editorial Advisers. The journal is linked with th
The fourth planet from the sun and the outermost of the terrestrial planets, Mars has long been a popular spot for missions and imagination. Phil walks you through the planet's topography, core, and features. We'll take a look back to Mars's past and makes predictions for its future, including the possibilities for human life. (10:12)
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The website "Forests and Chases of England and Wales, c. 1000 to c. 1850" is a project pursued by dr. John Langton and dr. Graham Jones from the University of Oxford, a multidisciplinary survey into mapping medieval forests and their survival into the modern era. The groundbreaking research reveals the landscape history of Britain and Wales throughout the centuries but also social, economic and cultural aspects of human relationship with the forests and the environment. Detailed information abou
Introduction by Robert Zimmer, President, University of Chicago; Keynote Address by The Honorable Alan S. Hegburg, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Energy Policy.
Session 1 of the conference "Petroleum: Prospects and Politics." Sponsored by the Chicago Society. Co-sponsored by the Student Government of the University of Chicago, The Graduate Scho
This initiative is being run by the European Commission (Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities directorate). The year aims to raise awareness of poverty in the European Union, where apparently 17% of people live below the poverty line. This will involve governments and social partners, plus the public. A number of activities will be held, usually decentralised, and a euro17 million budget will support these. Ambassadors will be appointed. A calendar of events can be viewed and
The Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations is a scholarly and scientific Mongolian organisation which works with UNESCO, the Dept. of Education, Culture and Science of Mongolia, and the Chinese authorities, among others. At June 2009 the Institute has been established for ten years, and it organises projects, expeditions, conferences, summer schools, and issues publications to do with Mongolian life, culture and history. The website has details of all these, along with full details of
Ukrainian separatists patrol the destroyed terminal at Donetsk airport which is littered with the dead bodies of government soldiers, as shelling is heard despite a shaky ceasefire. Mana Rabiee reports.
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One of the most important things that effective composers learn over time is how their own creative process works. Creative Strategies for Composition Beyond Style teaches you how to develop upon virtually any kernel of an idea, from a melodic fragment to a catchy rhythm or phrase or a nice chord. And, ultimately, it will provide you with a much greater level of comfort in undertaking new creative projects. Each new les
The website for this course (8.13-14 Experimental Physics I & II "Junior Lab", Fall 2007 - Spring 2008) has been made available by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Physics as part of the MIT OpenCourseWare project. It provides experimental overviews and laboratory guides for a series of experiments, mostly in atomic and nuclear physics. Study materials on data analysis are also provided.
