Optimizing apps for cloud I've been getting a lot of questions lately about how to cloud-optimize an app, essentially moving beyond architectures that look more like old-school hosting, and closer to a true realization of the utility computing dream that everyone is signing up for these days. That tells me we're still not clear on the whole "what is cloud computing" thing, since some of the people asking me have actually built and deployed services, presumably with a little devil on their shoulder casting do
Episode 71 - Using Cloud9 IDE to Deploy to Windows Azure Join Wade and David each week as they cover Windows Azure. You can follow and interact with the show at @CloudCoverShow. In this episode, Nathan Totten and Glenn Block are joined by Ruben Daniels and Matt Pardee of
The Beauty of Algebra
In this ten-minute video clip, Sal Khan discusses why the abstraction of mathematics is so fundamental to its understanding.
King Tut Unwrapped: Killer Malaria
In this King Tut Unwrapped video clip, along with his own DNA, King Tut's tissue samples contained genetic markers for the most severe form of malaria that may well have been fatal and a possible reason of death. (1:56)
Spelling Technique for Dyslexic
Most dyslexics have problems with reading and spelling, specifically with phonics , decoding words and remembering how to spell them. This ten minute video shows a parent explaining how she uses this technique and provides examples. (10:01)
PSYC 234-01, Industrial Psychology, Fall 1998
Besides teaching you the basic concepts of Industrial/Organizational psychology, a major course objective is to give you a detailed picture of what the "company psychologist" does so that you will a) appreciate the difficulty of his/her task, b) be receptive to procedures/innovations proposed by an IO psychologist if you are ever an executive with an IO psychologist as a subordinate, and c) be able to recognize a competent from an incompetent IO psychologist (there are many of the later around).
3.10.15 is #ElonDay
3.10.15 is #ElonDay! See what President Leo M. Lambert and Durice White Galloway ’09 G’14 have to say about this global celebration of Elon. Visit elon.edu/elonday to learn more, and get ready to show the world you believe in Elon on March 10, 2015.
Literary Festival 2012: The Culture of Europe [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Roger Scruton, Maurice Fraser | What are the distinctive features of European culture today? To what extent can we lean on our European cultural inheritance, in an age when its Christian foundations are crumbling? And is it one inheritance or many? Roger Scruton is an adjunct scholar of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, a new position he took up in July 2009. Prior to that he was a research professor for the Institute for the Psychological Sciences. He is
1.4 Decline of cardiovascular diseases in Western society? Cardiovascular diseases may be the main cause of death across most of the world, but the mortality (death) rates have actually been declining since the 1970s in most industrialised countries. ‘…CHD mortality decreased by more than 50% between 1981 and 2000 in England and Wales. Approximately 40% of the UK decrease was attributable to the combined effects of modern cardiological treatments and almost 60% to [a] Teaching Tomorrow's Economists I am happy to announce that the Teacher's Manual is now available for my introductory textbook, Lessons for the Young Economist. For those readers who are unfamiliar with it, let me explain that the student text was Fysica : Bijkomende ondersteuning Op deze sites vind je links naar applets, soms met instructiebladen, alsook links naar filmpjes bruikbaar in de fysicales. Ze werden gemaakt voor de leerlingen van O.L.V. Ter Duinen (Heist - Zeebrugge). Lesson #061, Monday The letter combination 'sc', when followed by the vowels i or e, will produce a soft sound, like the English words shoe, shore, share and cash. cuscino = cushion scimmia = monkey sciarpa = scarf pesce = fish The letter combination 'sc', when followed by the vowels a, o or u, will produce a hard sound, like the English words sky, ski, score and scarf. scuola = school tasca = pocket pesca = peach scarpe = shoes scat World War I - Weapons and Technology 8.2 Nationalism, self-determination and secession What makes a ‘nation’ and what makes peoples strive for nationhood? This unit will provide you with an introduction to studying political ideas by looking at how people who see themselves as nations challenge the existing order to assert their right to a state of their own. To access this material click on the unit link below. It leads to a separate OpenLearn unit and will open in a new window. Robert's Rules of Order - Mastering the 3 Most Important Motions Meet Nadja Drost: La Toma Miners' Gold Wars Les elections presidentielles francaises de 2012 RSC Public Seminars 2012: Climate Change and Organisational Change in UNHCR and IOM Art Matters Festival 2012 Dancing Princess - POP
Though they may seem primitive today, the weapons and technology used during World War I completely revolutionized the way wars were fought. These weapons and technologies also had a significant impact on the outcome of the war. From the use of machine guns and bolt-action rifles, to the popularization of grenades, poison gas and finally tanks, World War I set the stage for all wars that followed it. This war also helped troubleshoot many of the problems with these technologies, helping streamli
This seven minute video offer tips on mastering the 3 most important motions used in most meetings that use Robert's Rules of Order. A good overview of the basics.
Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/colombia-cauca-gold-mining-conflict-government-resistance
Afro-Colombians in La Toma's mining community are struggling to stay in control of the gold. As mining titles are being granted to Colombian and international mining outfits, miners are beginning to defy outsiders mining on their territories, yet with a price. The miners are in danger of death threats and assassinations for their resistance.
Nadja Drost's report on mining in Colombia is par
Les elections presidentielles francaises de 2012.
RSC Public Seminar series of Hilary Term 2012. Podcast from the Refugee Studies Centre's Public Seminar Series on 'Critical Approaches to Environmental Displacement' convened by Dr Alexander Betts. This podcast was recorded on Wednesday 29 February 2012 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. The seminar was delivered by Nina Hall, University of Oxford.
http://concordia.ca/now | http://artmattersfestival.org/
The 12th edition of North America's largest student-run arts festival will feature13 exhibition to entice Montrealers to discover the talent emerging from Concordia's multidisciplinary artistic community spearheaded by the Faculty of Fine Arts. The event runs from March 2 to 16 - http://artmattersfestival.org/
Catch this Super WHY! clip as Princess Presto uses her spelling powers to help get the princess down from the sky by popping the balloons that are keeping her up there! Along with the help of the viewers, Princess Presto sounds out and spells the word P-O-P and gets the princess down safely. (2:06)
