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Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground

...system of analysis...Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground: 1.1 Overview of Mozart's sonatas - Mozart wrote nineteen compositions with the title ‘Sonata’ for the fortepiano, works spanning from his teenage years (the Sonata in C, K279, was written at the age of fifteen) to two years before his death (the Sonata in D, K576, dates from 1789). Although they...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...think is most influential for me personally in exploring, understanding climate change and the environment is actually Blue Peter. So when I was young, in the nineties, they were always doing things about global warming, the greenhouse effect, even things like light pollution, and as a child that was a window into the reality of that. I think people can try and cotton...
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Video 30 mins
Do you have a photographic memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do you have a photographic memory?

...have this special ability. This allows them to continue to see an image, in detail, for a short while even after it's taken away. Do you think you have this ability? Do you have a photographic memory? Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Activity 5 mins
Management and the unconscious mind
Money & Business

Management and the unconscious mind

...thinking a pre-requisite for good ideas? The human brain is an incredibly complex machine which constantly processes vast amounts of data many of us are oblivious to as we go about our lives, but can the information contained within the unconscious mind aid managers within the work place? In the following audio discussion Guy Claxton, a psychologist from the University of...
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Audio 6 mins
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...think poems are very apt for, apt machines for, capturing in the same way as cameras are, you know, just this little moment which seems to have a resonance. And it seems to keep on resonating, so that I was actually sort of just jumping up and down in the waves with her, and I glanced sideways as a particularly big wave came over and she jumped up but she didn’t jump up...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
"V" Process (Vacuum sealed moulding process)
Science, Maths & Technology

"V" Process (Vacuum sealed moulding process)

...systems should allow the cavity to be filled rapidly. Vents and risers must be located in such a way that the unfilled portion of the casting cavity is at atmospheric pressure, to allow the gases formed in the initial stages to escape to atmosphere. Knock-out is easy, since removal of the vacuum allows the sand to flow out of the box. When casting cast iron, or other...
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Article 5 mins
Rotary Forging, General Forging Machine (GFM) and Swaging
Science, Maths & Technology

Rotary Forging, General Forging Machine (GFM) and Swaging

...system contains the workpiece on all sides, which eliminates the tensile stresses developed in conventional hot forging. The high rate of working leads to heat generation to compensate for radiation losses, so that multiple passes can be used to produce a forging in a single heat. This leads to substantial energy and labour savings compared with conventional forging....
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Article 5 mins
The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail

...systems in action. India’s busiest city, Mumbai, is right at the heart of the world’s busiest railway. Mumbai is situated on a peninsula of land on the west coast of India, surrounded by the Indian Ocean. Its most important transport hub, the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, opened in 1887 when India was still part of the British Empire. The station was built...
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