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A very brief history of AI
Digital & Computing

A very brief history of AI

...simple program that recognises certain words and phrases entered by the user and uses it to generate one of a series of its own questions. It doesn’t matter if the user enters nonsense, ELIZA will still happily converse with them: [Chat] A quick play with ELIZA almost always reveals its limitations and after a short time, many people can begin to see how the program...
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Amatrice Earthquake: 24th August 2016 - first reactions
Science, Maths & Technology

Amatrice Earthquake: 24th August 2016 - first reactions

...codes. Update at 10am Aftershocks are continuing. Journalists might like to visit http://www.centrometeoitaliano.it/terremoti-in-tempo-reale-italia-mondo-ingv/ I captured the screen grabs below from there at 0935 BST: [Map showing effect of the Earthquakes] [Map showing effect of the Earthquakes] The biggest aftershocks have been magnitude 4. These were in the two hours...
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Retail management and marketing
Money & Business

Retail management and marketing

...code technology Looking at the increase and benefits of online shopping and barcode technology. The impact of marketing The importance of marketing and communication. The agency and the message This video looks at how agencies help companies to raise awareness of their brand and promotions. Online retail marketing An online entrepreneur challenges the existing state of...
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Video 1 hr 39 mins
How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?

...simple Avoid jargon. Using words such as ‘stakeholders’, ‘leverages’ and ‘sustainable dialogues’ in your pitch will alienate the editor. Who are you? If it’s your first time pitching to an editor, include a bit about yourself, your areas of interest and your expertise. Supply up to three links to your previous work or, if a new writer, briefly explain why...
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Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music
Health, Sports & Psychology

Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music

...simple criminal’ – someone who refuses to abide by the norms of their own community. Such a figure is considered a ‘bad man’ by performer and listeners alike. Secondly, what Eric Hobsbawm (1981) calls the ‘social bandit’ – regarded as a criminal by the ruling class and its agencies, but who remains within the moral order of their own community and frequently...
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Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...Code, overseen by the UK’s two funding bodies: Sport England (grassroots) and UK Sport (elite). The code requires sports bodies in receipt of government funding to meet a target of at least 30% men and 30% women on their boards by 2017 or risk losing funding. In addition to gender parity, the code also requires organisations to show a ‘strong and public commitment’...
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Article 15 mins
An introduction to music theory
History & The Arts

An introduction to music theory

...simple multiple-choice questions...Gain an understanding of the basic building blocks of musical theory and notation. This free course, An introduction to music theory, will introduce you to music staves, clefs, rhythmic and pitch values, rhythmic metre and time signatures. This OpenLearn course provides an introduction to music theory pitched at a level equivalent to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The Naming of Asteroids
Science, Maths & Technology

The Naming of Asteroids

...so the remaining 25 letters of the alphabet enable 25 asteroids to be designated during each half-month period. When this number is exceeded, the letter code sequence is repeated as any times as necessary with a numerical subscript that is incremented every 25 discoveries (so that 1989 AC1 would indicate the 28th discovery during the first half of January 1989)....
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