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Exploring the Future of TV Screen Technology: Mirror Screens and Beyond
This video explores the evolution of TV screen technology, highlighting the emergence of mirror screens that double as decorative mirrors when switched off. It discusses the technical aspects of these mirror screens, their potential...
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Battle of Lincoln: The Matildine Conflict
This video narrates the turbulent period of the early 12th century in England, focusing on the power struggle between King Stephen and Empress Matilda for the throne. It highlights key events such as defections, battles, and alliances...
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Hyperbole: The Art of Exaggeration in Literature
This video unpacks hyperbole, a figure of speech that uses intentional exaggeration for emphasis or humor. It demonstrates hyperbole's widespread use in literature, referencing works by Mark Twain and Lewis Carroll, and includes an...
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Crafting Atmosphere: Setting the Scene in Literature
This video explores how writers use the literary element of atmosphere to create specific feelings about a place or setting within a story. It distinguishes atmosphere from mood and uses examples from Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and...
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Decoding Paradoxes: Contradictions in Literature
This video explores paradoxes in literature, explaining how they present self-contradictory statements that reveal deeper truths. It discusses examples like "wise fool" and "bittersweet" and examines George Orwell's use of paradox in...
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Comparing Fractions: Learning with Shapes and Symbols
This video guides viewers through comparing fractions using squares, circles, and number lines. It introduces symbols for 'greater than' and 'less than', and demonstrates how to use these symbols to compare fraction sizes. The video...
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What is Authentic Leadership?
Authentic leadership is still a relatively new and under-researched topic. It first came to wide attention with the 2006 best seller, ‘Why Should Anyone be Led by You’, by British academics, Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones. But it goes back...
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Is Britain's Real Monarch Living in Australia?
Is Britain's Real Monarch Living in Australia?
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Work Orientation Theory: John Goldthorpe and How Attitudes affect Motivation
John Goldthorpe and his colleagues offer us a sociological model of workplace motivation: Work Orientation Theory. Goldthorpe's theory is culturally rooted in 1960s Britain. But I do think the principles underpinning it are worth bearing...
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Non-verbal Aspects of Negotiation: Negotiating Body Language
Do not underestimate how important the non-verbal aspects of negotiation are. In this video, we look at body language and other non-verbal cues we give, while negotiating.
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What is a Team?
What is a Team? This is the first video in a new course on teams and team-working. So we need to start at the beginning and establish what we mean by the term 'team'.
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Supporting Your Team Under Pressure: Return to High-Performance
When you have a team under pressure, what can you do to support them and return them to a high-performance state?
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Tips for Cross-Cultural Working: 10 + 1 Bonus
In readying yourself to lead cross-cultural teams, here are ten of my best practical tips... with a bonus on the end!
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Credibility: Gain Gravitas through Knowledge and Experience
One of the four parameters in the Trust Equation (see our earlier video: • What is the Trust Equation? - Gravita... ) is Credibility. If people don't see you as credible, they won't trust you. So, how can you acquire credibility. The...
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The NLP Approach to Rapport Building
Building rapport is one of the core principles of NLP. And so, as you’d expect, NLP has a lot to say about how best to do rapport building.
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Style and Presentation to Enhance Your Gravitas
This is a short video that looks at the impact of style and presentation on your gravitas. You'd expect that these superficial elements are of little importance to gravitas. Style and presentation are, indeed, very much secondary to...
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How to Solve an Absolute Value Equation
In this video transcript, the process of solving an absolute value equation is explained step by step. Both solutions are then verified by substituting them back into the original equation.
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Exploring the Speed and Innovation of Jet Aircraft
This video provides an overview of jet aircraft technology and speed capabilities, highlighting the design and function of jet engines and wings. It explores the concept of supersonic speed and mentions some of the fastest jets ever...
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AWS, JavaScript, React - Deploy Web Apps on the Cloud - Creating Billing Alerts
In this video, we will work on a hands-on exercise of creating a billing alert on the AWS service.
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AWS, JavaScript, React - Deploy Web Apps on the Cloud - Validating Forms in React - Part 2
This is a continuation of the previous lesson, where we will continue validating the information we place on the form before checking out.
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AWS, JavaScript, React - Deploy Web Apps on the Cloud - JavaScript Booleans
Here, we will explore the Boolean function used to determine if an expression or a variable is true.
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AWS, JavaScript, React - Deploy Web Apps on the Cloud - JavaScript Comparisons
In this lesson, we will understand comparison operators to compare the quality or difference between variables or values with examples.
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Dream and Believe: AJ Wants to Play Football
AJ really loves football. His dream is to one day play on his school’s football team, but there’s only one problem, AJ is very small. Everyone at school, including his teacher Mrs. Wilson, thinks he won’t make it, but what AJ doesn’t...