RESULTS OF EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY PRACTICAL USING A SIMPLE STEP TEST TO CALCULATE VO2 MAX. Lovely to meet you today. Here are most of your class exercise physiology results. You can download the Excel spreadsheet and play around with the data … Continue reading →

A quick daily create to combine two patterns into one photo. Well, neither a dog and a corn field are particularly patterns but I suspect it is what Spike might have been thinking a the time. I was just putting … Continue reading →

Kneesupland. Gateway to the South. Kneesupland is located in the east end of Margate (pro. Margit), near the end of the Kentish gyratory. It marks the bifurcation of the bus terminus and the old tramway, although much was destroyed after … Continue reading →

BLOG POST FOR: Any student completing coursework essays Students completing research dissertations Anybody completing more professional research, in depth studies, systematic reviews should seek the help of library services to develop their search strategy. The resources on this page are … Continue reading →

Thanks Novak Rogic! We can’t get through George Gershwin week without “Summertime”, apparently the most recorded song of all time. A few chords, surprisingly interchangeable with Van Morrison’s Moondance, “Summertime” can be played in a million different styles. The song … Continue reading →

YEY – just worked for me. Create GIF in PowerPoint and simply use the “import photo” function. When you “view slideshow” see your ANIMATED GIF in full glory. Click on the link to download the PPT slide LOLs. PPT Anim … Continue reading →

“The Man I Love”. 26th September Birthday LOLS. Celebrating the BIRTHDAY of George Gershwin, Julie London, and me (not that I can lay claim to such company), here is a great number by George – “The Man I Love”. “The … Continue reading →

Day Four “One foot in Tin Pan Alley, and the other in Carnegie hall”. (Isaac Goldberg 1931). George, born September 26th 1898 in New York and died in 1937. In the 1890′s his parents – the Gershovitzs’ emigrated from Russia, and … Continue reading →

Day Three Grooves by Vince Giordano and his Night Hawks Day Three of George Gershwin week. I saw these guys at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2012 and they blew me away. Their glorious sound is partly due to the … Continue reading →

Crazy Time for Libran Musical Geniuses Day Two of George Gershwin week which is me celebrating George’s (and my) birthday on 26th September. Today we also say happy birthday to John Coltrane. Yesterday we started off with “I Got Rhythm” which … Continue reading →

Well I say so. Why?  Because ever since I was young he was my favourite composer. His songs had magical harmonies. His brother Ira wrote most of his song lyrics of course which were also superb. Years and years later … Continue reading →

And possibly biggest DS106 challenge so far! TDC607 – create an exciting movie trailer to accompany your blog. I’ve been determined for several weeks to master iMovie, having lost my old PC and all the cool video editing software I … Continue reading →

And possibly legless at some point! Kicking off Headless DS106. YEY! I thought I’d start with a more difficult than expected attempt to become headless. It is all in the background. [Method: using Fireworks, eraser tool to decapitate, cropping a … Continue reading →

Hello from me! Summary of project ideas 1) Literature and data analytical review of the link between gut dysfunction and manifestation of neurodegenerative disorders. Emerging clinical and laboratory research suggests that for example gut inflammation (cytokines, oxidate stress factors) drive degeneration and accelerate disease progression. … Continue reading →

WOW!  I was just pulling some resources together for project students to help them get started, and when I searched the web I found this fantastic webpage by Viv Sieber at the University of Surrey. It knocked me dead when … Continue reading →

More animated giffery And why not. A dull Sunday evening and not much happing in the world. It seemed like a good time for some Jungle Book! Feel free to sing along. [Method. Once again, thanks to John J for … Continue reading →

Dancing Jim All Over the World Assignment Like the elusive Pimpernell, dancing Jim may crop up anywhere at any time thanks to J Johnston’s assignment. Due to popular demand from #byzantiumbooks, there was only one thing to possibly do with … Continue reading →

DS106 YEY Thanks John Johnson! Following on from my previous post about the Newport Jazz Festival (on right now in Newport US, and I’m NOT there, and that just isn’t fair), I decided to celebrate with a delightful shimmy by … Continue reading →

DS106 Not-really-an-assignment Those clever folks at DS106 are putting sounds to their animated gifs now. And aside from that  I can hardly believe that one year ago today I was at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island. An absolute dream … Continue reading →

DS106 Video yourself singing a verse of your national anthem as fast as you can. I was informed by reliable sources, reliably, in a reliable manner, that our English National Anthem was indeed a mediaeval tune originally played on lutes … Continue reading →

- Anyone reading the BIS report “International education: global growth and prosperity” (July 2013) may welcome some of the proposals within to support international students  including mentions of – introducing an effective loan repayment scheme, clarifying the visa system, and having … Continue reading →

Final weeks of Jazz MOOC (Copy of my blog post to sicklecellanaemia.org) This is the third blog sharing my experiences of a MOOC. Read part 1. Read part 2. Read part 3. The final 3 weeks of jazz-MOOC continued to … Continue reading →

MOOC Week 2 (Copy of my blog post on sicklecellanaemia.org).   Read part 1. Read part 2. Read part 3.   I suppose my inquisitive nature got the better of me, so I delved back into the Jazz MOOC for … Continue reading →

Introducing Jazz MOOC! (Copy of my blog post on sicklecellanaemia.org). First of 3 parts. Read part 2. Read part 3. Last week I joined my first Massive Online Open Course from Coursera. This is one of several mass-education platforms established in the US, with … Continue reading →

I suppose I should write a few lines although the sun is shining and the pub is open shortly.