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Public speaking and presentations demystified

Call No. : PN4129.15 Tem
From webinars to toasts, and lectures to eulogies, this book will show you how to prepare for the moment, and deliver with style, confidence, and panache. (OPAC)

Body in numbers.

Call No.: QP38 Bod
More advanced than a computer, yet more versatile and resilient than any machine ; this amazing miracle is otherwise known as the human body. 
(OPAC)

Art in the classroom. Composition.

Call No.: ND1475 Art
Professional artist Anthony Pessler discusses what makes a composition effective and demonstrates some techniques for achieving variety, balance and unity.     
(OPAC)

Consuming kids.

Call No.: HF5415.332 Chi.Co    
Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children’s marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids. 
(OPAC)

Energy crossroads.

Call No.: HD9502 Ene        
Discusses current energy consumption patterns and their damaging effects on our environment, the global economy, and the geopolitical balance in the world today.
(OPAC)

Aviation journals — Airports

Airport Business (HE9797 AB)

The January 2010 issue of Airport Business casts its spotlight on “The $1 Billion Big Build”, or $1.08 billion to be exact. The terminal project, based in Sacramento International, comprises a landside terminal building with an airside concourse connected by an above ground airport people mover system.

The project is slated to be completed between the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2011. You can read more about this project, some of the controversy surrounding it, and more, if you swing by the Library’s Periodicals Section at Level 4, HE9797AB.

Airports International (HE9797 AI)

In line with the beefing up of security at  airports after the Christmas Terror Alert, Airports International’s January/February issue headlines “Christmas Terror Alert Brings Security Changes”.

The British government has upped aviation security requirements, its first major change since August 2006. More pat-down body searches, more sniffer dogs, an increase in hand luggage inspections, millimeter-wave body scanners and more are making their way into UK’s commercial airports.

Yet, industry watchers estimate that these mesures would only have a 50 – 60% chance of detecting the type of explosives in the Christmas scare. The most reliable method? The controversial use of profiling.

Why not swing by the Library’s periodical section to pick up this periodical and find out more? Airports International can be found at HE9797 AI.

Did you know?

Coupled with Air Transport Intelligence, International Civil Aviation Organisation Data (ICAO) can provide a well rounded view of the aviation industry. These 2 databases can be found here.

Systems at Dickens World.

Call No.: GV1853.4 Gre.Sy          
Dickens World near Chatham, Kent, tries to takes you back to Dickens’ time, but to do that they use very modern technology.  
(OPAC)

America’s tsunami.

Call No.: GC221.2 Ame         
A team of leading scientists investigate whether a tsunami like the one that hit Thailand on Dec 26, 2004 could strike America.
(OPAC)

Eating the sun : how plants power the planet

Call No. : QK882 Mor
Focusing on photosynthesis and it’s relation to plant and animal life, this book traces the discovery of photosynthesis, the development of plant life and how it allowed for the growth of animal life, and finally climate change and human activity. (OPAC)