Wall St. remains calm on debt
July 27 - Summary of business headlines: Tom Roth of UBS says August 2nd is "political" deadline for default; Ford tops estimate, Chrysler posts net loss; Home prices flat -S&P/Case Shiller. Conway G. Gittens reports.
1.4 Nature matters in terms of a critical systems literacy
This unit explores conceptual tools for assisting our thinking and deliberation on what matters. The notion of ‘framing’ nature is introduced and three readings provide an understanding of systems thinking for explicitly framing issues of environmental responsibility.
4.6 Appreciating some implications for practice I think for most people, the CSA case study would be experienced as a complex situation. If so this would be a good example of perceived complexity. Remember though, if you engaged with it as if it were a difficulty, just as the government minister did in Activity 42, you would not describe the situation as one of perceived complexity. I could not call it a complex system unless I had tried to make sense of it using system
7.2.1 Trap 1: representing the problem and not the situation This trap is one of the most fundamental mistakes you can make in systems thinking. There are lots of metaphorical phrases in English that can entice you into the trap. We can talk about ‘the nub of the problem’, ‘the key issue’, ‘the basic problem’, ‘the real difficulty’ and so on. Like all traps, once it has sprung, it can be very difficult to get out. The trap seriously limits one's ability to think about the situation in its full complexity. This
Designing the Workflow for a Digital Data Repository
Symposium on Data-Driven Approaches to Droughts (DDAD2011), June 21-22, 2011. A presentation by Cole Whiteman from the University of Michigan discussing how to design the workflow for a digital data repository.
Ecological Pyramids
An ecological pyramid (or trophic pyramid) is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or productivity at each trophic level in a given ecosystem. Biomass pyramids show the abundance or biomass of organisms at each trophic level, while productivity pyramids show the production or turnover in biomass. Ecological pyramids begin with producers on the bottom (such as plants) and proceed through the various trophic levels (such as herbivores that eat plants, then carnivores that eat he
Digital projectors merge real and virtual worlds
July 26 - Move over virtual reality, researchers at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute are taking spatially augmented reality to the next level with "dynamic projection surfaces." The system moves projected images out into the real world, enabling multiple users to interact with their physical and virtual environments simultaneously. Sharon Reich reports.
Exclusive interview with well known fantasy and concept artist Iain McCaig Online teaching (Collection 7 of 7) Career Expo at CCA APW2011 War-game simulation: Antagonism despite Alignment? Simulating crisis over Takeshima/Dokdo On Location Digital Library Object - Rising influence of China in West Africa: analysis of the effects on econom Blasts kill at least 15 in Iraq's Tikrit Clashes in Chile DSK maid has her say Pivot Animations Devices of Wonder: Cinema through the Ages
Online teaching (Collection 7 of 7)
The Career Expo at California College of the Arts is a private job fair aimed specifically at CCA's emerging student and alumni populations of artists, writers, designers, and thinkers, and the potential employers who value them.
Attendees receive invaluable information about potential internships, part- and full-time positions, freelance work, and more!
Video produced by Edward Hayden (BFA Film Program, 2011)
Design by CCA Graphic Design student Matt Delbridge (Sputnik Design Studio)
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This is the ninth session of Asia Pacific Week 2011, recorded on Thursday 14 July 2011 - The Australian National University. The session, Antagonism despite Alignment? Simulating crisis over Takeshima/Dokdo features Dr Brendan Taylor, Admiral Chris Barrie AC, Professor William Tow & participants of APW2011.
This session introduces Asia Pacific Week participants to a war-game simulation exercise. War gaming is a methodology that has been employed for several decades at the highest levels of gove
Link To Full Record
July 28 - Two suicide bombers killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 30 in Iraq's Tikrit city. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
July 28 - Chilean students clash with police in latest in a series of protests over education budgets. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
July 28 - The woman accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault defends her story and her credibility. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
The Devices of Wonder Web site explores the ancestors of modern cinema, cyborgs, and other optical devices. The Web site was created in conjunction with an exhibition, which presented the parlor games, natural wonders, moving image devices, and scientific instruments that have entertained and educate
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