An App A Day: Tasty Apps for iPhone and Android - February 24, 2010
Lunch 'n Learn presentation: Smartphones are the new platform, and apps are the core. At the start of the new decade, Apple reported that the App Store for iPhone users has surpassed 100,000 applications, and users have downloaded over 2 billion apps -- not bad for a new market that was created only a year and a half earlier. Meanwhile, Google's Android Market doubled over the last quarter to around 20,000 apps.
In this talk Doug Dixon explores the range of apps being developed for these new pl
The Australia-US relationship: its place in our histories in the context of Asia
One hundred years ago this year the Great White fleet sailed into Sydney harbor to a rapturous reception from Australian's hoping that America would protect us from the threats we feared from rising…
ANU Trevor Swan Distinguished Lectures in Economics: Consequences of Radical Reform - The Economic C
Using the French Revolution as a starting point, the presentation examines the economic effects of exogenously-imposed institutional change on countries following invasions by French Revolutionary and Napoleonic armies. Data is used to test whether institutions: (1) efficiently adapt to a society's characteristics, (2) 'evolved' institutions are inherently superior to those rationally designed, (3) institutions must be `appropriate' and cannot be `transplanted', and (4) the French Civil Code has
The GFC in Our Region: India and Indonesia
These back-to-back public lectures, sponsored by the ANU Chapter of Golden Key, will present expert views on the economies of our close neighbors India and Indonesia in the context of the global financial crisis, and the implications for Australia. The lectures will be aimed at a general audience, and an extended Q&A session will be held afterwards. Free refreshments and nibbles will be available before the lectures, and wine and cheese after they conclude. Professor Hal Hill speaking on Indones
Drug Law Reform
CEPS visitor, Dr Norm Stamper, former Chief of the Seattle Police Department and one of the leading lights of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a drug-policy-reform group. Dr Stamper is a major proponent of significant drug law reform, believing that the "war on drugs" has actually been a war on people. Having served as a police officer for 34 years, and Chief of the Seattle Police Department from 1998 to 2000, Norm Stamper is one of the strongest voices in the US advocating legalisati
China and the US-Japan Alliance: Comparing 1960 and 2010
In its 50th year, the US-Japan Security Treaty has come under scrutiny in Washington, Tokyo, and in capitals around East Asia. Japan's Prime Minister has called for a more equal place for Japan within the alliance; a more cooperative relationship with China; and a stronger "East Asian community". Together, these shifts depict a more independent and assertive Japan, and one that is attempting to reshape the future of the US-Japan alliance and Japan's place in the region. Yet these developments ar
China Update 2010: The next 20 years of economic reform and development
The China Update is hosted by the Rio Tinto - ANU China Partnership, between the China Economy Program in the Crawford School and Rio Tinto Australia. The China Economy Program is Chaired by Professor Ross Garnaut and Directed by Dr Ligang Song. The China Update is an annual event at which world leading experts present the latest research on the Chinese economy. Each year, the latest edition of the China Update Book Series is released the day before the conference. The 2010 edition will be the 9
China Update 2010: Opening session on the next 20 years of economic reform and development
China Update 2010: The next 20 years of economic reform and development The China Update is hosted by the Rio Tinto - ANU China Partnership, between the China Economy Program in the Crawford School and Rio Tinto Australia. The China Economy Program is Chaired by Professor Ross Garnaut and Directed by Dr Ligang Song. The China Update is an annual event at which world leading experts present the latest research on the Chinese economy. Each year, the latest edition of the China Update Book Series i
China Update 2010: Session 02: Macroeconomic Development
China Update 2010: The next 20 years of economic reform and development The China Update is hosted by the Rio Tinto - ANU China Partnership, between the China Economy Program in the Crawford School and Rio Tinto Australia. The China Economy Program is Chaired by Professor Ross Garnaut and Directed by Dr Ligang Song. The China Update is an annual event at which world leading experts present the latest research on the Chinese economy. Each year, the latest edition of the China Update Book Series i
China Update 2010: Session 03: Resources, Energy and Environment
China Update 2010: The next 20 years of economic reform and development The China Update is hosted by the Rio Tinto - ANU China Partnership, between the China Economy Program in the Crawford School and Rio Tinto Australia. The China Economy Program is Chaired by Professor Ross Garnaut and Directed by Dr Ligang Song. The China Update is an annual event at which world leading experts present the latest research on the Chinese economy. Each year, the latest edition of the China Update Book Series i
China Update 2010: Session 04: The long term prospects for China's Growth
China Update 2010: The next 20 years of economic reform and development The China Update is hosted by the Rio Tinto - ANU China Partnership, between the China Economy Program in the Crawford School and Rio Tinto Australia. The China Economy Program is Chaired by Professor Ross Garnaut and Directed by Dr Ligang Song. The China Update is an annual event at which world leading experts present the latest research on the Chinese economy. Each year, the latest edition of the China Update Book Series i
Week 06 Lecture: Australia's Forests
Peter introduces issues around forests and forestry and why they matter. Details are given of forestry courses offered by Fenner including ENVS including the Winter session course ENVS2010 "Australia's forests" which is available to 1st year students) this 9-day block course is taught in 2009 from 5-17 July and includes a 5 day field class - see http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/ENVS2010;details.html and http://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/studying/undergrad/undergrad_courses.php for details of all F
Week 06 Lecture: Australia's Forests
Peter introduces issues around forests and forestry and why they matter. Details are given of forestry courses offered by Fenner including ENVS including the Winter session course ENVS2010 "Australia's forests" which is available to 1st year students) this 9-day block course is taught in 2009 from 5-17 July and includes a 5 day field class - see http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/ENVS2010;details.html and http://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/studying/undergrad/undergrad_courses.php for details of all F
Week 06 Lecture: Water Policy
The first hour of this week's lecture will take the form of a historical analysis of Murray-Darling policy issues from Daniel Connell. The 2nd hour will include a question and answer session on water policy in Australia with Tony Slatyer - please click here to read Tony's biographic details and in the light of his various roles on water policy you need to come with questions you would like to ask him. There will probably not be time for Richard to go through his slides so you are encouraged to g
Week 06 Lecture: Water Policy
The first hour of this week's lecture will take the form of a historical analysis of Murray-Darling policy issues from Daniel Connell. The 2nd hour will include a question and answer session on water policy in Australia with Tony Slatyer - please click here to read Tony's biographic details and in the light of his various roles on water policy you need to come with questions you would like to ask him. There will probably not be time for Richard to go through his slides so you are encouraged to g
Teachers of Year Forum B
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Teachers of Year Forum A
Lectures & Interviews - 2009/10 Lectures & Presentations - Teachers of Year Forum A - Central Washington University > Activities, Performances, Guest Speakers, Sports > Lectures & Interviews > 2009/10 Lectures & Presentations > Teachers of Year Forum A
2010 Georgetown College Commencement: Commencement Address by Dikembe Mutombo (I'91)
NBA legend and Georgetown alumnus Dikembe Mutombo (I?91) returned to his alma mater on May 22 with a message about the importance of freedom for an audience of more than 800 graduates of Georgetown College.
?Freedom of choice is precious, even if it is only exercised in making the decision to go to class or not, to do homework or to go to a party,? said the alumnus, who completed a bachelor?s degree in French with a certificate in African Studies at Georgetown.
Preventing Genocide - Vision Series Lecture
Andrea Bartoli, Drucie French Cumbie Chair at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and ResolutionSixty years after the signing of the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, we are still struggling to understand genocidal trends and to respond to threats appropriately. Too many times, signs of impending genocides were not identified, appreciated, and acted upon, which created conditions for a re-emergence of new forms. Preventing genocide is a collectiv
SP.776 Design for Demining (MIT)
Humanitarian Demining is the process of detecting, removing and disposing of landmines. Millions of landmines are buried in more than 80 countries resulting in more than 10,000 civilian victims every year. MIT Design for Demining is a design course that spans the entire product design and development process from identification of needs and idea generation to prototyping and blast testing to manufacture and deployment. Technical, business and customer aspects are addressed. Students learn about
