Fall 2012 Capstone Presentation - Q & A
On December 13th, students from the Fall Capstone class presented their projects. Taught this semester by Prof. Gavin Shatkin, the Capstone is a required course that all Master's students in the LPP and MURP programs take in their final semester. This semester's students worked with Street-Works and the City of Quincy on a plan for the redevelopment of the Quincy Center MBTA Station.
Ap0120: Self-assessment, Interfaces and polymorphic behavior
Richard Baldwin
Part of a self-assessment test designed to help you determine how much you know about interfaces and polymorphic behavior in Java.
Antifragile: how to live in a world we don't understand [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Taleb believes that many of the best and most successful systems in the world (such as evolution) have antifragility at their heart. Conversely, those systems which reject antifragility and suppress volatility (such as modern politics and banking) become weaker and less able to withstand the inevitable shocks – the major tragedy of modernity, according to Taleb. But antifragility is not simply an antidote to “black swan events”. Taleb believes
WSAmacd/WSAadm Remixing business
WSAmacd/WSAadm Remixing business
Nations Of The World An entertaining animated song to learn the names of countries in the world. Note - this is an old video so new nations are missing.
The Burning Babe by Robert Southwell (poetry reading)
Saint Robert Southwell was a Jesuit martyr, he was tried for treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn:
http://Wikipedia/wiki/Robert_Southwell_(Jesuit)
Painting of the nativity by William Blake.
Also Nativity by Giotto, 1305 in Arena Chapel, Padua.
As I in hoary Winter's night stood shiveringe in the snowe,
Surpris'd I was with sodayne heat, which made my hart to glowe;
And liftinge upp a fearefull eye to vewe what fire was nere,
A prety Babe all burninge bright, did in the ayre
ISS Update: Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana
NASA Public Affairs Officer Kyle Herring talks with Robert Cabana, Kennedy Space Center Director, about his career over the years with NASA and the space agency's future.
Selected as an astronaut by NASA in June 1985, Cabana is a veteran of four shuttle flights, including STS-41, STS-53, STS-65 and STS-88. He has also held a variety of management positions at NASA, including Chief of NASA's Astronaut Office, Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, Director of the Stennis Space Center and Di
Michael Whitley - Academic Spotlight
Michael Whitley, director of development for the Missouri State Foundation, received a 2012 Young Leader Award by the St. Louis American Foundation. Michael, who is headquartered in St. Louis, was nominated by a colleague and chosen by a committee of his peers as one of the 20 winners from more than 100 nominations.
Presented annually, the awards honor 20 outstanding young African-American professionals age 40 and younger who have gone above and beyond in both their professional performance and
Support the Brooklyn Museum
All we do is made possible by the generosity of people like you. Thank you. http://give.brooklynmuseum.org
Zoeken op internet Eerst wordt er uitgelegd hoe een zoekmachine werkt, daarna volgen er oefeningen op het werken met verschillende zoekmachines. De kennis wordt getest met leuke zoekopdrachten. Tot slot volgt er nog een overzicht van verschillende Google …
Hearing Yourself Hear
Listen in as Artist Jacob Kirkegaard tells of his journey to hear himself hear. With the aid of researchers in Copenhagen, Kirkegaard generates an artificial tone in his own ear by playing two tones at a precise ratio. He has developed this phenomenon into an interactive sound piece he calls Labyrinthitis. (07:13)
Getting Started: 02 Making a text frame
Create new text frames using Smart Guides. Align text using vertical justification and resize text frames. Add placeholder text using the Type tool.
Psychology Professor Carol Dweck Discusses 'Growth' vs. 'Fixed' Minds Mindset is a book written by Carol Dweck.
Optellen en aftrekken tot tien Met deze werkblaadjes oefenen leerlingen het optellen en aftrekken tot tien.
Jonathan Trent: Energy from Floating Algae Pods
Call it "fuel without fossils": Jonathan Trent is working on a plan to grow new biofuel by farming micro-algae in floating offshore pods that eat waste-water from cities. Hear his team's bold vision for Project OMEGA (Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae) and how it might power the future. Not only does Jonathan Trent grow algae for biofuel, he wants to do so by cleansing waste-water and trapping carbon dioxide in the process. And it’s all solar-powered. (14:45)
Market Pulse: 12/12/12, a red letter day for Greek bonds
It's perhaps fitting that today Greek bond yields have a 12% handle for the first time since April last year. And is 88 years enough for progress on the "fiscal cliff" talks?
ECONOMY 2013: Luxury buyer weaker than last year - Saks CEO
Dec. 12 - Saks CEO Stephen Sadove says the high-end consumer is still reasonably healthy but not as strong as last year and feels the Fiscal Cliff's biggest impact will be on consumer sentiment.
Cultmapas urbanos [Urban cultmaps]
This research aims to address the catalog urban interventions as graffiti, stencil and sticker spotted in association with the city. As a result, they develop artistic urban mappings which assemble a structure marking the artistic manifestations. The urban arts, are georeferenced and eventually become part of a catalografia which can be viewed on the web entitled Cultmap art.
Kleuters maken een knuffel : Stappenplan De kleuters maken een knuffelbeer. Eerst maken ze aan de hand van het stappenplan het hoofd, dit wordt op een groot blad gekleefd. Onder het hoofd wordt dan een lichaam getekend dat ze met watten mogen beplakken, zodat ze een zachte beer …
