Hammad Nasar - Asia Art Archives: Public Lecture
September 19, 2013 - Hammad Nasar, Head of Research and Programmes at the Asia Art Archive (AAA), Hong Kong, speaks on questions of geography, region and nation with insights into developments in contemporary art from West Asia or the "Middle East", and with relation to the current exhibition at Centre A, "Minutes from a Second Story" by Hajra Waheed.
Hammad Nasar is a curator and writer, and recently moved to Hong Kong as Head of Research and Programmes at the Asia Art Archive, where he plays
Virtual Maths - 3D shapes, area of cylinder
Interactive simulation demonstrating the formula and calculation of the area of a cylinder
Localism in London [Audio]
Speaker(s): Michael Ward | LSE London's 2013 Lent term seminar series begins on the 14th of January. Speakers from within and beyond academia will focus on many of the implications of the current economic and political environment for London, covering relevant issues such as the road pricing, UK trends in higher education, census data and localism. Presenters include academics and practitioners from relevant fields. Each seminar is chaired by one of the members of LSE London, while speaker’s p
The darwinian structure of the design process
This text is meant only to be a stimulus for the discussion to be held, in a specific panel, at Generative Art 2001. In the text, ?provocative enough? to spur animated discussion, some very basics of darwinism and genetics are given with the only purpose of declaring a common ?stage for the play? where everybody feels at ease. Common stage and common vocabulary ifnot even common language. The main thesis is very strong, therefore comments and critics are warmly encouraged. They are the selective
Now you can edit edit text within images - Amazing Every once in while you see computers do things that make you go "wow" and this definitely falls in to that category. Project Naptha is a chrome extension that a
Derived copy of Neurons and Glial Cells
Shannon McDermott
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
In conversation: Dr Don Russell and Sue Regan, reflecting on his term as a departmental Secretary
This conversation follows the Crawford School Reflections Lecture 2014 which Dr Don Russell gave on Monday 31 March 2014.
In the lecture and this conversation, Dr Russell reflects on his time in Canberra as Secretary of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Climate Change, Science, Research, and Tertiary Education (DIICSRTE) He explore sensible ways of structuring government departments in order to achieve national goals. He also discusses the impact of structural change within the public se
Season 3 – Lesson 24 – Coffee Break Spanish Following our recent musical episodes, listeners have been asking us for some suggestions of Spanish-language singers and groups. In episode 24 we’ve provided some suggestions, talking about Spanish groups Amaral and Ojos de Brujo, and we’ve also mentioned Colombian Juanes and the renowned Panamanian salsa performer Ruben Blades. Language points include more subjunctive talk, the use of al + infinitive, and in addition to introducing some phrases meaning “to ke
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The Great Depression and the 1990s
This lesson asks students to research a modern government program having roots in the New Deal. Following their research, students participate in a congressional forum where they debate which programs should be continued. Recommended for grade 11, can be adapted for other grades.
Take Notes Online With NoteStar
NoteStar is a free internet tool that enables you to take digital notes, organize them, and prepare your bibliography (list of sources used) quickly and easily. Students can:
• take digital (online) notes in index card format and organize them
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Sesame Street - Growing Numbers #18
18 numbers that magically grow anywhere in this one-minute Sesame Street video. (00:55)
Sustainable Tourism Certification
A lecture on sustainable tourism
The Multinational World: how cities and regions win or lose in the global innovation contest [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Riccardo Crescenzi, Martin Sandbu | The process of technological development constantly opens windows of opportunity for new innovation centres to emerge around the world. What makes it possible for some cities and regions to join the exclusive ‘world innovation club’? Why are other places persistently excluded or lose their membership? Scholarly and policy debates attempt to identify factors at the national, regional or city level to ‘ignite’ innovation and boost p
Conclusion This free course provided an introduction to studying Science. It took you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance and helped to improve your confidence as an independent learner.
7.3 Getting out of traps Remember to date your rich picture and not to throw away any previous versions. Old versions of rich pictures provide you with a record of your developing understanding. The next activity is an invitation to improve your rich picture by digging yourself out of any of the traps you may have fallen into. In this activity, I suggest a certain ruthlessness in reviewing your efforts so far. You should not, however, see this as an evaluation of your performance in the task. My experience is t
8.3 Chromosome distribution within the nucleus DNA from any one particular chromosome is a single chain, many millions of bases long, and this chain is attached to a scaffold structure. It is not surprising then, that if we examine the interphase nucleus, each chromosome is seen to fill a localised area. This localised distribution of individual chromosomes is illustrated in Figure 42 with an examination of human chromosomes within the interphase nucleus. In these examples, special DNA probes have been used to detect the location of the e
Regional Trade Agreements
9th Annual National Latina/o Law Student Association Conference: Regional Trade Agreements
Quake shakes Mexico City, but no damage reported
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Climate Change and the Australian Reform Agenda
This lecture is the ninth annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture presented by the Australian National University. The introduction of an emissions trading scheme in Australia constitutes a significant economic reform. Unlike other key reforms with such a broad impact across the economy, there has not been a broad consensus within the economics profession on the merits of this reform or the general approach to how it should be implemented. In part this is due to the complex and multidimensional natur
