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Some discussion between talks: in this case, just after David Heinemeier Hansson's talk about the greatness of Ruby on Rails.
Executives International hosted a Panel Discussion at Lausanne Palace Hotel, titled: Is Switzerland still open for international business?
The panelists were:
Emmanuel Francheteau, General Manager of Crown Relocation Switzerland Andrew Gilbert, VP of private banking in Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Edward Girardet , Editor of Le News John Harwell, CEO of Wadjet AG Daniel Spitz, Founder of DS Tax Consulting
Moderator: Tony Johnston from World Radio Switzerland
Find out more about Executives International and our upcoming events in Suisse Romande region www.executives-int.ch/
Filmmaker Daniel Kraus in attendance for discussion with ST VanAirsdale (Movieline). Introduction by Ray Privett (Cinema Purgatorio).
Professor by Daniel Kraus
USA, 2010, 75 minutes, digital projection
A college education has become part of the American dream. But what are we learning and who is teaching us?
For nearly four decades, Rabbi Jay Holstein has been one of the University of Iowa’s most popular professors. With a foul mouth, a raunchy sense of humor, and a piercing brilliance, Holstein uses massive 500-student lectures to turn inside-out the most fundamental assumptions on topics as divergent as sex, suicide, and the Holocaust. His courses, including “Quest for Human Destiny,” have become the stuff of campus legend, and between firing a Glock and running 10 miles per day, the 69-year-old Holstein spends his office hours wrestling with students over animal experimentation, alcohol use, and homosexuality.
Following the internationally acclaimed cinéma vérité of Sheriff and Musician, Professor tackles intellectual labor and in doing so grapples with some of life’s greatest and most elemental enigmas.
“Endlessly intriguing… Makes for some of the unlikeliest drama on the scene today.” – S.T. Vanairsdale, Movieline
“RECOMMENDED. An excellent new documentary… For all his idiosyncrasies, Holstein and his gargantuan shtick provide an object lesson in how the medieval lecture format can still be made to work in our multimedia age.” -Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader
“The film affords the pleasures of a good college course… It’s hardly a coincidence that the best [WORK Series film], Professor, follows the person with the most specialized profession, as well as the most outsized personality.” -Ben Kenigsberg, Time Out Chicago
Daniel Kraus, a Fairfield, Iowa native, completed his first feature-length documentary during his senior year of college. The film, Jefftowne, told the story of a controversial man with Down Syndrome. Jefftowne premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival, and won the “Festival Choice Award” at the New York Underground Film Festival. Kraus’ subsequent film, the narrative feature Ball of Wax won the Director’s Award at the Cinequest San Jose Festival.
Sheriff, the first film in Kraus’s WORK series, premiered on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series “Independent Lens,” and has found international acclaim for its subtle, deft handling of everyday Americana. Musician, the second entry, has found equal acclaim in theaters, television, and on DVD.
Kraus works almost totally alone on the WORK series, performing as producer, director, camera operator, sound recordist, and editor. He has quietly forged a reputation as a one-man documentary film studio.
Between shooting films, Kraus works in Chicago as a writer and editor, contributing to such publications as Playboy, Cosmopolitan, Salon.com, and Maxim. Random house published his first novel, The Monster Variations, in 2009, and will publish his forthcoming novel, Rotters, in 2011.
The Discussion Panel of speakers. From left to right: David Jeffreys, Jason Thompson, Jaromir Malek, Donald Reid, Stephen Quirke and Will Carruthers.
Tour de vélo de Mulhouse à Strasbourg de la CGT PTT contre la privatisation de la poste, et pour la défense d'un vrai service public de qualité, proche des humains, des usagers...
Tous les soirs il y a eu une représentation d'une super pièce de théâtre (que vous pourrez voir au Larz'als à Bouxwiller le samedi 20 mars), beaucoup de tracts distribués, des rencontres avec les usagers et les postiers...
Un super tour, très riche, combatif et utile!!!
Continuons le combat!
www.dailymotion.com/video/xb2zhw_cgt-sketche-prive-de-pos...
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her Cabinet are in Aberdeen today to hold a public discussion with members of the local community.
Anyone here from Vancouver? How would you feel about a subreddit for local discussions? via /r/acting t.co/7JCOtVHWMO (via Twitter twitter.com/ActingDaily/status/724408838779211778)
with Stacey Danckert and Jamie Burton
Politics in the Cellar at Solé Restaurant and Wine Bar
Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter
meet-the-candidate event during the 2014 Ontario Election
In The Pictorial Story discussion: The Peloric Foxglove Come have a look and add any information or photos to the discussion.
Floral symmetry refers to whether, and how, a flower can be divided into two or more identical or mirror-image parts.
Most flowers are actinomorphic ("star shaped"), meaning they can be divided into symmetrical halves by more than one longitudinal plane passing through the axis, much as a pie can be cut into several equal and identical pieces. In these flowers, the petals are usually similar in shape, size, and color. Such flowers are also called radially symmetrical or regular flowers. Examples of actinomorphic flowers are the lily (Lilium, Liliaceae) and the buttercup (Ranunculus, Ranunculaceae).
Zygomorphic ("yoke shaped") flowers can be divided by only a single plane into two mirror-image halves, much like a yoke or a person's face. Examples are orchids and the flowers of most members of the Lamiales (e.g., Scrophulariaceae and Gesneriaceae). Zygomorphic flowers generally have petals of two more different shapes, sizes, and colors. Least commonly, flowers may be asymmetrical; they cannot be divided into two identical or mirror-image halves on any plane. Such flowers are typical of most members of the Zingiberales, such as cannas and various gingers. In most cases, different kinds of floral symmetry are linked to particular pollinators.
Actinomorphic flowers are a basal angiosperm character; zygomorphic flowers are a derived character that has evolved many times.[1]
Some familiar and seemingly actinomorphic flowers, such as those of daisies and dandelions (Asteraceae), are actually clusters of tiny zygomorphic flowers arranged into a radially symmetric inflorescence.
Peloria or a peloric flower refers to an aberration in which a plant that normally produces zygomorphic flowers produces actinomorphic flowers instead. This aberration can be developmental, or it can have a genetic basis: the CYCLOIDEA gene controls floral symmetry. Peloric Antirrhinum plants have been produced by knocking out this gene.[1] Many modern cultivars of Sinningia speciosa ("gloxinia") have been bred to have peloric flowers as they are larger and showier than the normally zygomorphic flowers of this species.
Shenggen Fan, Ph.D. Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute on the discussion panel “Policy, Palate, and the Plate-Innovation and how policy can impact practice at the Feeding the Planet Summit of leaders from agriculture, business, finance, academia, Non Governmental Organization, government and media, along with a large contingent of college students to engage around promising innovations in global agriculture and food security. The Summit spotlights transformation and scalable developments in policy, practices and technologies with special attention to related issues of gender, climate change and urbanization at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2013. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
Kokoro's Actroid DER2 answering a question from the crowd at the Japan! Culture and Hyperculture event at Washington DC's Kennedy Center.
The actroid is pretty remarkable, and the movements are varied and lifelike. There's a bit more work to do before we're crossing the uncanny valley, and the plastic nature of her face at times reminded me of the old Genesis Land of Confusion video... but if you combine the body movement action and face of this robot with the lower half of Asimo, the responsiveness of Wakamaru, the senses of the Paro, and all the other very specific and narrow advances in voice recognition, facial awareness, and artificial intelligence we start seeing the possibility of a pretty remarkable android. I think one of the major stories of the coming century will be the slow, steady integration of these disparate technologys, into something remarkable. Go robots!
Now as any builder will tell you, nothing gets done until a man arrives wearing a hard hat and with a piece of paper in his hand. If he starts talking to a fat bloke with his hands in his pockets, then the scene is complete. The Discussion can now commence.
In conjunction with the commemoration of the National Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Month, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the National OSH Council (DK3N) is conducting an interactive discussion title “Hazards at the Workplace, the Importance of OSH” on Wednesday, 31 January 2018, at Morrissey Hotel, Jakarta, from 14.00-17.00 WIB. The event is also part of the efforts to raise the awareness regarding the importance of OSH at the workplace as a response to recent national OSH incidents.
Copyright: ILO/G. Lingga
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The Scottish Government Cabinet held a public discussion as part of their touring cabinet meetings around Scotland.
ZURB Wired 2014: Meet Sacred Heart Community Services, a bay area non-profit organization that is celebrating 50 years of helping end poverty. We’re working alongside their team to help them with their holiday campaign and celebrating their 50th anniversary! We'll work on brand strategy and design for their campaign, including a website, brochures, posters and other goodies.
The ZURB Wired 24-hour marathon is where our team and the team from one lucky local nonprofit get together to do something great in 24 hours. We spend the day helping the nonprofit solve a big challenge; whether it be marketing for an upcoming event, or completely overhauling their brand; and we get it all done in 24 hours.
ZURB is a close-knit team of product designers that help companies design better. (www.zurb.com