How interpreters juggle two languages at once - Ewandro Magalhaes

source: TED-Ed    2016年6月7日
View full Lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-interp...
Language is complex, and when abstract or nuanced concepts get lost in translation, the consequences may be catastrophic. Given the complexities of language and cultural exchange, how do these epic miscommunications not happen all the time? Ewandro Magalhaes explains how much of the answer lies with the skill and training of interpreters to overcome language barriers.
Lesson by Ewandro Magalhaes, animation by Andrew Foerster.

Dreamscapes (DeepDream scaled up to Operate on Multi-Hundred Megapixel Images)

source: GoogleTechTalks      2016年5月31日
Google TechTalk, 5/23/16, Presented by Daniel Ambrosi, Joseph Smarr , and Chris Lamb

ABSTRACT (from the talk announcement): Come see digital artist Dan Ambrosi's stunning 8' x 16' (feet!) backlit "Dreamscapes" (multi-hundred megapixel 2D-stitched HDR landscapes with Google's DeepDream code applied in novel artistic ways). Hear from Dan, Google SWE Joseph Smarr and NVIDIA senior director Chris Lamb about the technical challenges we had to overcome to create them.

SPEAKER INFO: Daniel Ambrosi is based in Half Moon Bay, California. Dan has been experimenting with novel methods of visual presentation since graduating from Cornell University in 1984 (Bachelor of Architecture & Master of Science in 3D Graphics; Cornell National Scholar & Eschweiler Prize Recipient). He began his career in architecture and transitioned to high tech marketing in 1994. He has been an independent marketing consultant since 2003 and a published artist since 2011.

Nicole M. Cain, Ph.D., “The Impact of Interpersonal Processes on Suicida...

source: Yale University     2016年6月7日
Dr. Cain is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Long Island University, Brooklyn. She graduated with a PhD in clinical psychology from The Pennsylvania State University in 2009 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College working under the supervision of Dr. John Clarkin and Dr. Otto Kernberg at the Personality Disorders Institute. She is currently serving as the President of the international Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research. She has received research funding from the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA). Her primary research interests focus on how personality pathology and interpersonal functioning impact diagnosis, psychotherapy process, and treatment outcome. Her recent work has focused on examining how effortful control, rejection sensitivity, interpersonal problems, and impulsivity impact maladaptive outcomes, such as suicidality.

The 12th annual Yale NEA-BPD conference addressed advances in assessment and treatment of individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder who struggle with suicidality, as well as resources for providers working with suicidal individuals. The conference addressed assessment and interventions aimed at individuals and families, as well as consumer and family member perspectives.

Our Yale NEA-BPD Conferences http://psychiatry.yale.edu/bpdconfere... are aimed at mental health professionals, training clinicians and researchers, as well as consumers and their family members. Presentations are designed to make cutting edge research and practice accessible to both professionals and lay audience members. Ample time is provided for questions from the audience throughout the conference day.

Helen Curry: History of agriculture, conservation and environmentalism

source: Cambridge University     2016年4月14日
How does understanding scientific knowledge, tools and technology shape our interactions with different aspects of the natural world? Dr Helen Curry, Peter Lipton Lecturer in History of Modern Science and Technology, History of Philosophy and Science, explains how she works with disciplines across the University of Cambridge to gain a holistic approach to history and conservation.

This film is one of a series of eight that showcases the extent that conservation-related research is embedded in a wide range of academic fields and involves collaboration with non-academic partners beyond the University. The films are produced by the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute (UCCRI), which was established in October 2013 to foster a cross-disciplinary approach within the University of Cambridge.

“Conservation is primarily underpinned by human behaviour and it is therefore vital to understand the social factors, such as cultural drivers or geographical patterns, which shape our environment, as well as developing our biological and scientific knowledge.” Dr Bhaskar Vira, Director of UCCRI.
Creative Director
Alison Harvey
University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute
http://research-institute.conservatio...
Video, Sound and Edit by Toby Smith
UCCRI - Leverhulme Trust Artist in Residence 2015/2016
www.tobysmith.com

The Bonaventure Lecture 2014--The Roots of Catholicism delivered by Dr John McDade

source: University of Nottingham    2014年11月13日
Dr John McDade looks at what is meant by the terms ‘Catholicism’ and ‘the Catholic Church’ – and argues that one should see Christianity as ‘Reconfigured Judaism.’

Daniel Bulte: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Explained

source: ominhs 2011年10月14日
Dr D. Bulte from Oxford University's FMRIB (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain) centre explains the theory underlying today's modern MRI scanners and outlines the work of the FMRIB centre.
If you are interested in the field of Biomedical Sciences, including Magnetic Resonance Imaging, please click on the link below to visit Oxford University's Biomedical Sciences undergraduate course.
http://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/bms
This video was produced by Oxford Medical Illustration -- a non-profit making NHS department. For more information please click on the link below:
http://www.oxfordmi.nhs.uk

Ways with Words | Public Discourse || Radcliffe Institute

source: Harvard University    2016年4月6日
PANEL 3: PUBLIC DISCOURSE
This panel will examine language used in the public domain and how it both reflects and shapes cultural attitudes toward gender. The question of who defines and controls language, and the role gender plays, is an important part of political campaigns, entertainment, and business marketing efforts.
Mary Mills (9:00), Worldwide Director of Strategic Intelligence, Saatchi & Saatchi
Christine Matthews (33:16), President, Bellweather Research, and Cofounder, Burning Glass Consulting
Liza Johnson, Director and Screenwriter
(Presentation by director and screenwriter Liza Johnson is not available due to incorporation of unreleased footage)
Moderator: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication; Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
Q&A (49:37)

Jason J. Campbell: Advanced Theories in Political Philosophy

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source: drjasonjcampbell 2012年5月16日/上次更新：2014年3月18日

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RSA Replay: Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability

source: The RSA     2016年4月5日
In 2015, Yanis Varoufakis became the world’s most prominent opponent of austerity when, as finance minister of Greece, he refused to accept the terms of the loan agreement dictated to his bankrupt country by the eurozone’s leaders. Since resigning his post he has become the figurehead of an international grassroots movement, joining together to put the ‘demos’ back into European democracy.

At the RSA, in conversation with Matthew Taylor, Yanis Varoufakis explores the origins of the crisis of 2008, which wiped out half a dozen national economies and brought several more to the brink of collapse. Since then, he argues, by pursuing plans based on more debt and harsh austerity rather than reform, European leaders have ensured that the weakest citizens of the weakest nations pay the price for the bankers’ mistakes, while doing nothing to prevent the next collapse. Instead, the principle of the greatest austerity for those suffering the greatest recessions has led to a resurgence of racist extremism. And once more, Europe is a potent threat to global stability.

How did we get into this mess and can we fix it? As the UK draws closer to its historic referendum decision, can we revive the original ideals of the European project in which so many have lost faith? Do we have to choose between surrendering to the EU or leaving it – or is there a third way that puts the citizens back in control?