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The Digital Revolution of Music - A Music Philosophy (Harry Lehmann) Passports, identity cards and Dutch nationality certificates. Movie Greek Rempetiko 3. Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle [1973] (English Subtitles) Sinnerbrink. The Pirate's Fiancée: Feminism, Reading, Postmodernism - Meaghan Morris - Google Books. Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle [1973] (English Subtitles) VICE. Watch the NYC festival LIVE from June 3-5 on VICELAND and Live Nation TV.

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Daytime feed streaming daily right here from 4P-9P ET, featuring CHVRCHES, Joey Bada$$, Matt and Kim, and more. Detailed schedule to be announced soon. The Pirate's Fiancée: Feminism, Reading, Postmodernism - Meaghan Morris - Google Books. Sprott.physics.wisc.edu/chaos-complexity....../dialogue.pdf. Αυτά τα πράγματα δεν είναι ποίηση - Πάνος Γιαννακού. Anti-Oedipus. Fairy Tale Architecture: The Library of Babel.

Gallery: Rice+Lipka with Kate Bernheimer & Andrew Bernheimer The Universe.

Fairy Tale Architecture: The Library of Babel

[All images by Rice+Lipka Architects] Click image to enlarge. Fairy tales have transfixed readers for thousands of years, and for many reasons; one of the most compelling is the promise of a magical home. How many architects, young and old, have been inspired by a hero or heroine who must imagine new realms and new spaces — new ways of being in this strange world? In three installments this week, we continue a series of architectural fairy tales we began two winters ago. Houses in fairy tales are never just houses; they always contain secrets and dreams. . — Kate Bernheimer & Andrew Bernheimer. Tango Dance Tango Music Tango History - totaltango.com. By Christine DennistonOr get a more complete Story of Tango Music The origins of Tango are obscure.

Tango Dance Tango Music Tango History - totaltango.com

"African Whimsical," by Argentinian artist and ... Gazette inspiration collector / on space. Fermin eguia. Ο Τούρκος μέτρ των GiFs μιλά στο LIFO.gr. [ Από την Άλκηστη Γεωργίου ]

Ο Τούρκος μέτρ των GiFs μιλά στο LIFO.gr

Untouched Parisian Apartment Opened After 70 Years Yields A Painting Worth $3.4M. EmailEmail In 1942, the owner of one Parisian apartment left her home for Southern France, trying to escape a Nazi raid.

Untouched Parisian Apartment Opened After 70 Years Yields A Painting Worth $3.4M

Although she never returned to the apartment, she kept paying the rent until her death at the age of 91. Interestingly, the owner of the apartment was the granddaughter of Marthe de Florian – a true Parisian gem of her time, a socialite and an actress with many admirers lining up at her door. The apartment had been isolated until her death three years ago, when the owner‘s executor sent a team to investigate her past home. Humanity Is Becoming Increasingly Less Violent, with One Exception. January 14, 2014 | Like this article?

Humanity Is Becoming Increasingly Less Violent, with One Exception

Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Asterion. Archaic Period - Culture - Daedalic Style. EVERYTHING IS OK 1 (Corporate Property) Television Image and Political Space in the Light of the Romanian Revolution. Design Thinking for Business Innovation. Exploring Ethics (Henrietta Lacks): The Conduct of Science in the Information Age. Nassim Taleb: Predictability of Unpredictability. Bio Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Nassim Taleb: Predictability of Unpredictability

Steve Jones: Nature, Nurture... or Neither? Bio Stephen Jones Professor Steve Jones is Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics at the University College London.

Steve Jones: Nature, Nurture... or Neither?

C Plus Equality C+= Overview C Plus Equality is a satirical programming language created by 4chan users in response to a proposal of a feminist programming language published on the humanities and technology site Hastac in December 2013.

C Plus Equality C+=

Background On December 11th, 2013, feminist Arielle Schlesinger wrote a blog post for Hastacabout a project aimed at creating a a feminist programming language. On December 13, the article was posted in the /g/ (technology) board on 4chan, along with links to a feminist programming language titled “C Plus Equality” on GitHub and BitBucket, credited to the parody feminist organization Feminist Software Foundation. Notable Developments. Know Your Meme. Internet meme. A meme is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture".[3] An Internet meme may take the form of an image, hyperlink, video, picture, website, or hashtag.

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It may be just a word or phrase, including an intentional misspelling. These small movements tend to spread from person to person via social networks, blogs, direct email, or news sources. World Wide Views on Biodiversity 2012 - Documentary. HOW JELLYFISH ARE BORN by El TRIPLE FILTRO. Exploring The Hermetic Tradition (Terence McKenna) [FULL] Justice What's The Right Thing To Do Episode 01 THE MORAL OF MURDER Michael Sandel - Harvard.

Television Image and Political Space in the Light of the Romanian Revolution. Grey Matters: Understanding Language. Bernard Williams on the Spell of Linguistic Philosophy: Section 1 of 5. Wonderfest 2010: How Did Evolution Shape Human Behavior? Ge Wang: New Expressive Social Mediums on the iPhone. Bio Ge Wang Ge Wang received his B.S. in Computer Science in 2000 from Duke University, PhD in Computer Science (advisor Perry Cook) in 2008 from Princeton University, and is currently an assistant professor at Stanford University in the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). His research interests include interactive software systems (of all sizes) for computer music, programming languages, sound synthesis and analysis, new performance ensembles (e.g., laptop orchestra and mobile phone orchestra) and paradigms (e.g., live coding), mobile music, music information retrieval, visualization, interfaces for human-computer interaction, interactive audio over networks, and methodologies for education at the intersection of computer science and music.

He is the chief architect and co-creator of the ChucK audio programming language, and the Audicle environment. Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain. Emergence. Grey Matters: Understanding Language. Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory.