Tanzanian Reflections David Ndambuki, "The Maasai," oil on canvas, 2006. Courtesy Real African Art Gallery It was an odd feeling going on my first-ever safari during my recent trip to Tanzania. Odd because even though I had never been on one, I already had a fairly well-formed idea — a fantasy really — as to what that experience would be like. It was an equally odd feeling finally going on this trip to Tanzania because of my intention of getting a sense of the local contemporary art scene — odd because my vision of what such contemporary art might look like was decidedly unformed going in. One of the paintings that proved remarkable to me during my time in Arusha was a decidedly ordinary canvas. Street vendors in Arusha and Zanzibar selling Maasai paintings. Once I came to terms with this strange repetition of the hand-painted Maasai canvas, I could not help but read them collectively as an ironic, contemporary sign of the durable legacy of the modernist celebration of the primitive and the naïve.
The 50 Best Social Psychology Books Have you ever wanted to be more persuasive, convincing, or if nothing else, understand how others try to influence you? …Of course! Who hasn’t? In all honestly, the more you know about social psychology and social influence, the better. Not only will you be more prepared when trying to convince others, but you’ll also be aware of when others are trying to unethically convince you! If this is your goal, reading a healthy selection of world renown psychology books is a must. Fortunately, there are many out there, and they cover a wide variety of topics (social influence, marketing, persuasion, social constructs, etc.) and all of them are very approachable: these aren’t boring science papers, they were written for the typical person interested in psychology. As an aid to you in your journey, I’ve prepared this extensive list of 50 solid social psychology books to add to your bookshelf. The Importance of Reading Oh no, it’s like 3rd grade all over again! Think about that! About the List 1.) 2.) 3.)
Milankovitch cycles is the calculated daily-averaged insolation at the top of the atmosphere, on the day of the summer solstice at 65 N latitude.— Benthic forams and — Vostok ice core show two distinct proxies for past global sealevel and temperature, from ocean sediment and Antarctic ice respectively. The vertical gray line shows current conditions, at 2 ky A.D. The Earth's axis completes one full cycle of precession approximately every 26,000 years. At the same time, the elliptical orbit rotates more slowly. The combined effect of the two precessions leads to a 21,000-year period between the astronomical seasons and the orbit. Earth’s movements[edit] Orbital shape (eccentricity)[edit] Circular orbit, no eccentricity. Orbit with 0.5 eccentricity. Orbital shape and Temperature[edit] As the semi-minor axis is decreased with the eccentricity increase, the seasonal changes increase.[4] But the mean solar irradiation for the planet changes only slightly for small eccentricity, due to Kepler's second law.
Say Something Nice (View it larger on YouTube) | Subscribe to our YouTube channel Produced by Charlie Todd and Matt Adams / Music by Tyler Walker For our latest mission we constructed a custom wooden lectern with a megaphone holster and an attached sign that read, “Say Something Nice.” The lectern was placed in public spaces around New York and then left alone. We wanted to see what would happen if New Yorkers were given the opportunity to amplify their voices to “say something nice.” Say Something Nice was produced by Improv Everywhere as part of the Guggenheim Museum exhibition stillspotting nyc. This is our second collaboration in the series, the first being The Mute Button. Enjoy the video first and then go behind the scenes with our report below. Agent Alex Young building the lectern Improv Everywhere is most well known for our missions involving hundreds or even thousands of people. Agents Jason Eppink and Keith Haskel played the “movers.” “I love my friend here in the red shirt!” Crew photo
Pyrenees Mountains Villages and Sights Our journey started in Barcelona, a high-energy metropolis (watch out for the well-dressed commuters on scooters racing from stoplight to stoplight) with a compact central city that is ideal for sightseeing. Leaving bustling Barcelona and traversing the Pyrenees, you encounter many small villages that present a slower and more relaxed pace of life. Roda de Isabena is one such village. Located on a hilltop overlooking the Mid Isabena Valley, it is a medieval town centered around its 10th Century cathedral. A beautiful picturesque village in France, although quite touristy, is St Jean Pied de Port. The historic walled city of Carcassonne, France is without peer in the fabled storybook city category. Elegant old churches are, of course, very abundant in the Pyrenees, and each village has a major cathedral located on the highest ground in the town. Ancient stone bridges, some from the Roman times, also caught our eye. And of course, the beauty of the Pyrenees themselves cannot be ignored.
Chile’s Raised Coast after earthquake « Mannaismayaadventure's Blog By Brett Israel Caleta Yane The Chilean earthquake that struck on Feb. 27 changed the country’s landscape by raising the ground near the coast and sinking land farther inward, a new study finds. Here on the Arauco Peninsula, the uplift of a marine terrace displaced the coastline about 980 feet (300 meters) seaward. New coast Uplift of the ground is seen at the beach of Lebu. Punta Lavapié An uplifted marine platform was found at Punta Lavapié (the northernmost tip of the Arauco Peninsula). This photograph shows several species of dead algae and mollusks that lived in the coastal waters. The white coating on the rocks is from the dead algae. Credit: Science/AAAS Santa Maria Island At the southern end of Santa Maria Island, several marine platforms uplifted more than 5 feet (1.5 m), leaving some species far from their living zone. Arauco Peninsula The magnitude 8.8 earthquake also caused massive landslides, as seen in this image of the coastal slope of the Arauco Peninsula. Raised marine platform
banksy versus bristol museum a few years ago i attended an uh-mazing banksy exhibition in downtown los angeles and have been eagerly awaiting the elusive graffiti artist's return. alas, mr. bansky choose instead to set up his latest wares in new york and bristol. on june 13th, banksy's largest exhibition entitled "banksy versus bristol museum" was unveiled at the bristol city museum. it features more than 100 of banksy's works mixed amongst the museum's permanent collection (including a mouse with a backpack tucked inside of a natural history case. someone, please send me a picture! check out the mouse here. thanks, matt, more the picture!). on opening day, a line of eager fans snaked around the corner, waiting more than an hour for admission. and finally, a picasso banksy WHORANGE philosophy... {images via art of the state, nikolaasB, and the guardian uk.} UPDATE!
18 Free Ways To Download Any Video off the Internet Video is the future. Periscope has taken the world by storm, and YouTube has launched a subscription service. Even Spotify and Facebook are getting in on the act. We’re not here to ask why you’d want to download any of that video content – the reasons are too numerous. So, without further ado, here are 18 free ways to download (almost) any video off the internet. App-Specific Tools Let’s begin with some service-specific web apps that specialize in a single website before moving onto generic video downloaders later in the article. 1. We’ll kick things off with YouTubeInMP4. 2. SaveFrom is another YouTube downloader, but one with a difference. For example: Would become: 3. The final YouTube downloader on the list is arguably the simplest. It works on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer. 4. 5. Yes, Vine is no longer accepting new entries. 6. 7. FB Down is a tool for downloading video off Facebook. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
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