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China Study Tour 2015: Student Video Presentation Evening
Friday 14th July 2015, La Trobe University.
Welcome statement - Ben Habib (LTU) and Ben Walta (CERES Global).
Student representative speech - Maxine Catchlove.
Closing statement and thank you's - Ben Habib.
Melbourne Best Chinese Food - David's Hot Pot
David grew up in the birthplace of Hot Pot – Chengdu and Chongqing, with over 15 years of hot pot experience in China and Australia.In his opinion, “hot pot is the essence of Sichuan cuisine and the key to a truly amazing hot pot is the broth”. Rich and deep in flavour the broth carries a variety of unremarkable raw ingredients which collide to create incredible tasty food that you won’t want to put down.
Our Location: 279 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000
Do Not Miss the Best Hot Pot in Melbourne!!!
This is the most amazing drone we've seen yet
The Inspire One drone looks cool flying and offers a ton of new features, including a 360 degree camera that records in 4K.
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The drone game has changed. That may sound like hyperbole, but that was my first impression when experiencing the DJI Inspire One. This is a unit that anyone could pick up and learn to fly quickly, just as you could with the DJI Phantom. But it offers a ton of powerful new features that were previously only available in units too big, dangerous, and expensive for the average consumer to own.
Watching the Inspire One take off and land is exciting, because it transforms mid-flight, with the legs folding up after takeoff so you can shoot 360 degrees of unobstructed video. The unit also has a ground-facing camera that can track what's below and keep the unit stabilized, even when there is no GPS signal, making it much easier to fly indoors.
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Special Screening of the Singapore Film '7 Letters' - Welcome and Q&A at SOAS University of London
This special screening of '7 Letters' was held by the Department of the Languages and Cultures of South East Asia at SOAS University of London on 17 June 2016.
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7 letters is a beautiful film that offers a compelling panorama of the rich cultural diversity and history of Singapore. As a tribute to Singapore’s 50th anniversary of national independence, the film has been critically acclaimed and so overwhelmingly popular that additional screenings were quickly sold out during its Singapore premiere in July 2015. From depictions of Singapore’s nostalgic past (That Girl by Jack Neo) and nationhood struggle (The Flame by K. Rajagopal), to its historical and metaphorical blood ties with Malaysia (Pineapple Town by Tan Pin Pin and Parting by Boo Junfeng), its eminence as a Malay cinema production centre in the past (Cinema by Eric Khoo), the warm friendship between a Malay old lady and a little Chinese boy (Bunga Sayang by Royston Tan), to raising questions on whether urban renewal and development should be carried out at the expense of the destruction of familiar landscapes and the depletion of family ties (Grandma Positioning System (GPS) by Kelvin Tong).
Post-screening Q&A / Dialogue with Director Royston Tan. Hosted by Prof. Chris Berry.
Royston Tan
Award-winning filmmaker Royston Tan is known for his distinctive cinematic narrative, original directorial style and an innate ability to connect with his audience. Besides his extensive list of short films, Tan has also been recognised for his feature films 15 (2003), 4:30 (2006), 881 (2007), 12 Lotus (2008) and 3688 (2015), and has collected over 60 international and local film awards for his works. Tan was conferred ASEAN Director of the Year in 2001 and named Young Artist of the Year by Singapore National Arts Council the following year.
Tan’s 15 was the first Singaporean film to compete at the Venice Film Festival for the Lion of the Future Award in 2003. The following year, he was named Time Magazine’s Top 20 Asian Heroes. His 2007 film 881 was also selected as Singapore’s entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and received a nomination at the 44th Golden Horse Awards for Best Make-up and Costume Design.
Tan dedicated his time and craft to preserving the memories of Singaporeans by documenting remaining old spaces in Singapore, producing Old Places in 2010 and Old Romances in 2012.
Chris Berry
Chris Berry is Professor of Film Studies at King’s College London. In the 1980s, he worked for China Film Import and Export Corporation in Beijing, and his academic research is grounded in work on Chinese cinema and other Chinese screen-based media, as well as neighboring countries. He is especially interested in queer screen cultures in East Asia; mediatized public space in East Asian cities; and national and transnational screen cultures in East Asia. Together with John Erni, Peter Jackson, and Helen Leung, he edits the Queer Asia book series for Hong Kong University Press. Prior to his current appointment, he taught at La Trobe University in Melbourne, The University of California, Berkeley, and Goldsmiths, University of London.
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Martin Woolnough - Why I Did Not Attend University
Martin Woolnough is the Managing Director / Chief Executive of Nestlé Nigeria Plc. Martin has served 29 years with Nestlé, the last 10 of which have been at General Management level (also in the Middle East and Central Asia). He started with Nestlé in Sales in Australia after which he embarked on a range of international assignments for the company including 4 years at the Head Office in Switzerland.
He is an extremely experienced expatriate having worked in such diverse places as South Africa, Thailand, China, Philippines, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia, Canada, Turkey, Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgystan, Azerbaijan), Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Nigeria.
Born in England, Martin worked in retail for 7 years prior to joining Nestlé. One of his notable achievements is sailing from England to Australia on a 10 metre yacht when he was 25.
He is the Chairman of the Nestle Nigeria Pension Fund, an Executive Board Member of the International Chamber of Commerce (Nigeria) and is an Executive Committee member of the following organisations: Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Association of Food, Beverage & Tobacco Employers and Nigerian Employers Consultative Association.
While Martin has been on management programs at Westin University, Perth, London Business School and IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, he left school after his 'A' Levels and did not attend university.
Tram hits a woman and cuts off her leg
Drone attacks in Syria vs isis insane compilation
New research has tracked how quickly Twitter accounts linked to extremism are being suspended.
August 19, 2017
Are Islamic State recruits more street gang members than zealots?
James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles
With terrorists striking again in Spain and in Finland, one cannot help but ask -- again -- why people want to follow the Islamic State. Some new theories are emerging.
August 19, 2017
How religion motivates people to give and serve
David King, IUPUI
Religious values, deeply rooted in texts, serve as an important motivator for giving. Religious Americans volunteer more, give more, and give more often.
August 18, 2017
Jihadist terrorists have long had Spain in their sights – here’s why
Karl McLaughlin, Manchester Metropolitan University
A toxic combination of history and social tension makes Spain fertile ground for extremist recruitment.
August 18, 2017
Barcelona’s Las Ramblas: economic powerhouse and symbolic heart of a city
Mark McKinty, Queen's University Belfast
The boulevard runs through the heart of the city, drives its tourist economy and acts as a symbol of life in Catalonia.
August 18, 2017
Striking in al-Ándalus: why Islamic State attacked Spain
Ben Rich, Curtin University
The location and targeting of Islamic State's latest attack, on the Spanish city of Barcelona, deviates from the group's previous efforts.
August 18, 2017
Barcelona attack: a long war against Islamic terrorism is our reality
Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Barcelona 2017, London 2017, Berlin 2016, Nice 2016. In all of these cases the weapon of choice was a vehicle, driven at speed, into crowds innocently going about their daily business. Barcelona is just…
August 1, 2017
Islamic State: the West must embrace local state ownership of the region’s conflicts
Peter Hain, University of the Witwatersrand
The West needs to push for local action against Islamic State's reign of terror in the Middle East. States in the region must find solutions to the conflicts to bring peace and stability.
July 23, 2017
Lessons Australia could learn from other countries to strengthen peace and stability
John Langmore, University of Melbourne
To maximise the long-term effectiveness of Australia’s foreign policies, there would be great value in strengthening our conflict prevention and resolution capabilities.
July 17, 2017
Mosul is taken back, but Islamic State is not finished yet
Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University
While Islamic State might be taking significant blows, including the recapture of the key Iraqi city, there is no reason to expect the violent and radical group will disappear.
July 13, 2017
Iraq faces a crucible after Mosul: South Africa offers some useful lessons
Benjamin Isakhan, Deakin University
South Africa's peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy holds crucial lessons for a post-Islamic State Iraq.
July 12, 2017
Islamic State and the appropriation of the Crusades – a medieval historian’s take
Jason T Roche, Manchester Metropolitan University
Islamic State propaganda uses a narrative of centuries-old 'crusader' aggression.
July 10, 2017
Mosul is ‘liberated’, but the fight against Islamic State and its ideology continues
Dr Balsam Mustafa, University of Birmingham
Iraqis are proud of the victory in Mosul, but worried about the huge tasks ahead.
July 6, 2017
Sexual violence against the Yezidis is part of IS’s genocide campaign
Aldo Zammit Borda, Anglia Ruskin University
The terrorist group is trying to destroy a religious minority.
July 5, 2017
Is Indonesia’s ‘pious democracy’ safe from Islamic extremism?
Jeremy Menchik, Boston University
An expert on Islam and democracy examines the threat to the world's largest Muslim majority country.
July 4, 2017
After ISIS killings in Pakistan, China blames the victims
Yuan Zeng, City University of Hong Kong
Are Chinese lives the price to pay for doing business in Pakistan?
June 30, 2017
After Islamic State falls, we should expect aftershocks in Syria
Tony Walker, La Trobe University
US-backed forces in Iraq and in Syria are in the process of rooting Islamic State (IS) fighters out of their strongholds in northern Iraq and eastern Syria. In the case of Mosul in Iraq, the removal of…
June 27, 2017
Children are being used as easy weapons of propaganda by terrorist organisations
Amy-Louise Watkin, Swansea University
Child victims are used to justify the cause, while young soldiers further it.
June 23, 2017
After years of destruction, Iraqis are rescuing their cultural identity
Dr Balsam Mustafa, University of Birmingham
The destruction of the al-Nuri Mosque and its minaret is a sad blow to Iraqi culture – and a rallying cry too.
June 23, 2017
Destroying Mosul’s Great Mosque: Islamic State’s symbolic war to the end
Benjamin Isakhan, Deakin University and Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona, Deakin University
The Great Mosque of Mosul - with its iconic leaning minaret - appeared on one of Iraq'
Street Interviews Melbourne #1 Part 2
HowDoIGoVegan.com
A group named Animal Activists Collective occupy Melbourne's busy streets to convey a desperate message to the public that are at times ignorant to the facts of what they are funding with the lifestyle choices they make everyday. AAC display video footage from the animal flesh and secretion industries as well as wool and fishing industries to simply reveal what corporations don't want the public to see.
By interviewing individuals about their actions and the consequences that they bear we can clearly observe the inconsistencies in people's ethics. Thanks for watching. Make Peace, Be Vegan.
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Speciesism
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Airstrike compilation on ISIS Syria
New research has tracked how quickly Twitter accounts linked to extremism are being suspended.
August 19, 2017
Are Islamic State recruits more street gang members than zealots?
James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles
With terrorists striking again in Spain and in Finland, one cannot help but ask -- again -- why people want to follow the Islamic State. Some new theories are emerging.
August 19, 2017
How religion motivates people to give and serve
David King, IUPUI
Religious values, deeply rooted in texts, serve as an important motivator for giving. Religious Americans volunteer more, give more, and give more often.
August 18, 2017
Jihadist terrorists have long had Spain in their sights – here’s why
Karl McLaughlin, Manchester Metropolitan University
A toxic combination of history and social tension makes Spain fertile ground for extremist recruitment.
August 18, 2017
Barcelona’s Las Ramblas: economic powerhouse and symbolic heart of a city
Mark McKinty, Queen's University Belfast
The boulevard runs through the heart of the city, drives its tourist economy and acts as a symbol of life in Catalonia.
August 18, 2017
Striking in al-Ándalus: why Islamic State attacked Spain
Ben Rich, Curtin University
The location and targeting of Islamic State's latest attack, on the Spanish city of Barcelona, deviates from the group's previous efforts.
August 18, 2017
Barcelona attack: a long war against Islamic terrorism is our reality
Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Barcelona 2017, London 2017, Berlin 2016, Nice 2016. In all of these cases the weapon of choice was a vehicle, driven at speed, into crowds innocently going about their daily business. Barcelona is just…
August 1, 2017
Islamic State: the West must embrace local state ownership of the region’s conflicts
Peter Hain, University of the Witwatersrand
The West needs to push for local action against Islamic State's reign of terror in the Middle East. States in the region must find solutions to the conflicts to bring peace and stability.
July 23, 2017
Lessons Australia could learn from other countries to strengthen peace and stability
John Langmore, University of Melbourne
To maximise the long-term effectiveness of Australia’s foreign policies, there would be great value in strengthening our conflict prevention and resolution capabilities.
July 17, 2017
Mosul is taken back, but Islamic State is not finished yet
Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University
While Islamic State might be taking significant blows, including the recapture of the key Iraqi city, there is no reason to expect the violent and radical group will disappear.
July 13, 2017
Iraq faces a crucible after Mosul: South Africa offers some useful lessons
Benjamin Isakhan, Deakin University
South Africa's peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy holds crucial lessons for a post-Islamic State Iraq.
July 12, 2017
Islamic State and the appropriation of the Crusades – a medieval historian’s take
Jason T Roche, Manchester Metropolitan University
Islamic State propaganda uses a narrative of centuries-old 'crusader' aggression.
July 10, 2017
Mosul is ‘liberated’, but the fight against Islamic State and its ideology continues
Dr Balsam Mustafa, University of Birmingham
Iraqis are proud of the victory in Mosul, but worried about the huge tasks ahead.
July 6, 2017
Sexual violence against the Yezidis is part of IS’s genocide campaign
Aldo Zammit Borda, Anglia Ruskin University
The terrorist group is trying to destroy a religious minority.
July 5, 2017
Is Indonesia’s ‘pious democracy’ safe from Islamic extremism?
Jeremy Menchik, Boston University
An expert on Islam and democracy examines the threat to the world's largest Muslim majority country.
July 4, 2017
After ISIS killings in Pakistan, China blames the victims
Yuan Zeng, City University of Hong Kong
Are Chinese lives the price to pay for doing business in Pakistan?
June 30, 2017
After Islamic State falls, we should expect aftershocks in Syria
Tony Walker, La Trobe University
US-backed forces in Iraq and in Syria are in the process of rooting Islamic State (IS) fighters out of their strongholds in northern Iraq and eastern Syria. In the case of Mosul in Iraq, the removal of…
June 27, 2017
Children are being used as easy weapons of propaganda by terrorist organisations
Amy-Louise Watkin, Swansea University
Child victims are used to justify the cause, while young soldiers further it.
June 23, 2017
After years of destruction, Iraqis are rescuing their cultural identity
Dr Balsam Mustafa, University of Birmingham
The destruction of the al-Nuri Mosque and its minaret is a sad blow to Iraqi culture – and a rallying cry too.
June 23, 2017
Destroying Mosul’s Great Mosque: Islamic State’s symbolic war to the end
Benjamin Isakhan, Deakin University and Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona, Deakin University
The Great Mosque of Mosul - with its iconic leaning minaret - appeared on one of Iraq'
Globe Trekker Series 17 - Building England 2 Trailer
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In Great Buildings of England Part 2, Globe Trekker Presenter, JUDITH JONES journeys into the next 200 years of English architectural history – visiting the Georgians of the 18th century and the Victorians of the 19th.
We explore the evolution of the staircase, the hallway, the front door, the landing, the bathroom, the four bedroom house and the rumblings of the modern day English garden. Judith makes her way to Greenwich in East London, to investigate the construction of Inigo Jones’s “most curiose devise” – a sugar-cubed villa that became the Queen’s House in 1638. It confused the baroque-loving artisans of James I’s England, but in the eyes of the great thinkers of the time (who were in thrall to the great Greek and Roman buildings), Queen’s House really was a building where geometry and proportion met in perfect harmony and it represented that ancient, classical ideal of, well, beauty.
The Great Fire of London in 1666 followed and this calamitous disaster led to the most significant change in the English building landscape: a nation built of timber-framed houses became one built of stone. This overhaul was engineered in London by arguably England’s greatest architect, Christopher Wren. Judith examines Wren’s Church of ‘Magnus the Martyr’ in London’s new masonry city and his rather more famous basilica, a rebuilt Saint Paul’s Cathedral, where she rightly celebrates Christopher Wren’s enduring genius. We enter the 18th century, and England experiences the birth of the town house. It’s a development which sends Judith to the city of Bath. Here, she explores the holiday home of the Georgian gentleman who has come to Bath to taste its soothing mineral waters and to enjoy the comforts of his new urban home. But the home has now become a 3 storey terraced house fitted out with a hallway and classically arranged reception rooms, hidden servant quarters and views to a park land reminding the convalescing gent of his plump country seat.
Judith meets architectural historian, Dr. Amy Frost, and learns how the public square grew from the gentry’s vain desire to be ‘seen and noticed’.
With the country house now yanked into the city, our curious Globe Trekker Presenter wonders what has become of the gentleman’s rural retreat. So, she heads to Middlesex and Osterley house where she beholds a fantastic country mansion designed by the architect of the day, the Scot Robert Adam. It was built for the sole purpose of grand entertainments, with appointed rooms lavishly decorated to impress the awe-struck house-guests making their way to dinner, while the actual family resided in more modest quarters upstairs! At Osterley, we really do enter the world of a Jane Austen novel, complete with country balls and haughty propriety.
The late eighteenth century witnessed a mechanical revolution in the countryside and a peoples revolution in France made the Englishman have a rethink about how best to live. Judith heads to East Sussex and explores Hammerwood lodge – built by Benjamin Latrobe who went on to design Capitol Hill in Washington. In Hammerwood’s picturesque interiors, Judith reveals that the monumental country house has been replaced by a more modestly sized one and its landing has replaced the room of entertainment with a bathroom. As Hammerwood house owner, David Pinnegar tells Judith, function’ seems to be the goal in Regency England; a virtue given greater importance by the industrial revolution steam-rolling its way into the 19th century. Industry gave birth to the factory which in turn spawned the semi-detached house to board its thousands of workers.
Our Miss Brooks: Mash Notes to Harriet / New Girl in Town / Dinner Party / English Dept. / Problem
Our Miss Brooks is an American situation comedy starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television (1952--56), it became one of the medium's earliest hits. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for big screen in the film of the same name.
Connie (Constance) Brooks (Eve Arden), an English teacher at fictional Madison High School.
Osgood Conklin (Gale Gordon), blustery, gruff, crooked and unsympathetic Madison High principal, a near-constant pain to his faculty and students. (Conklin was played by Joseph Forte in the show's first episode; Gordon succeeded him for the rest of the series' run.) Occasionally Conklin would rig competitions at the school--such as that for prom queen--so that his daughter Harriet would win.
Walter Denton (Richard Crenna, billed at the time as Dick Crenna), a Madison High student, well-intentioned and clumsy, with a nasally high, cracking voice, often driving Miss Brooks (his self-professed favorite teacher) to school in a broken-down jalopy. Miss Brooks' references to her own usually-in-the-shop car became one of the show's running gags.
Philip Boynton (Jeff Chandler on radio, billed sometimes under his birth name Ira Grossel); Robert Rockwell on both radio and television), Madison High biology teacher, the shy and often clueless object of Miss Brooks' affections.
Margaret Davis (Jane Morgan), Miss Brooks' absentminded landlady, whose two trademarks are a cat named Minerva, and a penchant for whipping up exotic and often inedible breakfasts.
Harriet Conklin (Gloria McMillan), Madison High student and daughter of principal Conklin. A sometime love interest for Walter Denton, Harriet was honest and guileless with none of her father's malevolence and dishonesty.
Stretch (Fabian) Snodgrass (Leonard Smith), dull-witted Madison High athletic star and Walter's best friend.
Daisy Enright (Mary Jane Croft), Madison High English teacher, and a scheming professional and romantic rival to Miss Brooks.
Jacques Monet (Gerald Mohr), a French teacher.
Our Miss Brooks was a hit on radio from the outset; within eight months of its launch as a regular series, the show landed several honors, including four for Eve Arden, who won polls in four individual publications of the time. Arden had actually been the third choice to play the title role. Harry Ackerman, West Coast director of programming, wanted Shirley Booth for the part, but as he told historian Gerald Nachman many years later, he realized Booth was too focused on the underpaid downside of public school teaching at the time to have fun with the role.
Lucille Ball was believed to have been the next choice, but she was already committed to My Favorite Husband and didn't audition. Chairman Bill Paley, who was friendly with Arden, persuaded her to audition for the part. With a slightly rewritten audition script--Osgood Conklin, for example, was originally written as a school board president but was now written as the incoming new Madison principal--Arden agreed to give the newly-revamped show a try.
Produced by Larry Berns and written by director Al Lewis, Our Miss Brooks premiered on July 19, 1948. According to radio critic John Crosby, her lines were very feline in dialogue scenes with principal Conklin and would-be boyfriend Boynton, with sharp, witty comebacks. The interplay between the cast--blustery Conklin, nebbishy Denton, accommodating Harriet, absentminded Mrs. Davis, clueless Boynton, scheming Miss Enright--also received positive reviews.
Arden won a radio listeners' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top ranking comedienne of 1948-49, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March. I'm certainly going to try in the coming months to merit the honor you've bestowed upon me, because I understand that if I win this two years in a row, I get to keep Mr. Boynton, she joked. But she was also a hit with the critics; a winter 1949 poll of newspaper and magazine radio editors taken by Motion Picture Daily named her the year's best radio comedienne.
For its entire radio life, the show was sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, promoting Palmolive soap, Lustre Creme shampoo and Toni hair care products. The radio series continued until 1957, a year after its television life ended.