We started off Wednesday, knowing we would be covering a topic that was completely new to pretty much everyone attending. We were covering transposable elements. These were first discovered by Barbara McClintock in corn kernels. She noticed that the corn kernels were either colored, or plain- but once in a while they were spotted. Most scientists at the time assumed that the chromosome for color had been repressed or had broken off. However, Dr. McClintock felt that if the chromosome had been…
depth, I did not let my inner fears hold me back. I will be attending the show again, in November 2016, but this time as an exhibitor. What a difference a year has made! As I walked around, I was drawn to several exhibitions. I would stop and observe what I was happening. One such exhibition was for speed networking. Below is a list of the various actions that I took the first time that I participated in speed networking. 1. I stopped what I was doing and closely observed what was happening. …
Harvard’s history to the thousands of visitors yearning to learn about the elite institution. In this paper, I will first describe my journey in visiting these two objects, from the relative positions the curator chose to place these objects in the exhibition to my perception of…
errant teaching that was vibrant enough to question the great commandment as expressed by Jesus and yet to maintain an influential place in the community. It was a teaching tailor-made for the time, for it allowed people to social climb and the exhibition of social snobbery. James took very hands on approach to this. Through the problem of false teaching wisdom is necessary that is, true wisdom. Wisdom is linked to the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of wisdom and of understanding. We know proverbs as…
Shanghai, China Shanghai is located on the central coast of China. It is the country’s biggest city and a global financial hub. The heart of the city is the Bund, a popular waterfront promenade that is lined with colonial-era buildings. When you take a look across the Huangpu River you can see the fantastic futuristic skyline rising high into the sky in the Pudong district. The city also has many green spaces for rest and relaxation. A most symbolic part of the city is the Bund which at one…
The hysterical tale of two moronic kidnappers and one terror of a child will make baby- sitters everywhere quiver and potential kidnappers reconsider. O.Henry’s short story “The Ransom of Red Chief “ is a high caliber comedy that utilizes irony and allusions to convey the conception that although it is not what seems most favorable, a sense of justice will play into everything we do. The irony in the story is very unexpected, making it even more hysterical, but at the same time making the reader…
For centuries art is what brought the eye closer to reality. Art and freedom of expression extremely complement each other. The freedom to express anything through art has been around longer than the freedom to express through writing. New ways of making art are being created all the time for instance around the early 1900 's when printmaking first started; one of its many uses was to be used as political awareness. For example, many people in the towns of Mexico were illiterate, so these…
From Josef Müller-Brockmann to Armin Hofmann The grid philosophy in Swiss Style Introduction Swiss graphic design won a great reputation all over the world. It 's intense conceptual approach, ceremonial concentration, and high accuracy in the realisation of the design which formed a distinctive style in that period (Brandle, Gimmi, Junod, Reble, Richter 2014). Josef Müller-Brockmann as a leading pioneer of the Swiss Style played an important role in that time. Particularly, his manifesto grid…
Introduction to Engineering When I was first entered this class, Introduction to Engineering, actually I was quite surprised because there are two lecturers , Ir Dr Zaki and Dr Siti Hajjar . I also assumed that this class will be very easy . This is because most of our senior said that this class is the easiest . But , after been through the first semester , I would say that my early assumption is dead wrong. I never thought that this class will be that hard. For this class , we need to do big…
was a voice for the African American people and creates work to show her political and culture beliefs. Ringgold’s future artwork was greatly affected by the people and culture she was exposed to in her childhood, as well as the racism, sexism, and segregation she dealt with in her everyday life. She continued to be active in expressing her culture to others and participated in a lot of Women and Black Feminist organizations. She was one of the first women to organize and fight to get the…