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Actor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her “otherness”, first, as a child growing up in two distinct cultures, and then as an actor playing with many different selves. A warm, wise talk.
Tags: 2012, a child growing up in two distinct cultures, A warm, active in non profit work across the African continent, Actor Thandie Newton, an actor playing with many different selves, art films, Born in England, campaign to bring clean water to six African nations, comicStyle, Crash, Featured Content, film Flirting, finding her otherness, Gail Penney, her mother is Zimbabwean, Ideas worth spreading, In Congo chronic issue of sexual violence toward women and girls, lifeStyle, main blog, mindStyle matters, moral centre of Mission: Impossible II, Ntozake Shange’s 'For Coloured Girls', penneylane, penneylaneonline, Ted Talk, Thandie Newton, turnStyle, V Day Board member, VidStyle, wise talk, www.penneylaneonline.com
Should we keep the outdoors out of hospitals? Ecologist Jessica Green has found that mechanical ventilation does get rid of many types of microbes, but the wrong kinds: the ones left in the hospital are much more likely to be pathogens.
Tags: a future with genomic-driven approaches to architectural design, bridges biology and architecture, comicStyle, Ecologist Jessica Green, engineer, Featured Content, founding Director of the innovative new Biology and the Built Environment (BioBE) Center, Gail Penney, get rid of many types of microbes, human health and well-being, Ideas worth spreading, Jessica Green, lifeStyle, main blog, maximise building energy efficiency, mechanical ventilation, mindStyle matters, next-generation sequencing technology to characterise the 'built environment microbiome', offer site-specific design solutions to minimise the spread of infectious disease, ones left in the hospital are much more likely to be pathogens, penneylane, penneylaneonline, promote sustainability, Should we keep the outdoors out of hospitals?, spearheading efforts to model buildings as complex ecosystems that house trillions of diverse microorganisms interacting with each other, specialises in biodiversity theory and microbial systems, Ted Talk, turnStyle, VidStyle, www.penneylaneonline.com
Starting with Thoreau and moving through the cost of sugar versus corn and diabetes, Lawrence Lessig gives a compelling and visually breathtaking presentation on the impact of campaign cash on the policies of the US. His message: We need citizens to take back our democracy.
Tags: a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, advisory board member of the Sunlight Foundation, American academic and political activist, and radio frequency spectrum, Board member of the Software Freedom Law Center, citizens to take back democracy, comicStyle, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University, Featured Content, founding Board member of Creative Commons, Gail Penney, Ideas worth spreading, lifeStyle, main blog, mindStyle matters, penneylane, penneylaneonline, Professor of law at Harvard Law School, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, technology applications, Tedx, the cost of sugar versus corn and diabetes, Thoreau, trademark, turnStyle, VidStyle, visually breathtaking presentation on the impact of campaign cash on the policies of our nation, www.penneylaneonline.com
Dave Haynes is UK manager for SoundCloud, a cloud-based music platform that allows music professionals to easily distribute, share and stream audio over the web.
Tags: allows music professionals to easily distribute, cloud-based music platform, comicStyle, Dj'ed across Europe, Featured Content, founded a successful niche MP3 download store, Gail Penney, Ideas worth spreading, lifeStyle, main blog, mindStyle matters, organiser of Open Music Media and Music Hack Day events, penneylane, penneylaneonline, released his own album, selling good old fashioned records to focusing on the latest trends in digital music, share and stream audio over the web, Ted Talk, turnStyle, UK manager for SoundCloud, VidStyle, worked in digital distribution, www.penneylaneonline.com
Larry Lessig, the Net’s most celebrated lawyer cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the ‘ASCAP cartel in his argument for reviving our creative culture.
Tags: A Harvard professor and founder of Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, a true hero to artists, argument for reviving our creative culture, ASCAP cartel, authors, came to the aid of the citizenry, celestial copyrights, cites John Philip Sousa, coders and opiners, comicStyle, corporate interests have sought to rein in the forces of Napster and YouTube, Featured Content, fighting the extension of copyright protection from 50 to 70 years, foresaw the response a threatened content industry would have to digital technology, free licensing scheme for individual creators, fresh thinking to the field of contemporary copyright law, Gail Penney, He chairs Creative Commons, Ideas worth spreading, Larry Lessig, Lessig possesses a rare combination of lawerly exactitude and impassioned love of the creative impulse, lifeStyle, main blog, mindStyle matters, Net’s most celebrated lawyer, penneylane, penneylaneonline, recent appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court, TED, Ted Talk, Tedx, turnStyle, VidStyle, www.penneylaneonline.com
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