Jonathan Ive

Sir Jonathan Paul "Jony" Ive, KBE (born February 1967) is a British designer and the senior vice president of industrial design at Apple Inc. He is the lead designer and conceptual mind behind many of Apple's products, including the MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad.

Хотя все знают, как выглядят вышеозначенные продукты Apple, всё же я решила сохранить одну картинку под катом

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The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness

The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness in Non-Human Animals was publicly proclaimed in Cambridge, UK, on July 7, 2012, at the conclusion of the Conference, at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, by Philip Low, David Edelman and Christof Koch. It was written by Philip Low and edited by Jaak Panksepp, Diana Reiss, David Edelman, Bruno Van Swinderen, Philip Low, and Christof Koch. The Declaration was signed by the conference participants that very evening, in the presence of Stephen Hawking, in the Balfour Room at the Hotel du Vin in Cambridge, UK. The signing ceremony was memorialized by CBS 60 Minutes. Download a copy of the Declaration

http://fcmconference.org/

Christof Koch

Christof Koch (born November 13, 1956, Kansas City) is an American neuroscientist working on the neural basis of consciousness. He is the Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology at California Institute of Technology, where he has been since 1986.

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Специальный день в Нью-Йорке

на работе лучше не смотреть (я честно предупредила).

http://gothamist.com/2012/08/26/photos_topless_day_in_bryant_park_w.php#photo-3

Американское образование

http://polenova.livejournal.com/337722.html

Интересный пост и интересные разговоры в комментах.

Я по другую сторону баррикад - я преподаю в колледже  - и за три лета - с 2010 по 2012 год - по слухам - цена моего курса увеличилась процентов на десять (если верить студентам).
А зарплату я получаю всё ту же самую (я правда, на неё не жалуюсь).