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Italy, Rome - The Roman Forum
For centuries the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Rome: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here...
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Italy, Rome, Roman Forum - Basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano
The basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano is a church in the Roman Forum, parts of which incorporate original Roman buildings. The circular building at the entrance onto the Forum was built in the early 4th century as a Roman temple, thought...
Amor Sciendi
Architect of a Nation
Thomas Jefferson influenced the architecture of the nation from the start, and he had a reason for everything he did.
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Italy, Rome, Roman Forum - Temple of Castor and Pollux
The Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Roman Forum, Rome, was originally built in 484 BC and rebuilt by Tiberius in 6 AD. Three columns and part of the architrave stand today. Castor and Pollux were the Dioscuri, the "twins" of Gemini,...
Science360
Engineering a spinal cord repair kit - Science Nation
Polina Anikeeva hopes to one day be able to regenerate the spinal cord to restore movement for paralyzed people or possibly bypass the spinal cord altogether with a device that mimics its function. With support from the National Science...
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Italy, Rome, Roman Forum - Basilica of Maxentius
The Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine , sometimes known as the Basilica Nova - meaning "new basilica" - or Basilica of Maxentius, is an ancient building in the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy. It was the largest building in the...
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Turkey, Sardis - Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis at Sardis, the fourth largest Ionic temple in the world, is situated dramatically on the western slopes of the Acropolis. The area might have been sacred to Artemis from the earliest days onward as attested by a...
The Art Assignment
Why Do Corporations Buy Art?
Corporate lobbies and board rooms are often graced with impressive art, but why? What's the rationale behind this expense, and what impact does it have on the rest of the art world? We look at the history of corporate collecting,...
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Croatia, Salona ancient city - Roman amphitheatre
Salona, the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia, is situated in one of the most beautiful baysof the East Adriatic coast. Salona, as stated by Strabo, had originally been a coastal base, fortification and a port used by the...
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Romania, Peles Castle
Pele_ Castle has a 3,200-square-metre floor plan with over 170 rooms, many with dedicated themes from world cultures. Themes vary by function or by style (Florentine, Turkish, Moorish, French, Imperial); all the rooms are extremely...
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Italy, Rome, Roman Forum - Basilica Aemilia
The Basilica Aemilia was a civil basilica in the Roman Forum, in Rome, Italy. Today only the plan and some rebuilt elements can be seen. The Basilica was 100 meters long and about 30 meters wide. Along the sides were two orders of 16...
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Apache Kafka - Real-time Stream Processing (Master Class) - Kafka Storage Architecture
Apache Kafka organizes the messages in Topics, and the broker creates a log file for each Topic to store these messages. However, these log files are partitioned, replicated, and segmented. In this lecture, you will understand the Kafka...
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Italy, Rome, Roman Forum - Temple of Saturn
Located at the west end of the Imperial Forum in Rome, the Temple of Saturn was originally erected in 497 BC and later rebuilt between 360 and 380 AD. The present ruins represent the third incarnation of the Temple of Saturn, replacing...
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Apache Spark 3 for Data Engineering and Analytics with Python - The Spark Architecture
In this session, we will understand the architecture of Spark. This clip is from the chapter "Introduction to Spark and Installation" of the series "Apache Spark 3 for Data Engineering and Analytics with Python".This section will give...
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Italy, Rome, Roman Forum - Temple of Venus and Rome
The largest and most splendid of Rome's temples, the Temple of Venus and Rome was designed by Hadrian, himself. Although consecrated in AD 121, construction did not begin until about AD 125. The architect was the emperor Hadrian and...
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Predictive Analytics with TensorFlow 9.1: Using BRNN for Image Classification
We will first provide some contextual information about RNNs. We will see how to implement a BRNN implementation example using the TensorFlow library. The example is using the MNIST database of handwriting. • Look at contextual...
Mediacorp
Exploring the Waterways and Cultural History of Bangladesh
This video provides a brief overview of Bangladesh, highlighting its unique geographical features. It also explores the historical significance of the rivers in Bangladesh, the fertile soil for agriculture, and the cultural diversity and...
Mediacorp
Battle Against Monsoon Floods in Bangladesh
This video provides a glimpse into the devastating floods that hit Bangladesh in July 2020. It highlights the widespread impact on homes, lives lost, and the challenges faced by communities living in flood-prone areas. The video sheds...
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Italy, Florence - Old Sacristy in the Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of Saint Lawrence)
The structure was begun 1421 and largely complete in 1440. When finished, it was, however, quite isolated, the reason being that construction for the new building for San Lorenzo, the design for which Brunelleschi was also responsible,...
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Italy, Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore)
The typical Italian Gothic building, the Cathedral of Florence, is dedicated to "Santa Maria del Fiore". The church was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio (c1245-1302) who considerably enlarged the existing religious structure. Finished...
Next Animation Studio
Eco-friendly park with ‘solar trees’ planned for Ho Chi Minh City
Two Australian architectural firms have won a competition to design Ho Chi Minh City’s new sustainable Central Park.
History Hit
West Africa Before the Europeans: Rediscovery and beyond
Why are we ignorant of the archaeology left behind in West Africa? Are West Africans going to rediscover their history and will there be a demand of giving back physical objects from foreign museums in aiding that rediscovery? West...
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Turkey, Sardis ancient city
The Greek historian and father of history, Herodotus, notes that the city was founded by the sons of Hercules, the Heraclides.The earliest reference to Sardis is in The Persians of Aeschylus (472 BC); in the Iliad, the name Hyde seems to...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Helene Rey - Countries Balance Sheets and International Currencies
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 4: Toward a New Global Financial Architecture