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Componente de una muestra de pastores nómadas del mundo que recorrieron Madrid durante la reivindicación anual al uso y mantenimiento de las cañadas.
2x letter S, 1x letter R.
Abuse of reality / double-edged blade / broken spine / power leads / copyright / electric components / transmitter / gas pipes / barbs.
New machine in progress by a participant at Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki's Scrapyard Challenge at the School of Cinematic Arts Gallery, University of Southern California.
Part of Redesigning Reality, a series sponsored by USC's Visions and Voices [web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/893758].], Media Arts and Practice PhD program [imap.usc.edu/]. and Institute for Multimedia Literacy [iml.usc.edu].
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The intake cowls have been removed from the Rolls-Royce RB211-524H's on G-CIVL and are on pallets in the foreground.
Both inlet and exhaust sides of the RR engine have been sealed, presumably to stop damage from weather ingress?
Técnicas básicas de la fotografía
Introducción
Técnicas básicas de la fotografía/Introducción
IntroducciónEl uso de la cámara →
Técnicas básicas de la fotografía
Contenido [ocultar]
1 Origen de la Cámara Fotográfica
1.1 Cámara Estenopeica
2 Componentes de la Cámara
2.1 Cuerpos
2.1.1 Clasificación
2.2 Objetivos
2.2.1 Clasificación
2.3 Filtros
2.4 Accesorios
Aquí comienza este libro. En este capítulo describiremos los componentes de la cámara. Si bien es fundamental conocer estas piezas recomiendo que no se pierda demasiado tiempo en este capítulo. Una de las bondades de la fotografía de hoy en día es que se puede llevar a cabo sin mucho conocimiento técnico. Se puede aprender mucho del funcionamiento de una cámara con solo presionar el botón disparador u obturador. Creo que para aquel que comienza a adentrarse en el mundo de la fotografía es suficiente conocer las partes principales de la cámara para pasar al siguiente capítulo. Mas adelante podrá volver aquí para fijar nombres y conocer elementos más específicos. Como ya saben hacemos todo lo posible por brindar la información que tenemos de la forma más apropiada pero está en ti la capacidad de recorrer este libro de forma dinámica y de aprovechar lo que te brindamos.
[editar]Origen de la Cámara Fotográfica
La cámara fotográfica se ha usado desde el renacimiento. Se conocía como cuarto oscuro, y consistía en una cámara oscura con un orificio muy pequeño en la parte frontal, enfrentando al sujeto que se encontraba fuera de ella. Una imagen invertida se proyectaba en la pared opuesta la que era trazada manualmente.
[editar]Cámara Estenopeica
También llamada cámara de tarro, es una de las cámaras más simples que existen, ya que no posee lentes ni controles de exposición. La luz produce una imagen que pasa a través de un pequeño agujero y se proyecta en la cara opuesta de la cámara donde se coloca un papel fotosensible. La velocidad de obturación se regula manualmente destapando el agujero durante el tiempo deseado. Esta cámara nos permite entender cuales son los principios básicos por los cuales existe la fotografía.
[editar]Componentes de la Cámara
El propósito de una cámara, ya sea compacta, digital o réflex es proyectar la luz en una superficie que pueda capturar la imagen. La acción por la que una cámara permite la "impresión del material sensible" se llama exposición. La forma en que una cámara regula el nivel de exposición es a través de tres variables que la mayoría de las cámaras comparten. Estos tres controles principales son:
Velocidad de Obturación - Es el tiempo durante el cual la luz pasará a través del objetivo. La película o el sensor se verá expuesto a mayor cantidad de luz a medida que la obturación sea más larga, produciendo una imagen de mayor exposición (más luminosa).
Apertura del Objetivo (apertura del diafragma) - Es el tamaño del orificio detrás del objetivo. A mayor apertura, entra mayor cantidad de luz a través del objetivo, produciendo una imagen de mayor exposición (más luminosa). La apertura se controla mediante el diafragma.
Sensibilidad (ISO) - Es la sensibilidad de la película o sensor. Tradicionalmente no es un control de la cámara, sino que se refiere al tipo de película usada. Pero en cámaras digitales el equivalente a la sensibilidad de la película es el sensor de la cámara. Por ejemplo, una película de 800 ASA es ocho veces más sensible a la luz que una de 100 ASA. Normalmente un nivel ASA más alto es útil en lugares con luminosidad más baja.
Examinemos los distintos tipos de cámaras que existen y dónde podemos encontrar dichos controles:
[editar]Cuerpos
El cuerpo de la cámara es el lugar desde donde se controlan la mayoría de las funciones y es el lugar donde se encuentra el material sensible y el obturador que controla si el material sensible se encuentra o no expuesto. Por esto, separar el cuerpo del objetivo no tiene ningún efecto sobre el material sensible (un rollo no se velaría).
[editar]Clasificación
SLR (Single Lens Reflex) Este tipo de cámaras cuentan con un pentaprisma que muestra en el visor exactamente lo mismo que va a ser plasmado en la fotografía final. La imagen captada por el objetivo llega al pentaprisma tras dos reflexiones. Después de atravesar el objetivo, la luz llega, en un primer momento al espejo interno y de ahí se refleja y forma la imagen sobre una pantalla mate. La imagen formada sobre la pantalla mate es recogida por el pentaprisma que corrige las inversiones, tanto la lateral como la vertical. La imagen que se ve a través del visor es la que devuelve el pentaprisma. Cuando se dispara la foto, al tiempo que se abre el obturador, el espejo interno se levanta de modo que la luz ya no se desvía en dirección a la pantalla mate ni al pentaprisma, sino que imprime directamente el negativo (o sensor en el caso de las cámaras DSLR). De este modo el fotógrafo puede ver claramente la profundidad de campo y el enfoque que está entregando el lente, con un botón de vista previa que está incluida en la cámara.
TLR (Twin Lens Reflex) Las cámaras TLR llevan dos objetivos idénticos, uno sobre el otro. Los dos objetivos son gemelos en cuanto a apertura y distancia focal, se diferencian solo en que el superior carece de diafragma y obturador. Este objetivo sirve para formar una imagen sobre un cristal horizontal situado en la parte de encima de la cámara. La postura idónea que ha de adquirir el fotógrafo es situar la cámara en su cintura y mirar desde arriba.
[editar]Objetivos
Los lentes son objetos transparentes de plástico o cristal natural o sintético. Por su forma pueden ser cóncavos, convexos o planos. Los cóncavos tienen forma lenticular (como lenteja) gruesos al centro y delgados en los bordes, también llamados positivos. El lente más popular que conocemos es la famosa "lupa". Los convexos o negativos, son delgados al centro y gruesos en los bordes. Los lentes planos reciben el nombre de filtros y los hay para corregir color, modificar texturas, etc.
El término "lente" se refiere a una pieza y "objetivo" a un grupo o conjunto de lentes. Sin embargo es frecuente usar las dos palabras indistintamente y está aceptado. El término objetivo se aplica al conjunto de lentes que va dirigido al objeto. El término ocular se refiere al conjunto de lentes que se dirigen a nuestro ojo. La cámara fotográfica, el microscopio o el telescopio tienen objetivo y ocular. En algunas cámaras digitales el ocular ha sido sustituido por un display.
El lente u objetivo es la parte más importante de una cámara. Cuando de elección se trate, si prefiere calidad, elija el objetivo de marca más renombrada. De esa calidad dependerá en gran medida la calidad de las imágenes que se capturen con ellos.
Uno de los mejores lentes que se han producido hasta la fecha son de cristales naturales de una región alemana llamada Jena y son fabricados por la empresa alemana Karl Zeiss. Esta marca da una plena garantía de calidad. Desgraciadamente su precio es alto. Los usan las cámaras Leica (alemana), Hasselblad (sueca) y Contax (alemana - japonesa) entre las principales, Sony (japonesa). Las cámaras Hasselblad fueron usadas por los astronautas norteamericanos durante la conquista de la Luna.
Se denomina objetivo al conjunto de lentes convergentes y divergentes que forman parte de la óptica de una cámara. Existen diferentes tipos de objetivos y cada uno de estos tiene distintas características:
Distancia focal: Determina el ángulo de visión de un objetivo
Apertura máxima de diafragma: Indica cuan "luminoso" es un objetivo
Marca y modelo: No cualquier objetivo sirve para cualquier cuerpo
Diámetro: Determina el diámetro de los objetivos que se le quieran adosar estos si son compatibles entre marcas y modelos
Además distintos objetivos tienen distintas calidades ópticas pero esto no se expresa en forma numérica.
Otras características de los objetivos:
Número“f”. El significado del número “f” es el número de diafragmas que caben en la distancia focal de un lento u objetivo. Se le identifica con la letra "efe" minúscula. Es una unidad de medida que se expresa con número fraccionario (quebrado) y sólo se menciona el denominador. f 2 significa: f 1/2, f22 significa f 1/22. Mientras más chico es el número "f" es más grande la magnitud del diafragma. El número “f” de un lente es el máximo diafragma al que puede abrir. Los lentes con número “f” pequeño captan más luz que los de “f” grande. Los objetivos con mayor luminosidad de "f" grande son más caros. De los datos impresos que se incluyen en los objetivos están: Máximo número "f", distancia focal y diámetro de la rosca del lente. El diafragma expresado por el número "f" está íntimamente relacionado con la “profundidad de campo”
Distancia focal. De un lente u objetivo es la distancia medida desde el centro hasta el plano en que se forma la imagen.
Tomando en cuenta la distancia focal de un lente se clasifican en: Normal, gran angular y teleobjetivo.
[editar]Clasificación
Se los clasifica según la distancia focal:
Objetivos normales: Con un ángulo de 46º se asemejan a la visión del ojo humano. Su utilidad se centra en la representación de escenas sin carga dramática. Su profundidad de campo es moderada. No suele presentarse distorsión de la imagen como en los angulares. Generalmente se habla de un objetivo de 50mm como un objetivo normal en una cámara de 35mm.
Objetivos gran angulares: Objetivo cuyo ángulo es mayor al del objetivo normal. Suelen utilizarse para planos generales donde es necesario abarcar un gran ángulo de visión o para realzar o distorsionar ciertas características del sujeto. Su característica principal es que proporcionan gran profundidad de campo y abarcan un amplio ángulo de visión. Suelen distorsionar la imagen haciendo que las líneas verticales pierdan su paralelismo y al mismo tiempo representan exageradamente los objetos más cercanos haciéndolos aparecer de un tamaño mucho mayor que el real.
Teleobjetivos: El ángulo de visión es menor que el del objetivo normal. Permiten acercar objetos situados a grandes distancias. Así consiguen aumentar el tamaño de las imágenes respecto al objeto real. Por el contrario su profundidad de campo es reducida y su punto de enfoque crítico.
Objetivos zoom: Son objetivos de distancia focal variable. Destacan por su comodidad ya que evitan el cambio de objetivos de distancias focales fijas (angulares, normales y teleobjetivos). Suelen presentar la desventaja de no contar con aperturas muy grandes o de presentar una calidad de imagen inferior, ya que su construcción es más compleja que los objetivos de distancia focal fija.
Objetivos macro: Permiten el enfoque a muy corta distancia. Se utiliza para objetos muy pequeños situados a poca distancia del lente.
Objetivo ojo de pez: Se trata de un angular extremadamente amplio, llegando incluso hasta los 180º. Proporcionan una profundidad de campo extrema, y las imágenes se ven curvas como si estuvieran reflejadas en una esfera.
El Lente Normal: Tiene la misma distancia focal de la diagonal de la película o LCD (es.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCD). Para la película de 35 mm el lente normal es de 50 mm. Es el lente con el que se equipa a la mayoría de las cámaras. El ángulo de visión coincide con el del ojo humano. Es el lente más usado. Es el lente más versátil. En él se ha conseguido obtener la menor incidencia de aberraciones.
Lente gran angular: El término se refiere a aquel cuya distancia focal es menor a la diagonal del formato de la película. Para una película de 35 mm un gran angular mide menos de 50 mm. Se usa principalmente para fotos arquitectónicas o en lugares estrechos, así como para hacer ciertos efectos. Tiene una gran profundidad de campo. Exagera la perspectiva haciendo ver muy grandes los objetos cercanos y extremadamente pequeños los objetos lejanos. Son muy luminosos. Es frecuente que no tengan completamente corregidas la aberración esférica, la aberración cromática y el astigmatismo.
El Lente Telefoto: Es aquel cuya distancia focal es mayor que el doble de la distancia focal. Se puede considerar telefoto aquel lente que mida más de 100 mm. Se usa principalmente para fotografiar objetos lejanos. Los más grandes llegan a medir más de 1,000 mm. (1 metro) y son muy poco luminosos, caros y pesados. El lente de 135 mm es el más adecuado para foto de retrato, ya que no altera las proporciones de la cara. Estos lentes producen el efecto de hacer que los objetos geométricos tengan el punto de fuga invertido, es decir que en vez de fugar hacia atrás fuga hacia adelante. También dan el efecto de comprimir la escena de modo que parece como si las distancias entre los elementos estuvieran más cerca uno de otro de lo que realmente están y los objetos lejanos aparentan estar más cerca de lo que realmente están.
Lente Zoom: Hay otra clasificación que corresponde a los lentes zoom o de distancia focal variable. No son recomendables para fotos de calidad, ya que tienen un exceso de aberraciones. Sin embargo el público en general los prefiera ya que prácticamente tienen 3 lentes en uno y son cómodos para encuadrar sin cambiar la distancia entre el fotógrafo y el modelo. También son cómodos al viajar.
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Workshop at Lowlands festival, Flevoland, Aug 2011
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PARQUE VERDE LA CARLOTA
Concurso Público Internacional de Ideas Para Transformar la Base Aérea en Parque Verde Metropolitano. Caracas, Venezuela
Mención de Honor
LAP+LATITUD
Colaboradores:
Diana Cristina Montoya.
Equipo de Trabajo:
Prac. Guillaume Avila
Prac. Andrés Velázquez
Prac. Daniel Zuluaga
Prac. Sara Arteaga
Prac. Mallely Cano
Prac. David Mesa
Prac. Sebastián Vélez
Electronics Hobby
Building a new components-cabinet.
Hacker (hobbyist)
In home computing, a hacker is someone who modifies software or hardware of their own private computer system. It includes building, rebuilding, modifying, and creating software (software cracking, demoscene), electronic hardware (hardware hacking, overclocking, modding), either to make it better, faster, to give it added features or to make it do something it was not originally intended to do. Hacking in this sense originated around hobbyist circles discussing the MITS Altair at the homebrew computer club.
Hacker artists[edit]
See also: Fractal art, algorithmic art and interactive art
Hacker artists create art by hacking on technology as an artistic medium. This has extended the definition of the term and what it means to be a hacker. Such artists may work with graphics, computer hardware, sculpture, music and other audio, animation, video, software, simulations, mathematics, reactive sensory systems, text, poetry, literature, or any combination thereof.
Dartmouth College musician Larry Polansky states: "Technology and art are inextricably related. Many musicians, video artists, graphic artists, and even poets who work with technology—whether designing it or using it—consider themselves to be part of the 'hacker community.' Computer artists, like non-art hackers, often find themselves on society’s fringes, developing strange, innovative uses of existing technology. There is an empathetic relationship between those, for example, who design experimental music software and hackers who write communications freeware." [3]
Another description is offered by Jenny Marketou: "Hacker artists operate as culture hackers who manipulate existing techno-semiotic structures towards a different end, to get inside cultural systems on the net and make them do things they were never intended to do." [4]
A successful software and hardware hacker artist is Mark Lottor (mkl), who has created the 3-D light art projects entitled the Cubatron, and the Big Round Cubatron. This art is made using custom computer technology, with specially designed circuit boards and programming for microprocessor chips to manipulate the LED lights.
Don Hopkins is a software hacker artist well known for his artistic cellular automata. This art, created by a cellular automata computer program, generates objects which randomly bump into each other and in turn create more objects and designs, similar to a lava lamp, except that the parts change color and form through interaction. Says Hopkins, "Cellular automata are simple rules that are applied to a grid of cells, or the pixel values of an image. The same rule is applied to every cell, to determine its next state, based on the previous state of that cell and its neighboring cells. There are many interesting cellular automata rules, and they all look very different, with amazing animated dynamic effects. 'Life' is a widely known cellular automata rule, but many other lesser known rules are much more interesting."
Some hacker artists create art by writing computer code, and others, by developing hardware. Some create with existing software tools such as Adobe Photoshop or GIMP.
The creative process of hacker artists can be more abstract than artists using non-technological media. For example, mathematicians have produced visually stunning graphic presentations of fractals, which hackers have further enhanced, often producing detailed and intricate graphics and animations from simple mathematical formulas.
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The San Juan Skyway is one of an All-American Road and a component in the Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway System. It forms a 233.0-mile (375.0 km) loop in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Colorado traversing the heart of the San Juan Mountains. It roughly parallels the routes of the narrow gauge railways: Rio Grande Southern (US 160, SH 145 and SH 62); and the unconnected Ouray and Silverton Branches of the Denver & Rio Grande along US 550 with the Silverton Railroad bridging a part of the gap. Its origin can be traced to the Around the Circle Route promoted by the D&RG.
From Ouray to Durango, the highway is referred to as the Million Dollar Highway. The first 7.0 miles (11.3 km) south of Ouray, the byway follows through the Uncompahgre Gorge. Just past the only tunnel on the route, just south of Ouray, the road crosses over Bear Creek Falls on a bridge at the location of an impassable toll booth on the original road. Before leaving the gorge, the byway passes through a snow shed under the Riverside Slide avalanche zone. A monument stands near here honoring those who have lost their lives in the avalanche, including several snowplow operators. At this point the byway enters Ironton Park, a nice flat valley in contrast to the gorge. The road ascends several switchbacks, or S-curves, past the Idarado mining operation to the 11,018-foot (3,358 m) summit of Red Mountain Pass, providing views of Red Mountain (Colorado) and several ghost towns. Back into the San Juan National Forest, the highway descends through the Chattanooga Valley to Silverton.
From Silverton, the byway passes over the 10,910-foot (3,330 m) Molas Pass and the 10,640-foot (3,240 m) Coal Bank Pass descending past the ski resort of Durango Mountain. From Hermosa, the road parallels the Durango and Silverton narrow gauge railroad before returning to Durango.
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Ingredient for a simple target board: Perfboard, 6-pin DIP header, optional battery box, and two types of 20-pin socket: low cost and zero insertion force.
Photo taken to accompany short article on working with AVR microcontrollers, and making minimalist target boards for programming them.
it's a bit like building a model sailship, but you have to see beyond the surface... let's face it, sailships are prettier.
However, this will do sound, which is cooler :)
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Everything you need to get started. Click on the notes for links to the same products I bought at Maplin Electronics (UK).
The power unit of ex-English Welsh & Scottish Railway/DB Schenker class 37/4 No.37422 was extracted at Direct Rail Services Ltd Kingmoor Depot, Carlisle today, 4th June 2012, by a heavy lift crane brought in for the purpose. Beyond the depot security palisade fencing viewed from the Kingmoor Sidings Nature Reserve, the power unit is seen on a road trailer ready for transportaton away from the depot as the shell of 37422, with its roof panel removed, stands alongside. It remains to be seen what will happen to this locomotive, but this may be a positive indication.
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Aspirantex 2017
O Poder Naval do Brasil vai ao Mar!
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Entre os dias 12 de janeiro a 02 de fevereiro, a Marinha do Brasil realiza a comissão Aspirantex 2017, um exercício naval destinado a aprimorar os conhecimentos e auxiliar nas escolhas profissionais de cerca de 200 aspirantes embarcados, entre homens e mulheres, egressos do 2º ano da Escola Naval.
Atuando na área marítima compreendida entre o Rio de Janeiro (RJ) e Mar Del Plata (Argentina), a comissão Aspirantex 2017 está nesse momento em visita aos portos de Mar Del Plata e Montevidéu (Uruguai).
Na sequência do exercício, serão visitados os portos brasileiros de Itajaí e São Francisco do Sul, ambos localizados no estado (província) de Santa Catarina, bem ao sul do Brasil.
Para a realização da operação, o comandante em chefe da esquadra, Vice-Almirante Celso Luiz Nazareth constituiu o Grupo Tarefa (GT) 701.1, designando o comandante da 1ª Divisão da Esquadra, Contra-Almirante Valter Citavicius Filho para liderar, coordenar e conduzir os exercícios que envolvem o emprego de diversos meios operativos da Força Naval Componente.
As metas do exercício envolvem o aprestamento dos meios da Esquadra e também contribuir para a escolha da opção de corpo e área de habilitação dos aspirantes do 2º ano da Escola Naval, sediada na cidade do Rio de Janeiro.
O GT 701.1 está composto, nessa primeira fase do exercício, pelo Navio Desembarque de Carros de Combate Almirante Sabóia (G-25), onde a reportagem de Tecnologia & Defesa encontra-se embarcada, Navio Doca Multipropósito Bahia (G-40), a Corveta Barroso (V-34), o Navio Tanque Almirante Gastão Motta (G-23) e as fragatas Type-22 Greenhalg (F-46) e Rademaker (F-49).
Na segunda fase, que começará dia 24 de janeiro, também irão se juntar ao GT 701.1, em apoio as operações, o submarino Tupi (S30), o navio-patrulha Benevente (P61) e unidades aéreas do Comando da Força Aeronaval e aeronaves da Força Aérea Brasileira.
Está prevista a participação do navio-patrulha-oceânico Amazonas (P-120), mas no dia 19 de janeiro esse meio foi destacado para auxiliar na recuperação dos destroços de um avião civil que caiu no litoral do Rio de Janeiro (região de Paraty, famoso balneário de luxo).
Entre os passageiros que faleceram na queda do avião está o ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal, Teori Javascki, relator em uma das maiores investigações sobre corrupção já feitas no Brasil, a Operação Lava-Jato, que envolve diversos políticos, empresários e funcionários públicos da alta administração federal.
Aspirantes e as Operações Navais
Na desatracação do porto, no Rio de Janeiro, o GT 701.1 realizou a navegação em canal varrido (livre de minas) e enfrentou a oposição de submarino (S30) estrategicamente posicionado na saída para o mar aberto, sendo apoiados nessa tarefa por um helicóptero antissubmarino SH-16 Sea Hawk do Esquadrão HS-1 "Guerreiro" e aeronave de patrulha marítima e guerra ASW/ASUW Lockheed P-3AM da Força Aérea Brasileira.
Já em mar aberto, as operações aéreas dos helicópteros navais embarcados no NDM G-40 Bahia e nas fragatas Type-22 serviram para adestrar as tripulações dos navios dotados de convoo, nas fainas de lançamento e recolhimento desses meios.
Em paralelo a essas atividades, foram realizados treinamentos de CAV (controle de avarias), onde danos em combate e incêndios a bordo (simulados) foram combatidos por equipes compostas pelos aspirantes, orientados pelos tripulantes dos navios. Exercícios de Postos de Abandono , circulação interna a bordo e correta localização e operação das balsas salva vidas, dentre outros, demonstraram aos alunos da Escola Naval os perigos das atividades a bordo.
Em todos os dias de mar, durante a primeira fase, foram realizados inúmeros exercícios de Postos de Combate, visando verificar a prontidão operacional e aptidão das equipes de bordo, e tarefas como detecção de ruídos (A/S), Leap Frog/Light Line, manobras táticas e operações aéreas.
O tiro noturno contra granada iluminativa (GIL) e o tiro diurno contra alvo conhecido como "Killer Tomato" foi executado com o uso dos canhões automáticos de 20 mm, 40 mm e metralhadoras pesadas de 12,7 mm existentes a bordo dos navios. O NDCC G-25 Almirante Sabóia demonstrou excelente pontaria nas duas ocasiões, anotando diversos impactos certeiros nos alvos. Os outros navios do GT 701.1 não ficaram atrás, apresentando um desempenho satisfatório de tiro em ambas as ocasiões.
Os navios também se exercitaram no trânsito com oposição de superfície, a maior ameaça representada por mísseis superfície-superfície lançados pelo "inimigo". Do toque para Postos de Combate, passando pelo impacto do míssil (simulado) e o acionamento do CAV, é impressionante o profissionalismo e rapidez com que as equipes executam suas tarefas.
Esses eventos a bordo dos navios contam com a participação direta dos aspirantes, seja no preparo e planejamento, seja na execução como instruendos, ou indiretamente, como observadores, caso do tiro diurno e noturno com munição real.
Comandante de Operações Navais a bordo
O Comandante de Operações Navais da Marinha do Brasil, almirante-de-esquadra Sérgio Roberto Fernandes dos Santos, chegou a bordo do NDCC G25 Almirante Sabóia após transporte desde terra por um helicóptero UH-15/H225M da Aviação Naval (ver entrevista).
Na sequência das atividades, o CON realizou uma visita ao NDM G-40 Bahia, onde conversou com os aspirantes embarcados, mesma atividade realizada anteriormente no NDCC G-25 Almirante Sabóia, quando da sua chegada a bordo.
Light Line/ Transferência de Carga Leve
Uma das mais tradicionais fainas (tarefas) da vida no mar, o Light Line consiste na aproximação e lançamento de uma retinida (cabo leve), e na posterior troca deste por cabos cada vez mais pesados, capazes de suportar a Transferência de Carga Leve (TCL) entre os dois navios, que navegam lado a lado, mantendo velocidade e proa constantes.
Uma típica tarefa feita em equipe, é toda comandada através de toques de comando por apitos e emprego de sinaleiros, tudo isso enquanto os navios permanecem próximos.
A TCL dessa vez envolveu um marco histórico. Na faina realizada entre o NDCC G25 Almirante Sabóia e a fragata F-49 Rademaker, aconteceu a primeira travessia TCL realizada por uma mulher, a aspirante Amanda Passos. Primeiro, foi feito um teste com uma carga inerte equivalente a uma vez e meia o peso da aspirante, e após, a passagem real entre navios.
Na proa do NDCC G-25 e da F-49, tripulantes em linha ou dispostos em um "carrossel" realizaram a tração e movimentação dos cabos, a comando do Senhor Mestre do Navio, normalmente o militar de marinharia mais antigo. Comprovando a perícia das tripulações e a segurança dessa atividade, a aspirante Amanda Passos foi até a F-49 e voltou a bordo do G-25 incólume.
Mergulhadores de Combate!
O exercício denominado SURFEX 983 constou do emprego de um destacamento GRUMEC ao qual foi ordenado abordar um navio "suspeito", no caso o G-25, com o emprego da técnica Fast Rope, a partir de um helicóptero UH-15.
Em uma das portas da aeronave, um GRUMEC armado com fuzil sniper PGM Ultima Ratio, em calibre 7,62 mm, provê a segurança pelo ar do destacamento. Quando o UH-15 chega sobre o convoo, os GRUMEC descem pelo cabo e rapidamente assumem posições na proa do navio, avançando decididamente em direção ao passadiço. Do ar, e circulando sobre o navio, o UH-15 provê a cobertura aérea.
Após rápida subida pelas escadas externas, é dada a ordem para que TODOS no passadiço deitem-se no chão, para verificação (revista) e apreensão de armamento, caso seja encontrado. Na simulação, dois fuzis de assalto são encontrados com os "tripulantes", e o imediato do navio e seus oficiais subalternos são detidos para averiguação posterior, assim como os tripulantes que estavam armados. O material é confiscado e anexado nos autos de abordagem.
Os GRUMEC, tropa de elite da Marinha do Brasil, egressos do Batalhão Tonelero, apresentaram uma novidade nesse treinamento. Além do emprego de fuzis de assalto HK 416 em calibre 5,56 mm, foi possível observar os novos uniformes e equipamentos adotados (ainda em testes), como capacetes táticos, todos camuflados em vários tons de cânhamo e verde, bem diferente do material anteriormente empregado.
Após a finalização da apresentação, aconteceu uma palestra para os aspirantes a bordo, onde dúvidas sobre a carreira nas Forças Especiais da Marinha foram sanadas, e a vida desses militares foi apresentada pelo comandante do destacamento aos aspirantes. Por questões de segurança, nenhum dos GRUMEC pode ser identificado, e seus rostos nas fotos estão distorcidos intencionalmente.
GT 701.1 no Uruguai
Na chegada ao porto de Montevidéu, o NDCC G-25 Almirante Sabóia, líder do grupo de navios, saudou a terra com a tradicional salva de 21 tiros protocolares, prontamente respondida pelos uruguaios. Após a faina de atracação, que envolveu diversos rebocadores e um prático, foi realizada a bordo solenidade de recepção do Embaixador do Brasil no Uruguai, Sr. Fulano de Tal, e dos adidos militares, oficiais coronéis da Força Aérea Brasileira e Exército Brasileiro, além de autoridades uruguaias lideradas pelo Comandante-em-Chefe da Armada daquele País, almirante Fulano de Tal.
No dia 23 de janeiro, o GT.701.1 suspenderá de Montevidéu e Mar Del Plata, reunindo-se em alto mar para empreender a segunda parte da Aspirantex 2017, que envolverá treinamentos e exercícios como Transferência de Óleo no Mar (TOM) e reabastecimento de aeronave em voo (In Flight Refueling ou IFR) e Trânsito com Oposição de Submarinos, dentre outros. O destino final do GT 701.1 será a cidade do Rio de Janeiro/Base Naval da Ilha do Mocanguê.
Por Roberto Caiafa, diretamente de Montevidéu, Uruguai, para Tecnologia & Defesa.
The Gift of Life
"How dare you start on this journey, without taking a ticket from Me? Come down; do the task allotted to you. I order you to come to the Prayer Hall this noon and carry on with Arathi, as usual."
"That was the command, the divine command of the Lord to Sri Seshagiri Rao, whose body and mind were 'ready steady set' for the last journey.
Baba did sound harsh. Yes, He appeared so unkind not only to the people around but also to the subject in question, Sri Seshagiri Rao, who was more than willing to shed his mortal coil after a fall and subsequent ill health, and had even started declaring aloud the eternal truths: "This body composed of the five elements is disintegrating into its components; I am being liberated!"
But Swami had different plans for this sage-like servitor who for 14 long years had tended the shrine at the old Mandir and later at the Prashanti Nilayam Sanctum Sanctorum with great dedication and love. Sri Seshagiri Rao just obeyed Swami's order and in the evening he was seen attending the shrine - the signs of illness were gone.
Six months later, this pious person fell ill again. His condition became worse and you could see that he was indeed suffering. His brother rushed in panic from Bangalore and requested Swami that Sri Seshagiri Rao be allowed to be taken to the Victoria hospital in Bangalore.
But, Swami had this to tell him, "Do not worry at his present plight. I am allowing him to work out the suffering he has to undergo. After this, he has the chance to die peacefully and quite happily. Otherwise, I could have despatched him months ago, when he had a fall." And that is exactly what happened.
Sri Seshagiri Rao recovered quite mysteriously in a month. He was hale and hearty and spent six weeks in bliss doing his chores in the shrine and spreading happiness around. And then suddenly one day, his health deteriorated and he took to bed. One evening Swami went to his bedside. Along with Swami was Prof. Kasturi, a great devotee and the first editor of Sanathana Sarathi. For what happened that momentous evening, let's hear from Sri Kasturi himself:
"Swami asked me to bring a cup of hot milk. Spoon by spoon, He fed him the entire cup, calling on him by name and telling him that it was his Baba that was feeding him! Then, He rose and moved; turning back while at the door, He looked at him and said, 'Now you can go!' And, Seshagiri Rao obeyed within an hour! Baba knew when he had to come down and when he had to 'go'."
Baba with the Cowans
This is not one isolated incident in the life of Baba. We all know of what happened to Walter Cowan, the oft-quoted story of resurrection recorded beautifully by Dr. Hislop in My Baba and I. We will not go into details here about that incident because there are many more. For every incident we know, there are hundreds and thousands that we do not know. Sai's power has been working silently, selflessly and relentlessly all-round the clock, all-round the globe transforming people, uniting families, enlivening spirits and resurrecting lives, for He is the master of Time and destiny.
In the first week of August, 1953 in Puttaparthi, there happened another incident which, as Howard Murphet describes in Sai Baba: Man of Miracles, was as dramatic in its way as the Christ's raising of "Lazarus" from the dead. The "Lazarus" here was Mr. V Radhakrishna, about sixty years of age, a factory owner and well-known citizen of Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh.
He was in Puttaparthi with his wife, daughter, Vijaya and son-in-law, Sri Hemchand. The Dasara celebrations were on but he was there in Puttaparthi with a different mission - to ask Baba to cure him of his frightful gastric ulcers.
Two days had passed by in Puttaparthi and when Mr. Radhakrishna found Swami taking a stroll in the hall one day, he ran to Him and fell at His feet imploring Him thus: "Swami, I prefer to die. I cannot bear this pain anymore. Let me be merged in Your Feet." Swami lifted him up by his shoulders and in a comforting tone said, "It is alright. The pain will soon subside," and sent him back.
Sometime later, Mr. Radhakrishna was attacked by fits, fell down and bit his tongue. Swami came immediately and placed Vibhuti on his forehead. His stomach was bloated. Swami sat by his side for sometime, patting his stomach. Before He left, He reassured everybody saying, "Do not worry. Everything will be alright."
The next day was truly a nightmare. The patient could not pass urine and his stomach became even more bloated. He was unconscious. A male nurse brought by Mr. K S Hemchand, the son-in-law, pronounced him near death after failing to find any pulse and making other examinations. There was no way of saving him, the nurse opined. And by evening the patient became very cold. The three anxious relatives heard what they thought was the "death rattle" in his throat and watched him turning blue and stiff. His stomach looked full enough to burst at the slightest touch.
Vijaya, and Mrs. Radhakrishna, went to see Swami. They told Him that Radhakrishna seemed to be dead. (Those days, devotees were very few and they had much greater access to Swami). But Swami just laughed and walked away into His bedroom. Crestfallen, the mother and daughter returned to the 'dead' man's bedside and waited and prayed. As if listening to their prayers, after a while, Swami came and looked at the body but did not say or do anything. The whole of the second night passed with the three fervently praying and anxiously waiting for any signs of life. But that was not to be. There were no signs. Yet, nothing could disturb their rock-like faith in Baba.
When the Venkatagiri Raja, a longtime devotee of Baba, offered to take Mr. Radhakrishna in his car to a bigger hospital in a town some distance away, Mrs. Radhakrishna firmly said, "We cannot do anything unless Swami commands us. Everything depends on Swami's will." She completely believed that somehow or other Baba would save Radhakrishna as He had promised that everything would be alright.
The whole body turned black. His nails turned blue. The night passed. No one slept. At about four in the morning of the third day, all the people around went away wiping their tears and all the three relatives began to weep silently. The body was more than ever like a corpse - dark, cold, quite stiff and beginning to smell. Other people who came to see and sympathise told Mrs. Radhakrishna that she should have the corpse removed from the ashram. But she replied, "Not unless Swami orders it". Some even went to Baba and suggested that, as the man was dead and the body smelling of decomposition, it should either be sent back to Kuppam or cremated at Puttaparti. Swami simply replied, "We'll see."
Radhakrishna with his Saviour
When Mrs. Radhakrishna went to see Swami again - to tell Baba what people were saying to her, and to ask Him what she must do, He answered: "Do not listen to them, and have no fear; I am here." And further, He reassured her saying that He would soon come to see her husband.
Mrs. Radhakrishna returned and waited along with her daughter and son-in-law by the body. 10 minutes, half an hour, an hour passed, but there was no sign of Swami. There seemed to be no light at the end of the tunnel and just when they were about to give up totally, the door opened and there stood Baba in His red robe, copious hair, and shining smile. It was then about half past two in the afternoon of the third day.
As soon as she saw Baba, Mrs. Radhakrishna broke down completely. Vijaya was also crying. They were like Martha and Mary, the sisters of Lazarus, weeping before their Lord who, they thought, had come too late. And Swami, as if there was nothing serious to it, said jokingly, "Is Radhakrishna having labour pains?" Everyone was silent.
"Let's see what the matter is," He said and walked into the room.
At what point is a person dead? Can anyone say? There are instances where suddenly a 'corpse' will move; in fact, when Jesus received word that Lazarus was dead, He said to His disciples, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep."
Anyway, to continue with the story, Baba gently asked the tearful women and sorrowful Mr. Hemchand to leave the room. There were only Swami and the dead man in the room and what happened inside only He knows. A few minutes passed, and the door opened and Swami beckoned all the three in. As they nervously walked in, they could scarcely believe their eyes! Was it true? Or, was it an illusion?
There on the bed Radhakrishna was looking up at them and smiling! Amazingly the stiffness of death had vanished and his natural colour was returning! All the three clasped Swami;s Feet and washed them with their tears. Baba went over, stroked the patient's head and said to him, "Talk to them; they are worried."
"Why worried?" asked Radhakrishna, puzzled, "what happened to me?"
With a loud laugh, Swami replied, "Delivery."
Everyone laughed. It was a strange scene, laughter in the midst of tears.
Mr. Radhakrishna looked at Swami who was sitting near his head and said, "I'm all right. You are here."
Swami then turned to Mrs. Radhakrishna and said, "I have given your husband back to you, now get him a hot drink."
When she brought a tumbler of Horlicks, Swami Himself fed it to Radhakrishna slowly spoon by spoon. For another half an hour He remained there, gently touching Radhakrishna and strengthening the man He had 'raised'.
Swami then asked Vijaya, "How old is your father?"
"Sixty years," she replied.
Then, Swami reminded them how, four or five years ago, Mrs. Radhakrishna once had told Him, "Swami, in my husband's family, all his brothers died in their sixtieth year. Kindly save my husband." And how Swami had promised her then that He would save her husband. Swami then turned toward Mrs. Radhakrishna and said, "You have forgotten that conversation. But I have not. Today, I have given the gift of life to your husband."
Then Swami placed His hand on Mrs. Radhakrishna's head, blessed the whole family and left the room.
After two hours, He was back. He asked Mr. Radhakrishna, "Radha Krishnayya! Where did you go?" He replied, "That place was very peaceful, very comfortable; very, very nice, Swami. Why did you bring me back? It was heavenly there."
It seems later, Swami confided to Sri Kasturi, "His children are still young. He did not even write a will. He has yet to perform the marriages of his children. That's why I saw to it that he was brought back. The extra years of life that I have given now I shall deduct from his next birth." What meticulous attention to correct the calculation of life span!
Next day, Mr. Radhakrishna was strong enough to walk to Bhajan. On the third day he wrote a seven-page letter to one of his daughters who was abroad in Italy . The family stayed a few more days at Prashanti Nilayam, then with Baba's permission returned to their home in Kuppam. The gastric ulcers and complications had vanished forever.
Aeons have passed by. Civilisations have emerged, grown and perished. Man, Nature, Science - everything has changed. But if there is one thing that has remained constant it is God. His love, His compassion for humanity, His concern and His impeccable glory. Another startling episode that amply demonstrates this happened in Prashanti Nilayam, just two decades back and it stands as a testimony to the inscrutable and infinite power of Sai. This time it was a young student, a research scholar staying in the hostel in Prashanti Nilayam.
One person who was a witness and totally involved in this whole incident was Mr. Narasimha Murthy who was the warden of the hostel then. And this is what he narrated in the Divine Presence of Baba in Sai Kulwant Hall on the 1 st of November 2004:
It was the month of October, 1985, the sixtieth birthday celebrations year. In the early hours of morning, I was woken up. One of the PhD Scholars was a chronic asthma patient. He was unable to breathe.
Click here to listen to Mr. Narasimha Murthy's voice.
We rushed him to the Puttaparthi General Hospital . The boy's name was Narayan Sharma. He was from Bombay , a classmate of the current warden of the hostel, Sri Shiva Shankar Sai.
By the time we took him to the hospital, the body had become cold and blue. There was a lady doctor who attended on him. There was no pulse, no breath. Dr. Chari, the Medical Superintendent of the hospital then, rushed from his home. He also checked him up and informed all of us present there, 'He is no more. The boy is dead.'
It was approaching six in the morning. You could imagine the plight of the warden when such a thing happens. I did not even dare to go to the Mandir and submit to Swami what had happened. It was Dr. Chari who walked to the Mandir and submitted to Swami the whole episode. Swami said, "Nothing will happen to him. He is fine".
Swami, then materialized Vibhuti and gave it to Dr. Chari and said, "Apply it on his chest and put hot-water bags on his back." Dr. Chari returned and the Vibhuti and hot water bags were applied.
Yet, we were in a state of fix. We did not know what to do as there was no pulse, no breathing still. The body was still cold and blue. For all practical purposes, he was dead. The doctors then told me, 'Mr. Narasimha Murthy, now it is your turn to go and report to Swami.'
Sri Narasimha Murthy narrating the incident on Nov 1st 2004
It was 6.30 in the morning. I walked up to the Mandir. I reported to Swami. Swami said, "Nothing has happened to him." In fact, He gave me a thermos flask filled with hot coffee and said, "Go and give it to him." I was bewildered.
I returned with this flask to the hospital. When I reached the hospital, the lady doctor looked at me with the flask and asked, 'For whom is this coffee?' I could barely say anything. I just very reluctantly showed the patient.
Her face became completely expressionless. But there was a sense of, "Mr. Warden, you have lost your brain." These were her unspoken words.
I did not know what to do with the coffee. The body of Narayana Sharma was covered with a white sheet. Only his toes were seen. And then suddenly, we saw movements! His toes were moving!
We were overjoyed. And then the lady doctor, with great joy, went up to the boy. The boy could not open his eyes, but the toes were moving. And she put her finger at the nose. Slowly, the breathing was coming back. And then, she whispered these words into his ears, "See boy, Swami has sent coffee for you. Please take it." One spoon of coffee was fed into his mouth and he took it in! Then, slowly spoon by spoon coffee was being fed into his mouth. The lady doctor checked him again. The pulse was returning. Confident that the boy is back, she was connecting the BP apparatus to the boy's arm and just then Swami arrived with late Sri V. K. Narasimhan, the editor of Sanathana Sarathi at that time. Hearing Swami's voice, the boy slowly tried to open his eyes. Swami came near the boy and said, "What boy! Everybody said you are dead. Still you are alive!" The boy looked at Swami. His face was expressionless. Then Swami asked all the three doctors present there, Dr. Chari and two lady doctors, "Was he dead?"
All of them said, "Yes, Swami. He was dead."
Then He asked one of the lady doctors, "How do you say that he was dead."
"Swami, according to us, there was no pulse, no breathing, no heartbeat; the body was cold and blue. Going by medical science, that is death."
"Then how did he come back," He asked.
"Swami, You are God. You can do anything." The lady doctor replied.
The drama of Lazarus was re-enacted. Only the venue was different.
There were about 50 classmates, who had assembled outside the General Hospital . They had come hearing that their friend has made his exit from the world. Swami looked out of the window. All the boys looked very sad.
Swami then looked at me and said, "Go and tell them what has happened here." Swami confirmed that He had brought back the boy to life.
And then Swami materialized a kind of brownish chocolate and gave it to the boy. The boy immediately put it into his mouth. After returning to the Mandir, Swami materialized three bottles of tablets and sent them to the hospital with detailed instructions as to how these tablets are to be administered.
The boy was soon in the hostel busy with his research. And he completed his PhD.
For an incarnation, it is sheerly His powers, His inner strength which achieves everything and nothing else. Instruments are only superfluous. There is nothing that is impossible for him", the warden concluded.
Now let's move on to something which happened in the nineties. It is the story of Mr. Venkateswaran, a long-time devotee of Bhagavan who now resides in the Prashanti Nilayam ashram. This is what he has to tell about his miraculous 'return':
"It happened on the afternoon of 1st October, 1994 . Along with students and some guests, I was inside Trayee Brindavan (Swami's residence in Bangalore ). While Swami was speaking, I felt a sudden tightness in my chest. I began to sweat profusely and felt strangely breathless.
Three quick pinches of Vibhuti from my pocket, followed by a chant of 'Sai Rama' three times was all I could muster before leaning on the person in front of me. I was slipping into darkness. I then saw an orange robe in an ocean of light.
This was followed by a vision of my inert body lying on the floor. I could not believe it! I felt so free, so utterly free.
Then a voice in the distance echoed, 'Get up! Your Sai Rama has come, get up!'
My hazy memory does not recall what happened next, but I was informed later that immediately after I had passed away, a physician sitting nearby had examined me and found no vital signs. With some difficulty this was conveyed to Swami who was sitting on the jhoola [swing] in the front. Our Merciful Lord stood up immediately, picked up His silver tumbler, and walked to where my body was.
He poured some water on His fingers and let it trickle into my mouth. Then, He said the words that I have just quoted: 'Get up! Your Sai Rama has come!'
Mr. Venkateswaran with his 'Sai Rama' before his operation
My inert body jerked and my eyes opened to see Bhagavan. Looking at all those seated around, Bhagavan firmly asked, 'What other miracle do you want? Venkatesh was gone, and I brought him back.' I was helped back into my room."
In fact, Swami gave him another lease of life when in 1999, a full five years after his resurrection, He blessed him to undergo a heart surgery at the modern temple of healing, the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences. Not only that, He made a special visit to the Hospital, materialized Vibhuti and blessed him profusely before his surgery.
Mr. Venkateswaran is still doing fine and dedicates his time in the ashram doing Swami's work.
Resurrections may not be as common a phenomenon as Swami creating Vibhuti, rings, chains, etc., but time and again, Swami has brought people back to life whenever the situation demanded it. We know how Swami 'raised' Subbamma just to keep His promise and fulfill her last wish. For those, who have not read this thrilling episode in
' Sathyam Shivam Sundaram', here is a brief account:
"Subbamma was the person most anxious about Swami's 'health' when He was a young boy and most worried about the hundreds of pilgrims who gathered at Puttaparthi. Baba even now says that the grinding stone in her house was always busy, preparing chutney (an Indian dish) out of the heaps of coconuts that the pilgrims offered. She was grinding almost eight hours of the day! She had immense love and devotion to the Lord and Baba had said that He would satisfy her one desire... to have the Darshan of Baba in her last moments. And this is how he fulfilled it.
It was in the fifties. Subbamma fell ill and was taken to Bukkapatnam. But in spite of her illness, she came over one day in a bullock cart to see the Prashanti Nilayam (the new Mandir), which was then under construction. She was soon bedridden and could not move; her condition worsened and Baba was away in Bangalore !
Subbamma, in her delirium, talked about Baba and the vision of Shirdi Sai Baba which she had been privileged to see, of the manifold Leelas of the Krishna she had witnessed, and, when she came to, her talk was about the same incidents and the same Person. She was in the midst of relatives who did not have much sympathy with these sentiments, for they felt that her love for the strange little miraculous Boy had taken her away from attachment to her kith and kin. So, they told her that her Baba was a hundred miles away, and it would be better for her to concentrate her failing attention on men and matters nearer and closer. But, her Faith did not falter.
Meanwhile, Baba left Bangalore for Tirupathi, where He spent some time with a few devotees. Of course, Baba knew that Subbamma's soul was struggling to free itself from the mortal coil, and that she was rolling in her deathbed at Bukkapatnam. The people around her announced that she had breathed her last.
But, some peculiar glow on her face, made them nervous to take the body to the cremation ground. A few wiser persons shook their heads when it was suggested that she had died. They advised patience, and admonished the relatives; 'The bird has not flown yet,' they said.
How could that bird fly, even though the door of the cage was lying open? She must have the Darshan and she must wait until Baba comes. And, Baba too was hurrying towards her bedside. He left Tirupathi by car, and arriving at Puttaparthi, proceeded to Bukkapatnam, three full days after the first announcement of Subbamma's end!
Her eyes had lost the glint, she was placed on the floor and people were evincing an uneasy impatience. Baba sat by her and in a low voice called out, "Subbamma," "Subbamma," just twice and no more! Then, to the wonderment of everyone crowding around, Subbamma opened her eyes!
She extended her hand towards Baba and grasped His palm firmly and began to stroke it lovingly; Baba put His fingers to her lips; her mouth opened a little, as if she knew that Baba was giving her something to slake the thirst of the soul.
From the fingers of Baba there poured into her mouth the Immortal Ganga and Subbamma joined the ranks of the Released!
What a deliverance! Can anything better that! Swami knows who deserves what and when.
Some people might ask why does Swami resurrect this individual and not another? Why does He save some people from serious illnesses or from near-death situations and not others? Why does He use His powers only for some and not others?
Raising Lazarus
To this, Howard Murphet gives a beautiful explanation in Sai Baba: Man of Miracles:
"Perhaps, in the same way one might ask why Christ did not cure all the sickness around him in his day. And why was Lazarus the only one He called back from the tomb? Did Jesus - and did Sai Baba later - make a special effort against the power of death for a greatly loved family of close devotees? Maybe, but I think there is more to it than that.
When Jesus was informed that Lazarus was sick he made the enigmatic remark: 'This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby'. So what would normally, under ordinary conditions, be a death-dealing disease may be an occasion for the glorification of God through the works of a God-man.
Then, too, there is the profound and complex question of karma. To what extent is the specific ailment or the approach of death karmic, and how far should the Godman interfere with the patient's karma?"
So, that probably gives the answer. The bottom line is this: God is Omnipotent and Omniscient. He can do anything. He is not in the business of displaying His powers at every opportunity. There must be a very sound reason for Him to do anything. He knows our past, present and future. He knows what is good for us. And He makes no mistakes.
Unaware of anything beyond the present and the past of the current life, we sometimes complain. But the solution does not lie in complaining but surrendering everything at His lotus Feet. Because He is ever ready to help. He stands at the doorstep of our heart waiting for a small opening just like the sunlight which eagerly enters a dark room and brightens it by way of even a small slit at the door.
So let us open our hearts to Him. Let us Trust Him. For, with Him by our side, nothing is impossible."
Source: Radio Sai E-Magazine, June 2005
United Nations police week 2017
Reception for heads of United Nations police components, hosted by the governments of Finland and Bangladesh.
On Monday, the Security Council adopted resolution 2382 (2017), which supports operationalizing the Strategic Guidance Framework for International Police Peacekeeping. The resolution also recognized the important role that United Nations police components play in the protection of civilians, including in preventing and addressing sexual and gender‑based violence, and violations and abuses against children.
In his address to the Security Council, Under‑Secretary‑General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean‑Pierre Lacroix said the United Nations police played a continued vital role in bridging the Organization’s work from prevention and peacekeeping to peacebuilding and development (Video recording). The Police Commissioner of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH), Brigardier General Georges-Pierre Monchotte, briefed the Security Council on good practices of reforming the Haiti National Police (video recording). The Police Commissioner of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Issoufou Yacouba briefed on strengthening the serious and organized crime capacities of the Malian security forces (video recording). Police Commissioner Priscilla Makotose of the African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) briefed the Security Council on gender responsive policing (video recording). Following the briefing, Security Council President, Italian Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, the Head of UN peacekeeping USG Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Police Adviser Luis Carrilho (UNPOL) delivered a press briefing (video recording).
On Tuesday, the discussions of heads of UN police components focused on partnerships, good practices and challenges of UN capacity-building. More than 11,000 United Nations police officers from 89 countries (as of September 2017), are mandated to assist host-States in reforming their police and other law enforcement institutions.
Building on Security Council resolution 2382 (2017), Police Commissioners focused on Wednesday on how police can be more effective in conflict prevention, peacekeeping and peace sustainment. Heads of UN police components also discussed how to achieve gender-responsive policing. As of September 2017, 1,118 female police officers from 70 countries serve in peacekeeping operations and special political missions. They act as role models for gender equality, inspiring women and girls to advocate for their own rights and pursue careers in law enforcement.
On Thursday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefly met and took a photo with the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Alexandre Zouev, UN Police Adviser Luis Carrilho and Heads of police components in UN peace operations. In his message, Secretary-General Guterres stressed that United Nations police save countless lives, heal community tensions. The Secretary‑General also called for more women in United Nations police command positions.
Earlier on the same day, the UNAMID Police Commissioner Priscilla Makotose, MONUSCO Police Commissioner Awale Abdounasir and MINUSCA Police Commissioner Roland Zamora briefed the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) on transitioning, gender/electoral security and capacity development respectively.
On Friday, UN police week closed following a session on human rights in UN police activities. The closing remarks were delivered by Alexandre Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions and UN Police Adviser Luis Carrilho.
UN Photo/ Hubertus Juergenliemk
Multi-Component Inspector Kit (MCIK) for Complementary Access (CA)/DIV Inspections
Safeguard Equipments - Standard configuration of the Multi-Component Inspector Kit (MCIK) with visual observation, physical characteristics and radiation measurement instruments and torch packed in soft bag inside Fortius Security aluminium suitcase. IAEA Vienna, Austria, 3 October 2018
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
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Pro-Railing is a range of handrailing components designed with simplicity of use in mind. This handrail and stainless steel balustrade system consists of over 1000 components, allowing for the quick installation of complex and attractive stainless steel railings and balustrade systems; simply cut then glue or screw to create a clean and contemporary look, giving you professional results every time. It is available in stainless 304 for internal installations and stainless 316 for exterior handrails or balustrades, and comes either in a brushed steel or mirror polished finish.
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A rather overly complicated machine with a single purpose. To create lengths of wire with the insulation removed from either end. (for use in electronics breadboards)
(an example: www.flickr.com/photos/snazzyguy/3162122089/ )
Wondering What it Does?
Check out a video of it in action here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2O7kGE34EA
Wish to make your own?
Details can be found here:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:268/
Care to check out more delightfully fun open source projects: