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Not a great deal of time today so took Max out to Faversham's local Bysing Wood to be back in time for video confrences. Bysing Wood is usually associated with burnt out cars, drug and drink paraphernalia, fly tipping and all the joys that an urban woodland can bring, I was not disapointed there! But, the woodland is not managed so thick with fallen trees and tangled undergrowth, usually something interesting can be found. To my surprise the western side of Bysing Wood has been coppiced, when, I am not sure as it has been some time, but the ground level has been opened-up nicely today revealing the mother-load of Magpie Inkcaps ranging from just breaching the leaf litter through to slimy maturity. Yes the magpie Inkcap is named for its pied apperance but get the angle right and the series of tiny verticle ridges filled with mucilage forms prisms on its cap giving rise to light defraction and iridescence similar to the feathers of magpies...... never seen so many of these fascinating toadstools and yes I was a little late for my first meeting!
Harpa is a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. The opening concert was held on May 4, 2011.
Harpa was designed by the Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects in co-operation with Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The structure consists of a steel framework clad with irregularly-shaped glass panels of different colours. The building was originally part of a redevelopment of the Austurhöfn area dubbed World Trade Center Reykjavík, which was partially abandoned when the financial crisis took hold. The development was intended to include a 400-room hotel, luxury apartments, retail units, restaurants, a car park and the new headquarters of Icelandic bank Landsbanki.
The completion of the structure was uncertain until the government decided in 2008 to fully fund the rest of the construction costs for the half-built concert hall. The building was given its name on the Day of Icelandic Music on 11 December 2009, prior to which it was called The Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Centre (Icelandic: Tónlistar- og ráðstefnuhúsið í Reykjavík). The building is the first purpose-built concert hall in Reykjavík. It houses the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and The Icelandic Opera.
Visited many times - Annual Woodworker Show and British Toy and Hobby Fair.
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part of the international confrence centre at darling harbour. designed by hassell + populous, built by lend lease
After the huge confrence between the NRDG and Canada, it was agreed that the NRDG would protect Canada, if Canada would be under NRDG lead/guide.
Decided to put my hair up in a braid what do you think? How does it look to you? Many people have told me I have to wear more shoes and show off my legs so I am trying to accommodate your wishes. Do you like the view?
The technical confrence was held at the Hilton Houston NASA. The hotel was very nice the seminar was a big sucess and everone enjoyed watching Suzane when she entered the room!
Gary Stager
For 28 years, Gary Stager, an internationally recognised educator, speaker and consultant, has helped learners of all ages on six continents embrace the power of computers as intellectual laboratories and vehicles for self-expression.
ACEC 2010 marks Dr. Stager's 20th anniversary of working in Australia. He considers Melbourne his second home and first keynoted ACEC in 1992. Gary led professional development at the world's first laptop schools in Melbourne and Queensland in 1990 and since that time has worked with countless schools across Australia. He has worked closely with the Victoria and ACT Departments of Education and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne.
In addition to his two decades of 1:1 leadership, Gary has designed online graduate school programs since the mid-90s, was a collaborator in the MIT Media Lab's Future of Learning Group and a member of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's Learning Team. A long-time colleague of Dr. Seymour Papert, Stager's doctoral research involved the creation a high-tech alternative learning environment for incarcerated at-risk teens. He is a Visiting Professor at Pepperdine University where has taught across six graduate programs and Executive Director of the Constructivist Consortium.
In 1999, Converge Magazine named Gary a "shaper of our future and inventor of our destiny." The National School Boards Association recognised Dr. Stager with the distinction of "20 Leaders to Watch" in 2007. He is featured in the recent documentary, imagine it!² The Power of Imagination.
Gary was the new media producer for The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project - Simpatíco, 2007 Grammy Award Winner for Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year. Dr. Stager is also a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. He leads his own annual professional learning institute, Constructing Modern Knowledge, in the United States.
He barracks for the mighty Richmond Tigers and the equally mighty New York Jets.
Col. Scott W. Gordon, Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya.
More than a dozen medical researchers from U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command shared their experience and expertise on establishing programs, conducting research and delivering medical support in Africa at the second annual U.S. Army Africa Command Surgeon’s Forum Aug. 2 at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy.
U.S. Army Africa Commander, Maj. Gen. David R. Hogg, met with the principal participants to reiterate the command’s support for their wide range of activities and the positive impact they are having in promoting peace, prosperity and stability on the continent.
“The Army Africa Command Surgeon’s Office is acting as an intermediary, encouraging networking among U.S. Army medical researchers in Africa, AFRICOM’s service components and big Army, and developing lasting partnerships as we pursue our common interests in Africa,” said Col. Alfonso Alarcon, Army Africa Command Surgeon, and host of the conference.
MRMC researchers in Africa are establishing research centers, training personnel and conducting research relating to malaria, HIV, leishmaniasis, and a range of vector borne and bacterial diseases, while executing programs such as the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Military HIV Research Program, said Col. Kent Kester, commander, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
Presenters highlighted both the enormity of the problems facing societies and governments on the continent, and the impressive steps forward in both research and treatment that have become possible through building partnerships and establishing training programs.
“It’s a multi-pronged problem that requires multi-pronged approaches, and that’s just to get things started,” said Lt. Col. Shon Remich, director, U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya’s joint U.S. Army-Kenya Ministry of Defense PEPFAR program.
Col. Scott W. Gordon, USAMRU-K commander, described the infectious disease research and surveillance programs under way in Kenya and neighboring countries. USAMRU-K operates field research stations at Kisumu and Kericho, where staff partner with Kenyan government ministries, U.S. government agencies, nearly a dozen African and American universities, and a handful of nongovernmental agencies.
The U.S. military’s interest in African infectious diseases and their consequences began in the wake of worldwide awareness of the AIDS epidemic, a perceived interest in protecting blood banks and in not deploying HIV-infected personnel, said Merlin L. Robb, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and presently deputy director of clinical research for WRAIR’s U.S. Military HIV Research Program. Drawing on a range of funding sources, MHRP has helped establish significant elements of a base infrastructure to address HIV in several locations on the continent.
The program has helped establish an HIV maternal-child health center in Kericho, Kenya; a Centre for Infectious Diseases clinic and lab at the Mbeya Referral Hospital in Kihumbe, Tanzania; a research lab and clinical treatment support lab facilities in Mulago and Kayunga Provinces in Uganda; and a lab and surgical suite at the Kayunga District Hospital, also in Uganda, among other projects.
In Tanzania alone, MHRP has succeeded, with PEPFAR funding, to provide anti-retroviral treatment to more than 57,000 people, basic care services to more than 116,000 people, and counseling and testing to more than 228,000 pregnant women, he said.
“We establish a lab. We establish standards, and they have to meet those standards, and that’s very helpful,” Robb said.
MHRP is also active in Nigeria, where partnerships with the national government and the Nigerian Ministry of Defense are addressing the enormous toll that HIV and AIDS have taken on both the military and the society at large.
“I was there in the 1990s. Soldiers were dying by the boatload,” said Capt. Darrell Singer of the U.S. Public Health Service, who directs the operation in country for WRAIR. “We’d come in to train soldiers, then we’d come back six months later and they’d all be dead.”
At present MHRP-Nigeria and PEPFAR activities are supporting 20 military treatment facilities providing comprehensive services to tens of thousands, he said. More than 116,000 individuals have been tested for HIV and more than 9,500 patients have begun anti-retroviral drug treatment, he said.
“We rolled out treatment, now we’re getting the structure in place. We have a lot of structure, but it took us a long time to get that structure there. You have operational issues, issues of tracking, getting all your metrics in place,” said Singer.
“Getting necessary hires has been critical to getting care out there. It’s a lot of work. They have great bureaucracy and I think it will help improve their health care,” he said.
The Nigerian military has dedicated $9.6 million in funding to the program, Singer told the conference. “The plan is, they take over parts to keep the program going. Now they’re taking that part and we’re doing the ‘extra,’” he said.
Part of that “extra” at present is to teach forecasting, budgeting and related skills necessary for ensuring the long-term viability of programs that have been put in place, said Singer. The challenges are similar to those encountered by any developed country’s land forces: “They have to attract good people, they have to retain them,” he said.
The advent of AFRICOM has brought with it the benefit of sustained interest and support to programs on the continent, Singer said, who was in Africa in the 1990s when EUCOM had responsibility for large swathes of the continent.
“Back then they were dealing with the aftermath of the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall . . . their engagement was elsewhere,” he said.
AFRICOM and Army Africa’s ability to focus on sustaining activities over an extended period of time is having a positive impact on MHRP-Nigeria’s operations, Singer said.
“The Nigerians depend on long-term history. Frequent and consistent engagement is key. One-offs actually become problems,” he said.
“This dialogue also helped our headquarters better assess how to support Medical Research and Materiel Command on the continent going forward,” Alarcon said.
“This second annual conference was by far more successful than last year’s, with an expanded agenda and twice the participation. I see this evolving into an annual event which will grow as our headquarters matures in its support role,” he said.
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Evesham Township Mayor Randy Brown discusses the redevelopment of Tri-Towne Plaza into Renaissance Square. He said getting the development off the ground was the biggest project in his tenure as mayor. While he mostly talked about the future, he did reminiscence a little about how he remembered the "blue light" specials here at Kmart when he was young. The four gentlemen on the left are from RD Management, the developer, and the rest are Township officials.
"Metal Hawk, my friend," Ginrai addressed his former commander, "I have been following your exploits since your recent return. I am sure you are still on our side, but there is one thing I still need to know... Who are you, really?"
"I should have known," Metal Hawk said in the voice of Vector Prime, "that you would be the first to see through our deception..."