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In front is Birgitte Rode from Audio Management and behind her is Claus Christensen and Peter Wallevik.
Oct. 27, 2014. Carbondale, Illinois. Lashay Mays, A freshman from Ferguson, Mo. studying Criminology at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, sits in the audience during an open panel discussion on media portrayal of the events in Ferguson during summer, 2014. She said she protested in Ferguson until Aug. 16, when she moved to Carbondale for school, and her experience was not what the media portrayed. "Things did not get out of hand," Mays said "Of course there was people throwing stuff, but there wasn't a lot of objects being thrown."
Alistair Monument, Forest Practice Lead, WWF International speak on Discussion Forum 15: Financing Forest Landscape Restoration: How the Public and Private Sector can pull together.
Global Landscapes Forum, Bonn, Germany.
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There had been some discussion, prior to NEMF, about photographing the specimens. After speaking with Bill Yule about it, I conducted an experiment, a run at shooting as many samples as I could. I managed to photograph all the specimens that had been identified from Friday morning’s forays, only stopping when the afternoon foray samples started to come in, at which point I was ready to collapse anyway.
So here is what I did:
I came in to set up somewhere between 9:30 and 10:00 AM. I had a small table, a tripod with an attachment for my iPhone (4s, if that matters, point is, a state-of-the-art model is not necessary) that is pretty much the same spring-loaded holder you get on a selfie stick. I had two lights, just little gooseneck bedside clamp lamps from IKEA. The light was yellow, but one can correct these things in one fell swoop. If needed, better lights can be acquired.
I put the lamps, one on each side, on the backs of chairs spaced a little ways away from my table. I had also brought tuff-spun and other diffusion materials and even a blue gel, but decided against using them. The point here is speed and ease. Quick and dirty is fine as long as the visual data is captured. There is no point in developing a system if it is not feasible.
I brought a roll of gaffer’s tape. (Yeah, my lights were crap, but I had the good tape.) Once things are positioned the legs of the table and tripod and light stands (chairs) are taped down and the tripod is taped to the table. If the power cords are in traffic areas, they should also be taped down for safety and to secure the set up. As my iPhone is elderly, I keep it plugged into to the power, and this was taped up the leg of the tripod. The longer you shoot, the more tired you get, the more likely you are to knock into things, so this is helpful.
I had a plastic mat with a grid on it as a background, but did not use it because it was a dark green. I ended up stealing some cardboard boxes that had held envelopes from the office supplies; the insides were a bit closer to the 18% gray that would have been ideal. Grid not so necessary, but I did miss the ease of cleaning the plastic mat. The optimal background material in the future would be around 18% and a non-reflective plastic. Some mushrooms were wet and left marks on the plastic. The dirt brushed off easily with a small terrycloth rag.
The photo station was set up next to the door. I photographed samples after they had been IDed, usually after the printed labels had been made. But in order to keep up with the volume of specimens, I kept working when Teague & Dorothy & everyone else had gone to the meeting. At that time I photographed specimens that had been IDed, but not yet entered into the system. In any event, I was photographing the mushrooms with their hand-printed data labels as these were smaller and contained more information.
Such mushrooms photographed before being entered were replaced in the queue. As soon as specimens were photographed and labeled, they were put on trays to be moved to the display room. (Often I ended up moving them when a tray was filled and I was waiting on new mushrooms to shoot.)
I had NOT photographed mushroom samples like this before, so I am sure I was doing a lot of wheel re-invention. So I was, and am, open to suggestions in this context. One of the attendees who had clearly done mushroom photography before was put off by my rough & ready set up because of the obvious shadows. This, I take it, goes against the common aesthetic conventions of mushroom photography. But I was not taking beauty shots. And aesthetics are largely fashion. Shadows define form and texture. Form and texture are data, so I wanted shadows. Well, enough shadows to provide information, not to obscure information.
I shot hard for about five hours and then I was TOAST. I ain’t as young as I used to be. To do this on a convention scale, a team of shooters would be optimal. Moreover, I would like to have two photo stations set up so I could have one dedicated to shooting macro. iPhone macro adapters are the way to go, IMO.
As it was I had two levels. Most mushrooms I shot on a box, but for the larger ones to fit in the frame I removed the box. This dropped the surface down about five inches and allowed larger mushrooms to fit into the frame.
To set up a shot I would place the label under the camera. I tried to put them roughly in the same position each time. Some were crumpled. Flattening them wasted time. Optimally I would have set up a label-sized piece of non-reflective glass or plastic on the background, hinged with a bit of gaffer’s tape. This would have solved the positioning issues nicely.
The samples were removed from their boats (looking at them all day long left me with a terrible craving for fried clams, or at least French fries) by hand so as to leave most of the dirt in the boat. A few specimens I had to brush off. Mostly I did not bother. Probably the largest chunk of time was spent positioning. If I had more time, I would have split more caps in order to show top and bottom surfaces. Wouldn’t be a bad idea to split stems/stalks/stipes (whatever you call ‘em) when there are multiple specimens at hand.
I had selected a table height under the assumption that I would be sitting. Absurd. No time to sit. I was moving constantly from table to table moving specimens. The angle made the whole thing a bit physically punishing. I won’t make that mistake again! Ergonomics are key!
A strong suggestion for future foray photo inventories is to shoot the wee tiny ‘shrooms first. I got photos, albeit not macros, of the Mycenas and what all. But they were so dehydrated by the time I got them that they were worthless. On the bright side, this meant I didn’t feel so bad about not having macro capability. But even with a splendid macro set up, if the specimens look like shit, there’s not point. So a bit of a presort has to happened wherein the teeny tinies and the fragile stuff are bumped to the front of the queue.
And the iPhone is frickin’ brilliant for this. I love cameras. I’ve done a lot with point & shoots. I like nice fancy DSLRs as well, but they are not necessary for this sort of project. More than that, a real camera would be a hassle. The iPhone has the memory, the software, the touch screen and it fits in a pocket. It makes all of this feasible. A few tweaks to the set up and it will go very smoothly next time. If there were two shooters, it would be easy, a piece of cake.
The photos are not art shots, but they show the specimens. Not a bad first try, I think. Are these beautiful? Maybe not so much. Still, like my Dad used to always tell us, “Good enough is better than the best!”
It has been 150 years since the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, a document of historical significance for our nation. Join us for a discussion tonight that examines the Emancipation Proclamation from a variety of viewpoints. The discussion will be led by Rev. Gilbert Caldwell, a self-described "foot soldier" in the Civil Rights Movement who attended Boston University School of Theology with Martin Luther King, Jr., and joined King for the Selma to Montgomery March., as well as his son Dale Caldwell, a local business man and Princeton University graduate.
The basis for this discussion is the book The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views written by Harold Holzer, Edna Medford, and Frank J. Williams, all eminent experts in their fields. This book examines the Emancipation Proclamation in three distinct respects: the influence of and impact upon African-Americans; the legal, political and military exigencies; and the role pictorial images played in establishing the document in public memory.
Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities
NUTEC Plastics
A nuclear solution to plastic pollution.
(NUclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution)
Roundtable for Asia and the Pacific Region, “Atoms Contributing to the Search for Solutions to Plastic Pollution” held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 18 May 2021
Session 1: Plastic Pollution: Challenges and the Need for Global Action.
Remarks by Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General
Keynote Speech Mr. Peter Thomson, UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
Roundtable discussion with Distinguished Panelists, Chaired by IAEA Director General
HE Mr. Huang Runqiu, Minister, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, People’s Republic of China
Mr. Zhifeng Zhang, Director General, Department of Marine Protection, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, People’s Republic of China
HE Ms. Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Minister, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia
HE Mr. Hiroyoshi Sasagawa, State Minister of the Environment, Ministry of Environment, Japan
HE Mr. Tomohiro Kondo, Vice- Minister of the Environment, Ministry of Environment, Japan
Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary, ESCAP
Ms. Dechen Tsering, Director for Asia and the Pacific, UNEP
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
The Internet is useful because it "provides a space for political discussion, especially through Usenet groups organized around various topics" (Erik P. Bucy).
Photographing random people and scenes at the Farmer's Market in Summerside. This is one of the resultant images.
Speakers of Discussion Forum 15: Financing Forest Landscape Restoration: How the Public and Private Sector can pull together.
Global Landscapes Forum, Bonn, Germany.
Photo by Pilar Valbuena/GLF
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Sgt. Joseph Sexton-Espiriti listens and discusses with "tribal leaders" during the unit's training exercise at Fort Dix. In his civilian job Sexton operates heavy-duty equipment—scrapers, loaders, dozers and compactors. His civilian experience will come in handy as a CA specialist.
Photo by Rachael Tolliver, USAAC G7
Sisterlocks Trainees discuss the proper technique during the 4 day Sisterlocks Training Course in Atlanta Georgia, December of 2009.
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Master Vandar Tokare : With Revan dead...
Master Vrook Lamar : Are you sure that Revan is truly dead? What if we were to undertake this one and the dark lord should return?
Closing session of the International Symposium on Understanding the Double Burden of Malnutrition for Effective Interventions held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 13 December 2018
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Maaike Arts
Lawrence Grummer-Strawn
Najat Mokhtar, IAEA Director, Division for Asia and the Pacific, Department of Technical Cooperation
Cornelia Loechl, IAEA Section Head, Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies
It has been 150 years since the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, a document of historical significance for our nation. Join us for a discussion tonight that examines the Emancipation Proclamation from a variety of viewpoints. The discussion will be led by Rev. Gilbert Caldwell, a self-described "foot soldier" in the Civil Rights Movement who attended Boston University School of Theology with Martin Luther King, Jr., and joined King for the Selma to Montgomery March., as well as his son Dale Caldwell, a local business man and Princeton University graduate.
The basis for this discussion is the book The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views written by Harold Holzer, Edna Medford, and Frank J. Williams, all eminent experts in their fields. This book examines the Emancipation Proclamation in three distinct respects: the influence of and impact upon African-Americans; the legal, political and military exigencies; and the role pictorial images played in establishing the document in public memory.
Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Pere Portabella, Frederic Tuten, Laura García Lorca (president of Fundación Federico García Lorca), Soledad López (President of Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales), Hans Ulrich Obrist, John Giorno.
The Cognizant QE&A Summit 2014 - India, an exclusive, knowledge-sharing forum was hosted on Monday, November 10, 2014, at The Leela Palace, Bengaluru. The summit aimed at exploring perspectives of renowned analysts, thought leaders and subject matter experts, who not only discussed their experiences, but also shared provocative ideas and practical insights for senior-decision makers.
Harvin was in my spop discussion group Gray Year 2005. Although we weren't
that that close and we all were so busy and didn't get to hang out that
often, of the few moments (discussion sleep over, went to vegas together,
meeting once a week on campus at the student center, and spop trainings
each week) we had together, I do cherish it and appreciate him for the
person he is and the love he expressed to those around him =)
I sang with him in "Spopapella" Save Tonight song and he had a solo (I have
to find the video!).
He would always have whacky, ridiculous, silly, random, "out there", random
things to say..he can rhyme..and he has done BIG things in the comedy
world! He was positive, energetic, outgoing, spontaneous, and DOWN for
anything. I do remember him being a campus representative, CP-he worked in
UCI housing right? and was Peter the Anteater =D He had such spirit for UCI
and we look up to him for that. He was easy to talk to, open, and friendly
=) He was able to make others feel comfortable and he was an AWESOME
staffer (I'm sure the incoming freshman LOVED him and he helped them feel
comfortable and excited coming to UC Irvine). Harvin is and will always be
LOVED. I'm sure he knows that right now.
Spring 2007 I remember going to Ivar in Hollywood with Harvin and he
brought his midget friend! hahaahhaha WHO HAS A MIDGET FRIEND!??! TELL
ME!!!! haha no one..only Harvin and only COMEDIANS! by far, that night was
one of the most craziest, memorable and FUN nights til this day. I remember
random moments (I know this sounds strange) but there was a co-ed bathroom
at this club! Can you believe that!? so weird and random..I remember goin
in and seeing.."oh hey that's harvin peeing in the urinal..doo doo doo"
nonchalantly as if it's an every day thing as I went to the restroom. HIs
midget friend was HILARIOUS talking about the numerous pools he had as he
tried hitting on our friend.
I feel bad for not being able to keep in touch with him..I never knew if he
was in the Bay..or out of state doing a gig.
I recently talked with him on AIM within the past 4 months? He IMed me
while I was at work and I was so thankful and happy for that =) he was
asking me how I was doing and I wanted to hear everything about his
adventures..and how he had made it this far int he comedy world..he
mentioned he was going to be in a music video? or a movie? and we were
catchin up on the past couple years...I feel so bad, I wish I could have
gotten the chance to see him again.. =( ;( HOWEVER, I am thankful for that
aim convo the past few months...I am thankful for the small moments getting
to know a person..although people lose touch, in a small moment in the
presence of another, one can still have a positive impact on others and
Harvin did that..I'm glad to have known him..
I am so sorry for your loss. You all are in my thoughts and prayers. It's
no one's fault..Harvin is at peace now. We will remember him and miss
him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! His memories, jokes, and comedy will live on..my
deepest condolences...
I will be emailing you several other emails with pictures as all my
pictures cannot fit on 1 email.
Thank you for reading this and enjoy the pictures
-Jenna Fuentes
Dan Carchidi, Dale Joachim, Cherie Miot Abbanat
MIT-Haiti Symposium, Cambridge, MA October 21-22, 2010
Photo Credit: Jeff Merriman
Brownbag discussion at Global Forestry Hall CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
Photo by Ricky Martin/CIFOR
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Speakers of Discussion Forum 2: Global Bioenergy Partnership: Contribution of a sustainable wood energy production approach to Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Global Landscapes Forum, Bonn, Germany.
Photo by Pilar Valbuena/GLF
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