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The Whitefield School primary students had a great overnight trip to Yoga Nikaya near Hosur. Nikaya has a very large variety of plants. It also has an astronomical observatory. On the first day, Children learnt about stars, planets, amature astronomy, constellations (and their names) etc. They even learnt about Stellarium, a software that simulates the night sky. Later, they got to see stars through an actual 14 inch telescope from a professional observatory. The next day, they were given a tour of the botanical gardens and were explained about the various plants and their characteristics. On the whole, it was a memorable trip for both the children and the teachers.
Can somebody explain this "camera on a stick" thing to me? Is this a navigation aid?
To me, it looked like they were simply filming themselves everywhere they went (kind of a photographer equivalent of public masturbation).
A merchant explains how to make soy sauce and the condiment deng jang from his blocks of fermented soybean paste at the annual Jang Dan Soybean Festival, held at Imjingak, South Korea, Nov. 20-22. Doen jang is a key seasoning ingredient in many Korean recipes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Carol Schmidt)
I got some looks setting up this shot.Single flash at 1/16, hidden behind/inside kiosk that describes differences in animal furs.
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Adam Fysh of UNISDR explains how the Sendai Framework has expanded the scope of disaster risks we must consider and calls for an understanding of the systematic nature of risk. "These are uncharted waters. Epidemics, industrial accidents, plant blights, and even droughts can't be modelled in the same way as other hazards. Exposure growth is making a farce of traditional return periods and vulnerability is barely understood from a risk data perspective.”
UNISDR is the secretariat of a new initiative known as the Global Risk Assessment Framework (GRAF) that will seek to both grapple with those challenges and come to terms with the uncertainty native to such an understanding. GRAF is open, collaborative, transparent & practical.
#GEOdatatech #DRR
Photo: Maddie West / GEO
Naomi Fajardo, a lead sales associate at Naval Submarine Base Bangor Commissary, Wash., explains the Commissary Rewards Card to a young Marine. (DeCA photo: Eric Gidion)
SB-900 @ 1/4 power thru 24" sq portable softbox pointed up from 2 feet below chin 3 feet away camera left. wireless triggered
This is an impact visualization of the new ZoomLens class developed for exercises of our recent DataViz workshop & now available in the latest toxiclibs core package. You can use it to deform the distribution of values around a given focal point within a number interval. The lens can both bundle or dilate space, which is helpful for improving the regional level of detail in certain data viz applications.
On the right hand side of the image the deformation curve is shown where a more vertical curvature refers to compressed regions and horizontal curvature equals dilation.
Weeding out ‘pew potatoes’: New ministry targets lukewarm faith
By Ambria Hammel | Sept. 3, 2009 | The Catholic Sun
MESA — Steve Kohl gets great joy and affirmation when he sees the faces of his students light up during Mass.
As an acolyte at All Saints Parish, Kohl, who also teaches Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, can clearly see when certain parts of the Mass take on a new and profound meaning for his students. Their faces change as the ritual becomes real to them.
Seeing his students enter more deeply into their faith is a reward Kohl can’t explain. But it’s a look that he hopes he can help multiply through his new role as coordinator of Faith on Fire.
The Mesa-based Catholic ministry officially got underway last month. Faith on Fire offers on-site courses, workshops, missions and retreats designed to ignite a universal passion for the faith.
The hope is for Catholics and catechetical leaders to be renewed in their faith, grounded in solid teaching and equipped to truly live and spread their faith.
“Faith on Fire is a response to the need in the diocese that we saw for ongoing formation, retreats and missions. The things that parishes always need, but don’t always have the personnel,” explained Sr. Ginger Downey, OLVM, a local liturgical expert and one of two presenters with the ministry.
Both Sr. Ginger and Barry Sargent, former director of the diocese’s Kino Institute, expect that Catholics will walk away from their presentations on liturgy and evangelization strengthened in at least one of the four pillars of faith formation: theological, pastoral, spiritual and human.
They each gave sample presentations to more than 50 local Catholics during their kickoff events Aug. 18-20.
Sr. Ginger addressed some 30 Catholics at All Saints Parish Aug. 20 about grounding their ministry — whether it’s catechetical or missionary — in the prayer of the Church. Similar presentations were held in Glendale and Flagstaff the same week.
“If you’re a catechist, you are going to be teaching others,” Sr. Ginger said. “We can only give what we have ourselves, so if we don’t have a prayer life, we can’t give that to others.”
She talked about ways the universal Church creates a prayerful atmosphere through architecture, statuary, lighting and incense. Sr. Ginger also challenged local Catholics — largely catechists — to think about similar things when setting up prayer space in the classroom.
Even where the leader stands makes a difference, Sr. Ginger said. She added that how Catholics pray shapes their understanding of God.
“It was a good presentation of how to connect theology with spirituality in action,” said Cecilia Roderick, an All Saints parishioner and chaplain at local hospitals. She hopes to learn more concrete ideas for the “action” part.
Faith on Fire also offers specific classes through its catechetical formation program. Sargent, who has a doctorate in religious studies, hopes parishes will encourage catechists to take one or all three courses in the program.
“We need to be people who are active and conscious of what it means to be a Catholic people,” Sargent told Catholics at the kickoff.
Only then can they communicate the faith in effective and meaningful ways without fear of rejection, he said. That means knowing what people are hungry for in a contemporary society and modifying practices to meet those needs.
Faith on Fire’s pastoral skills program provides formation training in communication, leadership and ministry to help those in pastoral ministry better serve their Catholic students.
That’s why Ryck Kramer, a parishioner at All Saints, came to the Faith on Fire presentation. He helps facilitate the “Why Catholic?” program at the parish and wanted to be better prepared to answer student questions and represent his faith “in a proper manner.”
Faith on Fire also hopes to reach Catholics not involved in a ministry to prevent them from becoming a “pew potato.” Sargent wants to inspire Catholics to embrace their ongoing call to conversion and understand their vocation. He said vocations open a relationship to Christ, to the Church as a ministry and to the world as a missionary and witness.
“All of us are called to be on mission,” Sargent said.
More: www.catholicsun.org
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The Whirlpool Galaxy dancing with NGC5195 and their apparent neighbors 🌌
Scope: Skywatcher 150/750 Black Diamond
Guiding scope: Orion 50/162
Mount: iOptron CEM25p
Camera: Full Spectrum Modified Nikon D5600 + Standard D5300
Guiding camera: Orion SSAG
Bortle class: 5
Total integration time: 11.4 hours / Total capture time: 26.7 hours (shorter exposure times are in order 😕)
Distance data obtained from ned.ipac.caltech.edu/
This is an impact visualization of the new ZoomLens class developed for exercises of our recent DataViz workshop & now available in the latest toxiclibs core package. You can use it to deform the distribution of values around a given focal point within a number interval. The lens can both bundle or dilate space, which is helpful for improving the regional level of detail in certain data viz applications.
On the right hand side of the image the deformation curve is shown where a more vertical curvature refers to compressed regions and horizontal curvature equals dilation.
Over Christmas Steam experienced an unfortunate problem with their caching system which displayed a logged in user’s information to other users. At the time this was happening the community figured out what the problem was but any users who had logged in to Steam when the caching problems...
2011 - Amber's 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Horn, explaining what the kids can use to decorate their pumpkins.
When we were rearranging the sitting room to accommodate the cooker, fridge and washing machine, we discovered the old bookcase was dangerously wobbly. I ordered another two (because, as Rey knows, you can never have too many bookcases!) cheap ones that got delivered today, and Olivia was really keen to have a go with the screwdriver. She lost interest soon after this shot....
Mike Kelly explains Management Supply Chain during Safety Awareness Week at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, MD.
To learn more about the events of the Safety Awareness Campaign go to: sma.gsfc.nasa.gov/sac/
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Debbie Mccallum
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On the corner of Sunset and Vine, I believe, just up the street from Amoeba. To recap: topless woman being strangled by a naked angel baby while riding BACKWARDS and CROSS-LEGGED on a bull, which is being carried on the backs of four tiny DOLPHINS, who appear to have face-slammed into a slab of stone. I love you, Hollywood.