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Tachles, a very old building leftover and run down by 40 years of former DDR. Then a focal point of art in Berlin. But most exciting is the incredible Graffiti inside this old and spooky building, creating a truly unique, almost frightening atmosphere. I did my best to convey a bit of this atmosphere and to honor the amazing Graffiti.
Late in 2011 the building was closed by the authorities and its future is uncertain. So enjoy the pics in my Berlin-Album ... it might not be possible to make them again, ever.
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The 2014 Global Security Forum will be held on Wednesday, November 12th from 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at CSIS headquarters located at 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036.
2014 AGENDA
OPENING SESSION: 8:00 A.M. TO 9:00 A.M.
Keynote Address: "Strategic and Budgetary Dynamics Facing the U.S. Military"
The Honorable Robert O. Work
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS I: 9:30-10:45 A.M.
I. Sequestration and the Politics of Defense Affordability
Jim Dyer
Principal, Podesta Group,
and former Staff Director, House Committee on Appropriations
Charles J. Houy
Former Staff Director, Senate Committee on Appropriations
Robert F. Hale
Former Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer
Sid Ashworth
Corporate Vice President, Government Relations, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and former Staff Director, Defense Subcommittee, Senate Committee on Appropriations
Moderator:
Clark A. Murdock
Senior Adviser and Director, Defense and National Security Group and Project on Nuclear Issues, CSIS
II. Troubled Seas: Maritime Tension in Asia
Richard L. Armitage
President, Armitage International,
and former Deputy Secretary of State
Kurt Campbell
Founding Partner, Chairman, and CEO, The Asia Group,
and former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Bonnie S. Glaser
Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
Website Presentation:
Mira Rapp Hooper
Fellow, Asia Program, and Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, CSIS
Moderator:
Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS,
and Associate Professor, Georgetown University
III. Civil-Military Relations: The Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan
Mark Perry
Author, The Most Dangerous Man in America and Partners in Command
COL Richard Lacquement (ret.)
Dean, School of Strategic Landpower, Army War College
Eliot A. Cohen
Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and former Counselor, Department of State
Moderator:
Kathleen H. Hicks
Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and Director, International Security Program, CSIS
IV. Health and Security in Fragile States
Gayle Smith
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Global Development, Democracy, and Humanitarian Assistance Issues, National Security Council
Bruce Eshaya-Chauvin
Medical Adviser, Health Care in Danger, International Committee of the Red Cross
Jason Cone
Director of Communications, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
Nancy E. Lindborg
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID
Moderator:
Talia Dubovi
Associate Director and Senior Fellow, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS
MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS II: 11:00 A.M.-12:15 P.M.
I. The Defense Industrial Base and Federated Defense
William J. Lynn III
CEO, Finmeccanica North America and DRS Technologies,
and former Deputy Secretary of Defense
Robert J. Stevens
Former Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Clayton M. Jones
Former Chairman and CEO, Rockwell Collins
Pierre Chao
Managing Partner and Cofounder, Renaissance Strategic Advisors, and Senior Associate, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, CSIS
Moderator:
Andrew P. Hunter
Director, Defense-Industrial Initatives Group, and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS
II. Iraq in the Balance
VADM Robert S. Harward (ret.)
Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin UAE, and former Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command
General James E. Cartwright (ret.)
Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies, CSIS, and former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moderator:
Jon B. Alterman
Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program, CSIS
III. Military Innovation and Changing Ways of War
Arati Prabhakar
Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Lt. Gen Robert E. Schmidle Jr.
Principal Deputy Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Moderator:
Maren Leed
Senior Adviser, Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies, CSIS
IV. Expanded U.S. Engagement to Combat Ebola in West Africa
Tom Frieden
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Anne A. Witkowsky
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Stability and Humanitarian Affairs
Ambassador Donald Lu
Deputy Coordinator for Ebola Response, U.S. Department of State
Jeremy Konyndyk
Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, USAID
Moderator:
J. Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS
LUNCH: 12:15-12:45 P.M.
MID-DAY PLENARY SESSION: 12:45-1:45 P.M.
I. Looking Ahead to 2017: Creating a Renewed Vision for U.S. Leadership in the World
Jeremy Bash
Founder and Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies, Senior Adviser, International Security Program, CSIS, and former Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta
Kori Schake
Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, and former Senior Policy Adviser to the McCain-Palin Campaign
Moderator:
David E. Sanger
National Security Correspondent, New York Times
CLOSING PLENARY SESSION: 2:00-3:30 P.M
I. A Simulated Crisis with Russia: European Energy and Other Unconventional Challenges
Richard L. Armitage
President, Armitage International, and former Deputy Secretary of State
Michèle Flournoy
Cofounder and CEO, Center for a New American Security, and former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
General James E. Cartwright (ret.)
Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies, CSIS, and former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
John E. McLaughlin
Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
James B. Steinberg
Dean, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, and former Deputy Secretary of State
Charles B. Curtis
Senior Adviser, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS, and former Deputy Secretary of Energy
Joshua B. Bolten
Managing Director, Rock Creek Global Advisors, and former White House Chief of Staff
Moderators:
Kathleen H. Hicks
Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and Director, International Security Program, CSIS
Heather A. Conley
Senior Vice Presdient for Europe, Eurasia, adn the Arctic, and Director, Europe Program, CSIS
*Please note that this session is off-the-record
Contributing CSIS Experts:
Frank A. Verrastro
Senior Vice President and James R. Schlesinger Chair for Energy and Geopolitics, CSIS
Sarah O. Ladislaw
Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
Edward C. Chow
Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
James A. Lewis
Director and Senior Fellow, Strategic Technologies Program, CSIS
Andrew C. Kuchins
Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS
Jeffrey Mankoff
Deputy Director and Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS
Juan Zarate
Senior Advsier, Transnational Threats Project and Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program, CSIS
Programs
GLOBAL SECURITY FORUM
Topics
DEFENSE AND SECURITY, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Regions
AFGHANISTAN, ASIA, IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, RUSSIA
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The Global Rainbow has reached Norn Iron! A few of us took a run down to Newtownards last night to see the lights from Scrabo Tower. Lots of people about looking at the lights, they are pretty impressive indeed!
Explored #300 thanks!
This image is comprised of data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) series to map global vegetation cover. The vegetation covering the continents was recorded by the AVHRR aboard NOAA-7, NOAA-8, and NOAA-11. Dense vegetation is represented by shades of purple and green; sparse vegetation by shades of brown. The vegetation "index," an indicator of vegetation cover, is calculated by comparing reflected infrared light to reflected visible light for a specific area of land. NOAA's two operational polar orbiting satellites scan the entire earth once every six hours from altitudes of about 850km (529 miles). The data collected by the AVHRR sensor are held in the archives of the United States Geological Survey's EROS Data Center. The objective of the AVHRR instrument was to provide radiance data for investigation of clouds, land-water boundaries, snow and ice extent, ice or snow melt inception, day and night cloud distribution, temperatures of radiating surfaces, and sea surface temperature.
it is important to remember that billions of people live in this world and that there exists thousands of other cultures, most of which are vastly different than yours. that does not mean they are lesser than you, nor does it mean they are better than you. explore. learn.
A different view on my favorite golden globe: the Conference Center in Qianjiang New Town, Hangzhou.
© Andy Brandl (2013)
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Turkish Airlines, Boeing 737-8F2, msn 40976 LN 3870, reg TC-JHL, wearing "Globally Yours" livery. Seen from the main control tower at Madrid Barajas airport (MAD / LEMD)
It's been more than three years since you and your very lovely lady last stood here on the Porte Cochere at the NY-NY waiting for a taxi cab to deliver you two to some distance Vegas Strip dance lounge. It's been more than three years since you and your very lovely lady last stood on the edge of a lounge dance floor absolutely confident in your collective capacity to 'Burn The Dance Floor!' You and your very lovely lady spoke unspoken languages: Cha-Cha, Hustle, Swing, Rumba, Mambo, Merengue, Samba, and the Nightclub Two-Step! 😌
So how do you feel now as you wistfully watch packs of pretty young ladies piling into taxi cabs? Where are those pretty young ladies off to: OMNIA, TAO, Marquee, Jewel, The Foundation Room, or maybe ZOUK at Resorts World? Of course you and your very lovely lady don't go to those kinds of clubs because they don't play the kind of music that Arthur Murray schooled dance couples would dance to.
And then there was the Coronavirus Global Pandemic! 😧😷
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Carrocería/Bodywork: Castrosua Magnus II
Chassis: Scania K310IB
Lote/Batch info: 1/1 - 10 total (1529-1538)
Matricula/Plate: 7307-GKN
Longitud/Length: 10m
Servicio/Service: 2009 - En curso/Ongoing
Info (SP): Tras probar su robustez con la primera generación Magnus, Global decidió dividir sus compras de la segunda según marcas y tamaños. En el caso de la remesa de vehiculos de diez metros, se la decidio confiar a Scania. Sin embargo esta generación de la carrocería no duro demasiados años en producción y a Global solo le dio ocasión de incluir una unica remesa de cada longitud.
Info (EN): After testing the strength from the vehicles from the first generation, Global decided to divide the batches of its second generation in brands and sizes. The 10-metre long vehicle batch was entrusted to Scania. Nevertheless, this generation of the Magnus model did not last long in production and Global could only order one sole batch of every length.
United Nations in New York
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*Working Towards a Better World
We seem to be living in a precarious world in these times where we are afraid of one another, distrustful, not willing to work together, wanting to ignore the real global warming problem and seem to forget how we all belong to the human race and need to cooperate with one another in order to find mutual solutions for better and equal living for everyone. For this reason I wish to share my daughter's poem again, which she wrote beautifully for my painting Coming Together.
COMING TOGETHER
Asian, Latin, European, African,
Native, Indigenous, Foreign, Alien,
Descriptions that fall short,
vague splotches on the canvas of life.
All have but one heart that beats,
blood is but one color.
Flesh and Features, each unique
Organs and muscles, identical.
Each face a work of art
each mark distinctively it's own.
The beauty of our differences
far surpasses mere mortal comprehension.
Each unmatched culture,
its own vibrant combination of colors and sounds,
the pulsing of a nation, a people.
These different beats unite,
to make the music of our world.
As each exceptional voice blends with the other,
the harmony of humanity rises
high above the dark clouds of oppression and ignorance.
North, South, East, West,
a baby's cry is but the same.
The pang of hunger and indifference
changes not with skin color.
In the ears of every mother and father
every sister and brother
the cries of oppression should ring loud.
A call to action, a call to save our human family.
Our differences are but brush strokes on this canvas,
each unique in shape and color
when viewed together.....
form the masterpiece of mankind.
BY KAREN LEWIS
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Carrocería/Bodywork: Castrosua CS-40 Magnus
Chassis: Scania K114IB
Lote/Batch info: 3/4 - 19 total (1360, 1362, 1363, 1366-1376, 1378-1380, 1384 & 1393)
Matricula/Plate: 9258-CDL
Longitud/Length: 12m
Servicio/Service: 2003 - 2019
Info (SP): Como parte de la renovacion de la flota cuando Utinsa y Salcai se unieron, la empresa decidio apostar por la primera generación Magnus de Castrosua. Es mas, el primer vehiculo matriculado originalmente por Global fue un Scania Magnus. La unidad fotografiada pertenece al lote de 2003, el cual fue completamente retirado del servicio entre 2018 y 2019. En el caso de esta unidad fue retirada, despiezado en cocheras y desguazado en 2019
Info (EN): As part of the fleet renewal plan after Utinsa and Salcai joined into Global, they decided to invest into a range of lengths from the CS-40 Magnus range powered by Scania. In fact the first ever vehicle put in service by Global was one of such vehicles. The vehicle displayed belonged to the 2003 batch, which had all vehicles from that purchase retired between 2018 and 2019. It is unknown what happened to some of them but in the case of this unit it was withdrawn, stripped of spare parts and scrapped in 2019