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Entertainment host Adriana Riveramelo visited the eco-friendly resort Hacienda Tres Ríos to partake in different cultural and ecological activities in the Riviera Maya.
Cabaret Show by The Cocoa Butter Club Hosted by Sadie Sinner the Song Bird at 1 Lombard Street Restaurant City of London - Highly Recommended
Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host Jackie Powell were invited to cover the reception, screenings and panel featuring the 2013 Oscar®-nominated films in the Animated and Live-Action Short Film categories with the filmmakers and hosted by actor Kevin Pollak at the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
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ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards–in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners-the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.
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New England College will host a Town Hall Meeting for Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz, Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at 10:00 AM, in the Simon Center Great Room, located on NEC’s Henniker campus. Cruz’s Town Hall Meeting is the thirteenth in a series of NEC Town Hall Meetings featuring announced presidential candidates, leading up to New Hampshire’s First in the Nation Presidential Primary (#FITN).
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HENNIKER, N.H. — Ted Cruz is feeling the Bern. Sort of.
At a town-hall-style event in New Hampshire on Wednesday, the Texas senator identified Bernie Sanders as an unlikely kindred spirit while describing the failings of Washington.
“Actually in diagnosing the problem, I agree in many ways with Bernie Sanders,” Mr. Cruz said. “Media folks, they’re very puzzled when they say, ‘Gosh, Ted, you sound exactly like Bernie saying it is all big money and lobbyists and corruption.’ Well, you know what? That’s right, it is. Washington is corrupt.”
Mr. Cruz repeated a familiar campaign refrain: that the country’s greatest political divide is not between Republicans and Democrats but between “career politicians” from both parties and the people they represent.
Eventually, Mr. Cruz did get around to the caveat: He and Mr. Sanders, whose platform includes myriad tax hikes and tuition-free college, disagree on virtually every policy remedy.
“His solution is, ‘So we need even more Washington, we need the government to take over even more of the economy and our lives,’” Mr. Cruz said. “I think that solution is nuts.”
Mr. Sanders has long been a target of gentle ridicule from Mr. Cruz on the stump, though his most pointed vitriol is almost always reserved for President Obama and Hillary Clinton.
After his victory in the Iowa caucuses victory on Monday, Mr. Cruz allowed himself a peek at the vote tallies across the aisle.
“The Democrats here seem to be in a virtual tie between one candidate who admits he’s a socialist and the other candidate who pretends she’s not,” Mr. Cruz said to laughs. “I wish them both luck.”
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Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz (born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and the junior U.S. Senator from Texas. He is a Republican candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 presidential election.
Cruz attended elementary and high school in and around Houston, graduated from Princeton University in 1992, and then from Harvard Law School in 1995. Between 1999 and 2003, Cruz was the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an associate deputy attorney general at the United States Department of Justice, and domestic policy advisor to President George W. Bush on the 2000 George W. Bush presidential campaign. He served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008, appointed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. He was the first Hispanic, and the longest-serving solicitor general in Texas history. Cruz was also an adjunct professor of law from 2004 to 2009 at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation.
Cruz ran for the Senate seat vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, and in July 2012 defeated Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst during the Republican primary runoff, 57%–43%. Cruz then defeated former state Representative Paul Sadler in the November 2012 general election, winning 56%–41%. He is the first Hispanic American to serve as a U.S. senator representing Texas, and is one of three Senators of Cuban descent. Cruz chairs the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Federal Rights and Agency Activities, and is also the chairman of the United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness. In November 2012, he was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Cruz began campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination in March 2015. During the primary campaign, his base of support has been mainly among social conservatives, though he has had crossover appeal to other factions within his party. His victory in the February 1, 2016 Iowa caucuses marked the first time a Hispanic won a presidential caucus.
榮秋重機 - 主持人小菲 [ 第一屆台灣國際機車產業展 ]
Canon EOS 30D + Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II + Canon Speedlite 430EX
The 1st Taiwan International Motorcycle Industry Show take place on October 27-29, at the Taipei World Trade Center.
October 29, 2006
by Yueh-Hua
This is a photograph from the Castlepollard 5KM Road Race and Fun Run 2019, which was held in Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 14th August 2019 at 20:00. The race is hosted by North Westmeath Athletic Club. This race is the penultimate race in the Kia Race Series 2019. The weather was very changeable this evening and was not very suitable for racing. The participants had a very stiff breeze in their faces on the outward stretch and all the way to the 2KM mark within Tullynally. This then became a helpful tailwail for the final KM of the race. There was a heavy shower of rain just before the start of the race.
Starting off many years ago the race was very much a local affair drawing runners from the sounding areas of Mullingar, North East Meath, Cavan, and Longford. However, the race has grown in stature and popularity over the years and is now one of the most well attended road races in the midlands and sees participants from all over Ireland. The race offers prizes in all categories. The Castlepollard 5KM Road Race attempts to support young runners and walkers by organising a range of underage races around the town square before the adult race at 20:00. Profits from the race go towards grassroots athletics in the region - North Westmeath Athletics, Schools Cross Country, and local community games. As summer moves into autumn the Castlepollard 5KM can be considered as the 'unofficial ending' of summer evening road racing in the midlands as with the fading light of the late summer evenings there are less opportunities to hold races in the evening time. Castlepollard is a small town located in North County Westmeath amongst the lakes of Lough Lene and Lough Derravagh. One of the show pieces of the race landscape is Tullynally Castle which provides almost 2.5KM of the race route. The name Tullynally is an adaption of 'Tulaigh an Eallaigh' – the Hill of the Swan. The hill overlooks the mythical Lough Derravaragh. Irish folklore legend names the lake as where the Children of Lir, who were turned into swans, were destined to live for 300 years. Tullynally Castle is still a family home to this day. It provides a dramatic and historic setting for the race.
The race begins near the center of the town square and proceeds directly out the R395 towards Coole and Edgeworthstown. The first KM is flat and quick allowing the field to spread out. The race then enters the Tullynally Castle estate and proceeds up the tree-lined avenue. Underfoot conditions are good on well maintained tarmacadam roads. The gardens, like the castle are on a grand scale, taking in nearly 12 acres. This allows the race to make a big loop of the gardens with a quick downhill stretch followed by a sharp climb (passing the Castle) before the race rejoins its outgoing path for the final 1.5KM of the race. The final 1100M from the archway gate of the Castle grounds to the finish is as the first - fast and flat and allows for a great finish passing the GAA grounds with finish line just outside the local Fire Station.
This year almost 350 took part in the race. It goes without saying that the Castlepollard 5KM has become one of the "must do" road race events in the midlands. Everything that is good about club road racing in Ireland can be found here. There is a great community atmosphere about the race. A very find spread of refreshments are provided afterwards in the Hotel Castlepollard where prize-giving and chatting goes on late into the evening.
Electronic Timing and Event Management are provided by Popup Races and their website is www.popupraces.ie
One of the enduring symbols of the Castlepollard 5KM is the tireless work of Andy MacEoin of North Westmeath AC who has been a visitor to almost every road race in the Midlands and beyond over the past number of months to publicize the event. Many of the participants tonight will have seen Andy's strategically placed advertising signs around other road race routes. Certainly this work, and that of many other members of North Westmeath AC, has paid off well.
Photographs
We have a full set of photographs from tonight's race which is available on our Flickr photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157710303936276
We have photographs from seven of the previous Castlepollard 5KM road races - 2012 was missed. They are available here on Flickr:
Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2018: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157700238076885
Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2017: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157684179507162
Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2016: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157672157788196
Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2015: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157656750245820
Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646408272725
Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635070120285
Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157627404031092
Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157624655001130
Our Flickr Photographs from Castlepollard 5KM 2009: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157622023529006
The 2018 Mike Tamana Invitational is a California Community College Tournament, hosted by Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA, USA.
Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host, Linda Antwi, were invited to cover the 2013 L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival (LACS) Awards ceremony and gala hosted by Wayne Brady with presenting Key & Peele at the opening the show. This year LACS broke several of its past records which included over 1000 film submissions, the largest number of international submissions received and well over 5000 attendees for the four-day event.
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About L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival
The L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival is the largest comedy film festival in the USA. Named one of the “Top Ten Film Festivals in the United States” by the Brooks Institute, LACS is dedicated to introducing the newest and hottest comedic talent to the public and entertainment industry in a four-day, fun-packed weekend of screenings, industry panels and star-studded red carpet events. LACS was founded in 2009 to celebrate and promote up-and-coming filmmakers and writers through the medium of comedic short films as well as screenplays for features, pilots and short comedies. LACS has been twice named one of the “Top 25 Festivals Worth the Fee” by Moviemaker magazine. www.lacomedyshorts.com Follow on Twitter at @lacomedyshorts and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lacomedyshorts.
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5 May 2023 – Georgia will be hosting the 57th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors in the capital city of Tbilisi from 2 to 5 May 2024.
The Future Host Country Event was held on the sidelines of the 56th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors.
Host Helen Walters speaks at TEDSummit: A Community Beyond Borders. July 21-25, 2019, Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED
Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host, Linda Antwi, were invited to cover the 55th Grammy Awards Official Talent Gift Lounge presented by MTG at the Staples Center. LA-based Distinctive Assets produced the official talent gift bags and backstage lounge and gave the Red Carpet Report team access to see behind the scenes and see talent like LL Cool J, The Wanted, Robert Knepper, and Joseph Lastie, Jr., drummer of the Preservation Hall Jazz Club were on hand while we walked around the Gift Lounge.
Don't Miss Out: Music’s Biggest Night® will be broadcast on February 10, 2013 from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on CBS from 8 – 11:30 PM ET/PT. For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com
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The GRAMMY Gift Lounge presented by MTG is open to presenters and performers during three days of rehearsals prior to the Grammys. The top gift this year is the GLALENT Platinum Ion Mist device from MTG other sponsors include New Era with their signature headwear, Gibson Guitar, Carlitos Brand hand-illustrated tennis shoes, Diet Pepsi, Luden’s Soothing Throat Drops, the Jäger iOsonic Toothbrush and Teeth Whitening System, D’Milikah Swimwear, SOLSTICE Sunglasses, Devicewear iPad and iPhone cases, Simone I. Smith Jewelry, M London made-in-the-USA handbags from KeepAmerica.com, LGGK (Locally Grown. Globally Known.), and Bonita Platinum Tequila. For more info: www.distinctiveassets.com
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. — The garrison-level Armed Forces Action Plan Conference was held at the General Stilwell Community Center on Ord Military Community Nov. 6-7. Hosted by U.S. Army Garrison Presidio of Monterey, community delegates and student representatives from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center met to review issues, speak with subject matter experts from the garrison, then submitted recommendations and proposals to the garrison commander to improve services throughout the community. AFAP is an Army-wide program to improve Army quality of life. Through AFAP, all members of the Army, including active, reserve, and National Guard Soldiers, family members, retirees, surviving spouses, and DOD civilians have a forum to voice concerns to Army leadership and make recommendations for change.The annual event is organized by the POM Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation.
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The New York National Guard (NYNG) hosted a visit from the South African National Defence Force and Stellenbosch University distinguished visitors to their historic 369th Regiment Armory on Fifth Avenue in Harlem, New York City on April 21, 2022 as part of the State Partnership Program (SPP).
The delegation learned about the structure and capabilities of the New York National Guard.
The group ended their visit with a tour of the historic 369th Harlem Armory led by MAJ Michael McLean, Executive Officer for the 369th and learned about the units proud history and heritage include the famous 369th Infantry Regiment Harlem Hellfighters.
These types of key leader engagements between the U.S. and South African militaries strengthen our partnerships.
South African National Defence Force and Stellenbosch University Distinguished Visitors:
Vice Admiral A. Kubu, Chief Human Resources, SANDF.
Rear Admiral (Junior Grade) K. Naidoo, Acting General Officer Commanding Training Command, SANDF.
Brigadier General A.J. de Castro: Commandant Military Academy, SANDF.
Brigadier General Richard Maponyane: South African Defense Attache to the US.
Prof N. Koopman, Deputy Vice Chancellor
Prof M.S. Tshehla, Dean of the Faculty of Military Science
Mr A.M. Fokkens, Director: Faculty Management Military Science
New York National Guard Members Participating:
Maj. Gen. Shields, Adjutant General
Maj. Gen. Natali
Brig. Gen. Smith
Col. Underhill
Col. Keegan
Col. Mitchell
Col. Morgulas
Lt. Col. Philips
Maj. Myones
Maj. Espinal
Maj. McLean
1st Lt. DiMaio
Sgt. 1st Class Waite
Sgt. 1st Class Quivey
Tech Sgt. Riley
Staff Sgt. Roshong
(U.S. Air National Guard photos and videos by Maj. Michael O’Hagan)
A snow covered Duffield station plays host to 153383 and an unidentified classmate working a Matlock bound service
23 January 2013
Wintrade Week Women in Trade and Industry Hosted by Aviva City of London Finale with Dr Yvonne Thompson Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu Carmen Breeveld Justina Mutale Chantal Clairicia and Gulrukh Khan
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Also called Texas Indian Paintbrush, Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush, Texas Paintbrush, Indian Paintbrush and Scarlet Paintbrush this is a common wildflower in eastern Texas in the Spring and often occurs with bluebonnets and fields of assorted wildflowers. It usually has several unbranched stems that form clumps topped by bright-red, paintbrush-like spikes. The flowers are actually inconspicuous and greenish, but are subtended by showy, red-tipped bracts. They sometimes produce a light yellow or pure white variation mixed in with the reds. Together, the flowers and bracts form 3-8 in. spikes.
One unusal thing about the pretty plant is that it is a parasite. The roots of this plant will grow until they touch the roots of other plants, frequently grasses, penetrating these host roots to obtain a portion of their nutrients. The scientific term for such a plants are hemiparasites
.This flower was blooming along US 290 near the Brazos River at the Washington County Line Stone Sign.
Variety hosted a two-day winter session of Variety Adventure Camp at the Center of Clayton! Kids took on the Center's climbing wall, swam, sang, created masterful works of art and just horsed around! It was a great chance for campers to catch up with their best friends, including our awesome and dedicated counselors!
Learn more about how community support helps us to keep Variety Adventure Camp *completely free* for families:
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Zimbabwe Pavilion hosts Mobile Emergency Room
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Thierry Geoffroy, Mobile Emergency Room at the Zimbabwe Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 1st June 2013
The second Zimbabwe Pavilion of the 55th Venice Biennale, commissioned by Doreen Sibanda and curated by Raphael Chikukwa, is hosting Thierry Geoffroy’s Mobile Emergency Room.
An intervention curated by Christine Eyene, as part of “process: immaterial proposal”, the Mobile Emergency Room forms part of the Maldives Pavilion curated by Chamber of Public Secrets. Thierry Geoffroy, a.k.a Colonel, takes on the Maldives as an Emergency case in need of immediate treatment. His work seeks to transform “rigid exhibition spaces” into “elastic and generous exhibition spaces”. As the artist explains: “I will act like a space of generosity, a hunter for climate change Emergency and an art re-distributor”.
Initiated as a conversation begun when Eyene co-curated the 10th Dak’Art Biennal in 2012, this unrealised collaboration was activated at the 55th Venice Biennale in the form of a scenario of “disappearance” whereby actual emergencies and hospitality needs are translated into artistic interventions.
The Mobile Emergency Room consists of the now iconic tent placed in one of the pavilion’s rooms. It extends from being a space for artists expressing emergencies towards climate change, to encompassing emergencies expressed by visual artists from Africa, the Diaspora and beyond. In line with Geoffroy’s process, artists are invited to submit pressing issues as statements, interrogations, images and other creative forms, triggering his central question: can emergencies be ranked?
The outcome of this project will be displayed both online and on site, with regular updates. The space will also be activated by the presence of the curator and artist in the course of the Venice Biennale, with programmed performative conversations and interventions.
The Mobile Emergency Room opens up the Zimbabwe Pavilion from its curatorial theme “Dudziro: Interrogating the Vision of Religious Beliefs” – featuring Virginia Chihota, Rashid Jogee, Michele Mathison, Voti Thebe and Portia Zvavahera – to becoming a hub and space for critical engagement for the art community.
In addition to being a greatly appreciated gesture of generosity and hospitality from the Zimbabwean organisers and artists alike, this international collaboration speaks volumes on the openness of the pavilion’s organisers to artistic and curatorial experiment. It also stands as a unique venture in the history of African curatorship at the Venice Biennial.
Artists with Emergency topics for the Mobile Emergency Room, at the Zimbabwe Pavilion, can contact: eyonartmail@gmail.com.
The Zimbabwe Pavilion is organised by the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture. Partners are Culture Fund, the Swiss Embassy in Zimbabwe and the European Union with sponsorship from the Goethe Institute, the Zimbabwe German Society and Portnet.
“process: immaterial proposal” at the 55th Venice Biennale is facilitated by a Curators Grant from the Foundation for Arts Initiatives.
Mobile Emergency Room at the Zimbabwe Pavilion
1 June – 30 Sept. 2013
Zimbabwe Pavilion
Dudziro: Interrogating the Vision of Religious Beliefs
1 June to 24 Nov. 2013
Chiesa Santa Maria della Pietà
Calle della Pietà
Castello, 3701
Venice
Paul Delvaux: The Cortege (1963) 122 x 244 cm
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1st MSC hosts mobilization readiness exercise
Camp Santiago, Salinas: Soldiers of the 1st Mission Support Command's Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment hosted a mobilization readiness exercise at Camp Santiago, P.R., 14-27 March.
During the event, HHD Soldiers completed readiness checks for over 1,000 Soldiers. Events such as this are commonly held annually to ensure that commanders can maintain their unit readiness.
"We try to do this as the units get closer to their available year in order to have them improve their overall readiness and mobilization posture in the event they get selected (for mobilization) down the road", said Gerardo Rodriguez, mobilization officer for the 1st MSC.
Rodriguez said MRXs help units maintain readiness for deployments but they also serve the individual Soldier.
"As part of the MRX ... there are different stations and one of them, one of the most important, is medical. A Soldier is completely checked and whatever cannot be fixed at this location ... the Soldier can go to a private (medical) provider and get that situation fixed and that helps them with their overall readiness",he said.
Soldiers rotate through eleven different stations in total where they are checked in by HHD Soldiers and efficiently move through the station. While the process has been refined over the years at times people still tend to get impatient.
Staff Sgt. Anaselly Ramos, logistics noncommissioned officer with the mobilization team, know the experience can be stressful but to help keep the level of frustration down she leads groups of Soldiers through stations when she sees openings. While each group of Soldiers is instructed to follow the schedule given to them for the MRX, Ramos' method keeps things moving along too.
Keeping track of the entire flow of Soldier traffic is a system called the mobilization plan data viewer.
"It shows all the stations and actually it runs the SRP (MRX) completely", said Spc. Hector Rodriguez, from Bayamon.
"It's tracking each Soldier by station ... you can see how many have completed (the stations) and how many have not",added Rodriguez, who is assigned to the 311th Quartermaster Company.
While the process can be tedious for the Soldiers going from station to station, one Soldier working at the medical readiness station found the MRX to be an opportunity to challenge herself by practicing her public speaking skills.
Spc. Jenniffer Gonzalez Diaz, a traffic management coordinator, who's primary language is Spanish, began giving the medical station briefings to many groups of Soldiers. Gonzalez admits that speaking English is not one of her strengths but her determination brought her recognition among her peers and even the Commanding General of the 1st MSC Brig. Gen. Fernando Fernandez.
"They gave me the opportunity to participate in this activity so I can ... help them in the system with the Soldiers, and I practiced a lot my English",said Gonzalez.
As a member of the the 390th Seaport Company, in Ceiba, Gonzalez recognizes the importance of refining her English language skills. When given the opportunity to refine her abilities when she signed up for the Army, Gonzalez participated in English language courses.
"I improved my English, I practiced my English when I took the class but I knew a little bit of the language because we are Puerto Rico and we are bilingual so we took classes when we started in (grade) school", said Gonzalez.
Gonzalez knows this isn't the only challenge she'll have to overcome in her military career, which is why she stays motivated and maintains a positive attitude.
"The important thing for me is to show people that you are trying, don't get upset, don't get mad if someone corrects you because they are helping you",she said. "If you don't know, ask, so you can learn ... the stuff you learn nobody can take away."