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The Dhammakaya is the body of enlightenment of the Lord Buddha and “vijja” is the true knowledge; together, “vijja Dhammakaya” means the true and supreme knowledge illuminated by the Dhammakaya vision. This knowledge is the core principle of Buddhism that will lead to extinguishing of suffering and attainment of the state of supreme bliss known is Nibbana. for Ceremony, at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Pathum Thani, read more at www.dhammakaya.net/blog/2013/09/18/96-Years-of-Dhammakaya...
Some old books I'm fortunate to have at home. The open book is the New and Complete Self-study Book of the English Language, printed in St. Petersburg in 1911.
The Dhammakaya is the body of enlightenment of the Lord Buddha and “vijja” is the true knowledge; together, “vijja Dhammakaya” means the true and supreme knowledge illuminated by the Dhammakaya vision. This knowledge is the core principle of Buddhism that will lead to extinguishing of suffering and attainment of the state of supreme bliss known is Nibbana. for Ceremony, at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Pathum Thani, read more at www.dhammakaya.net/blog/2013/09/18/96-Years-of-Dhammakaya...
Tesca Fitzgerald
Teaching robots to think
At age 16, Tesca Fitzgerald became one of the youngest students ever to graduate from Portland State University, wowing professors with her coding skills and earning a degree in computer science. Two years later, she's deep into a PhD. program at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, where she researches artificial intelligence programs that allow machines to interact with and learn from humans.
"I look at the intersection of cognition and robotics," Fitzgerald says about her work. "It helps us learn how people solve problems, then we apply that to robotics."
She envisions a future when robots will have the ability to not only perform complex tasks but also to learn as they go along. That could have huge implications, she says, for a wide range of applications, including the use of robots to aid the elderly or people with disabilities.
"We're already making robots that do amazing things," Fitzgerald says. "What if we could make them seem more human?"
Fitzgerald's fascination with computers and "thinking" machines goes back to her youth. Before she was 2 years old, she was playing games on her mother's laptop. At age 5, she was part of a robotics program, building and programming machines and winning competitions.
Teachers and others quickly realized she was a natural born coder.
Fitzgerald essentially skipped high school and enrolled in Portland Community College instead. From there she transferred to PSU, a place where she felt comfortable. The faculty were approachable, she says, and her much older classmates treated her as any other student.
"A lot of students at PSU come from non-traditional backgrounds," Fitzgerald says. "I never felt like the odd one out."
Fitzgerald says her goal is to be a research professor. She says adapting to the rigors of a Ph.D. program has been tough but exactly what she wanted.
"I'm very driven and passionate about what I do."
good for wallpaper... i didn't look at the pages before i took pictures of them. Hence the pregnancy tips
The Dhammakaya is the body of enlightenment of the Lord Buddha and “vijja” is the true knowledge; together, “vijja Dhammakaya” means the true and supreme knowledge illuminated by the Dhammakaya vision. This knowledge is the core principle of Buddhism that will lead to extinguishing of suffering and attainment of the state of supreme bliss known is Nibbana. for Ceremony, at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Pathum Thani, read more at www.dhammakaya.net/blog/2013/09/18/96-Years-of-Dhammakaya...
of materials science. wish the CLS didn't throw so much light at close ranges... wanted the book cover to be blacked out.
(14/366) January 8th, 2008
It feel good just to take a picture. I haven't in so long thats why i am making it a goal to at least take my camera around more places. I miss taking photos.
update: It's great being back in school and Nassau Community College really is not bad at all. I manage to always find really close parking spots. At least i'm not in buffalo anymore. My life is pretty consistent I study a lot & hang out with my boyfriend. In school I am taking 17 credits and my biology class is basically two classes because my lab and lecture are both different teachers. :[ On the bright side I love gaining knowledge and studying is okay with me as long as I'm slightly interested in it. I really just love biology.<3
comments are welcomed. critiques/suggestions are even better :]
Man@Work Series. The adventures of stagehands in their natural environment.
"We do precision guess work, based on unreliable data, provided by those of questionable knowledge".
- Tel Aviv, Israel (July 2016)
Professor Tanya Monro, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation, University of South Australia, with her rock star poster © Knowledge Society 2015. Photograph by Rick Stevens
The Knowledge Nation 100 luncheon – on 10 December at Doltone House in Sydney – celebrated the Knowledge Nation 100. The Knowledge Nation 100 are the rock stars of Australia’s new economy – the visionaries, intellects, founders and game changers building the industries and institutions that will underwrite the nation’s future prosperity.
The luncheon was addressed by the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP.
Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Ariane. She often wondered, "How does one fathom and take a gander at exactly what the inner and outer workings of my womanly interstices?" As she quietly pondered, the answer to her agony slowly but surely presented itself in the form of consumerism (as all American citizens should). As quickly as she felt vexed, she exclaimed gleefully, "TO THE BARNES AND NOBLE CHILDREN'S SECTION I GO!" And go she did!
LONDON HAS THE BEST TAXI CABS IN THE WORLD & SUPERIOR DRIVERS.
TO OBTAIN "THE KNOWLEDGE" -
"You must have a thorough knowledge of London, including the location of streets, squares, clubs, hospitals, hotels, theatres, government and public buildings, railway stations, police stations, courts, diplomatic buildings, important places of worship, cemeteries, crematoria, parks and open spaces, sports and leisure centres, places of learning, restaurants and historic buildings; in fact everything you need to know to be able to take passengers to their destinations by the most direct routes."
In the southwest corner of Amache National Historic Site is the original cemetery and monument house. Established between 1942 and 1945 when the area was Granada War Relocation Center, the cemetery includes 11 grave plots, ten with markers and one without. According to WRA records, 106 deaths occurred at Amache, although many remains were voluntarily removed after Amache’s closure in 1945.
A brick memorial building stands in the northwest corner of the cemetery. originally built to be a columbarium, or a place to store cremated remains. It was never used as intended since the Japanese did not want the ashes to be left or forgotten. Instead, in 1945 as people were being relocated and released, a three-piece memorial was designed by Rev. Masahiko Wada and a memorial committee. In the building, a granite stone honors those who passed away in Amache and is etched in English and Japanese. Above the stone, the names and family information of the people who passed away in Amache and the names of the 31 Japanese American soldiers whose families were incarcerated here is etched in Japanese on a wooden panel. A gold star shield honoring the 31 soldiers hung on the east wall. The people incarcerated at Amache etched the granite stone, wood memorial salutation, and gold star shield memorial.
Today, only the stone remains. Prior to organized preservation at Amache, the memorial house was broken into. The wooden memorial honoring those who died in Amache was saved from burning and is on loan to the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California. The gold star Honor Roll shield is missing. In 1983, a second memorial inscribed with US military casualties from Amache was erected at the cemetery by the Denver Central Optimists Club. It is large concrete obelisk with a memorial salutation on the front and the Amache Honor Roll names on the east and west sides.
Many visitors and relatives of the deceased continue to leave offering and memorabilia at the cemetery. Although the offerings and memorabilia left at the cemetery are contemporary and ongoing, they also have potential historical significance. The National Park Service recognizes that many of the offerings and memorabilia left at the cemetery are worthy of collection and preservation.
Since its closure in 1945, the Granada War Relocation Center Cemetery has remained a place reflection, worship, pilgrimages, protest, and a place to reach out to share an experience with strangers.
The smallest incarceration site by population—the Granada Relocation Center, as it was designated by the War Relocation Authority—was in Colorado, only 15 miles west of the Kansas border and less than 2 miles from the town of Granada. Although all WRA records refer to the incarceration camp as the Granada Relocation Center, early on, incarcerees began referring to the camp as Amache, after the camp’s postal designation. Built to accommodate up to 8,000 people, Amache housed 7,318 incarcerees at its peak in 1943, making it the 10th largest city in Colorado at that time. During its three years of operation, 10,331 incarcerees passed through Amache. Its population often fluctuated due to work, education, and military leave programs, as well as indefinite leaves as part of the resettlement program.
Ameohtse’e (Amache/Walking Woman) was a Cheyenne woman whose father was killed at the Sand Creek Massacre. A generation after her death, Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Granada Relocation Center embraced Amache as the camp’s unofficial name, referring to themselves as Amacheans.
Incarcerees at Amache came primarily from three areas of California: the Northern San Francisco Bay Area, primarily Sonoma County; Central California, namely the San Joaquin Valley; and southwestern Los Angeles, including the Seinan District. Nikkei from these areas were initially forced into either the Merced Assembly Center in the Central Valley or the Santa Anita Assembly Center in Los Angeles.
Although the population at Amache was a mix of families from both urban and rural areas,
farming communities were slightly more numerous. These close-knit families often maintained their connections throughout the upheaval of forced removal and incarceration. This population included the entirety of the Yamato Colony, founded in 1906 by Kyutaro Abiko, a San Francisco newspaper publisher and businessperson. This settlement eventually evolved into three separate but adjacent colonies known as Yamato, Cressey, and Cortez, located in and around the Livingston area.
Another discrete Japanese American community that was removed together was Walnut Grove, a small agricultural community in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that served as a commercial and social center for Japanese American farm laborers beginning in the 1890s. The Seinan District of southwest Los Angeles was another community whose members ended up in large numbers at Amache. Also a tightknit, thriving community, the Seinan District differed from the other communities because it was a part of a bustling urban city.
The structure of daily life in Amache was drastically different from life outside of incarceration. Cramped, shared spaces and communal dining and bathing robbed incarcerees of their privacy, forcing them to adapt, subvert, and redefine private spaces. Not only could incarcerees hear and be heard by neighbors, but families also lacked physical privacy from each other.
Many Japanese American incarceration survivors remember using curtains as substitutes for walls, separating small living and sleeping areas within the barracks. These cramped living conditions often had divisive effects on family unity.
Family life was also strained by how meals were organized. In traditional Japanese culture, mealtime is a time to spend with family. Familial roles are fulfilled, structure is emphasized, and family dynamics are solidified. At Amache, the structure of mealtimes was disrupted by being forced into the public arena.
Mealtimes were characterized by long lines, unfamiliar foods, and the visible deterioration of family solidarity and unity. The mess halls contained rows of unassigned tables and benches, seating approximately 250 people at a time. Many young adults, teenagers, and even older children began using mealtime as an avenue of socialization and chose to sit with their friends and peers rather than their families.
One of the most challenging aspects of communal life in confinement involved the public performance of personal hygiene activities such as showering and using the toilet. The public latrine was split into a women’s side and a men’s side and included a row of exposed toilets and showers, with no dividers or walls to offer even a modicum of privacy. Incarcerees adopted an array of tactics and tricks to cope with this transition, including walking to the bathhouse covered in bathrobes, wearing geta (Japanese wooden sandals) in the shower, bringing in different materials like cardboard and sheets to create dividers, and employing the use of chamber pots to avoid walking to the latrine in the middle of the night.
Like a city, Amache relied on a planned and managed infrastructure that provided basic services and necessities that addressed health, safety, and governance. Amache included many specialized departments and programs, such as the hospital, fire department, police department, and an agricultural program just to name a few. All of these were overseen and supervised by WRA personnel, but incarcerees were either strongly encouraged to participate in these programs or specifically recruited as the government took advantage of the incarcerees for their cheap labor.
This practice was blatantly evident in the differences in monthly wages earned in camp ($12–$19) versus those earned outside of camp ($132–$164).
The skill and experience of Japanese American farmers was also something that the WRA took into consideration as they aimed to operate self-sufficient sites. Intensive and extensive agricultural programs were deliberately set up at each of the camps, with the intention of harnessing the knowledge and labor of the seasoned Nikkei farmers to grow food for each camp’s population. The 8,860 acres of land that lay outside Amache's central project area were intended for use in agricultural production.
Amache, though the smallest of the incarceration camps, had one of the largest agricultural programs; it grew enough produce to be used at Amache, distributed to other incarceration camps and the US military, or sold. The farm program produced 2.7 million pounds of vegetables in 1943 and an even more impressive 3.3 million pounds in 1944. Not only were common vegetables such as onions, tomatoes, and potatoes grown, but other crops, not usually grown in the area, such as daikon, Chinese cabbage, and mung beans were also successfully grown.
Bonsai Yoga Sock, 2013
Digital print mounted on wood
from the exhibition Intimate Knowledge at The Tool Shed, Frome, UK
From the autumn 2016 trip to Vietnam:
If ever there were a good way to finish up a trip, this particular Sunday in October would be it. Before arriving in Hanoi, I honestly had exceptionally low expectations. A bit like Saigon, if you are to go online and try to look up a list of places to visit – basically a tourist’s stock photography checklist, as it may be – you don’t find much that’s appealing. Well…I didn’t, anyway, and as a result, I had pretty low expectations for Hanoi.
The charm and beauty of Hanoi, however, isn’t in any one particular place. It’s in the experience of the entire city. (I’d say the same for Saigon, but multiply that a few times for Hanoi.) On this day in the Old Quarter in particular, I kept finding myself thinking, “Oh, my God, I shouldn’t be this lucky as a photographer…” Today ended up being mostly about people, with a little food and historical locations mixed in.
As I mentioned in the last set of posting, today would start off a bit sad with Junebug leaving for China a day before I would. So, we were checked out of our room by 6:00 in the morning or so. The breakfast at the Art Trendy was wonderful. Buffet with a mix of made-to-order omelets mixed in. Strong work, Art Trendy, strong work…
When June left, I really had nothing to do since it was still six in the morning and I was temporarily homeless as I had to switch hotels. So…I sat around the lobby for about two hours (possibly slightly awkward for the poor girls working there, but oh, well; I had to sit somewhere).
Around 8:00, I finally dragged my old bones out of the hotel and walked the five to ten minutes down the street to the Aquarius, where I politely asked them to hold my non-camera bag until I come back around 1:00 in the afternoon to check in.
After that, I was finally off with my cameras to enjoy an early Sunday morning in the bustling Old Quarter. On the street where the hotel is situated are a number of restaurants where locals were jammed in to enjoy noodles, steamed buns, and the like. It was wonderful to be among that crowd (though someone tried to scold me ever so slightly for taking pictures of people eating).
Since this was right next to St. Joseph’s Cathedral – and it was Sunday morning – I found my way back into the church where we crashed the wedding the afternoon before and realized that I almost got locked into Sunday mass while walking around taking pictures. So…I stayed. I prayed. And my prayer was answered when I realized the side doors and even the back door were open. (Ok…I didn’t really think I was locked in a church, but it did feel like it a little bit.)
Upon exiting the church, a handful of frames under my belt, I walked along the lovely streets photographing shops and people. At Caphe, I piggybacked on someone else’s photo shoot – it looked like they were doing a promo for the place, or possibly just a personal shoot for five women, though I have a feeling it was the former. At any rate, I was quite pleased with that little set and am presenting quite a few of those here, even if they’re a little redundant.
My ultimate goal with this wandering was to find my way to the Hanoi Hilton. Now, I’m not taking about the hotel chain, of course, but rather the prison that U.S. prisoners of war sarcastically called the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War. (This is the prison where Senator John McCain was interred while a POW, and there are one or two pictures to that effect here.)
This prison has a particularly interesting history (and morbid since…well…it’s a prison). It’s about a hundred years old and was founded by the French colonialists around the turn of the 20th century. During the first 50 years of its history, the French imprisoned Vietnamese insurgents and those who wanted independence. In the eyes of the French…renegades (hence the imprisonment). In the eyes of the Vietnamese – especially the current government – patriots and national heroes. If they were truly freedom fighters, then I would probably side with the current government on that one.
The French even had a guillotine installed here and overcrowding was a major problem. There were plenty of escape attempts, and more were successful than you may think, which is a little peculiar.
After the battle of Bien Dien Phu and the ejection of the French from the north (and before the U.S. got involved in the south), the prison changed hands and was under control of Ho Chi Minh. During the Vietnam War, it became one of the main prisons for U.S. POWs, as I alluded to above.
The propaganda claims that the Vietcong were absolutely humane and decent with U.S. prisoners, allowing them to observe their religious rites (Christmas celebrations, etc.), allowed prisoners to smoke and enjoy leisure (board games, basketball, etc.), and claimed they were well-fed.
This is certainly how it’s presented in the prison/museum currently. If you were to go online, though, and try to find a contrary report, you would find that this was all coerced and staged to make it appear as if things were on the up and up. (For anyone curious, per my Vietnamese friends, the general education in Vietnam today is how terrible the French and U.S. were for colonizing and torturing the country and keeping it from its independence.)
So, what’s the truth of what really happened? Who knows? Outside of firsthand accounts, it’s impossible to know for certain and even then, memory can be a tricky thing. I tend to like to say the truth is always somewhere between two opposing viewpoints, no matter what the topic may be.
From an impartial and purely photographic point of view, the prison, currently a museum/memorial, is an interesting place to spend an hour or two. Some of the exhibits seem a bit cheesy, but some are quite tasteful and well done. There’s also an informational video. You’ll have to see this with a bit of imagination (the prison, that is), as at least half of it has been leveled for high rise buildings. At least there’s some tangible piece of it left to visit, including the main gate (Maison Centrale).
After about two hours here at the Hanoi Hilton, I walked over towards the Opera House to get a few daytime shots but, really, to get lunch at El Gaucho. I was looking forward to a proper steak. The prices were astronomical (though justifiable based on what I ate), though I just opted for a steak salad. It was so good I contemplated going back for dinner, but had other plans.
With a happy stomach, I went back to finally check in at the Aquarius Hotel and got my workout huffing up six flights of stairs each time I went out. I relaxed here for a few hours until 4:00 when a dear friend of mine came to town to see me.
Ngan and I had an ice cream at Baskin Robbins right in front of St. Joe’s before heading over to the Temple of Literature. This is a temple dedicated to education and, bless my soul, it’s a place where university graduates come for graduation pictures.
On this particular day – a warm, sunny, late Sunday afternoon – it was packed with college students. And it was beautiful to see that many people happy, full of hopes and dreams, and dressed in either cap and gown or traditional Vietnamese clothes. In short…I had a field day shooting for an hour here.
Around 5:00, Ngan had to head back to school, and I went back to my hotel. I had one more meeting. Hoa, who traveled around Thailand & Cambodia with me in May, flew back to see me this evening. She picked me up at 6:00 on her scooter and rode me all around Hanoi by evening.
She started by taking me to Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum (which I consider a lot more photogenic in its setting than the Great Gangster’s Mausoleum on Tiananmen Square). This one, at least, was in a parklike setting. At evening, it’s well-lit and you can find people relaxing in the grass in front of it. During the day, you can visit and there are quite a few buildings behind the mausoleum that you can also see.
After a few minutes here, Hoa took me by West Lake – the largest lake in Hanoi, as I mentioned yesterday – and just drove me around for over an hour, it seemed. My impressions that Hanoi (even out of the Old Quarter) seemed to be a good place to live – though I’d be concerned about the air pollution – and people here seemed to be happy. Also…Vietnamese really love their coffee.
We finally returned to the Old Quarter for dinner at one of the famous restaurants she recommended and she treated me to a wonderful dinner. I can’t recall what we ate (the Vietnamese names of it, anyway), but it was nice.
After dinner, she drove me over towards the Opera House and then, finally, we stopped by Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of the Quarter and walked around the lake. It was getting close to 10:00 by this time, and I wanted to get back to the hotel to get a few hours sleep before waking up for my early flight in the morning. Hoa came to the airport with me to see me off.
If ever there were a great way to finish a great trip, this was it. I absolutely loved Vietnam – honestly, a lot more than I imagined I would, even with every single person I know who’d ever come here saying what a fantastic country this is – and would gladly come back. This seems to be one of the kinds of countries that you would never get tired of or, if you did, it would sure take a long time. With that, I’ll bid goodbye to Vietnam for now with the hopes that I’ll someday return to this land of amazing food, landscapes, and people.
As always, thanks for dropping by and viewing these pictures. Please feel free to leave any questions or comments and I’ll answer as I have time.
North Platte Community College hosted its annual Inter-High Scholastic Competition and TECH-Knowledge & Skills Discovery Day on Wednesday at the North and South Campuses of the college.
The theme for Inter-High Day this year is “Spotlight on Success.” Students from 28 area schools took nearly 900 tests in the Inter-High Scholastic competition. In the TECH-Knowledge and Skills competition, more than 120 students represented 21 high schools.
Awards were presented to the top three individual finishers in all categories. They also received a certificate for up to three credit hours of free tuition to be used at MPCC this summer. First place winners were awarded with $500 Mid-Plains Community College Area scholarships. The schools also competed in divisions.
Results of NPCC’s Inter-High Day are:
Accounting:
First - Megan Stokey, North Platte High School
Second - Megan Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s
Third - Carissa Rayburn, Brady
Art:
First - Alissa Rosentrater, Wallace
Second - Amber Nelson, Elwood
Third - Brooklyn Nordhausen, Wauneta-Palisade
Athletic Training:
First - Maegan Hiatt, Hershey
Second - Sage Schmidt, Medicine Valley
Third - Brittany Lawrence, St. Patrick’s
Biological Science:
First - Jordon Laubry, Eustis Farnam
Second - Jocy Nelson, Sutherland
Third - Calyn Werkmeister, Maywood
Business Communications:
First - Libby Jensen, Dundy County Stratton
Second - Abby Daffer, Southwest
Third - Sam Staggs, Sutherland
Chemistry:
First - Megan Kelley, Southwest
Second - Alec Fox, Paxton
Third - David Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s
Dramatic Arts:
First - Alex Roc, McCook
Second - David McCown, Maxwell
Third - Karni Doyle, Callaway
Fire Science/EMS:
First - Kris Kopetzky, South Platte
Second - Chris Werth, Eustis Farnam
Third - Tristan Johnson, Arnold
Grammar & Composition:
First - Grace Magill, Arnold
Second - Christi Christner, Wauneta-Palisade
Third - Bailee Clark, St. Patrick’s
Health Occupations:
First - Sabine Vanhaaren, Cody-Kilgore
Second - Jamie Smith, St. Patrick’s
Third - Taylor Ellison, Callaway
History:
First - David Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s
Second - John Klintworth, Medicine Valley
Third - Joey Anderjaska, Hayes Center
Information Technology:
First - Jared Brosius, St. Patrick’s
Second - Hayden Pollmann, Wauneta-Palisade
Third - Nathaniel Maxcy, Sutherland
Introduction to Business:
First - Cody Ballew, Elwood
Second - Dawson Brunswick, McCook
Third - Chance Kennicutt, Wallace
Literary Analysis:
First - Justin Hardwick, Paxton
Second - Rebekka Ralston, Sutherland
Third - Izzy Fox, Dundy County Stratton
Mathematics:
First - Megan Siebrandt, McCook
Second - Hayden Pollmann, Wauneta-Palisade
Third - Isaac Langan, McCook
Music Performance (Instrumental)
First – Sohyeon Yi, Cody-Kilgore
Second - Matti Mickelsen, Medicine Valley
Third - Brandon Montgomery, Brady
Music Performance (Vocal):
First - Nathan Rick, Hitchcock County
Second - Rachel Gordine, McCook
Third - Alisha Heelan, Garden County
Music Theory:
First – Josie Burke, Sutherland
Second – Matti Mickelsen, Medicine Valley
Third – Mason Harouff, Hayes Center
NPCC Facts:
First - Cheyanne Loeffler, Paxton
Second - Valerie Most, Brady
Third - Alexis Franzen, Brady
Personal Finance:
First - Cassandra Medina, Sutherland
Second - Marley Sandberg, Sutherland
Third - Ian Bridge, North Platte High School
Physics/Engineering (session one):
First - Cody Trump, Cody-Kilgore
Second - Kyle Halsted, North Platte High School
Third - Chet Krajewski, Garden County
Physics/Engineering (session two):
First - Lane Vasa, Arthur County
Second - David McCown, Maxwell
Third - Dakota Seng, Callaway
Word Processing:
First - Brooke Scott, Hitchcock County
Second - Tristan Johnson, Arnold
Third - Rebecca Lorens, Dundy County Stratton
Results by Division are:
Division 1 –
First – St. Patrick’s
Second – Sutherland
Third – McCook
Division 2 –
First – Cody-Kilgore
Second – Medicine Valley
Third – Hitchcock County
Division 3 –
First – Wauneta-Palisade
Second – Arnold
Third – Elwood
Results of NPCC’s TECH-Knowledge & Skills competition are:
Autobody:
First – Aaron Stegman, Garden County High School
Second – Joel Anderson, Garden County High School
Third – Jon Jackson, Franklin High School
Automotive/Diesel:
First – Philip Hammer, North Platte High School
Second – Logan Mull, North Platte High School
Third – Wesley Hoatson, North Platte High School
Building Construction (teams):
First – Walker Wolff, Ivan Rosfeld, Austin Wobig and Wyatt Galloway of Cody-Kilgore High School
Second – Lucas French, Jayson Rezek, Nick Hahn and Calvin Carsten of Sutherland High School
Third – Brock Alexander, Caleb Kleewein, Justin Cosler and Clancey Barnum of Stapleton High School
Electrical:
First – Tyler Daniels, Franklin High School
Second – Walker Wolff, Cody-Kilgore High School
Third – Ivan Dobesh, North Platte High School
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning:
First – Wesley Hoatson, North Platte High School
Second – Logan Mull, North Platte High School
Third – Blaker Morrissey, Maxwell High School
Welding:
First – Dillon Schultz, North Platte High School
Second – Colton Thompson, North Platte High School
Third – Trevor Hanna, Stapleton High School
On of the roads to knowledge is the one that links my Kindle and my computer. Kindle are really awesome ereaders.
For the dailyshoot nº663.
Subject:
Make a photograph of a path, road, or trail that leads the viewer's eye through the frame.
Conversationalist for the Americus Stolen Girls Dr. Carol Barner Seay from Americus, GA, signing autographs and talking with guests in the Jefferson Auditorium at USDA in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2015. The women were featured panelists for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) speaker series “In Conversation With…” The series of conversations features subject matter experts and/or the people who were part of historic or poignant topics of discussion. This conversation highlights the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Of the protests leading up to the passage of the act, one in July 1963, resulted in more than 35 girls being arrested and jailed at an abandoned Civil War era stockade in Leesburg, GA without their parents’ knowledge. The conditions in the stockade were deplorable; no toilets, no toilet paper, no running water, no mattresses or beds; poor ventilation, exposure to insects, and no decent food. In September, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) located the girls and political pressure was applied to authorities in Americus, GA for release of the girls. They became known as Americus Stolen Girls, and three of them are here today to show a portion of a film about their experience and to answer questions from USDA employees. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.