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Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Norfolk-based 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team transport a Chesapeake firefighter to assess localized flooding Sept. 3, 2016, in Chesapeake, Virginia. The Virginia National Guard has more than 270 Soldiers staged and ready for possible severe weather response operations Sept. 3, 2016, in the Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore areas. As part of the state’s multi-agency response, the Guard has Soldiers with Humvees, light/medium tactical trucks and chain saws ready to assist with high water transport and debris reduction if needed. Read more at go.usa.gov/xWSE3. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)
Environmental Control Systems for Artificial Extensions of Localized Micro-Climates by Brittany Nicole Gacsy
Architecture has a traditional expectation to be a solid, stable, reassuring practice operating on built forms to produce stagnant spatial conditions. By looking at the latent potentials of immaterial conditions rather than the known properties of material conditions there lies the possibility for extreme speculation in the development of new micro-climates that produce artificial extensions through the manipulation of infrastructure and atmospherics. These localized weather manipulations push design to no longer simply condition our environment, but instead seek new territories, landscapes and social interactions through the implementation of climatic infrastructures that extend and manipulate occupation beyond our typical seasonal timelines. Turning away from the hard edge condition of solid forms as the primary organization devices and opening up spatial opportunities that are contingent upon our immaterial energies. Looking at the capacity to design new micro-climates opens the possibilities to image terrains of spatial occupation that were otherwise previously uninhabitable by architecture.
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During their final year – known as the thesis year – architecture graduate students research a topic that culminates in a design project. The projects are exhibited just prior to graduation and reviewed by a panel of outside and faculty experts. One project from each studio is identified for Honors; these projects are on view over the summer in the College Gallery.
2013 Thesis Honors Projects by:
Megha Chandrasekhar, Pooja Dalal, Brittany Nicole Gacsy, Emily Kutil, Christopher Mascari, Dan McTavish, Hans Papke, Ariel Poliner, Nick Safley, Anna Schafferkoetter, and Brandon Vieth
Photo by Alex Jacque, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
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Waze en català
Per a Android, Iphone i Blackberry de la xarxa de conductors per compartir informacions i rutes.
Baixa-la: waze.com
#geolocal Bernardo Hernandez:, Director of Product Management, Google will localize the Zagat info stack in 100 countries. That will vastly enhance the value of this structured data set.
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Picture taken at Everglades National Park (FL, USA)
Everglades National Park is a national park in the U.S. state of Florida that protects the southern 25 percent of the original Everglades. It is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States, and is visited by one million people each year.It is the third-largest national park in the lower 48 states after Death Valley National Park and Yellowstone National Park. The park has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage Site, and a Wetland of International Importance, only one of three locations in the world to appear on all three lists.
Unlike most U.S. national parks, Everglades National Park was created to protect a fragile ecosystem instead of safeguarding a unique geographic feature. The Everglades are a slow-moving river originating in Lake Okeechobee, fed by the Kissimmee River, and flowing southwest at about .25 miles (0.40 km) per day into Florida Bay. The wetlands in the park are an interconnected network of marshland and forest ecosystems that are maintained by natural forces. Thirty-six species designated as threatened or protected live in the park, including the Florida panther, the American crocodile, and the West Indian manatee. The park protects the largest U.S. wilderness area east of the Mississippi River,[5] is the most significant breeding ground for tropical wading birds in North America, and contains the largest mangrove ecosystem in the western hemisphere.More than 350 species of birds, 300 species of fresh and saltwater fish, 40 species of mammals, and 50 species of reptiles live within Everglades National Park. All of South Florida's fresh water, stored in the Biscayne Aquifer, is recharged by the park.
Although humans have lived in the Everglades for thousands of years, not until 1882 did the region begin to be drained for agricultural or residential use. In the 20th century the water flow from Lake Okeechobee was controlled and diverted to the explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934 to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades and dedicated in 1947, the same year massive building projects across South Florida began to restrict the natural flow of water. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and the repair and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.
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Day 2
In UNICEF's effort to build back better the lives of Acehnese localized Integrated Health Centers were built through out the province under the Health Units program. Known as Posyandu Plus, the health centers provide pre-natal training, check ups and immunization for pregnant mothers as well as health services for children under five. Built upon a preexisting government program, the Posyandu Plus activities have built upon institutional knowledge for greater sustainability and effectiveness.
At the Posyandu Plus Ie Masen, in Banda Aceh the monthly children's chek up's were underway, involving children under the age of 5. Monitoring weight, height, and health of the children monthly helps in the long term development and well being while vitamin A drops and immunizations help keep the kids healthy. Along the way the mothers receive training and are given the opportunity to allow their children to socialize.
We interviewed Sanawiyah, 28, and her daughter Shafira, 10 months. Sanawiyah is a survivor of the tsunami and moved to the village of Ie Masen, Banda Aceh after her home was destroyed in tsunami. (after a two minute interview we realized she wasn't going to talk…but at least there is one nice moment where she is smiling)
Salwati,25, is an Early Child Development Care Health Cadre trained by UNICEF and now working at the UNICEF built Posyandu Plus in Ie Masen, Banda Aceh. The two children on her lap were born shortly after the tsunami in emergency camps. (left) Misrina Huwaida was born 13th March 2005 and (right) Bunga Mafirah was born 15th April 2005.
Diasabled since birth Ainul Mardiah and her daughter one-and-half year old daughter Zaidah, travel from a neighboring village to participate in the monthly health check up's at the Ie Masen Posyandu Plus in Banda Aceh. The integrated health center has provided her with pregnancy check ups, breast feedi
Day 2: Localization, Star Ferry, First touches of Kowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok, Animal-, Flower-, and Bird Markets and Chi Lin Nunnery.
Day 2: Localization, Star Ferry, First touches of Kowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok, Animal-, Flower-, and Bird Markets and Chi Lin Nunnery.
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Birds. Crowned Lapwing. Madikwe Game Reserve. South Africa. Nov/2020
Crowned Lapwing
The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), or crowned plover, is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia to southern and southwestern Africa. It is an adaptable and numerous species, with bold and noisy habits. It is related to the more localized black-winged and Senegal lapwings, with which it shares some plumage characteristics.
The crowned lapwing is easily recognized by its combination of brown and white colours, with most tellingly, a black crown intersected by an annular white halo. Adults are noisy and conspicuous.
Males measure on average 3% larger than females. Juveniles are dull versions of adults, vermiculated on the wings and mantle, the legs yellowy rather than red and the bill lacking the red base.
Source: Wikipedia
Tarambola Coroada ou Abibe-coroado
O asa-de-coroa (Vanellus coronatus), ou tarambola-coroada ou abibe-coroado, é um pássaro da subfamília de asa-de-bico que ocorre contíguo desde a costa do Mar Vermelho da Somália até o sul e sudoeste da África. É uma espécie adaptável e numerosa, com hábitos ousados e barulhentos.
O galispo coroado é facilmente reconhecido por sua combinação de cores marrom e branco, com o mais revelador, uma coroa preta cruzada por um halo branco anular. Os adultos são barulhentos e conspícuos.
Os machos medem em média 3% a mais que as fêmeas. Os juvenis são versões monótonas de adultos, vermiculados nas asas e no manto, as pernas amareladas em vez de vermelhas e o bico sem a base vermelha.
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Fonte; Wikipedia (tradução livre)
Madikwe Game Reserve
The Madikwe Game Reserve is a protected area in South Africa, part of the latest park developments in the country. Named after the Madikwe or Marico River, on whose basin it is located, it was opened in 1991 and comprises 750 km2 of bushland north of the small town Groot-Marico up to the Botswana border.
Madikwe Game Reserve lies 90 km north of Zeerust on what used to be farm land, but owing to the poor soil type, farming was not that successful. After extensive research, the South African Government found that this land would best be utilised as a provincial park, to economically uplift this otherwise rather poor area.
The process reintroducing wildlife to the area began in 1992 under the codename Operation Phoenix which relocated entire breeding herds of elephants, Cape buffaloes, south-central black rhinos and southern white rhinos along with various species of antelopes. Following Operation Phoenix, Madikwe has also successfully reintroduce rarer predatory species such as lions, cheetahs, spotted hyenas and Cape wild dogs bringing the total large mammal population of the reserve to over 10 000. There are currently more than 60 species of mammal in the park.
Source: Wikipedia
Reserva do Madikwe
A Madikwe Game Reserve é uma área protegida na África do Sul, parte dos mais recentes desenvolvimentos de parques no país. Batizado em homenagem ao rio Madikwe ou Marico, em cuja bacia está localizado, foi inaugurado em 1991 e compreende 750 km2 de mata nativa ao norte da pequena cidade de Groot-Marico até a fronteira com o Botswana.
A Madikwe Game Reserve fica 90 km ao norte de Zeerust, no que costumava ser terras agrícolas, mas devido ao tipo de solo pobre, a agricultura não teve tanto sucesso. Após uma extensa pesquisa, o governo sul-africano descobriu que esta terra seria melhor utilizada como um parque provincial, para elevar economicamente esta área bastante pobre.
O processo de reintrodução da vida selvagem na área começou em 1992 sob o codinome Operação Fênix, que realocou rebanhos inteiros de elefantes, búfalos do Cabo, rinocerontes-negros do centro-sul e rinocerontes brancos do sul junto com várias espécies de antílopes. Após a Operação Phoenix, Madikwe também reintroduziu com sucesso espécies predatórias mais raras, como leões, chitas, hienas-pintadas e cahorros do mato, elevando a população total de grandes mamíferos da reserva para mais de 10.000. Atualmente, existem mais de 60 espécies de mamíferos no parque
Fonte: Wikipedia (traduçao livre)
Impodimo Game Lodge
Impodimo Game Lodge is set on a rocky ridge overlooking the vistas within the magnificent malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve of the North West Province of South Africa. The air-conditioned suites at Impodimo Game Lodge are decorated in neutral tones and offer a fireplace and private bathroom with additional outdoor shower.
Our passion has always been to bring the most amazing experiences to our guests and with that in mind the Elephant Hide was born. Merging ultra luxury with incredible game viewing right on your doorstep.
Our guests get to enjoy a fully stocked bar, Italian coffee and air-conditioned comfort whilst they soak up the wildlife just meters away. It is the perfect spot to watch wildlife, big and small, up close with minimum disturbance to their natural behaviour. The hide is a photographers dream, offering an excellent vantage point in complete comfort and safety to get that award-winning shot or just to marvel at the unfolding drama of the waterhole
Source: Impodimo Game Lodge website
Impodimo Game Lodge
O Impodimo Game Lodge está situado em uma crista rochosa com vista para a magnífica Reserva Madikwe, livre de malária, na Província Noroeste da África do Sul. As suítes com ar-condicionado do Impodimo Game Lodge são decoradas em tons neutros e oferecem lareira e banheiro privativo com chuveiro adicional ao ar livre.
Nossa paixão sempre foi levar as experiências mais incríveis aos nossos hóspedes e foi pensando nisso que nasceu o Esconderijo de Elefante. Combinando ultra luxo com incrível visualização de animais bem na sua porta.
Nossos hóspedes podem desfrutar de um bar totalmente abastecido, café italiano e conforto do ar-condicionado, enquanto absorvem a vida selvagem a poucos metros de distância. É o local perfeito para observar animais selvagens, grandes e pequenos, de perto com o mínimo de perturbação ao seu comportamento natural. O hide é o sonho dos fotógrafos, oferecendo um excelente ponto de vista com total conforto e segurança para obter aquela foto premiada ou simplesmente para se maravilhar com o drama que se desenrola no poço
Source: Impodimo Game Lodge website (tradução livre)
TIF1a (red) localizes to active transcription sites (green) enriched with chromatin remodelers in the late zygote. (JCB 174(3) TOC1)
This image is available to the public to copy, distribute, or display under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Reference: Torres-Padilla et al. (2006) 174;329-338
Published on: July 31, 2006
Doi: 10.1083/jcb.200603146
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Group: Backbone Campaign and the Localize This! Action Camp participants
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Racism: The Elephant in the Room (or Park)
Seattle, Washington, August 17, 2015 - People are invited to participatein a public interactive art installation to expose racism as the"elephant in the room".
On Monday, August 17, 2015, from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm, at Westlake Parkin Seattle, the public is invited to join us in learning about racismand white privilege through visually rich, interactive art andengagement in positive dialog and seek skills for addressinginstitutional racism.
At 2 pm, the action moves from Westlake to the City Council chambers. There, activists will challenge City Council members to combatinstitutional racism by protecting Hookah Lounges, predominantly ownedby people of color and currently under attack. They will also call onthe Council to reject zoning that will permit the construction of anexpanded juvenile detention center, misleadingly called the "King CountyFamily and Children's Justice Center," stop the city-sponsoredgentrification of areas in the city that are home to people of color,and to end police brutality.
This interactive art exhibit and challenge to the City Council arecoming from a collection of activists who are from the Pacific Northwestand around the country that met at a Backbone Campaign's Localize This! Action Camp. As a group, we are predominantly white activists who are looking inwardsand reaching out to our peers to join us in this action. We arechallenging ourselves and others to move beyond denial and defensivenessto commit to taking one concrete step towards racial justice and toshare our challenge.
Find more at hashtags #ICommit2 and #SEARacismHear.
email: info@backbonecampaign.org
A localized cloud of smoke drifts across peaceful Slave Province landscape, Northwest Territories, Canada. Photo taken from Cesna aircraft with SLR camera on Kodachrome film.
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#BeyondDenial - The Elephant in the Room is Racism
Photos by : Alex Garland, Damien Conway, Andy Clark, and John Duffy.
On August 17th in downtown Seattle passersby were invited to take part in a public interactive art installation to expose racism as the “elephant in the room.” The event was organized by activists from the pacific northwest and around the country who participated in Backbone Campaign's annual week-long Localize This! Action Camp.
About a week prior in the same location white progressives attending an event where Bernie Sanders was speaking were challenged by activists identifying themselves as part of #BlackLivesMatter. The Elephant in the Room action was a response to the request by people of color for white people to educate themselves to see racism and white privilege and then take actions to end racism.
The group was made up of predominantly white activists who were looking inwards and reaching out to their peers to join them in this action. They are challenging themselves and others to commit to taking at least one concrete step towards racial justice and to share their challenge.
Pitch-in to support the Localize This Action Camp at www.BackboneCampaign.org/Donate/
Read more about this action and learn how you can bring it to your community at
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Small Group Discussion: Localizing Agricultural Value Chains for Shared Prosperity
The world’s agricultural economy exceeds $2 trillion, yet much of the production, processing, and manufacturing for high value food products that could be energizing developing economies instead takes place in developed countries, reducing opportunities for local livelihood improvement and economic growth. Some companies have identified an opportunity to strengthen their own businesses and invest in local livelihoods by keeping high-value processing and manufacturing in the low-income countries where their agricultural products are sourced. Others are localizing their supply chains, ensuring that food products they sell within developing countries are made using locally sourced ingredients. These trends can empower smallholder farmers, strengthen small- and medium-sized enterprises, and mitigate the climate footprint resulting from the transportation of goods across the globe, while at the same time reducing companies’ sourcing and production costs. To ensure that localized supply chains and value chains can function sustainably, businesses must cultivate ecosystems that support this type of business environment and the human capital needed for growth and prosperity.
In this session, participants will:
• Explore the economic, environmental, and social opportunities that can be achieved through local value chains and the partnerships that can make these possible.
• Examine case studies of successful efforts to localize supply chains serving domestic markets and create value chains in low-income countries to serve global markets.
MODERATOR:
Don Seville, Co-Director, Sustainable Food Lab
PARTICIPANTS:
Blanca Juti, Chief Corporate Relations Officer, Heineken
Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Acumen
Magatte Wade, Founder and CEO, Tiossan
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Backbone Campaign greeted President Obama in Seattle for a Democratic fundraiser with giant banners above his motorcade and life-like representations of the Washington State democratic delegation.
Simultaneously, people outrage by representatives not yet outright opposing the TPP packed the entrance to the Washington Convention Center where the fundraiser was being held and surrounding streets. A Star Wars themed Trans-Pacific Partnership Death Star was inflated and Rebel Alliance Starfighters standing up for sovereignty, human and workers rights, safe climate, affordable medicine and more greeted the democratic donor base as they entered.
We wanted there to be NO mistake - We the People consider a vote for the TPP a catastrophic, unforgivable BETRAYAL. An unaccountable vote planned for the post election Congressional session would add a cowardly insult to the injury of this disastrous corporate coup that shifts power away from governments to transnational corporations and the greedy who hide behind them. Washington State's Congressional delegation, especially Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, and Congressmembers Denny Heck, Rick Larson, Susan DelBene, Rick Larsen and Derek Kilmer need to know they will NOT be able to show their faces in public if they BETRAY the people they are supposed to serve.
Obama's visit occurred during Backbone Campaign's 8th annual Localize This! Action Camp. Thus, we jumped at the chance to put artful activism lessons into action. Enjoy pictures and video provided by Andrew Sigman, Joyce Marin, John P Duffy and Daniel Lee. #FLUSHTHETPP #TPPisBetrayal
When The People Lead, The Leaders Follow.
Support Backbone Campaign's creative movement building actiovism by pitching in at BackboneCampaign.org/donate Thank you!
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Model: Sofía Esteban
Photography Assistant: Raziel Rice
Stylist: Víctor Guillén
MUA & Hairdresser: Vita Dinamita & Celia de Agueda
Clothing & Accessories: Akron, Laury Garrido & Víctor Guillén
Special Thanks: Ernesto Wein
Localization: Madrid, Spain
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Facebook event page HERE
Racism: The Elephant in the Room (or Park)
Seattle, Washington, August 17, 2015 - People are invited to participatein a public interactive art installation to expose racism as the"elephant in the room".
On Monday, August 17, 2015, from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm, at Westlake Parkin Seattle, the public is invited to join us in learning about racismand white privilege through visually rich, interactive art andengagement in positive dialog and seek skills for addressinginstitutional racism.
At 2 pm, the action moves from Westlake to the City Council chambers. There, activists will challenge City Council members to combatinstitutional racism by protecting Hookah Lounges, predominantly ownedby people of color and currently under attack. They will also call onthe Council to reject zoning that will permit the construction of anexpanded juvenile detention center, misleadingly called the "King CountyFamily and Children's Justice Center," stop the city-sponsoredgentrification of areas in the city that are home to people of color,and to end police brutality.
This interactive art exhibit and challenge to the City Council arecoming from a collection of activists who are from the Pacific Northwestand around the country that met at a Backbone Campaign's Localize This! Action Camp. As a group, we are predominantly white activists who are looking inwardsand reaching out to our peers to join us in this action. We arechallenging ourselves and others to move beyond denial and defensivenessto commit to taking one concrete step towards racial justice and toshare our challenge.
Find more at hashtags #ICommit2 and #SEARacismHear.
email: info@backbonecampaign.org