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Marion Karl poses with her dog Leila at the top of a hill on her property in Cooperstown, N.Y., on May 21, 2015. The hill is part of Karl’s 173 acres in a conservation easement, and she hikes to it almost daily to take in a view of Otsego Lake. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Opening Reception:
Thursday, December 7, 2017, 4pm - 8PM
Friday, December 8, 10am - 7pm
Saturday, December 9, 10am - 7pm
Sunday, December 10, 10am- 7pm
Location: 224 Western Ave, Allston, Massachusetts 02134 | Directions
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The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard will present its annual Holiday Show and Sale December 7-10, 2017 in its state-of-the art facility at 224 Western Avenue, Allston, Massachusetts.
Nearly seventy artists will present an extraordinary selection of ceramic work in this annual exhibition. From functional dinnerware to sculptural masterpieces, this popular exhibition has something for everyone and attracts several thousand visitors each year. Free cups made by the exhibiting artists will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis during the festive Opening Reception on Thursday, December 7, from 4:00 – 8:00 pm. The Show and Sale continues Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 8, 9, and 10, from 10:00 am – 7:00 pm.
Gallery 224, the Ceramics Program’s dedicated exhibition space, will showcase works from artists participating in the Holiday Show and Sale.
The Ceramics Program Show and Sale runs concurrently with the Allston-Brighton Winter Market next door at the Harvard Ed Portal. Artists’ studios nearby at 119 Braintree Street will also be open on Saturday and Sunday for Allston Open Studios.
A touchstone for the arts within Barry’s Corner, Allston, the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard provides a creative studio and laboratory study environment for Harvard students, staff, and faculty, as well as designers, artists, scholars, and scientists from the greater Boston, national and international arenas. Courses, workshops, master classes and special events are offered in the program's 15,000-square-foot studio at 224 Western Ave., near the Harvard Stadium in Allston.
Artists exhibiting this year include:
Alice Abrams
Natalie Andrew
Bruce Armitage
Pam Baker
Paul Bessette
Jenny Blicharz
Satomi Bol
Rosanna Bonnet
Darrah Bowden
Ann Boyajian
Summer (Min) Chen
Margaret Clark
Sarah de Besche
Angela DeVecchi
Holladay Dickerman
Richard Farrell
Darcie Flanigan
Stuart Gair
Justin Goedde
Pamela Gorgone
Tina Gram
Christine Gratto
Maurisse Gray
Louise Gutheil
Susan R. Hallstein
Marcia Halperin
Rachael Hamilton
Vicki L. Heller
Marek Jacisin
Madeline Johnson
Melinda Jordan
Judy Kanigel
Adria Katz
Mary Kenny
Gretchen Keyworth
Taeeun Kim
Joyce Lamensdorf
Laurie Leuchtenburg
Judy Levin
Gretchen Mamis
Joanna Mark
Cyndi Mason
Zachary Mickelson
Maeve Mueller
Steve Murphy
Julie Nussbaum
Stephanie Osser
Vicki Paret
Jennifer Howe Peace
Maxine Peck
Florence Pénault
Seth Rainville
Crystal Ribich
Carol Rissman
Judy Rosenstein
Mia Saporito
Lucy Scanlon
Gunnel Schmidt
Nancy Shotola
Kathi Tighe
Bernard Toale
Kyla Toomey
Emma Vesey
Lansing Wagner
Miriam Weil
Hiroko Williamson
Pao-Fei Yang Kuo
Trish Youens
Katherine Younger
Joseph Zina
The Studio is wheelchair accessible.
For more information or directions please call 617.495.8680 or visit www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics
DXO offered some of us tenured customers a free permanent version of Filmpak 3 as part of their opening publicity for Filmpak 4. This program’s purpose is to take a digital picture and give it the same look that different films would have produced, had it been on those films. Although the freebie was more limited in film choices than their #4, it still gave a lot of the old favorites.
For space reasons, I reduced a snapshot taken with an EOS-M by 50%, then applied some of the various filters. Even jpegged, the file is pretty big. To see which films are represented and to get a good look at things like grain and the lines in Polachrome, you will need to see “all size” button, then open up as “original.” You can move the large view around on your screen and see the different color shades of the different iterations.
In scratching out a 64-61 win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday evening at the HU Convocation Center, the Hampton University men's basketball team snapped its six-game losing streak.
The Pirates improved to 9-14 overall and 5-5 in the MEAC on the season.
Head coach Edward Joyner Jr. won his 91st career game in the process, becoming the program's all-time winningest Div. I coach – surpassing Steve Merfeld.
Guard Reginald Johnson registered his second straight 20-point game, leading all Pirate scorers with 21 points on 7-for-15 shooting. Guard/forward Dwight Meikle added 16 points and a team-high 11 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.
Guard Deron Powers added 11 points and four assists.
The Pirates shot 44.2 percent (23-for-52) from the floor – thanks in large part to a 14-for-25 effort (56.0 percent) in the second half. Hampton scored 25 points off of 16 UMES turnovers, and Hampton held a 26-22 edge in points in the paint.
A layup from Devin Martin with 2:14 left in the game tied the contest at 58-58, before Johnson answered with 1:11 left by converting an acrobatic 3-point play to put the Pirates up 61-58. Dominique Elliott cut that lead to 61-60 with a jumper with 55 seconds left.
But Meikle put his stamp on the game with 42 seconds left, finding space on the fast break before floating in the air, making it look as if he would finger-roll the ball into the hoop, before slamming the ball home with one hand to give the Pirates a 63-60 lead.
The two teams traded free throws down the stretch, but Martin missed both of his 3-pointers in the closing moments to hand the Pirates the hard-fought win.
The UMES led much of the night, though – particularly in the first half. The Hawks opened the game with six straight – thanks to back-to-back 3-pointers from Ryan Andino – before the Pirates cut the lead to 6-5 on a jumper in the paint from junior forward Jervon Pressley.
The Hawks opened the game back up, taking a 22-10 lead at the 8:37 mark after a 3-pointer from Martin. A dunk from Michael Myers and a layup from Devon Walker gave UMES a 29-16 lead with 2:39 left in the half.
But Hampton scored the last seven points of the frame – a jumper and 3-pointer from Meikle and a jumper from Powers – to cut UMES' lead to 29-23 at the break.
That momentum carried into the second half, as the Pirates cut UMES' lead to one on three separate occasions before taking their first lead of the night on a Johnson layup with 15:12 left – putting Hampton up 36-35.
Johnson then hit a trey to put the Pirates up 39-35 at the 13:32 mark.
Johnson added a layup with 13:14 remaining to give the Pirates a 41-37 lead, before UMES went on a 10-1 run to take a 47-42 lead with 10:39 left to play after a dunk from Elliott. Elliott later gave the UMES a 53-48 lead at the 6:29 mark with a free throw.
After a pair of Martin free throws gave the Hawks a 55-50 lead, the Pirates went on a 7-0 spurt, taking a 57-55 lead with 3:13 left to play after a jumper from Powers.
Red Weasel Media was sitting on the baseline to capture all of the high flying action. Go Pirates!
John Smucker of Taneytown, Md., leads a tree planting at a farm near Fountain Rock Park in Walkersville, Md., on Oct. 25, 2014. Smucker is a technology education teacher at Northwest Middle School in Taneytown, and spends about 700 hours a year planting trees through Stream-Link Education, the nonprofit he created. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Vancouver Coastal Health is working to reduce the use of Tobacco in all communities. This display was set up at at the the post-parade Sunset Beach Pride Festival.
Vancouver Coastal Health supports LGBT2SQ communities across our service area.
We show our support not only by expressing our pride, but also by offering a number of health services designed to meet the specific needs of LGBT2SQ community members. Visit our website to find out more.
City of Austin employees set a record in celebration of the Build A Backpack program’s 10th anniversary. The all-volunteer school supplies drive assists students receiving free and reduced-priced lunches whose families often struggle to provide necessary supplies. More than 10,000 backpacks w/supplies have been donated to AISD in the 10 year program.
George Hastings, of Baltimore, Md., poses at Nick's Oyster Bar inside Cross Street Market in Baltimore on Feb. 23, 2015. Hastings is a two-time national champion oyster shucker, and has been shucking since the 1970s. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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The DOT Urban Art Program presented artist Chang-Jin Lee's work "Comfort Women Wanted" on one of the DOT Urban Art Program's art display structures in a temporary plaza located at 14th Street and 9th Avenue in Manhattan for one month starting on May 6, 2013. Based on the artist's interaction with comfort women survivors and a former Japanese solider from WWII, "Comfort Women Wanted" sheds light on one of the largest cases of female trafficking in the 20th century.
During WWII, young women from Asia and the Netherlands were kidnapped, imprisoned and forced to cater to the needs of the Japanese Imperial Army. By some estimates, only 30% of these women survived the "comfort stations." For the project "Comfort Women Wanted," ad-like posters depict black & white portraits of Asian comfort women survivors. The title and text reference Asian newspapers' comfort women advertisements that were circulated during the war. The project promotes awareness of the comfort women, some of whom are still alive today, and examines a history that has been largely forgotten.
To further explore the complexities of this project, visit Lee's one day screening at Hauser & Wirth Gallery on May 29th.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Art Display Structure
Comfort Women Wanted by Chang-Jin Lee
14th Street and 9th Avenue, Manhattan
nyc.gov/urbanart
changjinlee.net
09/04/2019 01:51 PM EDT
MS ORTAGUS: Hey, everybody. Good morning. So I’m going to bring Brian Hook to the podium here to give a statement, and then he’s going to take your questions. That’s all we’re going to do today. It’s going to be very focused on Iran. And welcome back, Happy post-Labor Day. Great to see all of you.
Brian.
MR HOOK: Thank you, Morgan. Today, the United States Government is intensifying our maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran. First, we are announcing a reward of up to $15 million for any person who helps us disrupt the financial operations of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and Qods Force.
This offer is being made through the State Department’s Rewards for Justice Program. This program gives individuals an incentive to work with the United States to bring terrorists to justice and to prevent acts of terrorism globally. Rewards for Justice has paid more than $150 million to over 100 people in return for information that either prevented acts of terrorism or brought people to justice. And the program’s motto is: Stop a terrorist, save lives.
Today’s announcement is historic. It’s the first time that the United States has offered a reward for information that disrupts a government entity’s financial operations. We have taken this step because the IRGC operates more like a terrorist organization than it does a government. The IRGC and the Qods Force were designated as a foreign terrorist organization in April, and this put them in the same category as many of the terrorist groups that they actively support, such as Hizballah and Hamas.
The IRGC trains, funds, and equips proxy organizations across the Middle East. Iran wants these groups to extend the borders of the regime’s revolution and sow chaos and sectarian violence. We are using every available diplomatic and economic tool to disrupt these operations.
In addition to announcing individual rewards of up to $15 million against the IRGC and the Qods Force, the United States today is also taking sweeping action against an IRGC/QF oil-for-terror network. The IRGC has been running an illicit petroleum shipping network over the last several months. This network has moved hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of illicit oil. That money is then used to fund terrorism.
In recent months, the shipping network used more than a dozen tankers to export nearly 10 million barrels of crude oil, largely to Syria to support Assad. These shipments sold for more than half a billion dollars. The Department of the Treasury today designated more than 25 entities and individuals and 11 vessels involved in this shipping network. The names of these entities and vessels are now listed on Treasury’s website. Those who engage in transactions with these entities, individuals, and vessels are now exposed to U.S. sanctions.
Secretary Pompeo has said many times that we will sanction any sanctionable activity, and taking down this shipping network is another example of delivering on that commitment. The actions today follow the recent sanctioning of Chinese firm Zhuhai Zhenrong and its chief executive for importing Iranian oil.
The maritime community should be aware that the Qods Force uses deceptive practices to move its illicit cargo. It cloaks the origin of its oil. It falsifies documents. And it hides the location of its vessels by turning off transponders, which violates international maritime law and is a threat to safety on the high seas. Vessels tied to the shipping network have tried to pass Iranian oil off as Iraqi oil. Countless Iranian vessels have gone dark just before delivering illicit cargo to places like Syria and to China. Deception is at the heart of the Qods Force shipping network.
Every port operator, ship owner, and management company should steer clear of the targets identified today. The economic and the reputational cost that result from U.S. sanctions are not worth the modest gains of doing business with Iran.
The reward I announced earlier gives members of the maritime community a new tool to help us combat Iran’s oil-for-terror network. We urge any person with information that leads to the disruption of Iran’s petroleum shipping network to contact us. You can submit a tip by visiting rewardsforjustice.net.
This includes information that leads to disrupting vessels like the Adrian Darya, which was formerly known as the Grace 1. This vessel was released by Gibraltar based on guarantees provided by the Iranian Government that it would not deliver its oil to Syria, which is exactly where it appears to be headed now.
Last Friday, the United States Government sanctioned the captain of the Adrian Darya for providing material support to a terrorist organization. The criminal liability and immigration consequences of crewing Iranian tankers are real and not worth the risk.
It’s important that we not lose sight of the big picture. Sanctions on Iran are designed to deny the regime revenue to fund its foreign operations and to bring it back to the negotiating table to reach a new and comprehensive deal.
I’m happy to take a few questions.
MS ORTAGUS: Matt.
QUESTION: Hi. Brian, thank you. I’ve got two questions on slightly different things. But first one on the reward, I’m a little confused as to what kind of information you’re looking for from people, because it would seem to me that the U.S. intelligence community already has enough information to disrupt IRGC finances. I mean, what could the average person – I mean, if they lived in Gibraltar or something, they open their window and see an Iranian-flagged ship, they can call and get 15 – or maybe get $15 million? What kind of information could you imagine would be rewardable?
And then secondly, there seems to be concern in the anti-Iran deal crowd that the President is going to be conned by foreign leaders, i.e., the president of France, and a network of deep state actors within this building and the Treasury, that the President is going to be conned into keeping the Iran deal alive. Is that true? Is it this alleged deep state belief that the President is that manipulatable? Thank you.
MR HOOK: So let me take the first question. The Rewards for Justice Program, as I said, we’ve had over 100 individuals who have received payments. In total we’ve spent over $150 million. If you go to the website, you can take a look at the program overview, and they give specific examples of people who have given actionable intelligence that has disrupted terrorist operations.
We know in the case of Iran and the Qods Force that it uses its oil – the IRGC gets the revenue and the Qods Force, and then they spend it in places like Syria and on Hizballah and Hamas and on the Houthis in Yemen and proxies in Iraq and Syria. And so that’s why we’re calling it an oil-for-terror network.
There are so many touch points along sort of the chain that moves from when the oil is loaded and when it reaches its destination – the crews, the captains, the people who re-provision ships, et cetera. There are many people who are involved in that, and it’s often the tips that you don’t think are going to lead to something big that often do.
QUESTION: So like if I’m a dock worker in Cyprus or something and I see something that I think might be —
MR HOOK: You can use your imagination. There are many possibilities.
QUESTION: All right. And then on the second one?
MR HOOK: The President left the Iran deal because it provided Iran with a pathway to achieve a nuclear weapon. He’s been very clear that it is a bad deal. We have much more leverage outside of the deal to achieve our goal of preventing Iran from ever getting a nuclear weapon than we had inside the deal.
The President would very much like to see a diplomatic resolution to this. It would be helpful if Iran would meet our diplomacy with diplomacy instead of kinetic force. As the President has made clear, we do not want to see a conflict in the Middle East, but we’re also going to intensify our maximum pressure campaign because Iran – we need to deny it the revenue it needs to fund its foreign policy.
And it also, as history shows, is the principal means by which you bring Iran back to the negotiating table. The President would like to negotiate a new and better deal that will address the range of threats that Iran presents to peace and security – the nuclear program, the missile program, the regional aggression, and the arbitrary detention of American citizens.
QUESTION: Yeah. But the concern about this unelected cadre of people who are running around trying to subvert the President’s intention, is there any truth to that? And —
MR HOOK: I can only speak for the State Department, and the State Department – the President enjoys the full support of the State Department and the work that Secretary Pompeo does on behalf of American citizens.
MS ORTAGUS: Since Hudson actually showed up to a briefing, we’ll go to him next. (Laughter.)
QUESTION: Thank you very much. Brian, since, as you said, the President wants to negotiate, do moves like this chip away at the – any sort of positive environment that might take place ahead of a leader-level meeting that he said would be very soon?
MR HOOK: No, I don’t think it does because if you look at the history, the 40-year history of the Islamic Republic, they’re very good at cat-and-mouse diplomacy; they’re very good at nuclear extortion. And so the deadline is coming up on September 6. I think they’ve talked about – I saw something today that they may be giving Europe another couple of months. We believe this is nuclear extortion. Iran does not need to enrich fissile material to have a peaceful nuclear program. That’s why the first demand of the Secretary’s 12 demands is no enrichment.
And so if you look at the history of this, Iran never comes back to the negotiating table without diplomatic pressure – diplomatic isolation and economic pressure or the threat of military force. That’s just been the history of it. And so we will continue, as we have today, to deny the regime revenue, to drive up the costs of its malign behavior, and we think that this creates the right atmosphere that will lead eventually to talks. But that’s a decision that the Iranians have to make.
MS ORTAGUS: Rich.
QUESTION: Thanks. Hi, Brian.
MR HOOK: Hi, Rich.
QUESTION: Is there a point, or at what point when it comes to Iran and its nuclear enrichment does the United States expect the E3 to respond, those in the context of the deal?
MR HOOK: Respond in what way? What do you mean?
QUESTION: Respond by snapping back sanctions or anything specifically related to Iran’s nuclear activities.
MR HOOK: Well, we are outside of the Iran deal. The E3 are still in the deal; they continue with talks with Iran that is in material breach of it. We’re not a party to those talks, but I am in regular contact with our counterparts in the E3. We share the same threat assessment. They do not want Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. They do not support Iran’s regional aggression. They do not support Iran’s ballistic missile testing. They don’t support Iran’s missile proliferation. They also don’t support Iran’s arbitrary detention of dual nationals.
So we agree on much more than we disagree. For those that are left in the deal, they’ll have to decide how to best to achieve their national security objectives. We know that being outside of the deal helps us to achieve ours much better.
MS ORTAGUS: Let’s give one of the ladies a chance. Go ahead.
QUESTION: Hi, Brian. Thank you.
MR HOOK: Hello.
QUESTION: So considering the fact that you guys are rolling out these sanctions today saying that they’re designed to deny the regime revenue, and then at the same time we’re hearing reports that President Macron is meeting with the Iranians to offer them a $15 billion bailout to stay in the deal, how do you square those two things? They seem like they would counteract one another directly.
MR HOOK: No, I don’t think it – it doesn’t counter – it doesn’t contradict it at all. The President very much would like to resolve our differences with Iran diplomatically. He has been in regular touch with leaders around the world, including Prime Minister Abe, President Macron, Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He meets regularly with a range of people. As I said, we all share the same threat assessment. We have the same concerns, especially with our European allies. I think we have tactical disagreements on how to achieve those. But there is – there is no concrete proposal that has been generated.
There have been a number of meetings. The President enjoyed his visit with President Macron. He’s very much open to a number of options, but what we really need to see, we have to see a change in Iranian behavior, which we still haven’t seen yet. And so the President, over the last couple of years, has said many times that he would be glad to meet with the Iranians, but the Iranians have to make a decision about whether they want to start behaving like a normal nation, and that’s a decision that only Iran can make. We hope that they will, and when they do, we will be prepared to negotiate a deal.
QUESTION: And is now the time for France to be conducting these kinds of conversations?
MR HOOK: That’s a question for France. The United States is – we are sort of very focused on our national security objectives and we’re happy with the progress we’re making to achieve them.
MS ORTAGUS: Go ahead.
QUESTION: Brian, hey.
MR HOOK: Nick.
QUESTION: Can you rule out that the U.S. would be willing to provide waivers to allow the $15 billion credit line offer to proceed?
MR HOOK: That would be – in light of our actions today, I think that speaks rather clearly. We announced new sanctions today. We’ve announced —
MS ORTAGUS: And yesterday.
MR HOOK: And yesterday. We did sanctions yesterday. We did sanctions Friday. We did sanctions today. There will be more sanctions coming. We can’t make it any more clear that we are committed to this campaign of maximum pressure, and we are not looking to grant any exceptions or waivers. We made it very clear that when we were done with our SREs – these are the oil waivers – when those were gone, those were gone. And so we’ve ended those and we’re very focused on our maximum pressure campaign.
QUESTION: Right, but there’s a – there’s quite a bit of ambiguity about your attitude toward this $15 million program. On a background call just now, an administration official said it was too early to tell. You yourself are saying there’s no concrete proposal on the table. The President seemed to be suggesting that he supported it when he spoke in Biarritz. So, I mean, is this is an idea that you’re willing to consider?
MR HOOK: I think what the President said is that when the conditions are right – and we’ve laid out very clearly what those conditions are and you see them in Secretary Pompeo’s list of 12 demands. So our focus is on those various buckets of the nuclear program, missiles, regional aggression, and hostage taking. And so that is the area where we need to see some progress. That’s our focus. The maximum pressure campaign helps us to achieve those.
MS ORTAGUS: Francesco.
QUESTION: Hi, thanks. Hi, Brian.
MR HOOK: Yeah, Francesco.
QUESTION: So when there will be a French proposal or a European proposal for this credit line, will you be ready to assess any possibility to green-light it from the U.S. stance? And also, do you also still think that a leader-level meeting is possible with Iran in the next couple of weeks, as said in Biarritz?
MR HOOK: Yeah, there is no concrete proposal.
QUESTION: But when there will be one, are you ready to assess the possibility of green-lighting?
MR HOOK: We have no idea if there will be one. There is no proposal, and so we’re not going to comment on something that doesn’t exist.
And then what was the other one? The President has said many times that he is – he wants to resolve our differences diplomatically. He has said many times that he is open to meeting with the Iranians. He has now met twice with Kim Jong-un. He very much believes —
QUESTION: Three times.
MR HOOK: Huh?
QUESTION: Three times.
MR HOOK: Three times, sorry. Three times he’s met with him, making my point even stronger. Steve Biegun should be up here for this. So he obviously is somebody who believes very much in bilateral diplomacy. There’s nothing more that needs to be said on it.
MS ORTAGUS: Do you have time for one more?
MR HOOK: Yeah, of course. I’m glad to take one or two more.
MS ORTAGUS: Said, are you going to actually ask about Iran?
QUESTION: Yes. (Laughter.) I mean, I write about everything. I wanted to ask you actually about conflict. You said that the President’s trying to avoid conflict. How do you view the Israeli attack of Iraq or Iranian positions in Iraq?
MR HOOK: Well, here’s how we view it.
QUESTION: Do you view this as pushing the United States and Iran towards a global conflict?
MR HOOK: The IRGC and Qods Force that we sanctioned today, again, is leveraging its foothold in Syria to threaten Israel and its neighbors, and so Israel has an inherent right of self-defense, to take action to prevent imminent attacks against their assets in the region and also to protect their own people. And so we very much support what Israel is doing.
QUESTION: But on Iraq, sir, because apparently the Iraqi air space is supposedly protected by American assets or the American airpower.
MR HOOK: The position on that is the United States had no role in the alleged attacks in Iraq, nor is it clear who carried out the strikes. Statements alleging a U.S. role in these events are false.
MS ORTAGUS: Okay —
MR HOOK: I can do one more.
MS ORTAGUS: Okay, NPR.
QUESTION: I have one quick question about China. The Chinese announced a $280 billion investment in Iran’s oil sector. I’m wondering what you think of that. And then quickly to follow up on this idea of a meeting, I mean, the President said he was open to have a meeting in the coming weeks. Is there any —
MS ORTAGUS: He’s been saying that for a long time.
QUESTION: I know, but I mean —
MS ORTAGUS: To be fair, he’s said that for —
QUESTION: — it was sounding more imminent when he was in Biarritz. Is there any diplomatic leg work? Have you reached out to the Iranians about setting up such a meeting?
MR HOOK: So on the first question of – what was it?
MS ORTAGUS: China.
QUESTION: China.
MR HOOK: China. We will sanction any sanctionable activity. We’ve already done that once with China, and so that is our policy. We’ve demonstrated that many times since we have left the deal, and we will continue to sanction any sanctionable activity. And we also don’t preview our sanctions.
On the second question. As Morgan said, he’s said it so many times that he is open to meetings. I don’t think – that’s an open secret that the President is very open to doing meetings with the Iranians. The Iranians – this is really a question for them. I think it was as recently as today that they expressed no interest in such a meeting. Iran has rejected diplomacy too many times. When Prime Minister Abe was in Japan, he went – he asked the President if he could make the trip. It was the first visit of a Japanese prime minister to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The supreme leader, he met with him. The supreme leader put out five tweets rejecting Prime Minister Abe and his diplomacy. And then just for good measure, he bombed a Japanese oil tanker while Prime Minister Abe was still in Iran.
You’ve seen also various leaders who’ve also attempted to try to get Iran to de-escalate, and they’ve not succeeded. So the President’s very comfortable with our foreign policy. Iran doesn’t like it. Iran is not used being told no. They have had a very long run of many years executing a foreign policy without impunity. And the United States, this administration, is standing up —
QUESTION: With impunity.
MR HOOK: With impunity. Very good correction, Matt. With impunity. And so we are standing up to that in ways that don’t have any historic precedent, and it is not a surprise that Iran doesn’t like it and they’re acting out in very kinetic ways, which is also something which is sort of an evergreen in Iran’s playbook. They’ve been doing this for many decades.
So we’re going to stick with our policy. We’re very comfortable with the progress we’ve made. We know that we are making contributions to peace and security every day that we run this policy.
MS ORTAGUS: Thanks, guys.
MR HOOK: Thank you.
Spotlight Program's Board hosted students for breakfast on the first day of #GSUnited Homecoming 2016.
Wildland Firefighters on Rappel capable crews, come from all over the nation each spring to train at the National Helicopter Rappel Program’s Rappel Academy at Salmon AirBase, in Salmon, Idaho.
Wildland fire aircraft play a critical role in supporting firefighters on wildland fires. Helicopters also deliver aerial crews called Heli-Rappellers to wildland fires. These are specially trained firefighters that rappel from helicopters in order to effectively and quickly respond to fires in remote terrain.
Heli-Rappellers may land near a wildfire but if there is no landing zone close by they can utilize their skills to rappel from the hoovering helicopter. Once on the ground, crews build firelines using hand tools, chainsaws, and other firefighting tools. Forest Service photo by Charity Parks.
Agnes and Stephen Reading, who endow 10 nursing student scholarships annually through a donation to the WCC Foundation, received a tour of the program's lab and simulation technology.
Collards grow in a terraced row in the Gwinnett Technical College Horticulture Program's Learning Garden, in Lawrenceville, GA, on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015.
Gwinnett Technical College Horticulture Program's Learning Garden in Lawrenceville, GA, on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015. The field allows students to demonstrate a variety growing techniques. All the plants are edible produce and allows culinary students to learn the value of farm fresh produce resulting in future Farm to Table practices that emphasize the partnership between the two programs. Horticulture students will plan and schedule plantings to meet the needs of upcoming menus. Culinary students will harvest the produce they will prepare that day. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
This image is of the 1966 Rose Bowl program's cover. Printed on the cover is "Rose Bowl" "Michigan State vs UCLA" "January 1, 1966 * Pasadena, California * Official Program $1.00 (inc. tax)." It feature cartoon renditions of various college team mascots created by Walt Disney Productions.
January 1, 1966
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Spotlight Program's Board hosted students for breakfast on the first day of #GSUnited Homecoming 2016.
Nicholas DiPasquale, Director of the Chesapeake Bay Program, delivers the State of the Program address to the Chesapeake Executive Council, members of the public and the press at the Chesapeake Bay Program 2015 Executive Council Meeting at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2015. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Muriel McPherson updates the sign in front of Cecil Memorial Methodist Church, next to a new rain garden surrounding the church building in Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 17, 2014. The church worked with Spa Creek Conservancy to create the garden, which was installed by Severn Grove Ecological Design. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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The Wolf Pack volleyball team has won five conference championships in the program’s history. The ‘Pack plays in The Den on the Loyola’s campus in the heart of Uptown New Orleans.
Photos by Kyle Encar
Taken on September 9, 2015
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On the wall of the Cheerful Tortoise, a Portland State University hangout. PSU wrestling is one paint job away from obivion.
Collegiate wrestling is in decline on the West coast.
The first wrestling match we attended was at Portland State University. Now that program's been shut down, as has wrestling at the University of Oregon. Wrestling died at the University of Washington in about 1980.
I like wrestling because men can excel regardless of their stature. That's not true of many other sports.
It's also one of the few sports that hasn't been tainted by professionalism at the high school and college levels. It is and will remain a true amateur sport. They do it because they love the sport (hence the word "amateur"), not money or fame.
Here's an excerpt from a March 2009 newspaper article about the PSU team's demise:
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Even as he watched his team compete for perhaps the final time at this month's Pacific-10 Conference championships, Portland State wrestling coach Mike Haluska remained optimistic.
"I just had a really good feeling through all of this that it would work out," Haluska said.
Instead, the Portland State wrestling team was informed Wednesday by the university that it has been eliminated.
The news comes two months after PSU president Wim Wiewel created a seven-person task force to look into concerns with the wrestling program related to finances, academics and lack of success at the Division I level.
"This is very disappointing," Haluska said. "None of (the athletes) want to leave. They all want to wrestle at Portland State. Right now, they're obviously pretty down. But we're going to fight to keep it."
Portland State athletic director Torre Chisholm told the Vikings their fate in a 45-minute meeting Wednesday morning. The university task force recommended that wrestling become a club sport.
"I don't believe that it was any single area of concern that led to the decision, but a combined effect of all the problems," Chisholm said. "Added together, the wrestling program was in serious distress and the university lacks the resources to fix the many problems."
Portland State becomes the 15th college in Oregon to eliminate wrestling in the past 35 years, including the 670th in the nation, according to the National Wrestling Coaches Association. The University of Oregon cut its program after the 2007-08 season.
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Fort Hood Survivor Outreach Services, a model for the Army, holds 2nd annual Survivor Seminar & Good Grief Camp
By Rob McIlvaine
FMWRC Public Affairs
FORT HOOD, Texas – The 2010 Fort Hood Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp brought together nearly 300 Family members from as far away as South Korea, Alaska and Nebraska who joined other survivors in weekend-long program of comfort and support.
Included in this group were 120 youngsters ranging in age from four to 19 who participated in a full schedule of activities, each with a Soldier/Mentor who spent the entire two full days with them using the buddy system.
“We’ve had Families tell us, ‘We don’t want to sit around and cry,’ so based on their feedback and with the help of Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, our Survivor Outreach Services has grown considerably,” said Janeth Lopez, Fort Hood Survivor Outreach Services Program Manager.
Lynch, who is now the commanding general of the Installation Management Command, combined the efforts of several organizations and services to take care of military Families when he was the III Corps and Fort Hood Commander.
“One of the biggest challenges for an installation is acquiring the space needed to house the services required to adequately help surviving Families,” Lopez said.
Beginning in the spring of 2009, a series of events led to significant changes for surviving Families at Fort Hood.
First, the God Star Family Center’s organization, Helping Unite Gold Star Survivors (HUGSS) was replaced by SOS, a program which falls under the Army’s Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command.
“Along with the Casualty Assistance Center, HUGSS, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, and focus groups used to help form the program’s future, the Fort Hood SOS program began to take shape,” Lopez said.
The Fort Hood area of responsibility includes 175 counties in Texas. Because of the size, one of the first actions, after acquiring the large space to house their offices and Hall of Remembrance, was to hire a staff.
“Our local program was given a Program Manager position and an Office Assistant, two Support Coordinators who would help a Family with programs already existing within the Army, two Financial Counselors and two Family Life Coach positions who would help Families of fallen Soldiers cope with the impact of grief, loss and bereavement,” Lopez said.
For the second annual Survivor Seminar & Good Grief Camp, Fort Hood units, their Soldiers and area businesses pitched in to make the weekend memorable for all those attending.
Members of the Armed Services YMCA volunteered their time to cook beef brisket from six in the morning on Saturday until four in the afternoon when the pulled brisket, baked beans, hot dogs and salad were served up for free.
One of the guys pulling out the brisket and wrapping it up in tin foil for further baking was retired Army Sgt. Maj. David Clemons, who was 1st Cavalry Command Sergeant Major from 2006 to 2008.
“I’ve got some guys in there on the wall at the Hall of Remembrance and I just enjoy giving back,” Clemons said as he jabbed a long fork into a brisket with a hearty smile on his face.
Other units joining were Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment, pilots of an Apache Attack helicopter from the 21st Cavalry, a couple of tanks including an M1 A2 SEP V2, a team of Army bridge builders, the Army band, and dogs and their Soldier handlers from the Army K-9 corps. Local businesses included Westbound, a rock and roll band, and Veteran Sound, a group of veterans who handled music mixing and speakers for the band.
“In the three months I’ve been here at SOS the ball has really begun to roll and is now creating a landslide,” Financial Counselor Duane Atchison said of the program.
“Thanks to Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch who started the ball rolling, the interaction of units here on base and the chaplain, this program will do nothing but get stronger and become a major support system for surviving Families,” Atchison said.
During the first day’s opening general session, TAPS Director of Training Darcie Sims told the surviving Families that no matter where or how a Soldier died, everyone was there to listen and to help.
“It is not how someone died that brought us here. None of us wanted to be here. Whatever happened that cost them their life, it did not cost them our love,” Sims said.
“Many of us here maybe never got a chance to say ‘I’m sorry’ or you didn’t get a chance to say ‘goodbye.’ Tonight after dinner and the Soldier Show, we’ll all get a chance to yell up to the heavens, ‘Goodbye, I love you,’” Sims said.
Following two full days of sessions where Families spent time sharing their stories and learning how to cope through meditation, games, exercise and dance, the time for the balloon release finally arrived.
Messages to their loved ones were attached to balloons and they took to the field.
Wayne, a child of a Soldier who had fallen, had no problem announcing what he had written to his father as his Soldier/Mentor David Riecke helped him get ready to release his balloon.
“I miss you,” Wayne said.
Berenice Rodriguez
Nursing
How would you describe your WSSU experience?
My time at WSSU has been an amazing journey. I have learned so much about myself in these four years. My courses have been challenging and my professors have always pushed me to be better.
What were some of your favorite parts of your college experience?
My favorite part of my college experience has been the people I have met in college both faculty and students. They have all taken part in my success in college.
What was it like to study in China and Brazil?
Studying abroad got me out of my comfort zone and taught me that learning does not always happen in a classroom. I learned about the world and the different cultures that I was surrounded by. I became more understanding of other cultures and I also had a chance to share my own culture with the world.
How did study abroad enhance your college experience and prepare you for your next step?
Thanks to studying abroad I was able to make my resume Stand out. I showed that I am able to work with people from varies backgrounds and that I am culturally competent. After studying abroad, I also decided to pursue a minor in Portuguese which also made me trilingual ; thus making me competitive for the job marker.
What obstacles did you face while pursuing your degree?
It was not easy to be away from home. Although my hometown, Charlotte, is only an hour and a half away due to my classes and clinical I was not able to spend as much time with my family as I would of liked to.
What are your plans after graduation?
After graduation I will start working as a nurse . I have been offer a job at Presbyterian Hospital back in my home town for which I am very grateful. Eventually I would like to become a travel nurse.
Are there any particular faculty, coaches, mentors, or staff that made a difference in your life?
The Office of International Programs has become like a second home to me. Deana Brim, Rickford Grant, and Jodi Sekhon have become my fa
Teen campers at the Virginia National Guard Teen Wilderness Adventure Camp ride a zip line through the forest June 25, 2013 at Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Landing in New Castle, Va. The Virginia National Guard Youth Program partnered with Operation Military Kids to provide 60 children of Virginia National Guard service members four days of outdoor adventures June 23-27, including mountain biking, kayaking, inner tubes, ropes courses and zip lines. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
The DOT Urban Art Program presented artist Chang-Jin Lee's work "Comfort Women Wanted" on one of the DOT Urban Art Program's art display structures in a temporary plaza located at 14th Street and 9th Avenue in Manhattan for one month starting on May 6, 2013. Based on the artist's interaction with comfort women survivors and a former Japanese solider from WWII, "Comfort Women Wanted" sheds light on one of the largest cases of female trafficking in the 20th century.
During WWII, young women from Asia and the Netherlands were kidnapped, imprisoned and forced to cater to the needs of the Japanese Imperial Army. By some estimates, only 30% of these women survived the "comfort stations." For the project "Comfort Women Wanted," ad-like posters depict black & white portraits of Asian comfort women survivors. The title and text reference Asian newspapers' comfort women advertisements that were circulated during the war. The project promotes awareness of the comfort women, some of whom are still alive today, and examines a history that has been largely forgotten.
To further explore the complexities of this project, visit Lee's one day screening at Hauser & Wirth Gallery on May 29th.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Art Display Structure
Comfort Women Wanted by Chang-Jin Lee
14th Street and 9th Avenue, Manhattan
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changjinlee.net
Members of the family-owned Misty Meadows Farm Creamery in Smithsburg, Md., host a tour of the 500-acre farm on Oct. 2, 2016. The tour was part of the 2016 Chesapeake Watershed Forum. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Teen campers at the Virginia National Guard Teen Wilderness Adventure Camp ride a zip line through the forest June 25, 2013 at Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Landing in New Castle, Va. The Virginia National Guard Youth Program partnered with Operation Military Kids to provide 60 children of Virginia National Guard service members four days of outdoor adventures June 23-27, including mountain biking, kayaking, inner tubes, ropes courses and zip lines. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
IU Kokomo's new women's soccer team hosted Huntington University for its first ever soccer match on September 28. The Cougars lost 4-1 but Keely Hoopingarner scored the program's first goal in the second minute of the second half.
As part of the NYC DOT’s Urban Art Program’s Asphalt Art Activation initiative, NY Cares and the DOT Bike Share Program present “Lovely to See You” by Brooklyn-based artist Emily Caisip at the Franklin Street Bike Share station. On the first day of the two day installation, the DOT Bike Share staff primed the site with a vibrant blue color. On the second day, NY Cares volunteers assisted in the implementation of the colorful red leaf design. The leaf pattern was inspired by leaves that are strewn about on many of our New York City streets. The placement of the leaves was spontaneous, while creating a sense of order and pattern at the same time. This project was the first for the Asphalt Art Activation initiative, which activates asphalt with murals around bike share stations throughout the city.
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Lovely to See You by Emily Caisip
Presented with NY Cares and the DOT Bike Share Program
Asphalt on Franklin Street between West Broadway and Varick Street, Manhattan
Brewery Ommegang brewery manager Joe Poliseno holds handfuls of light and dark hops used to make beer at Ommegang in Cooperstown, N.Y., on May 21, 2015. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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On 7th May 2015 The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), East Africa hosted the program’s Independent Science Panel (ISP) and Program Management Committee (PMC) at the Nyando Climate-Smart Villages in Kenya, one of the region’s learning sites. The team visited farmers to see the uptake of various climate- smart technologies that have made them food secure and increased their adaptive capacity to climate variability. The climate –smart farmers have not only increased their yields but have also become champion farmers (examples) for the community to emulate.
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Photo: V.Atakos (CCAFS)
This image is of the 1988 Rose Bowl program's cover. Printed on the front is "The 74th Rose Bowl Game" "USC vs Michigan State" "January 1, 1988 Pasadena, California $4.00."
January 1, 1988
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Volunteers plant a newly-constructed rain garden, including roughly 25 native trees, at St. Martin's Lutheran Church School in Annapolis, Md., on November 7, 2009. "The largest part of the [pollution] problem is coming off of private property. And we as volunteers can go into another volunteer organization like a church and we can find a lot of resources and a lot of people to help," said Mel Wilkins of Spa Creek Conservancy, which collaborated with Betty Knupp and members of the St. Martin's Garden Club. (Photo by Alicia Pimental/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Colorado Lt. Governor Primavera and U.S. Army Adjutant Brig. Gen Laura Clellan exit one of the 233rd trailers during a tour of the 233rd Space Group Dec. 9, 2022, Greeley Air National Guard Station, Greeley, CO. The 233rd Space Group utilizes Mobile Ground Systems, designed to work with the Defense Support Program's early warning satellites to provide survivable missile warning and attack assessment data to NORAD in the event of war.
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A snail crawls along a trail on Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park in Madison County, Va., on May 15, 2016. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft onboard is seen on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) mission is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the Landsat Program's 40-year data record of monitoring the Earth's landscapes from space. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch Feb. 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Pervious pavers lines the walkway to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, Va., on April 15, 2015. Completed in 2014, the center features numerous sustainable features such as salvaged materials, zero stormwater runoff and both wind and solar energy generated on site. It is also the first building in the United States to turn rainwater into potable drinking water. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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JAXPORT CEO Brian Taylor joined Grimes Company President Michael O’Leary in leading a discussion about increasing job opportunities for individuals struggling to find work in Northeast Florida.
The Opening Doors program connects those who run into barriers while looking for work, such as veterans and the homeless, with open employment positions.
On Thursday, April 3, representatives from area trade and logistics companies met at JAXPORT to discuss ways to further the program’s reach and provide increased opportunities.
For more information about the Opening Doors initiative, email info@careersourcenortheastflorida.com.
Photo Credit: JAXPORT, Meredith Fordham Hughes
Law enforcement officers with a Special Program for Embassy Augmentation and Response (SPEAR) team from Niger run to their next position during the observer support/medical test at the Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) program’s first SPEAR Quick Response Force Summit Challenge, December 11, 2018, in Nairobi. The Diplomatic Security Service’s ATA trains SPEAR teams in participating nations to respond within minutes to emergencies involving U.S. diplomatic facilities or personnel. (51 Seconds photo)
Teen campers at the Virginia National Guard Teen Wilderness Adventure Camp ride a zip line through the forest June 25, 2013 at Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Landing in New Castle, Va. The Virginia National Guard Youth Program partnered with Operation Military Kids to provide 60 children of Virginia National Guard service members four days of outdoor adventures June 23-27, including mountain biking, kayaking, inner tubes, ropes courses and zip lines. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
Eighth-grader Alexius Pierce made the go-ahead layup in the game's last minute, and junior Diamonne Harris hit four straight free throws in the final 10 seconds as the Syracuse Academy of Science held off Allegany-Limestone, 55-50, in a Class C girls basketball state semifinal at Hudson Valley Community College.
The Section III-champion Atoms (20-4) will play in the 8-year-old program's first state final at 4 p.m. Saturday against Section IX champion Millbrook.
"It feels unbelievable," said Harris, who led all scorers with 20 points. "We worked so hard - day after day - it was all worth it. It feels so good."
"We just willed our way (to the win), said senior leader Lyrik Jackson, who scored 14 points, grabbed eight rebounds and made five steals for the Atoms. "Coach said keep pushing. We didn't want to go home."
SAS, which trailed by six points at the half (32-26) sparked its second-half offense with a pressing defense that forced Allegany-Limestone into 22 turnovers and yielded a dozen steals.
The #SASAtoms also held Gators' star senior center Morgan Davis to 14 points, about five below her season's average. Morgan only had six in the second half.
"Amazing. Just amazing," said #SASCS head coach Reggie Pickard. "I'm still kind of dreaming - like are we here or not, you know? We're doing everything possible to win a championship. We've worked hard for eight years, and here we are."
The Atoms trailed by as many as eight points late in the second quarter but caught the Gators just two minutes into the third using a press that started paying off in turnovers.
"Our pressure has been the key for us all year," Pickard said. "We force turnovers, make the game kind of ugly.
I thought if we pressured a little more in the second half it would harder for them to get the ball to their bigs."
Allegany-Limestone, from Section VI near Olean, still led by two at the start of the fourth quarter, but SAS sophomore Xyel Bradford's 3-pointer put the Atoms ahead, 41-40, with just under 7 minutes left. Pierce hit another huge three with 2:30 left to play that gave SAS a 47-46 advantage.
But the Gators continued to make big baskets, too, and Allegany-Limestone had a 50-49 lead, and the ball, with just under a minute left to play.
On the in-bounds play, Harris dove for a steal and somehow got the ball to Pierce, who drove in for what would turn out to be the winning points, making it 51-50, Atoms.
The Gators began fouling, but Harris proved worthy against the pressure, hitting two sets for free throws in the final eight seconds.
"It was very nerve-wracking, but we do this all of the time in practice," she said. "I have to stay calm."
Allegany-Limestone coach Frank Martin said his team just couldn't quite hold it together in the final minutes against the SAS quickness.
"I'd love to have the last minute and a half back," he said. "We weren't as good as we needed to be to close this game out. We just weren't as good as we needed to be at the end."
The Atoms had a scare in the final seconds when Jackson took a shot to her head when she went down chasing a loose ball and an Allegany-Limestone player fell on top of her. She had to be helped off the court but was up and talking in the aftermath.
Harris said she hoped to go swimming in the hotel pool later in the day, but her coach wasn't hearing it.
No, no. We're not going to do any swimming," he said, laughing. "Too much muscle movement. They got mad at me last night because I took their phones from them. I'm doing that again tonight, too."
Article posted at highschoolsports.syracuse.com/news/article/-7252830500074...
Midwife Kasech Negash and nurse Dinkineh Dawit listen closely to Zergu Tafese, USAID's Integrated Family Health Program's Regional Manager in SNNPR. The program provides technical, training, and financial support to government health centers across the vast region like this one in Wolayta.
Photo by Nena Terrell/USAID
Red raspberries grow vertically on suspended vines at the Horticulture Program's Learning Garden at Gwinnett Technical College, in Lawrenceville, GA, on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015.
Gwinnett Technical College Horticulture Program's Learning Garden in Lawrenceville, GA, on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015. The field allows students to demonstrate a variety growing techniques. All the plants are edible produce and allows culinary students to learn the value of farm fresh produce resulting in future Farm to Table practices that emphasize the partnership between the two programs. Horticulture students will plan and schedule plantings to meet the needs of upcoming menus. Culinary students will harvest the produce they will prepare that day. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
Photo of the Iowa State Liaison Officer Angela Leek during the NRC hosted 2019 National State Liaison Officers Conference in Rockville, Md.
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The Ford Case Competition (FCC), student-organized and run by the Ford Case Collective, is a 10-day consulting project in which teams of graduate public policy students compete against one another. Through the competition, students create implementable solutions to real-world policy problems facing a local government or nonprofit organization in Michigan. This year, the program’s first, sought to address ongoing parking concerns in the City of East Lansing, MI. On Friday, November 21, 2014, the final three teams presented their proposals to city administrators and a panel of Ford School faculty experts at the Joan and Sanford Weill Hall.
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Artist concept of the Ares I crew launch vehicle first stage. The launch vehicle's first stage is a single, five-segment reusable solid rocket booster, derived from the Space Shuttle Program's four-segment reusable solid rocket booster, which burns a specifically formulated and shaped solid propellant called polybutadiene acrylonitrile (PBAN). A newly designed forward adapter will mate the vehicle's first stage to the second, and will be equipped with booster separation motors to disconnect the stages during ascent.
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Photo of the Arkansas State Liaison Officer Bernard Bevill during the NRC hosted 2019 National State Liaison Officers Conference in Rockville, Md.
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