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The opening ceremony and official start of the Fourth Session of the Global Platform included a plenary on private sector for resilient societies, a high level dialogue, and featured events on optimizing financing for disaster risk management, an informal plenary on the post-2015 DRR framework, strengthening partnerships for small island developing states, and public-private partnerships.
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The opening ceremony and official start of the Fourth Session of the Global Platform included a plenary on private sector for resilient societies, a high level dialogue, and featured events on optimizing financing for disaster risk management, an informal plenary on the post-2015 DRR framework, strengthening partnerships for small island developing states, and public-private partnerships.
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The opening ceremony and official start of the Fourth Session of the Global Platform included a plenary on private sector for resilient societies, a high level dialogue, and featured events on optimizing financing for disaster risk management, an informal plenary on the post-2015 DRR framework, strengthening partnerships for small island developing states, and public-private partnerships.
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Kassym Jomart Tokayev ( left ) Director-general to the United Nations Office at Geneva ( UNOG ) with Jan Eliasson, ( right ) Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, before the Openning Ceremony of the United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction ( UNISDR ) at the International Conference Center of Geneva. 21 May 2013. Photo by Jean-Marc Ferré
Morgan taking the pottery from the kiln to the second firing (in paper and wood chips - you try to go fast, you don't want the piece to cool too much. This fire is called the reduction fire, the oxygen is used up changing the colors and also leaving patterns - you have no control over this reaction. If you want Crackle you take the piece from the kiln and let the pot cool a minute or so and the glazes crackle and the reduction fire turns these line black ( un-glazed clay turns black).
Stress reduction exercises have been linked to many health benefits, but lower blood pressure may not be one of them. A new study found eight weeks of mindfulness meditation had no effect on people with slightly elevated blood pressure who were not yet taking medication.
Reference: www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/04/us-meditation-idUSBRE9...
The opening ceremony and official start of the Fourth Session of the Global Platform included a plenary on private sector for resilient societies, a high level dialogue, and featured events on optimizing financing for disaster risk management, an informal plenary on the post-2015 DRR framework, strengthening partnerships for small island developing states, and public-private partnerships.
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Three Malaysian cities -- Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Melaka -- were named Role Model Cities as part of the United Nations-led “Making Resilient Cities” campaign, which was launched during Malaysia’s National Disaster Awareness Day celebrations from 18 to 19 February.
Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Melaka were chosen for their ability to meet and inspire others around the world to take up ten essential actions that reduce disaster risk. These include: investing in and maintaining, critical infrastructure; regularly assessing the safety of schools and health facilities; and ensuring education programmes and training on disaster risk reduction; among others.
Sofia, six, sits with her little sister Suada, 24 months old, on her lap. Sofia took her sister to the Save the Children outreach center in Lagbogol, Kenya. Their mother left with their surviving livestock and Sofia is now in charge of looking after her sister.
Suada is malnourished and she, and her family, rely on the food and medicine they receive from Save the Children.
A lot of people from the area where they live have lost the livestock on which they depend for their livelihood.
This was one of them snowball effect moment I found that the inner wings had some cracks in so I took out the top front shock absorber mounts to found some more hole but in the mounts themselves
Video commissioned by the record label Cronica, for the track "118(Reduction/Reflection)” from "Three-Body Problem” album by @C.
Project URL: visiophone-lab.com/wp/?portfolio=reductionreflection
Audio-reactive graphics, rendered in real-time on Processing. A group of particles are driven by a flow-field that reacts to sound's amplitude. Along the track the particles move around the screen with unpredictable paths generated by the sound inputs on the flow-field. Different types of visualizations are explored: the particles, the flow-field, and Voronoi cells created by the particles’ positions.
Created in Processing (works on v3), captured and recorder with Syphon. Voronoi cells made with Mesh library by Lee Byron.
Processing code here: github.com/visiophone/Reduction_Reflection
Inspired by: The "Nature of Code” by Daniel Shiffman (in fact this project started over the code example “FlowField” on chapter 6); ++ The amazing recent work of Raven Know with Voronoi, Particles, and other weird moving things.
Music:
"Reduction/Reflection" by @C. Harp by Angelica V. Salvi. Trumpet by Susana Santos Silva.
Not sure I like this one. After looking at it for over a week in its various stages, I'm sick of it. But now it's done, and I can get on with the next one!
6-color reduction woodcut (2 blocks); 6 x 8 inches.
The new frame had holes predrilled for the gyro control board meaning it was easy to mount. I used silicon hard drive grommets between the frame and the board in an attempt to reduce vibration. My feelings are the friction from the plastic screws (the whole frame is held together with plastic screws) probably still transmits the vibrations to the board. I need another solution.
The girl in the photo is clearly disturbed by something, obvious from the body language. My interpretation of reduction was not to include the cause in shot. But what was it?
Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
Refers to a method used to minimise NOx particulates in exhaust emissions. An aqueous urea solution is injected into the exhaust gas upstream of the SCR catalytic converter, resulting in the production of ammonia and carbon dioxide. In the SCR catalytic converter, the ammonia produced in this way reacts with the NOx particulates in the exhaust gas to produce water and nitrogen.
Selektive katalytische Reduktion (SCR)
Bezeichnet ein Verfahren zur Minimierung des Stickoxid-Gehalts (NOx) in den Abgasen. Eine Harnstoff-Wasser-Lösung wird vor dem SCR-Katalysator in den Abgasstrom eingespritzt, wodurch Ammoniak und Kohlendioxid entstehen. Im SCR-Katalysator reagiert der so entstandene Ammoniak mit dem NOx im Abgas zu Wasser und Stickstoff.
Nikki Kay, during the Openning Ceremony of the United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction ( UNISDR ) at the International Conference Center of Geneva. 21 May 2013. Photo by Jean-Marc Ferré
The opening ceremony and official start of the Fourth Session of the Global Platform included a plenary on private sector for resilient societies, a high level dialogue, and featured events on optimizing financing for disaster risk management, an informal plenary on the post-2015 DRR framework, strengthening partnerships for small island developing states, and public-private partnerships.
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Photo by Oliver Leutke, www.icvolunteers.org
Session on the Post-2015 framework for DRR -
Consultation day at the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction - Consolidation of stakeholder group sessions
www.preventionweb.net/globalplatform/2013/programme/consu...
The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) is intended to serve as the forum for exchanging information and knowledge, coordinating efforts throughout the Europe region and for providing advocacy for effective action to reduce disasters. Moreover, it shall be devoted to contemporary issues of importance needed to promote a good political climate for implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action.
Hosted by the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning, the Chair of the EFDRR, the meeting is co-organized in collaboration with the Council of Europe (EUR-OPA) and UNISDR Europe.
The purpose of the meeting is to facilitate discussion, exchanges and synergies towards disaster risk reduction activities in Europe and to provide inputs from European HFA Focal Points to the Post-HFA consultations.
Visit the website: www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/regional/platform/efd...
“Promoting Statistics for Economic Development: A Public-Private Partnership”. From the left: Ms. Akiko Fujii, Deputy Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Ms. Sonia Jackson, Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) and Ms. Dawn Simon, Director of Research Design and Evaluation, STATIN;. May 2, 2012 . Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica.
Photo Credit: Keesha Raymond/UNDP Jamaica.
Mixed media on 5" x 7" canvas board incorporating a page from a vintage trigonometry text and a reproduction of a vintage bird illustration
The ILO Country office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives will be hosting a National Project Briefing on the pilot project on flood and drought resilience in Ratnapura, Kaluthara, and Kilinochchi districts under its flagship programme "Jobs for Peace and Resilience".
Daniel Wanyoike, a Community Therapeutic nurse examines Suada, 24 months old, at the Save the Children outreach center in Lagbogol, Kenya.
Suada is malnourished, her older sister Sofia, six, brought her to the centre. Their mother left with their surviving livestock and Sofia is now in charge of caring for her sister. A lot of people from the area where they live have lost the livestock on which they depend for their livelihood.
Suada and her family rely on food and medicine received from Save the Children.
Tarja Halonen, Former President of Finland arrives for the Openning Ceremony of the United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction ( UNISDR ) at the International Conference Center of Geneva. 21 May 2013. Photo by Jean-Marc Ferré
The Global Platform for Disaster Reduction was established in 2007 as a biennial forum for information exchange, discussion of latest development and knowledge and partnership building across sectors, with the goal to improve implementation of disaster risk reduction through better communication and coordination amongst stakeholders. The Global Platform is managed by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.
For the full list of photos from the 2009 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, please visit www.preventionweb.net/globalplatform/2009/photo-gallery/
Emergency Telecommunications (13 October is International Day for Disaster Reduction)
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NPWS and RFS hazard reduction burn in Heathcote National Park this weekend 7/8 August 2013. The burn will extend from Heathcote Road down to the Burns Road Industrial Area, bounded by the NPWS Pipeline Track to the west and Heathcote township to the east. It will be adjacent to the residential streets of Forum Drive, Corinth Rd, Bluebell PL, Abbott Rd, Oliver St, Freeman Rd, Boundary RD, Rosebury St, Garvan Rd, Slessor Rd and Burns Rd.