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Understanding the human brain is the main concern of current medical research. New imaging technologies such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allow to visualise the activity of the brain. The Ars Electronica Center Linz is hosting Science Days on the matter of the human brain.
credit: Martin Hieslmair
Domestic Violence on the Fourth Plinth (One and Other) performance art in Trafalgar Square, London.
Siliva performed a story based on domestic violence. The story started with her bewilderment at her character's situation, then portrayed the violence and ultimately, death.
This is my understanding of her attire.
The wedding dress represents her character's marriage. It is stained with dried blood to show her situation has been ongoing for some time. The dress is torn to show her marriage is damaged and her clothing underneath is black to reflect her view of the situation. The headgear is somewhat like a crown, only made of kitchen utensils to suggest the tedious drudgery of her existence. The gag in her mouth stands for her silence. During the act she tries to pull it out without success, showing she wants to speak out but will not through fear.
This was a stunning performance through mime and it was soon apparent that she was relating a story through performance art. At the end she received a well deserved ovation.
It's best to view the whole set to appreciate the story: www.flickr.com/photos/victius/sets/72157622530616920/
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Robert E. Perez signs a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator John Barsa at U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters, Washington D.C., March 12, 2020. CBP photo by Jaime Rodriguez Sr.
Just as bridges provide safe passage over rivers, gorges or other depressions, jetties built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers help ocean-going vessels move between coastal rivers and the Pacific Ocean. Simply put, jetties are rock fingers which stretch out into the ocean from the beaches, essentially extending the mouths of the rivers well into the sea.
Jetties were never intended to be used for recreational purposes. Powerful waves remove or shift even the largest boulders from the jetties, while underwater currents penetrate the structure, and remove smaller rocks and sand from inside the jetty, creating unique dangers. Some dangers are apparent, such as slippery rock surfaces and strong waves overtopping the structure. Other dangers are hidden and include open crevasses, sinkholes and caverns that are caused by the ocean eroding away stones and sand just below the surface of the jetty.
Learn more about coastal jetties at www.nwp.usace.army.mil/pa/docs/pubs/jetty.pdf
Further proof that the people who make Flickr are smart and beautiful and worthy of our admiration: They understand data.
In programming, there's a lot of temptation to make "magic numbers." Like, this value is always a number, except for this one special case, so I'll just set it to -1 (or 99, or 0) in that case, and use the code to check for that. Or maybe, I want to store a date here, but sometimes the users don't know the exact day, so I'll just set the day to the first (or the 15th) of the month in those cases.
No, instead, unknown data is unknown. And that's as it should be. That's what null is for.
In the Organizr, ludicorp demonstrates that they get it. You can enter the date your photo was taken, but you can also be vague. If you choose to be vague, the display page for the photo is also vague. Think of it as avoiding the evils of precision without accuracy. Think of it as maintaining significant figures.
Think of it as beautiful.
Wings still up a little, but starting to accept our presence as non-threatening! Eventually she settled down, having made her position abundantly clear. 😀
Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General and Luo Zhaohui (virtual), Chairman, CIDCA, signs the Memorandum of Understanding Agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) on Exchanges and Cooperation at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 14 October 2021. 2021.
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
CIDCA (Virtual):
Luo Zhaohui, Chairman, China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA)
HE Mr Wang Qun, Resident Representative of China to the IAEA
IAEA:
Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General
Hua Liu, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation
Jane Gerardo-Abaya, IAEA Director, Division for Asia and the Pacific, Department of Technical Cooperation
Shota Kamishima, Senior Coordination Officer, Director General Office for Coordination
Diego Candano Laris, Senior Advisor to the Director General
Ruzanna Harman, IAEA Chief of Protocol
Niels Henrik David Bohr (7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.
Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom, in which he proposed that energy levels of electrons are discrete and that the electrons revolve in stable orbits around the atomic nucleus but can jump from one energy level (or orbit) to another. Although the Bohr model has been supplanted by other models, its underlying principles remain valid. He conceived the principle of complementarity: that items could be separately analysed in terms of contradictory properties, like behaving as a wave or a stream of particles. The notion of complementarity dominated Bohr's thinking in both science and philosophy.
Bohr founded the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen, now known as the Niels Bohr Institute, which opened in 1920. Bohr mentored and collaborated with physicists including Hans Kramers, Oskar Klein, George de Hevesy, and Werner Heisenberg. He predicted the existence of a new zirconium-like element, which was named hafnium, after the Latin name for Copenhagen, where it was discovered. Later, the element bohrium was named after him.
During the 1930s, Bohr helped refugees from Nazism. After Denmark was occupied by the Germans, he had a famous meeting with Heisenberg, who had become the head of the German nuclear weapon project. In September 1943, word reached Bohr that he was about to be arrested by the Germans, and he fled to Sweden. From there, he was flown to Britain, where he joined the British Tube Alloys nuclear weapons project, and was part of the British mission to the Manhattan Project. After the war, Bohr called for international cooperation on nuclear energy. He was involved with the establishment of CERN and the Research Establishment Risø of the Danish Atomic Energy Commission, and became the first chairman of the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in 1957.
Artwork: TudioJepegii
I take a lot of pictures of these statues, whose spirits seem to inspire me on my temple visits, but this one is a little different, having the colours of autumn in the background rather than the usual green.
source/credit: PNG Tourism / David Kirkwood
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A Haitian child eating a MannaPack meal.
For more info on Feed My Starving Children, please visit: www.fmsc.org
Chakra Medical Medicine Thangka -Thanka painting Himalayan art.
What Chakra's Are For.
My dear friends...
Did you know that the chakras of the body have a function and a purpose that most people do not understand? Last week in this space we took our first look at the human experience of “yearning” as a tool of awareness. Our exploration of this continues this week by describing this sensation in a way that opens the door to a larger understanding of the use and function, purpose and role of your body’s chakra centers. We have heard much about these centers in our body over the years, but seldom, if ever, have we heard how they “operate,” or why they are there. Let’s use the experience of “yearning” to take a look at this.
While yearning is a mental process, it can, like all mental processes, produce physical experiences. Yearning can produce a sensation in the stomach; what we might call “jitteriness” or a “jumpy tummy.” Deep and sad yearning can even cause a dull pain there. This is because yearning is an energy, and there is an energy center in the area of your body where your stomach is located. This energy center is called a chakra, and it is one of seven such centers in your body.
Energy centers translate the spiritual into the physical, the invisible into the visible, or, more broadly, what is thought into what is felt.
In short, chakras are the mechanisms that turn Knowing into Experience.
It is fascinating that, given how vital these energy centers are, millions of people are not even aware of them, or don’t believe that they exist. They do exist, and they can be utilized to bring us the physical experience of our spiritual identity. This is done by working with energy (what is called chi or ki in some Eastern traditions).
Here is how energy can work:
Deep and sad yearning is an energy. It is a thought, created in the Mind. It is a physical energy formulation. It is your personal information—or, more accurately, YOU, in formation.
You are a three-part being: Body, Mind, and Spirit. What you know in your Spirit you will yearn for in your Mind, and you will experience that yearning in your Body. For instance, you know in your Spirit that you are One with everything. When you become self-aware, you become aware of what your Spirit Knows. You will then yearn for this in your Mind, and you will experience this yearning in your Body.
It is the function of your energy centers to translate the Soul’s Knowing into the Body’s Experience. A fully awakened Mind does so purely, without distortion. A Mind that is not fully awake may, by virtue of its sleepfulness, by virtue of its forgetfulness, distort the Pure Energy of your True Knowing, producing a physical experience that is less than Pure.
It is along the chakra system of the body that the Life Energy flows, physicalizing spirituality along the way. The chakra system does this by translating one form of energy into another. This process of translation is what some of you call transformation.
Thus, the non-physical energy of a deep and sad yearning can produce the very physical energy of an aching heart. I don’t mean this as a metaphor. I am referring to an actual physical aching.
Positive or happy yearning can, by contrast, produce an upliftment and an enlivening of the physical senses, resulting in an actual improvement in physical health. It is not uncommon for a person to feel better all over when experiencing a positive yearning. Yearning to meet one’s God, or deep devotion to the Divine Being and the Divine Principle, is a very good example. Masters (such as Paramahansa Yogananda) have told us that living within such a yearning produces inner peacefulness and physical well-being.
Ultimately, yearning for Divinity leads to the Holy Experience, for yearning always produces the experience for which it yearns.
By Neale Donald Walsh.
Info from. www. The Spirit Guides.co.uk
I hope this ex plane's a lot and helps you on your path.
The GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
GLAAD, the world's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, honored Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey, and the best in film, television, and journalism at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria New York on Saturday May 14th 2016. Jennifer Lawrence, Aziz Ansari, Connie Britton, Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, Tamron Hall, Noah Galvin, Andrew Rannells, Andreja Pejić, and Jason Biggs were among the special guests. Recording artists Alex Newell and Bebe Rexha, as well as the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Fun Home performed at the event hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress Laverne Cox. The 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were presented by Delta Air Lines, Hilton, Ketel One Vodka, and Wells Fargo.
GLAAD Media Award recipients announced Saturday in New York. Additional awards were presented in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on April 2.
Excellence in Media Award: Robert De Niro (presented by Jennifer Lawrence)
Ally Award: Mariah Carey (presented by Lee Daniels)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: “Bruce Jenner: The Interview" 20/20 (ABC) [accepted by: Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, and David Sloan, senior executive producer]
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Interview with Jim Obergefell" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN) [accepted by: U.S. Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell]
· Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: Cosmopolitan [accepted by: Laura Brounstein, special projects director]
· Outstanding Film – Limited Release: Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)
· Outstanding Individual Episode: "The Prince of Nucleotides" Royal Pains (USA Network)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Stopping HIV? The Truvada Revolution" Vice Reports (Vice.com)
· Outstanding Newspaper Article: "Cold Case: The Murders of Cosby and Jackson" by Dianna Wray (Houston Press)
· Outstanding Magazine Article: "Behind Brazil's Gay Pride Parades, a Struggle with Homophobic Violence" by Oscar Lopez (Newsweek)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "This Is What It’s Like To Be An LGBT Syrian Fleeing For Your Life" by J. Lester Feder (Buzzfeed.com)
SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES
· Outstanding Daytime Program Episode: "¿El marido de mi padre o yo?" Caso Cerrado (Telemundo)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: TIE: "Amor que rompe barreras" Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo) and "En cuerpo ajeno" Aquí y Ahora (Univision)
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Víctimas de abusos" Noticiero Univision (Univision)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Campeones de la igualdad" (Univision.com)
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At a food distribution center with our partner Church of Bible Understanding.
For more info on Feed My Starving Children, please visit: www.fmsc.org
Glow is based on a generative model from OpenAI, a non-profit organization dedicated to artificial intelligence research. In this application, certain external features of people can be manipulated using a controller. For example, the hair color can be changed or makeup can be added. The program is able to recognize which characteristics could fit with the face of a given person. For example, it tends not to give women a beard. This is partly because the training set did not include any women with beards and so the network is not aware of any bearded women.
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Orthodox Christianity became the established church of the Ethiopian Axumite Kingdom under king Ezana in the 4th century through the efforts of a Syrian Greek named Frumentius who later became its first bishop.
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Gabe stands and reads the protests letter to gain a better idea of the significance of the monument as a sign of Hungary's corrupt and authoritarian government.
A surprisingly chipper Elvis Costello was second on the bill to Ray Davies at the free concert - and he played this song, by far my favourite !
For last Saturday's Rolling Stones photographs see here
Hyde Park, London, UK
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A captured Timber Wolf pauses on a mild Winter morning at the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center - Divide, CO
So many students complain about math and yet do we hear of math being delivered in more engaging and inventive ways to make it more interesting?
Understanding the real meaning of this photograph requires careful scrutiny by those with sharp eyes. There's an anomaly here . . .
Regrettably the reflection on the laminated finish on the document makes it difficult to read, so here's the interesting story -
"Tram Model for a Practical Purpose.
Extract from Aberdeen Newspaper in 1938.
Difficulties that frequently arise in the courts in understanding the mechanism and construction of vehicles involved in street accidents will be removed so far as Aberdeen trams and buses are concerned by the ingenuity and skill of hand of Mr Allan S Kennedy, the Aberdeen Transport Department’s works superintendent.
He has completed the model of a tram, and is now at work on miniature double-deck bus. A single-deck bus which has already been fashioned will be replaced by another model.
When necessary, they will be produced in court during the hearing of evidence in the street accidents to help the inexpert in the understanding of things mechanical. The tram is very fine piece of handiwork, faithful in the smallest detail to the vehicles in service in the city streets. The only thing it lacks is the electric power motor, but the wheels will go round if it is pushed. Although its practical use for demonstration purposes in court inspired its making it was a labour of love for Mr Kennedy. Modelling is his hobby.
TO SCALE
Mr Kennedy started on the tram model in February and completed it quite recently. Now he is hard at work on the double-deck bus. The tram is built to a scale of one inch to a foot. It is thirty inches long and thirteen and half an inch high. Spare bits of wood at the works for the bodywork, celluloid for the windows, brass for the rails were used. The only expense incurred in the work was the purchase of fret saws, screws and bolts. The backs of the seats on the upper deck swing backward and forward, sliding and hinged windows are fitted, the boxes for uncollected fares and used tickets, and even the electric lights – all are there to the scale of an inch to a foot.
COW-CATCHER
The trip gear. complete with the cradle, or, as it is more commonly known, the cow-catcher, can be operated in the same way as on the tram. The sand pedal can also be worked, and the driver’s warning gong hasnot been forgotten. It can be sounded. The truck with it’s wheels, springs, brakes and other parts of the upper-carriage is complete in every detail. The wheels were cast, and worked out with fret saws. In-the painting of the tram the same care in faithful reproduction has been taken
BRIDGES CAR
In his model Mr Kennedy copied one of the vehicles on the Bridges route and all the distinguishing destination marks and figures are there. Mr Kennedy is also making the double deck bus to a scale of an inch to a foot. A box is being made to hold the tram model. In it it will stand on rails, and the sides of the box are being made in such a way that they will drop to allow the model to be demonstrated in court running on rails.
Mr Allan S. Kennedy Born 7th August 1887 worked in Aberdeen Corporation Transport from 21st February 1918, until he died on 30th June 1944 aged 56."
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Cruisin' the Galaxies & Cosmos Looking for Peace, Love & Understanding...Hop Aboard...All it will cost you is your imagination...
The exhibition "Understanding AI" shows how neural networks are structured and offers visitors the opportunity to train neural networks themselveswith via interactive stations.
Credit: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl
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
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) as well as CTAM, the industry marketing organization, today announced a multi-layered partnership designed to strengthen innovation and collaboration within the organizations’ collective content protection efforts.
Derek N. Benner, Executive Associate Director for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement which oversees the IPR Center, and Karyn Temple, Senior Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel for the MPA, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) during a virtual ceremony to commemorate the partnership.
Dr. Melissa Miller of California Department of Fish and Wildlife conducts necropsy of otter to determine cause of death. Photo courtesy of CADFW.
As a part of Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency Program, U.S. Army ROTC cadets visit Ukraine and Rapid Trident 2012, which was held at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine, July 18. Rapid Trident is a multinational exercise held at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine. It is designed to promote regional stability and security, strengthen international military partnering and foster trust while improving interoperability between participating nations.(Photo by Lt. Col. Taras Gren, Ukrainian Army Public Affairs)
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on 18 Spetember 2018, to continue support of the 'Edified Generation' scholarships' programme.
The Chinese Embassy greatly supports the development of education in Rwanda and strives to do this through helping disadvantaged students under Imbuto Foundation’s scholarship programme – Edified Generation.
Imbuto Foundation and the Chinese Embassy have signed MoUs in support of the scholarship programme since 2013.
Big data is the hot topic of the year! Understanding how it fits into a our world is as important as ever. How we analyze and utilize this data has opportunity for profound impact if delivered effectively. Join moderator Colin Hill, CEO & Chairman, GNS Healthcare, @gnshealthcare, and panelists Arnab Gupta, Founder & CEO, Opera Solutions, @operasolutions, Sridhar Iyengar, @SridIyengar, Founder and CTO, AgaMatrix, @AgaMatrix, Alistair Jacques, CIO, Medicare & Retirement, UnitedHealth Group, @UHGinnovates, and Derek Newell, @dereknewell, CEO, Jiff, @JiffInc, as they discuss big data.
The Digital Health Summit at the 2013 International CES®
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Learn about games that reinforce healthy behaviors, body sensors that let people take more responsibility for their own health, affordable gene sequencing, real-time medicine monitoring, and more. You'll gain an understanding of the digital health infrastructure and how your organization can capitalize on this hot market.
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Different types and styles of furniture are provided in this space including more social sofa and coffee tables. Provision of social spaces where students can engage in self study or informal conversations can help improve understanding of concepts and information taught in more formal surrroundings. Informal spaces can also help to enrich the student experience as they lend themselves to building acquainstances and friendships.
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) as well as CTAM, the industry marketing organization, today announced a multi-layered partnership designed to strengthen innovation and collaboration within the organizations’ collective content protection efforts.
Derek N. Benner, Executive Associate Director for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement which oversees the IPR Center, and Karyn Temple, Senior Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel for the MPA, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) during a virtual ceremony to commemorate the partnership.