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Please join us for a conversation on Arctic Transformation: Understanding Arctic Research and the Vital Role of Science, co-organized by the Senate Arctic Caucus and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Featuring opening remarks by
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
And
Senator Angus King (I-ME)
With a keynote address by
Dr. John Holdren
Chair, Arctic Executive Steering Committee, Director of Office of Science and Technology, The White House
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
CSIS | 2nd Floor Conference Center
1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
AGENDA
8:00 am: Registration and Light Breakfast
8:30 am: Welcome Remarks by
Ms. Heather A. Conley
Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia and the Arctic, CSIS
8:35 am: Opening Remarks by
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
And
Senator Angus King (I-ME)
9:00am: Session I: Improving Understanding of Arctic Environmental Change and Impact
Featuring
Dr. Larry Hinzman
Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mr. Richard Glenn
Executive VP, Lands & Natural Resources, Arctic Slope Regional Cooperation
Mr. George Roe
Research Professor, Alaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Dr. Paul Mayewski
Director and Distinguished Professor, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine
Introduced by
Dr. Martin Jeffries
Program Officer and Science Advisor, Office of Arctic and Global Prediction, Office of Naval Research
10:30 am: Session II: Keynote Address: Highlights and New Initiatives from President Obama's Visit to the American Arctic
Featuring
Dr. John Holdren
Chair, Arctic Executive Steering Committee, Director of Office of Science and Technology, The White House
11:00 am: Session III: Arctic Science Gap Analysis: Enhancing U.S. and International Science and Research Collaboration
Featuring
Dr. Kelly K. Falkner
Director, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation
Dr. John Farrell
Executive Director, U.S. Arctic Research Commission
Dr. Catherine Cahill
Deputy Director, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration
Moderated by
Ms. Heather A. Conley
Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia and the Arctic, CSIS
12:00 pm: Conference Concludes
Following President Obama's historic visit to the American Arctic, please join us for a timely conference on the vital role of science which seeks to better understand the profound and stunning changes that are occurring in the Arctic. Scientific research and collaboration informs our understanding on the impact of climate change on the most northern latitudes while also informing approaches to safely operating in and sustainably developing the economic potential of the region. Our keynote speakers will discuss the vital role of science leadership in the Arctic and will examine the most pressing gaps in our understanding of this dynamic region.
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Global Energy Expenditure Data: Launch of the IAEA Doubly-labelled Water International Database at the International Symposium on Understanding the Double Burden of Malnutrition for Effective Interventions held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 11 December 2018
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
John Speakman, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Alexia J. Alford, IAEA Nutrition Specialist, Division of Human Health
Jennifer Rexford, Professor, Princeton University, USA and H. Sebastian Seung, Evnin Professor of Neuroscience, Princeton University, USA and Yoram Singer, Professor, Princeton University, USA speaking during the Session: Understanding Neural and Digital Networks with Princeton University at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2018. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Walter Duerst
3 May 2021. ADB has developed an approach to ensure that its operations address the specific challenges and requirements of Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCAS) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). ADB’s vision for a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific cannot be fully achieved if some countries remain fragile and vulnerable.
The FCAS and SIDS Approach was launched at a high-level panel on understanding the drivers of fragility in Asia and Pacific, how to address the needs in FCAS and SIDS, and the implications on development practices in the region.
In the photo, Christine Toetzke, Director for European Union and Multilateral Development Policy, at Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
The event was held during the 54th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors.
Memories of 2008 in slides
Marine camp annual exhibition
"To increase better understanding of the importance of national defence and friendship between military and neighbor communities" as they said so there is annual opening of the camp to the public.
Although there were still restricted areas not open, some part of the campus with various vehicles are interesting enough for photographers to capture rare sights not easily seen otherwise.
No time to write down sentimental words for the frame, but I think this image itself is carrying some messages beyond the humble word of mine. I, too, was once a young boy watching war movies with surreal fantacy. As a grown up, I gradaully abhor the war and hero genre and wish their appearance are restricted in novels and movies only.
Wish our descendents can treat those armored vehicles as an exibition of a fainted past and discard them for ever.
高雄左營
Photographs in this collection have been produced by Heather Do and Kathleen Markham at the request of UC Berkeley Anthropology 136k class, for the purposes of exploring the cultural heritage sites of surrounding Cafe Vesuvio and City Lights Bookstore to embed the rich cultural heritage in the region. This collection documents the walking path from Vesuvio Cafe in the North Beach area, with the intent to gain more of a spacial understanding of different heritage sites located in San Francisco. This collection contains photos taken of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco from the corner of Taylor St and Vallejo St (37.79822°N 122.41334°W),and of Alcatraz Island from the corner of Green St and Jones St in North Beach (37.79870°N 122.41558°W),
Photographs in this
collection were captured on Monday April 11, 2011,
between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM
Pacific Time, under cloudy and overcast
conditions. Photos were
captured with a Canon XSI (CAM23). Lenses used were a 18-55mm and a 70-200mm telephoto A tripod was used for pictures from Alcatraz and Bay Bridge; Otherwise the stabilizer was off and auto focus was left on. The photos were developed in Adobe
Photoshop Lightroom 3.
Description written by Kenneth
Chiu and Kathleen Salmond, follows Alonso C. Addison’s
proposed virtual heritage
metadata format in his chapter "The Vanishing
Virtual" in New
Heritage: New Media and Cultural Heritage, edited by
Kalay, et al., and
published by Routledge in 2007.
The region now modernly
known as North Beach was once infamous as the Barbary Coast District renown for
prominence in prostitution and gambling which emerged from the destitute
society of those bankrupt by the gold rush. Once an actual beach, it was later,
the area developed into a residential and commercial region by the end of the
19th century, but the remnant influence of the aberrant society. During
the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the region was rebuilt largely through the
use of immigrant labor consisting primarily of Italian and Chinese society; in
fact during the great fires, many Italians were credited for helping to contain
the fire by drenching their houses in red wine[1] . The region was known for the large number of immigrants and became the precursors to the Italian district and Chinatown. Vesuvio and City Lights Bookstore is embedded in this region in a semi liminal region between the two communities which emerged as a consequence of the development of this region; in fact it lies adjacent to Broadway St. infamous for the clubs consisting of nudity and inebriety. Although, our sites of interest came in the mid 1900’s the region largely represented a lack of affluence, prompting the collaboration among many society to be largely accepting of the diversity in which this community is composed. No wonder the Beatnik culture which emerged in the 1950’s in North Beach became largely accepted and although the movement was ephemeral, the society and notions of the past are largely preserved.
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Center for Digital Archaeology, Berkeley CA
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The aim of Nauru99 was to improve our understanding of radiant heat transfer and the effects of clouds on ocean weather processes in the tropics through land-, air- and ocean-based measurements.
Conducted from June to July 1999, Nauru99 was a field project whose purpose was to calibrate ARM's long-term climate monitoring station on the island of Nauru. Measurements recorded from the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center’s (JAMSTEC) Mirai and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Ron Brown helped determine how representative the island measurements were of the surrounding ocean.
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Understanding a Yorkshireman
A farmer in Yorkshire spots a bloke drinking from his stream and shouts,
“Ey up cock! Tha’ dun’ wanna be drinkin’ watta frum thar, it’s full o’ hoss piss an’ cow shite”.
The bloke says, “Excuse me? I’m from London, can you speak a bit slower, pleaser?”
The farmer replies, “Ow, ay. If - you - use - two - hands - you - won’t - spill - any”!!!
Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, and Numar Alfonso Blanco Bonilla, Executive Secretary OLADE, signs the Memorandum of Understanding between the International Atomic Energy Agency and The Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) on the Cooperation in the Area of Energy at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 9 September 2022.
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
OLADE:
Numar Alfonso Blanco Bonilla, Executive Secretary
Medardo Cadena, Director of Energy Projects and Studies
Guillermo Koutoudjian, Director of Energy Security, Integration and Access
Gabriela Malvasio, Press and Communications
IAEA:
Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General
Diego Candano Laris, Senior Advisor to the Director-General
Richard Samans, Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board, World
Economic Forum and Manuel Pulgar-Vidal Otalora, Minister of Environment of Peru
at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Panama City 2014. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
Understanding that her mom had a hard day, Hollywood thought she would add levity to the situation by dressing up and re-enacting scenes from Vintage sci-fi TV shows.
(dollicious dress, goggles from "future lovers" on e*sy)
In March 2025, I photographed Dr. Catie Cuan, a rare kind of technologist—one who does not merely study movement but inhabits it, shaping our understanding of both human and robotic motion in ways that feel at once inevitable and revolutionary. To witness her at work is to see someone in deep conversation with machines, coaxing out a language of movement that is not just efficient but expressive, not just technical but emotional.
A trained dancer and mechanical engineer, Cuan is a pioneer in ‘choreorobotics,’ a field that merges artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction, and art. Her career has been a dance in itself, moving fluidly between performance, research, and entrepreneurship, all in pursuit of a singular question: how can robots move in a way that feels alive?
Cuan holds a PhD and a Master’s of Science in robotics and AI from Stanford, where she is also a postdoctoral researcher leading the art and robotics efforts at the new Stanford Robotics Center. Her dissertation, “Compelling Robot Behaviors through Supervised Learning and Choreorobotics,” explores how machine learning can teach robots to move in ways that evoke presence—where motion itself carries meaning. During her doctoral research, funded by the National Institutes of Health, Google, and Stanford University, she led the first multi-robot machine learning project at Everyday Robots (Google X) and Robotics at Google, now part of Google DeepMind.
But Cuan is not content to leave her work in the realm of academia. She has spent years choreographing robots, treating them not as rigid automatons but as performers capable of communicating through motion. She has held residencies at the Smithsonian, the Exploratorium, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, TED, Everyday Robots (Google X), the RAD Lab, and ThoughtWorks Arts, working with nearly a dozen different robotic platforms—from the industrial ABB IRB 6700 to small, interactive tabletop machines. Her performances reimagine robots not as servants or tools, but as collaborators, capable of moving with grace, intention, and even artistry.
Cuan’s vision is as much about rethinking robotics as it is about rethinking humanity’s relationship to machines. Her work suggests that the way a robot moves can influence the way we feel about it—that movement is not just a function of engineering but of psychology, of storytelling, of something deeply embedded in how we perceive life itself. In healthcare, she envisions robots that move with a bedside manner, adjusting their motion to put patients at ease. In entertainment, she imagines robots that can dance, that can anticipate and respond to human motion as a partner rather than an operator. Her work, at its core, is about breaking down the binary between the organic and the artificial.
Photographing Cuan, I saw someone who carries these ideas not just in her mind but in her body. Her own movements are precise yet fluid, deliberate yet spontaneous, as though she is always attuned to the forces of motion around her. In that moment, it was clear: she is not just designing how robots move—she is teaching them how to be seen, how to be understood, how to exist in a world that has, until now, only made space for the living.
I had so much fun decorating this house for an amazing and understanding client. Christmas came early because this house was a gift
Secwépemc Chiefs, the Honourable Katrine Conroy, British Columbia Minister of Children and Family Development, and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on jurisdiction for child and family services. This MOU provides a framework that charts the path forward in recognizing and implementing Secwépemc jurisdiction.
Read more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018IRR0058-001451
Understanding how materials behave, degrade and relate to each other is a fundamental part of the research that takes place at TWI, and factors into much of the work we conduct for our Members.
Whether it’s identifying what caused a component to fail, developing hydrophobic coatings for anti-graffiti applications, or identifying the optimum material for a niche application, our materials scientists have the depth of knowledge to develop solutions to all manner of materials-related problems, without compromising on safety or quality.
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GLÆDELIG JUL - Joyeux Noël !
- HAPPY YULETIDE and Merry Christmas.
The Yuletide images - Jul Yule Juletid Yuletide
SORØ Academy, The Monastery Gate - Zealand, Denmark - Its roots date back to 1140 when Archbishop Absalon established The Cistercian Monastery of Sorø.
Digital by series of singel alterations made with more photo-programs.
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06 June 2015, Rome, Italy - (left to Right) Mr. Patrick Gomes, Secretary-General ACP and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Secretariat of the ACP Group of States and FAO, FAO Headquarters, (Green Room). FAO Conference 39th Session.
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Listen up, Mom & Dad! Teenagers aren't weird beings from outer space! In fact, YOU were once a teenager!
These three children certainly aren't errors, but they'll likely make their share of them on their road to wisdom. Let's hope they learn from those errors, and that wisdom and understanding come to them as painlessly as possible.
The kids are playing on the Houdini sculpture in the Houdini square in downtown Appleton during a Saturday farmers' market (early in his life Houdini lived in Appleton). The sculpture has since disappeared. How's that for a trick?
Freedom Golf Association’s First Annual “Honor Wounded Vets 5K Run/Walk” succeeds in showing how adaptive golf is aiding vets’ road to recovery
The enthusiasm and good will were palpable at McDonald’s corporate campus in Oak Brook, Illinois on Sunday, October 29 as the Freedom Golf Association’s (FGA) First Annual “Honor Wounded Vets 5K Run/Walk” succeeded in drawing attention to the fact that adaptive golf is clearly helping wounded vets return to normality after their military service. The more than 100 participants conquered the 5K course to show their support for the programs of the Freedom Golf Association, which is leading the way In Illinois in bringing the joy of golf to persons with physical, emotional and developmental needs.
“The 5K Run/Walk was a terrific way to honor Veterans who have been wounded in their service to the country and to acknowledge Illinois’ wounded vets, a growing number of whom have taken up golf to enjoy its many physical, emotional and social benefits,” said Sally Ruecking, FGA’s Vice President of Strategic Advancement. “Adaptive golf is bringing fun into the lives of people who are often left out due to their disabilities.”
Cheered on by the music of the Elmhurst College Jazz Band and with welcoming remarks from E.Q. Sylvester, Chairman of FGA; radio and TV personality Bob Sirott of event co-sponsor WLS-AM radio; and Ruecking, the runners and walkers took to the track with smiles and a sense of mission. Other event sponsors included Molex LLC, Rich Harvest Farms, KF Partners LLC, and Reebie Storage and Moving.
The overall men’s winner was 16-year old Matt Pierce of Alsip, Illinois, who ran the 5K course in 18:59. Second place went to Thomas Potaczek of Bensenville, IL, with a time of 19:23 and third place went to Andrew Pyle of Hinsdale, IL with a time of 22:14.
Among the women, the overall winner was Eileen Skisak of La Grange, IL with a time of 18:59. Eileen also ran in fifth place overall. The second-place women’s winner was 12-year old Alexandra Two, with a time of 25:36; third place went to 10-year old Kelly Fergus of Chicago, with a time of 27:27.
Winners by age group were:
•Male 10-14: James Mercurio, Hinsdale, IL
•Male 15-19: Thomas Mercurio, Hinsdale, IL
•Male 20-24: Ben Landress, Chicago, IL
•Male 30-34: (1st) Michael Bellino, Villa Park, IL; (2nd) Nick Bada, Villa Park, IL
•Male 45-49: (1st) Jim Mercurio, Hinsdale, IL; (2nd) Carmelo Aguinir, Joliet, IL
•Male 50-54: (1st) Bob Fergus, Chicago, IL; (2nd) Ross Hurst, Clarendon Hills, IL; (3rd) Randy Pyle, Hinsdale, IL; (4th) Roger Keys, Northbrook, IL
•Male 65-69: (1st) Jerome Getter, Oak Park, IL; (2nd) John Kosmatka, Valparaiso, IN; (3rd) Karl Johnson, Woodridge, IL
•Male 70-74: James Smith, Clarendon Hills, IL
•Female 15-19: Maria Meyer, Hinsdale, IL
•Female 40-44: Lori Kosmatka, Chicago, IL
•Female 45-49: (1st) Kimberly Mercurio, Hinsdale, IL; (2nd) Arlinda Nunez, Hinsdale, IL; (3rd) Christine Two, Wilmette, IL
•Female 50-54: (1st) Joy Hyzny, Burbank, IL; (2nd) Christie Bellino, Villa Park, IL
•Female 55-59: Jud Hrad, Chicago, IL
•Female 60-64: Sue Shepard, Elmhurst, IL
•Female 65-69: Carol Raska, Oak Park, IL
Freedom Golf Association leads the way in bringing adaptive golf to Illinois and is an integral part of the growing national movement, which has been embraced by major golf entities such as the PGA, LPGA and USGA.
“Freedom Golf Association encourages corporations with cause marketing programs that help the disabled to become FGA sponsors or corporate foundation grant providers and help us grow,” said Ruecking.
About Freedom Golf Association
Freedom Golf Association (FGA), a 501(C)3 non-profit charitable organization, is the leading adaptive golf organization in Illinois and is a charter member of the United States Adaptive Golf Alliance. FGA was founded in July 2012 by Edmund (E.Q.) Sylvester. E.Q. is a director of the Western Golf Association (WGA), member of the United States Senior Golf Association (USSGA), member of the United States Golf Association (USGA) and a triple amputee. FGA is dedicated to bringing joy and a sense of freedom to the special needs community through their inclusion in the game of golf.
FGA believes that all special needs individuals deserve a chance to accomplish the same things as any others do and work towards bringing a positive transformation to their lives. FGA contributes to the positive development of those with special needs through the magic of golf.
FGA works to assist individuals with disabilities in many ways:
•Provides professionally run adaptive golf instructional clinics and golf events
•Engages children, adults and veterans with special needs in FREE adaptive golf instruction with other classmates
•Conducts adaptive golf training workshops to increase the number of qualified adaptive golf coaches to instruct individuals with special needs
•Provides leadership and collaboration with nationally recognized organizations on how to expand/grow adaptive golf programs
Based on its growing understanding of the needs of disabled golfers, the FGA has developed a ground-breaking Adaptive Golf Enhancement Program™ that increases the golfing ability of special needs golfers. FGA’s golf coaches learn this six-step process, which helps them better understand and enhance the capabilities of special needs golfers.
To assist coaches and special needs golfers in determining what adaptive measures would be most beneficial, FGA recently invested in what they call a “personal swing sensors and computerized program” to 1) measure the disabled golfer’s initial swing path and limitations; 2) develop an appropriate exercise program to improve flexibility and range of motion; and 3) to chart the golfer’s progress, using the initial swing measurements as a baseline.
In 2016, FGA provided more than 1,300 adaptive golf lessons. In the same year, 110 special needs golfers went out and played on the course. Ten individuals became trained FGA Adaptive Golf Coaches, growing the total number to 42.
79 cents out of every dollar received goes to FGA’s special needs golf programs and events. FGA has led 40 Chicagoland courses in becoming accessible to the disabled community.
For more information about the Freedom Golf Association, please visit the official website at www.fgagolf.org and the online newsroom at www.newsline360.com/freedomgolfassociation. Contact FGA by phone at 855-342-4465 or 630-455-6018, or by email at playgolf@fgagolf.org. Donations to Freedom Golf Association can be made at www.fgagolf.org/donate.html.
Follow FGA on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FGA4Golf. Follow FGA on Twitter at www.twitter.com/FGA4Golf.
Photo credit: Cindy Kurman, Kurman Communications
Abaya with the mixture of colors ,the flow of the textile, the adequacy & delicacy of the cuts ,all of which gathered, provoke passion & understanding of what the contemporary women needs. The design in jersey Butterfly Cuts , Umberla Cuts , Fish Cuts , A Line Cuts Abaya ranges.
Raul Rosende, Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Gaziantepe at the World Economic Forum - Special Meeting on Unlocking Resources for Regional Development 2014 / Benedikt von Loebell
In the basement of a defunct department store, a small assembly gathers for a lesson in self-understanding. Three damaged mannequins and an articulated bear listen attentively as a standing figure gestures toward a chalkboard diagram of their shared anatomy. Limbless torsos, fractured heads, and hollowed forms reveal bodies that were once tools of display but now exist in states of disrepair. The lesson is both practical and aspirational: by studying diagrams, books, and a single prosthetic leg offered for trial, they prepare themselves for the possibility of repair. Image Sources: edan-cohen-Sz5vFRzabbE-unsplash; Chalkboard-FarmhouseEclectics-Etsy; Anatomy Books-RareBookCollections-Etsy; Teacheer from 1st Dibs; Stool-primitivemade-etsy; Yellow Figure from Bidsquare; Brown Figure from Chairish; Prosthetic from Museum of Health Care; Bear2-TheVelvetTrinketry-Etsy; F058_AM-antwerp_mannequin-terra-cotta_07; Nucly elements;
The concept of Newlife was born through our understanding of women's health and the sensitivity in seeking treatment for issues. Visit this for more details: newlifeclinic.org.uk