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Pet dogs and human beings have comparable social systems. At some point in history, pets found out to decode human nonverbal language.
It may come as no surprise that dogs are capable of extreme feelings. As extremely social, pack animals they have their social structures and bonding routines, many of which mirror human social structures.
To your pet dog, you are family. What you feel, she feels. It is as simple as that.
A 2011 study found that contemporary, domestic pet dogs are roughly as smart as a 2-year-old human. They can comprehend the meaning of approximately 165 words and can make sense of body movement.
There are numerous human feelings your pet dog understands that you might not know. Sometimes their capabilities can be downright eerie; however, there are strong clinical descriptions for your canine's behaviors.
Comprehending how your canine interprets your emotion can assist you to relate much better to your pet.
What are the signs your dog loves you?
Aside from the obvious sign such as tail wagging, what are other ways that you can tell me if your pet loves you?
Dogs are affectionate animals. They tend to show this affection in quite overt ways.
In an article on dogster.com, if your canine keeps trying to sit as close as possible to you, here’s what this might mean:
What Are the Signs Your Dog Loves You? The Basics“According to Dr. Gail Clark, a canine behavioral psychologist and owner of K9 Shrink, LLC in Colorado, a dog that’s sitting on your lap, leaning on you, nudging you — or won’t even take his eyes off you — is sending a very clear message that they love you. “Staying close to their owners is a major sign in dog language,” she explains. “If your dog is doing everything they can to be physically close to you, his definitely expressing his feelings for you.” Read full article here.
A few theories on why dogs sneeze when they're excitedHave you ever noticed that when some dogs get excited they sneeze? While there may be a medical condition aggravating your dog's nose, this is actually a common sign of affection and play with most dog breeds.
In fact, according to an article on Purina (yes the dog food company):
“Many dog owners notice that dogs often sneeze when they are playing or excited by something. This is called “play sneezing” and it’s normal and harmless. It just means that your dog is having loads of fun!
Dogs sneeze when playing to signal that their behaviour is only play, and that they’re enjoying themselves. Sneezing when playing is particularly common in small breeds but many dogs do it. If your dog is sneezing when you’re playing together, there’s usually no need to worry.”
It’s important to note that a dog that sneezes often may also have other medical conditions. Some conditions could include an infected molar, tumors, or a nasal infection. It’s important to note that some breeds, such as bulldogs and pugs, are also more prone to getting nasal infections than other breeds.
Understanding Your Dog's Other Body Language
As outlined, dogs use their body language to communicate. the dog that moves slowly or keeps a distance may not necessarily be interested physical contact. In fact, it could be downright dangerous to approach a dog who appears to be intimidated or scared.
Here's a list outlining 7 tips one can use in order to read a dog's body language.
A dog who seems stiff, moves slowly, or who keeps moving away may not be interested in social interaction with this playful dog.
Looking away, sniffing, scratching, lying down, or other avoidance behaviors may also indicate that the play session is over.
A fearful dog may lean away, lean back, tremble, crouch, lower his body or head, or roll onto his side or back. Often, his eyes will often be fully open with large pupils, his forehead will be wrinkled, and his tail will be lowered or tucked.
An extremely fearful dog may freeze completely or frantically try to escape, and he may urinate or defecate when approached.
A dog displaying aggressive body language will look large, standing with his head raised above his shoulders. His body will be tense, with weight either centered or over all four feet or leaning slightly forward onto the front legs.
A dog displaying aggressive behavior may also have a wrinkled muzzle, a short lip and a hard eye.
To read the full article, visit ASPCA Pro’s website.
Conclusion
When it comes to communication, dogs can quite clearly tell us that they love their owner without saying a word. The physical demeanor and mannerisms of a dog can accurately convey their feelings of affection. By being conscious and mindful of a dog's actions, we can better understand and anticipate how to approach them.
Additional Resources:
5 Keys to Understanding Dog Body Language
Read Your Dog's Body Language Like a Pro
Canine Body Language
Keeping Your Pet Happy And Safe
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Fatih Birol, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency, Paris; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Electricity at the World Economic Forum - Special Meeting on Unlocking Resources for Regional Development 2014 / Benedikt von Loebell
What if, instead of fixating on the end goal, our desire was rooted in the experience itself? In the journey, and every tantalizing and challenging experience that comes along with the magical, whimsical ride? This is in and of itself, the key element when it comes to understanding the energies that guide true Tantric play. To Know More Click at amandabiccum.com/beyond-sex-understanding-the-energies-th...!
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
Jane Owen, Director, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), India, Sir Richard Stagg, British High Commissioner to India and B.V. Naidu, Chairman, India Semiconductor Association (ISA) at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create partnerships between the Indian and UK semiconductor industries in New Delhi on 28 August 2009.
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
Elvis Costello ends his set at Forest Hills Stadium with "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding"
Propuestas relacionadas con reciclaje, inclusión, infraestructura, turismo y mucho más.🌎🙌 Los 4 finalistas viajarán a Costa Rica del 12 al 14 de febrero, para participar en #URCentroamérica
-IncUbaR, son ideas de jóvenes para construir una Centroamérica más resiliente.
-Se convocó a jóvenes centroamericanos entre 18 y 35 años para presentar sus ideas o proyectos de negocios innovadoras enfocados en fortalecer la resiliencia ante los desastres y los efectos del cambio climático.
-Los 4 proyectos ganadores: Taller de Cine Documental_ Eco-bloque_ ECO SAM _ Guna Carbon Bank, participan en la conferencia Understanding Risk Centroamérica, en Costa Rica.
-El jurado calificador está conformado por: Seynabou Sakho, Directora para Centroamérica del Banco Mundial; Enrique Uribe; Olinda Salguero, Jefa de Gabinete; Rodrigo Cortés, Country Manager Waze Colombia, Perú y Centroamérica.
-Criterios de evaluación: • Visión e innovación en la propuesta que se plantea • Viabilidad de que la idea pueda ser puesta en práctica. • Presentación y poder de convencimiento del equipo • Potencial para contribuir a que se escuchen las voces de los jóvenes.
"Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, then I shall understand fully."
--Paul (A.D. 1st cent.). 1 Corinthians 13:12
History of the Museum
Scientific research and gathering in Austria found relatively late understanding and promotion. Indeed contained the chambers of art and curiosities of the Habsburgs also natural produce but for a long time they have been regarded as mere oddities, not as objects of scientific importance. It was not until Emperor Franz I. (Francis Stephen of Lorraine, 1745-1765), the husband of Maria Theresia, founded in 1748 with the purchase of the famous collection of Johann Baillous a private Naturalienkabinett. It was put up in accordance to Baillous' own scientific system in the Hofburg and was initially managed by this self.
The main emphasis was put on minerals and fossils as well as snail and mussel shells and corals. Plants and animals with soft parts were then (mainly because of the preparation problems) yet little appreciated as collector's items. They were held alive in botanical gardens and menageries.
After the death of Francis I the collection in which the Emperor had invested large sums of money was transferred into state ownership, reorganized and made twice a week accessible to the public. 1776 appointed Maria Theresa, particularly dear to her being mainly the earth sciences as a basis for mining and industry, the excellent mineralogist and montanist Ignaz von Born to Vienna and entrusted him with the systematic expansion of the collection. Born was a leader of the Enlightenment and Freemasonry, he might even have given the model for Sarastro in Mozart's "Magic Flute". With him for "Austria", definitely, dawned the scientific-technological age. The Naturalienkabinett (a cabinet of curiosities) then became a center of mineralogical research in Europe.
The nature-loving Emperor Franz II (I, 1792-1835) expanded the natural history collection for a private animal cabinet. The foundation for this were the trophies of the Habsburgs, which date back to Emperor Maximilian II (1564-1576), as well as the famous collection of prepared native vertebrates and insects of the falconer Joseph Natterer. After several reclassifications followed in 1807 the foundation of a separate plants cabinet. The Emperor lay with the gift of his Privatherbars (private plant collection) the foundation.
The exhibition practice around 1800 was marked by an often curious juxtaposition of little scientific and very progressive tendencies. The stuffed animals were shown in artificial landscape dioramas, ie already in ecological context. Alongside, however, stood also Stopfpräparate (stuffed compounds) of people of non-native breeds such as the "high princely Moor' Angelo Soliman, who came to literary fame.
The eminent scholar and organizer Carl Schreibers who from 1806 until 1851 headed the Natural History Collection, provided for key reforms in all areas. He extented all departments to major research centers and was supported not only by the museum officials, but also by a number of often highly skilled, unpaid volunteers.
On the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Leopoldina with the Brazilian crown prince Dom Pedro in 1817 sent Emperor Franz also well-known researchers to South America. Through their collecting activities, the growth of the museum's experienced a glorious climax. So stayed the zoologist Johann Natterer for 18 years in South America and established an in an exemplary manner documented collection of scientific and ethnographic objects for Vienna. This contributed significantly to the worldwide reputation of the museum, but also led to a decades-long lack of space.
With various, not always felicitous chosen emergency solutions on tried in vain to handle space problems sussesfully. During the revolutionary turmoil of 1848, the Imperial Palace was bombarded by imperial troops and partially set on fire. A part of the collection was destroyed, tragically, also many irreplaceable objects from the Brazilian material.
In the years after the Revolution, the collection was converted into an independent zoological, botanical and mineralogical Hofkabinett (Court cabinet). These cabinets with their extremely rich stocks offered not only ideal possibilities to explore, they contributed to the establishment of scientific disciplines in the university sector in 1870 also considerably to the formation of young scientists. The collections have been enhanced through exchange and purchases, by the collecting activities of the researchers as well as legacies, especially of scientifically inclined travelers, constantly . In addition, the by the Imperial Court generously funded cooperation with the Austrian navy became very important: Especially the circumnavigation of the world of the frigate "Novara" (1857-1859), which was attended by numerous excellent naturalist, gave an exceedingly rich collection of new material to the museum. The scientific word off should take decades.
This scientific Poiniergeist (pioneering spirit), reflecting the general belief in progress in the second half of the 18th Century, was facing the more and more oppressive need of space. Although Emperor Franz Joseph had already in 1857 the razing of the fortification lines around the city center ordered. On the cleared area should along a boulevard alongside other representative public buildings also new museums emerge. Up to the completion of this project, however, it was still a long way to go.
The liberal bourgeoisie then undergoing a steep political and economic upswing was inclined to replace the old cabinets through research and education centers for broad strata of the population and thus make its own cultural advancement clearly visible. But the neo-absolutist empire of the gradually decaying Habsburg monarchy, too, wanted erect itself a modern, artistically accomplished monument: A monumental Imperial Forum following the ancient example was planned, that should be reaching from the Imperial Palace to the royal stables. Realized of it was only a torso: the New Castle and Maria Theresa Square with Museum of Art History and Museum of Natural History.
The internal organization of the new 'Imperial and Royal Natural History Court Museum", which on 10 August was officially opened in 1889, goes back to the great geologist, New Zealand researcher and first director of the museum, Ferdinand von Hochstetter, and has been preserved largely in its clear systematic today. However, the proliferation of resources and new demands on the research and display collection activities required new spatial and structural solutions. Thus, an underground storage was created in 1990, which extends under the building on four levels and in fully air-conditioned rooms keeps a portion of the collection material. Due to the roof extension (1991 to 1995) further collection, but also numerous new working rooms were gained.
The research, the preservation and completing of the major scientific collections and the presentation of selected natural objects to this day have not lost any of their topicalities. In a time of increasingly rapid destruction of our environment, they are more important than ever. Just as the white patches have become smaller on the map, penetrates the science into ever smaller areas. Long scanning electron microscope and X-ray equipment have replaced hand magnifier. In the permanent exhibition area visitors also have access to advanced optical devices, especially in "Microcosmos" ( Hall 21). The preservation of collection, too, follows modern conservation knowledge.
Over a century ago, the Museum hace been created for the systematic presentation - the diversity of nature sorted strung together, the palace-like building, the interplay of means and objects as well as the historic atmosphere giving it a distinctive character.
Even with the redesign of many exhibition halls systematic classification was basically retained to make the visitors aware of the immense diversity of life. However, the presentation is successively adapted to the museological requirements and needs of the 21st century. Also presented are interesting topics and new contents in a contemporary didactic form.
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www.wien-konkret.at/kultur/museum/naturhistorisches-museu...
Autumn paints with a golden brush, with deft touches of blue. Mother Nature has a thorough understanding of the color wheel. After all she is the original artist.
Original taken at Calas Galadhon Parks in Second Life.
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Understanding Weather by O.G. Sutton
First published 1960
Reprinted 1961
Cover design by Derek Birdsall
History of the Museum
Scientific research and gathering in Austria found relatively late understanding and promotion. Indeed contained the chambers of art and curiosities of the Habsburgs also natural produce but for a long time they have been regarded as mere oddities, not as objects of scientific importance. It was not until Emperor Franz I. (Francis Stephen of Lorraine, 1745-1765), the husband of Maria Theresia, founded in 1748 with the purchase of the famous collection of Johann Baillous a private Naturalienkabinett. It was put up in accordance to Baillous' own scientific system in the Hofburg and was initially managed by this self.
The main emphasis was put on minerals and fossils as well as snail and mussel shells and corals. Plants and animals with soft parts were then (mainly because of the preparation problems) yet little appreciated as collector's items. They were held alive in botanical gardens and menageries.
After the death of Francis I the collection in which the Emperor had invested large sums of money was transferred into state ownership, reorganized and made twice a week accessible to the public. 1776 appointed Maria Theresa, particularly dear to her being mainly the earth sciences as a basis for mining and industry, the excellent mineralogist and montanist Ignaz von Born to Vienna and entrusted him with the systematic expansion of the collection. Born was a leader of the Enlightenment and Freemasonry, he might even have given the model for Sarastro in Mozart's "Magic Flute". With him for "Austria", definitely, dawned the scientific-technological age. The Naturalienkabinett (a cabinet of curiosities) then became a center of mineralogical research in Europe.
The nature-loving Emperor Franz II (I, 1792-1835) expanded the natural history collection for a private animal cabinet. The foundation for this were the trophies of the Habsburgs, which date back to Emperor Maximilian II (1564-1576), as well as the famous collection of prepared native vertebrates and insects of the falconer Joseph Natterer. After several reclassifications followed in 1807 the foundation of a separate plants cabinet. The Emperor lay with the gift of his Privatherbars (private plant collection) the foundation.
The exhibition practice around 1800 was marked by an often curious juxtaposition of little scientific and very progressive tendencies. The stuffed animals were shown in artificial landscape dioramas, ie already in ecological context. Alongside, however, stood also Stopfpräparate (stuffed compounds) of people of non-native breeds such as the "high princely Moor' Angelo Soliman, who came to literary fame.
The eminent scholar and organizer Carl Schreibers who from 1806 until 1851 headed the Natural History Collection, provided for key reforms in all areas. He extented all departments to major research centers and was supported not only by the museum officials, but also by a number of often highly skilled, unpaid volunteers.
On the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Leopoldina with the Brazilian crown prince Dom Pedro in 1817 sent Emperor Franz also well-known researchers to South America. Through their collecting activities, the growth of the museum's experienced a glorious climax. So stayed the zoologist Johann Natterer for 18 years in South America and established an in an exemplary manner documented collection of scientific and ethnographic objects for Vienna. This contributed significantly to the worldwide reputation of the museum, but also led to a decades-long lack of space.
With various, not always felicitous chosen emergency solutions on tried in vain to handle space problems sussesfully. During the revolutionary turmoil of 1848, the Imperial Palace was bombarded by imperial troops and partially set on fire. A part of the collection was destroyed, tragically, also many irreplaceable objects from the Brazilian material.
In the years after the Revolution, the collection was converted into an independent zoological, botanical and mineralogical Hofkabinett (Court cabinet). These cabinets with their extremely rich stocks offered not only ideal possibilities to explore, they contributed to the establishment of scientific disciplines in the university sector in 1870 also considerably to the formation of young scientists. The collections have been enhanced through exchange and purchases, by the collecting activities of the researchers as well as legacies, especially of scientifically inclined travelers, constantly . In addition, the by the Imperial Court generously funded cooperation with the Austrian navy became very important: Especially the circumnavigation of the world of the frigate "Novara" (1857-1859), which was attended by numerous excellent naturalist, gave an exceedingly rich collection of new material to the museum. The scientific word off should take decades.
This scientific Poiniergeist (pioneering spirit), reflecting the general belief in progress in the second half of the 18th Century, was facing the more and more oppressive need of space. Although Emperor Franz Joseph had already in 1857 the razing of the fortification lines around the city center ordered. On the cleared area should along a boulevard alongside other representative public buildings also new museums emerge. Up to the completion of this project, however, it was still a long way to go.
The liberal bourgeoisie then undergoing a steep political and economic upswing was inclined to replace the old cabinets through research and education centers for broad strata of the population and thus make its own cultural advancement clearly visible. But the neo-absolutist empire of the gradually decaying Habsburg monarchy, too, wanted erect itself a modern, artistically accomplished monument: A monumental Imperial Forum following the ancient example was planned, that should be reaching from the Imperial Palace to the royal stables. Realized of it was only a torso: the New Castle and Maria Theresa Square with Museum of Art History and Museum of Natural History.
The internal organization of the new 'Imperial and Royal Natural History Court Museum", which on 10 August was officially opened in 1889, goes back to the great geologist, New Zealand researcher and first director of the museum, Ferdinand von Hochstetter, and has been preserved largely in its clear systematic today. However, the proliferation of resources and new demands on the research and display collection activities required new spatial and structural solutions. Thus, an underground storage was created in 1990, which extends under the building on four levels and in fully air-conditioned rooms keeps a portion of the collection material. Due to the roof extension (1991 to 1995) further collection, but also numerous new working rooms were gained.
The research, the preservation and completing of the major scientific collections and the presentation of selected natural objects to this day have not lost any of their topicalities. In a time of increasingly rapid destruction of our environment, they are more important than ever. Just as the white patches have become smaller on the map, penetrates the science into ever smaller areas. Long scanning electron microscope and X-ray equipment have replaced hand magnifier. In the permanent exhibition area visitors also have access to advanced optical devices, especially in "Microcosmos" ( Hall 21). The preservation of collection, too, follows modern conservation knowledge.
Over a century ago, the Museum hace been created for the systematic presentation - the diversity of nature sorted strung together, the palace-like building, the interplay of means and objects as well as the historic atmosphere giving it a distinctive character.
Even with the redesign of many exhibition halls systematic classification was basically retained to make the visitors aware of the immense diversity of life. However, the presentation is successively adapted to the museological requirements and needs of the 21st century. Also presented are interesting topics and new contents in a contemporary didactic form.
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www.wien-konkret.at/kultur/museum/naturhistorisches-museu...
ift.tt/2H1Dtkg Osteoporosis is a condition whereby the bones in your body become extremely porous, less dense and much more brittle. Your bones become extremely weak and are more prone to breakage. It is a fairly common condition amongst the elderly, especially amongst women. It is dangerous condition if left unmanaged as osteoporosis symptoms are barely noticeable. The post Understanding Osteoporosis appeared first on HC Orthopaedic Surgery.
monday 16th february 2015
we concluded part 2 by asserting that each entangled alter-universe which extends to constitute our understanding-with (and comprehending of) pure singleness - propagates (and is propagated by) its own proper time and space.
we also claimed that the auto-extending differentials which constitute alter-universes, must have a profound understand-with the others from which they derive their difference(s). (inasmuch as each is constituted as nothing but its difference from the others.) we furthermore claimed that each differential feels this profound understanding-with as the (effective) force of its own otherness. all force is the force of otherness - of our entangled self at a distance.
we also claimed provisionally that energy is force relative to time. (force is actually theoretical, - the condition of our understanding-with prior to time; while energy is really physical, because it is temporally extensive). we also asserted that if we comprehend space as the differential extending of pure singleness, then time extends as the reiteration of that extending.
energy, mass and entanglement.
let us then comprehend the mass of a thing, not as the property of a particulate thing, but rather as the energy of our own understandings-with that thing. in other words for example, we do not feel the force of gravity of the planet on which we stand, rather we comprehend our ownmost alter-universal understandings-with the earth and everything, as the temporal energy called ‘gravity’ - but which is in fact our ‘self in the distance’ all around. we assume that the mass of a thing is relative to our energetic comprehendings of that thing in the context of every other thing.
infinite degrees of darkness
as pure singleness, we are entangled in every possible way, and at every possible moment, with every possible alter-universal condition. in other words and so to speak, this infinity of alter-universal conditions varies from infinitely primitive, to not quite so infinitely primitive, to primitive but infinitely complex, to infinitely complex but not yet visible, to visible but infinitely primitive, to quite comprehensive but not yet visible, to visible but not a comprehensive thing, to a comprehensively sensible existing thing…. ∞
let us assert that dark matter is the pre-existence of infinitely complex entanglements of alter-universes, which are not yet visible as comprehensive things.
for the rest of this text, we will be concerned with the justification of all these various claims. in it we will try to illustrate schematically, some of the primitive alter-universal conditions which constitute our comprehending - hoping to show eventually how they can become comprehensible as things.
tuesday 17th february 2015
the elementary moment
our comprehending is this - pure singleness extends as understanding-with alterity; and it does so as an infinitely variable entanglement of alter-universes. each n-fold alter-universe has a basic pattern of mutual understanding-with (of the others of its constitution), which governs how its differentials are entangled. we call this pattern the ‘elementary moment’, and although it extends prior to the time of the alter-universe, by its auto-reiteration, it is the basis of proper time.
pure singleness extends as the sum total of all possible entangled, reiterating, elementary moments.
(graphic)
wednesday 18th february 2015
let us comprehend pure singleness as the elementary moment of a two-fold alter-universe. each differential (coloured red and violet for our benefit) is nothing but the extending of the other. this is how they are entangled.
inasmuch they are nothing but a simple extending of alterity, the constitution of each differential is (each understands itself as) nothing but a spacing from the other. we understand space as and with the the very otherness of the other. each is real as the auto-understanding of the other.
(graphic)
let us comprehend pure singleness as the moment of realisation of a two-fold alter-universe. by this, we do not mean to imply that there is anything like a brain which has a 'moment of realisation'. rather, we mean a moment constituted by the differentials of an alter-universe, for which each becomes real as the other. it is the realising of the elementary moment.
each is real as the auto-understanding of the other
rehto eht of gnidnatsrednu-otua eht sa laer si hcae
continued in part 4.
the complete photo/video collection (1972-2016) of Stan Bonnar's artworks is accessible here :
Paula Tucci and Priscilla Squires of Understanding Disabilities, with Joel Swets, executive director of Cummings Foundation
Gabriela Perez
Loos Museum, based on analysis of the Muller House. Gabriela reinterpreted the theatrical aspects of the house by turning them inside out. The house is formally expressive on the outside, but the central "stage" space is a cube.
Bob Lum was a visionary custom knifemaker with an exceptional understanding of Asian blade designs. Spyderco’s Lum Tanto, originally released in 2001, faithfully captured Lum’s remarkable ability to fuse the best elements of Eastern and Western knifemaking into a single, extraordinary package.
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International Symposium on Understanding the Double Burden of Malnutrition for Effective Interventions held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 10 December 2018
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Opening Session
Aldo Malavasi, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
Clemens M. Auer, Special Envoy for Health for the Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection
France Beginn, UNICEF
Laurance Grummer-Strawn, World Health Organization
May Abdel-Wahab, IAEA Director, Division of Human Health
Cornelia Loechl, IAEA Section Head, Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies
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That guy on the bottom right is perhaps my favorite face. I think my understanding of cephalopod faces has only improved over the years, c.f. sites.google.com/site/octopusinboots/ or maybe www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P0CmrwYj_g )
Octopus weddings are important in order to avoid octopus 'living in sin'. Hohoho.
(The cat and 1:16 scale Star Trek Customizable Collector Cards also made it onto the marmtage. The working autopipettes, surprisingly, did not. Capillary action: eh.)
It looks better in 3D, though maybe not by much.
This was destroyed and another remade and encaked: sites.google.com/site/mariamelnaggar/sideprojects (OpenApple Down to end)
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
Tenerife
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Artificial intelligence versus natural intelligence – what are the differences and what do they have in common? How do machines “think,” how do they learn, and what distinguishes us humans from machines? Artificial intelligence in all its complexity is a central focus of the new Ars Electronica Center; after all, this technology is setting off a revolution that will affect our lives in ways that cannot be overestimated. Our goal with the exhibition “Understanding Artificial Intelligence” is to make our visitors “AI savvy” and give them all a basic idea of what artificial intelligence is, how it is already being applied, and what it can already do. The exhibition shows how neural networks are constructed and even offers visitors an opportunity to train them at a number of interactive stations.
Credit: Magdalena Sick-Leitner
MIT Media Lab "Understanding Networks" conference, Oct 12-13th, 2011.
Leica M9-P with 35mm Summilux Aspherical
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry and Mr. Timur Zhaksylykov, Member of the Board (Minister) for Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission, sign a memorandum of understanding outlining cooperation activities between WIPO and Eurasian Economic Commission.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
A cathedral without a bishop: St. Stephan in Vienna
In order to fully fulfill the function of a capital in its medieval understanding, Vienna lacked a decisive factor: Vienna was indeed a major city, but not the seat of a bishopric, but was subordinate to the Prince-Bishop of Passau in ecclesiastical matters. St. Stephen, the most important church in the city, had only the rank of a parish church.
Therefore, the first attempts to found a diocese in Vienna date back to the time of the Babenbergs. Also the under Ottokar II Přemysl after the fire of 1258 begun generous new building of the Saint Stephen's church in the late Romanesque style pursued this goal.
The Habsburgs' representational aspirations also focused on St. Stephen after they had taken control of Austria. Albrecht I began in 1304 with the construction of a new choir. The highlight, however, was reached under Duke Rudolf IV. This ambitious Habsburg wanted to turn Vienna into an important royal residence and St. Stephen as the "Capella regia Austriaca" into the court church of the Austrian sovereign princes, the sacral center of the country.
The background for this lay in the competition with the dynasty of Luxembourg: Emperor Charles IV was just about to expand his residence Prague to a metropolis of European importance. One of his measures was the elevation of Prague to the Archbishopric of 1344, which prompted the great expansion of St. Vitus' Cathedral on Prague's Hradcany.
Rudolf's plan to make St. Stephen the seat of a bishop failed because of the resistance of Passau, because the bishop rightly feared a reduction of his diocese. Nevertheless, Rudolf found a way to give St. Stephan a special rank. In 1359 he obtained the papal confirmation for the founding of a collegiate, an association of 24 dressed in cardinal red robes priests, which was headed by a provost in a bishop-like costume. By subordinating the collegiate directly to the Pope, it was beyond the Passau influence. Thanks to complicated ecclesiastical chess moves he finally succeeded in 1365 to transfer his foundation to St. Stephen, which increased the importance of the church.
This was also reflected in the structural design of the church. In 1359 Rudolf IV began with a large-scale expansion, which was to bear all the symbols of a ruling church: a princely gallery above the west portal was framed by two-storey Duke's chapels, in which the relic treasure was kept. A princely tomb was erected as the tomb of the rulers of the country and finally four towers were planned, which was actually a building prerogative of a bishop's church. By integrating parts of the late Romanesque predecessor building (the main portal and the westwork called "Giant Gate") into his concept, Rudolf gave his building program historical depth.
With the death of Rudolf, the interest of the Habsburgs in St. Stephen palpably came to an end, and the citizens of Vienna took the initiative for the further expansion of the church. Only with Frederick III., who saw his example in Rudolf IV, did a Habsburg take part in the expansion of the church. Friedrich ordered the beginning of the work on the north tower. However, his high tomb in the Apostle Choir of the Dome, which is another notable example of the dynastic program of the Habsburgs in the late Middle Ages, is particularly reminiscent of this Habsburg.
Frederick III. finally managed to bring the prestige matter of his ancestor Rudolf to a successful end: 1469 Frederick III succeeded in to bring about the Pope to elevate Vienna to a diocese. Although the Viennese diocese initially had only a minimal extension - it was smaller than the current urban area - but the Habsburgs had imposed their own will: The Cathedral of St. Stephen had finally a bishop.
Eine Kathedrale ohne Bischof: St. Stephan in Wien
Um im mittelalterlichen Verständnis die Funktion einer Hauptstadt vollends zu erfüllen, fehlte Wien eine entscheidende Sache: Wien war zwar eine bedeutende Großstadt, aber nicht Sitz eines Bistums, sondern unterstand in kirchlichen Belangen dem Fürstbischof von Passau. St. Stephan, die wichtigste Kirche der Stadt, hatte nur den Rang einer Pfarrkirche.
Daher datieren die ersten Versuche einer Bistumsgründung in Wien bereits in die Zeit der Babenberger. Auch der unter Ottokar II. Přemysl nach dem Brand von 1258 begonnene großzügige Neubau der Stephanskirche im spätromanischen Stil verfolgte dieses Ziel.
Auf St. Stephan konzentrierten sich auch die Repräsentationsbestrebungen der Habsburger, nachdem sie die Herrschaft in Österreich übernommen hatten. Albrecht I. begann bereits 1304 mit dem Bau eines neuen Chores. Der Höhepunkt wurde jedoch unter Herzog Rudolf IV. erreicht. Dieser ehrgeizige Habsburger wollte Wien zu einer bedeutenden Residenzstadt und St. Stephan als “Capella regia Austriaca”, als Hofkirche der österreichischen Landesfürsten, zum sakralen Zentrum des Landes machen.
Der Hintergrund dafür lag in der Konkurrenz mit der Dynastie der Luxemburger: Kaiser Karl IV. war gerade dabei, seine Residenz Prag zu einer Metropole europäischer Geltung auszubauen. Eine seiner Maßnahmen war die Erhebung Prags zum Erzbistum 1344, was den Anstoß gab für den großartigen Ausbau des Veitsdomes am Prager Hradschin.
Rudolfs Plan, St. Stephan zum Sitz eines Bischofs zu machen, scheiterte zwar am Widerstand Passaus, denn der Bischof fürchtete zu Recht eine Verkleinerung seiner Diözese. Dennoch fand Rudolf einen Weg, St. Stephan einen besonderen Rang zu verleihen. 1359 erwirkte er die päpstliche Bestätigung für die Gründung eines Kollegiatstiftes, einer Vereinigung von 24 in kardinalsrote Gewänder gekleideten Priestern, denen ein Probst in bischofsähnlicher Tracht vorstand. Indem er das Kollegiat direkt dem Papst unterstellte, war es dem Passauer Einfluss entzogen. Dank komplizierter kirchenrechtlicher Schachzüge gelang es ihm schließlich 1365 seine Stiftung auf St. Stephan zu übertragen, was die Bedeutung des Gotteshauses erhöhte.
Dies schlug sich auch in der baulichen Gestalt der Kirche nieder. 1359 begann Rudolf IV. mit einem groß angelegten Ausbau, der alle Symbole einer Herrscherkirche tragen sollte: Eine Fürstenempore über dem Westportal wurde von doppelstöckigen Herzogskapellen eingerahmt, in denen der Reliquienschatz verwahrt wurde. Eine Fürstengruft als Grablege der Herrscher des Landes wurde angelegt und schließlich waren vier Türme geplant, was eigentlich ein bauliches Vorrecht einer Bischofskirche war. Indem Rudolf Teile des spätromanischen Vorgängerbaues (das als “Riesentor” bezeichnete Hauptportal und das Westwerk) in sein Konzept integrieren ließ, gab er seinem Bauprogramm historische Tiefe.
Mit dem Tod Rudolfs erlosch das Interesse der Habsburger an St. Stephan spürbar, die Wiener Bürgerschaft übernahm die Initiative für den weiteren Ausbau der Kirche. Erst mit Friedrich III., der in Rudolf IV. sein Vorbild sah, beteiligte sich wieder ein Habsburger am Ausbau der Kirche. Friedrich veranlasste den Beginn der Arbeiten am Nordturm. An diesen Habsburger erinnert vor allem jedoch sein Hochgrab im Apostelchor des Domes, ein weiteres bemerkenswertes Beispiel für das dynastische Programm der Habsburger im Spätmittelalter.
Friedrich III. gelang es schließlich auch, die Prestigeangelegenheit seines Ahnen Rudolf zu einem erfolgreichen Ende zu bringen: 1469 erreichte Friedrich III. beim Papst die Erhebung Wiens zum Bistum. Die Wiener Diözese hatte zwar zunächst nur eine minimale Ausdehung – sie war kleiner als das heutige Stadtgebiet – aber die Habsburger hatten ihren Willen durchgesetzt: Der Dom zu St. Stephan hatte endlich einen Bischof.
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History of the Museum
Scientific research and gathering in Austria found relatively late understanding and promotion. Indeed contained the chambers of art and curiosities of the Habsburgs also natural produce but for a long time they have been regarded as mere oddities, not as objects of scientific importance. It was not until Emperor Franz I. (Francis Stephen of Lorraine, 1745-1765), the husband of Maria Theresia, founded in 1748 with the purchase of the famous collection of Johann Baillous a private Naturalienkabinett. It was put up in accordance to Baillous' own scientific system in the Hofburg and was initially managed by this self.
The main emphasis was put on minerals and fossils as well as snail and mussel shells and corals. Plants and animals with soft parts were then (mainly because of the preparation problems) yet little appreciated as collector's items. They were held alive in botanical gardens and menageries.
After the death of Francis I the collection in which the Emperor had invested large sums of money was transferred into state ownership, reorganized and made twice a week accessible to the public. 1776 appointed Maria Theresa, particularly dear to her being mainly the earth sciences as a basis for mining and industry, the excellent mineralogist and montanist Ignaz von Born to Vienna and entrusted him with the systematic expansion of the collection. Born was a leader of the Enlightenment and Freemasonry, he might even have given the model for Sarastro in Mozart's "Magic Flute". With him for "Austria", definitely, dawned the scientific-technological age. The Naturalienkabinett (a cabinet of curiosities) then became a center of mineralogical research in Europe.
The nature-loving Emperor Franz II (I, 1792-1835) expanded the natural history collection for a private animal cabinet. The foundation for this were the trophies of the Habsburgs, which date back to Emperor Maximilian II (1564-1576), as well as the famous collection of prepared native vertebrates and insects of the falconer Joseph Natterer. After several reclassifications followed in 1807 the foundation of a separate plants cabinet. The Emperor lay with the gift of his Privatherbars (private plant collection) the foundation.
The exhibition practice around 1800 was marked by an often curious juxtaposition of little scientific and very progressive tendencies. The stuffed animals were shown in artificial landscape dioramas, ie already in ecological context. Alongside, however, stood also Stopfpräparate (stuffed compounds) of people of non-native breeds such as the "high princely Moor' Angelo Soliman, who came to literary fame.
The eminent scholar and organizer Carl Schreibers who from 1806 until 1851 headed the Natural History Collection, provided for key reforms in all areas. He extented all departments to major research centers and was supported not only by the museum officials, but also by a number of often highly skilled, unpaid volunteers.
On the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Leopoldina with the Brazilian crown prince Dom Pedro in 1817 sent Emperor Franz also well-known researchers to South America. Through their collecting activities, the growth of the museum's experienced a glorious climax. So stayed the zoologist Johann Natterer for 18 years in South America and established an in an exemplary manner documented collection of scientific and ethnographic objects for Vienna. This contributed significantly to the worldwide reputation of the museum, but also led to a decades-long lack of space.
With various, not always felicitous chosen emergency solutions on tried in vain to handle space problems sussesfully. During the revolutionary turmoil of 1848, the Imperial Palace was bombarded by imperial troops and partially set on fire. A part of the collection was destroyed, tragically, also many irreplaceable objects from the Brazilian material.
In the years after the Revolution, the collection was converted into an independent zoological, botanical and mineralogical Hofkabinett (Court cabinet). These cabinets with their extremely rich stocks offered not only ideal possibilities to explore, they contributed to the establishment of scientific disciplines in the university sector in 1870 also considerably to the formation of young scientists. The collections have been enhanced through exchange and purchases, by the collecting activities of the researchers as well as legacies, especially of scientifically inclined travelers, constantly . In addition, the by the Imperial Court generously funded cooperation with the Austrian navy became very important: Especially the circumnavigation of the world of the frigate "Novara" (1857-1859), which was attended by numerous excellent naturalist, gave an exceedingly rich collection of new material to the museum. The scientific word off should take decades.
This scientific Poiniergeist (pioneering spirit), reflecting the general belief in progress in the second half of the 18th Century, was facing the more and more oppressive need of space. Although Emperor Franz Joseph had already in 1857 the razing of the fortification lines around the city center ordered. On the cleared area should along a boulevard alongside other representative public buildings also new museums emerge. Up to the completion of this project, however, it was still a long way to go.
The liberal bourgeoisie then undergoing a steep political and economic upswing was inclined to replace the old cabinets through research and education centers for broad strata of the population and thus make its own cultural advancement clearly visible. But the neo-absolutist empire of the gradually decaying Habsburg monarchy, too, wanted erect itself a modern, artistically accomplished monument: A monumental Imperial Forum following the ancient example was planned, that should be reaching from the Imperial Palace to the royal stables. Realized of it was only a torso: the New Castle and Maria Theresa Square with Museum of Art History and Museum of Natural History.
The internal organization of the new 'Imperial and Royal Natural History Court Museum", which on 10 August was officially opened in 1889, goes back to the great geologist, New Zealand researcher and first director of the museum, Ferdinand von Hochstetter, and has been preserved largely in its clear systematic today. However, the proliferation of resources and new demands on the research and display collection activities required new spatial and structural solutions. Thus, an underground storage was created in 1990, which extends under the building on four levels and in fully air-conditioned rooms keeps a portion of the collection material. Due to the roof extension (1991 to 1995) further collection, but also numerous new working rooms were gained.
The research, the preservation and completing of the major scientific collections and the presentation of selected natural objects to this day have not lost any of their topicalities. In a time of increasingly rapid destruction of our environment, they are more important than ever. Just as the white patches have become smaller on the map, penetrates the science into ever smaller areas. Long scanning electron microscope and X-ray equipment have replaced hand magnifier. In the permanent exhibition area visitors also have access to advanced optical devices, especially in "Microcosmos" ( Hall 21). The preservation of collection, too, follows modern conservation knowledge.
Over a century ago, the Museum hace been created for the systematic presentation - the diversity of nature sorted strung together, the palace-like building, the interplay of means and objects as well as the historic atmosphere giving it a distinctive character.
Even with the redesign of many exhibition halls systematic classification was basically retained to make the visitors aware of the immense diversity of life. However, the presentation is successively adapted to the museological requirements and needs of the 21st century. Also presented are interesting topics and new contents in a contemporary didactic form.
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International Symposium on Understanding the Double Burden of Malnutrition for Effective Interventions held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 10 December 2018
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Opening Session
Aldo Malavasi, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
Clemens M. Auer, Special Envoy for Health for the Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection
France Beginn, UNICEF
Laurance Grummer-Strawn, World Health Organization
May Abdel-Wahab, IAEA Director, Division of Human Health
Cornelia Loechl, IAEA Section Head, Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies
Understanding City Resilience through Data with Robert Muggah at TED2017 - The Future You, April 24-28, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED
A Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the cultural and creative industries between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland was signed ahead of the Presidential Screening during the Official State Visit.
Director Huh Jung's thriller was selected as the opener of the London Korean Film Festival 2013. On 6th November 2013, the London Korean Film Festival celebrated its eighth anniversary with a Special Premiere Gala at Cineworld in Haymarket. Hundreds of VIPs joined us at the Gala and the reception afterwards including Director Huh Jung and actor Son Hyun Joo and many who have continued to support the London Korean Film Festival over the years.
Film makers and producers joined the evening as well as film enthusiasts. Before the film screening, the President of the Republic of Korea, President Park Geun-hye attended the Gala, she was accompanied by Lord David Puttnam and UK Secretary of State for Culture Maria Miller MP from DCMS.
After surviving a review by a bitterly divided Congress, the Iran nuclear agreement is now a done deal. And yet, with regional conflict intensifying, the question of Iran continues to loom large in the American foreign policy debate. As Iran gears up for elections in early 2016, and as world leaders – in business and in politics – flock to Tehran, understanding Iran after the deal becomes an increasingly complex and urgent task.
On October 15, the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings hosted a conversation with Suzanne Maloney, deputy director of Brookings Foreign Policy program and author of the recently released book, Iran’s Political Economy since the Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Maloney was joined by Javier Solana, a Brookings distinguished fellow and former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy; and Vali Nasr, Dean of Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings. The three experts discussed Iran today, the implications of the nuclear agreement, and more. Bruce Jones, Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy at Brookings, gave introductory remarks.
Photo by Paul Morigi
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The world of licensing is a strange, strange place. While there are examples of strange things everywhere, this little review focuses on the world of Persona 4.
The short version is, based on my understanding, if you wanted a collection of the main cast of Persona 4 and their Persona, you basically need to buy a combination of Figma, D-Arts, and fixed statues. Furthermore, you have accept that some are based on their Anime looks, and some their P4A video game appearance.
Now, maybe I'm wrong and that the various license holders just gave up on doing a full line, or maybe Atlus really did piecemeal this property out like this... I'll never actually know, but I'm too pretty to care.
Which brings me to this review, Figma Yukiko and D-Arts Konohana Sakuya.
Yukiko is one of the main heroines in the game. The daughter of the owner of a popular inn located in Inaba (the setting of Persona 4), Yukiko is the quiet, studious girl of series, who dreams of life outside the town and is deadly in the kitchen.. because apparently she can't cook.
Yes, that's a relevant fact, especially if you play the game.
Konohana Sakuya is, of course, her initial Persona. It's some weird bird/flower thing... there's no real simple way to describe the design. I believe that this Persona is aligned with the element of Fire, but again, it's been a long time so I can't remember for sure.
The Figma releases (Yu, Chie, and Yukiko) are, I believe, based on their appearances in the Persona 4 Anime series. Based on stills I've seen, I feel that the figure captures this art style very well, especially with the more slim aesthetic of the Figma 1.0 body.
Yukiko comes with several expressions, her trusty fan, a slash effect, and two pairs of glasses - I think both are meant for use so the team can see Shadows, the enemies in this game, but obviously one is worn for shits and giggles. Even with the "limited" articulation of the 1.0 body, Yukiko's graceful frame can be posed in a variety of character accurate positions. QC, of course, is top notch with no real complaints.
Now, while Yukiko here was a chance purchase, Konohana Sakuya is a bit more interesting. Apparently, unlike Figuarts, released Figuarts are either really cheap, or horribly expensive in the aftermarket. This one definitely falls into the former, as I was able to get it for $25 CAD after one of those eBay coupons, shipped with tracking, all the way from Hong Kong to Canada.
Naturally, I was intrigued as to what was wrong with the thing, and ordered one to complement my Yukiko.
I think the best way to describe the final product is - ambitious.
The set comes with the figure, several wing segments, and a dynamic stand.
The good news is that it appears the two scale very well with one another. Adding to the favour of this union is the fact that Konohana Sakuya doesn't stand on the ground - she floats.
The base figure itself is very solid, and much better than Jiraiya in terms of QC... but lets face it, its pretty damn hard to top a screw up like painting so much your head get stuck to your body. The included stand isn't bad, but I seem to recall that the joint isn't quite strong enough in some positions to hold the main figure in the air.
Those wings, however, are where the ambitious comment comes to light. Each wing segment is made up of translucent plastic, and theoretically are jointed such that you can do all sorts of pretty things with them, as indicated on the back of the box. The reality is, the wings are a pain in the ass to pose and join together, and once you get it a certain way you probably don't want to screw around with them anymore. Furthermore, you might notice that the wings are actually mounted on a separate arm on the stand, with two sections connected to the forearms of the figure itself, making for more fun as you struggle to connect joints, praying you don't break the things in the meantime.
But you know what? As awkward as the process was, I truly did appreciate the effort put into trying to duplicate those crazy wings seen in the video game.
Compared to the other releases under the Persona 4 D-Arts line, unless there was some major size differences, this Persona probably gave designers the greatest headache and was worth its weight in gold more, as it were. But, collectors of this sort of stuff are a fickle bunch, so I'm guessing that this Persona probably lost the popularity contest.
So that was the pairing of Yukiko and Konohana Sakuya in figure form. Maybe one day, I'll find the rest of the crew... or at least get the pairing of my favorite carnivore, Chie, and her Persona.
Preface:
This is a kind of prelude for things to come soon, for better understanding of the kits' origin, intention and what I will make of them. I procured these kits soon after their release, 2010 or so, dircetly from Japan, with the vague plan to use them in mecha dioramas, because. they offer some interesting building options like the armored excavator. Any they were quite cheap at the time of their release: just 1.200 yen, which is today less than EUR 7,-/USD 8 (but see below), and they were quite affordable – then.
However, when they arrived I was greatly disappointed because each of the kits is just a [i]single [/i]vehicle, and you get parts to just create [i]one [/i]of the types shown on the box - more or less a universal chassis with add-ons.
Then, both kits/sets are basically the same, but it's not obvious or what you'd expect: the chassis only differs through 8x8 wheels or tracks - with the benefit, that all "toppings" might be fully interchangeable, though. Then, the kits are VERY toylike, effectively snap-fit models with very rough details, even with poor solutions. And, worst of all: they are a kind of box-scale. I should have been warned because scale information is lacking on the boxes. I had naively expected a 1:72 scale, so that combining them with usual mecha kits in popular scales (that's how the kits were explicitly advertised!) would be easy and actually the idea behind their design and marketing. It's hard to tell what scale these things [i]actually [/i]are, esp. when the parts are still bagged and on their sprues, [i]somewhere [/i]between 1:72 and 1:48...
No, instead you get half-baked and IMHO poor toy stuff, "Made in China". So, highly disappointed, I put them on the large "shelf of doom" to collect dust, for years, until I recently remembered them and the Bandai Patlabor kits' odd if not unique 1:60 scale. Maybe [u]that [/u]could be a match and finally a motivation to build them?
I also considered selling them, because today these early MSG kits go for insane prices, esp. when you see what you get: EUR 75,- for NIB/mint kits is common (10 times what they were issued for. WTF?!?), and they even do not appear to be actually rare?!? But, no, I eventually followed my inspiration and will build (and improve!) them into something that fits into the Patlabor universe…
Kit #2 and its assembly
As you might have noticed in the earlier post showing the boxes for both kits, the second kit was tracked and designed like a more traditional tank. But while Kit #1 was already a disappointment with its stocky design and terrible wheels/suspension, Kit #2 turned out to be even worse—thanks to some deceptive box art photo-editing. Just compare the box art (especially the tracks) to the actual kit parts...
Again, the main hull required a fair bit of PSR (Putty, Sand, Repeat) to eliminate seam lines, but the basic assembly phase went quickly. Additionally, there were numerous unnecessary attachment holes scattered across the body, which I blanked off using styrene strips and filled/sanded smooth.
Changing and scratchbuilding a tracked running gear on a hull clearly never designed for it (especially regarding attachment points) was no easy task. My solution was the procurement of 3D-printed resin tracks and wheels, for an 1:72 M1 Abrams. Seeing the parts I ordered in real life I initially was sceptical about the 3D-printed wheels because they were tightly packed on the print bed, leaving me wondering how best to remove them. That turned out to be relatively straightforward using a mini die grinder and a micro saw blade. Once cleaned up, the sixteen road wheels looked much better than expected, and the single-piece drive sprockets feature excellent detail—though they would cause some major headaches later on...
The bigger question was: How do you attach resin/3D-printed running gear to a hull that was never designed to receive a realistically tracked suspension?
1.Hull Modifications: I started by cutting off the stock hull extensions from the out-of-the-box (OOB) track assemblies, blanked the sides with sheet styrene, and slightly widened the stock hull to push the tracks out into a proper stance.
2.Wheel Swap: Things escalated when I realized the M1-style road wheels were simply too small—both in overall scale and for mounting properly to the hull. Even though they fit the central guide horns of the tracks, I decided to swap them out, retaining only a single pair as front idlers (since they fit the track curve well).
3.The Merkava Rescue: I remembered having leftover Merkava wheels from a butchered ESCI kit I used in the late '90s for a walking-tank kitbash project! Although they lack the central channel for the track guide teeth, they were the best option available and offered far better scale proportions. I decided to run six Merkava wheels per side.
A new problem surfaced with the drive sprockets. Despite their sharp detail, being single-piece 3D prints meant the teeth were slightly "soft" and oversized. As a result:
•They didn't fit into the track links as intended.
•Even after sawing the sprockets in half, the teeth still wouldn't engage properly with the track links, requiring a bit of forced persuasion to mount... AAAARGH!
The challenges didn't end there—all the wheels still needed a physical mounting point on the Kotobukiya hull, which offers no standard mounting options for this setup.
To solve this, I mocked up the overall track position in 3D space to establish reference points for the idler and sprocket wheels (using scratchbuilt spacers). At the front, I sculpted organic-looking fairing "bulges" to plausible-looking suspension mounts.
Here’s a breakdown of the running gear modifications:
•Suspension: Added rough swing arms to bridge the 2D gap with the lower hull, along with custom spacers to keep the idlers and sprockets aligned.
•Track Sub-Assemblies: I dry-fitted the tracks into their final positions and glued the road wheels directly to the track links (with the first and last wheels already fixed in place). Since painting the running gear once fully attached to the hull would be nearly impossible, the plan is to complete each track/wheel assembly as a separate sub-assembly. They will be primed in black, painted, and weathered before being permanently attached under the tank. Wish me luck!
•Stance & Clearance: My scratchbuilt "prosthetic" suspension might not be perfect, but it’s a massive leap forward. Ground clearance is significantly higher now—originally, the running gear sat extremely low, looking more like a civilian excavator's hydrostatic drive than a proper armored fighting vehicle.
The upper deck layout is a bit inconclusive: there are cooling grilles behind the turret, but there is also a large hatch right behind the driver that looks like an engine bay cover. Ultimately, this modular, toy-like kit lacks real-world practical logic, so I decided to interpret it as a rear-engined vehicle—which also aligns with the rear placement of the drive sprockets.
With the core structural conversion finished, it was time to add the final scale hardware touches:
•Towing shackles at the front.
•A splash guard / projectile deflector mounted between the headlights.
•A triple smoke grenade launcher array (modified from the OOB parts, which originally looked like giant trash cans).
•A newly enlarged driver’s hatch.
•A ventilator dome/fairing on the turret roof.
•An upgraded gunner’s hatch.
•Small mast mounts for a spotlight and a crosswind sensor.
•A coaxial machine gun and an IR searchlight added to the turret.
My understanding is that is now known as Broadstone Plaza or the Broadstone Gate and the original plan is described below:
"The Broadstone Gate will provide a key access to the Grangegorman site once complete and is being developed as part of the Luas Cross City works. It will be finished as a public plaza and the access will provide a major linkage between Grangegorman and Dublin city."
"The plaza is situated off Constitution Hill on the site of the old royal canal at the former Great Weatern Railway Station commonly known as Broadstone, and will mark a prominent entrance to the Grangegorman urban quarter."
"Under the Grangegorman Masterplan, the primary urban path through Grangegorman – St Brendan’s Way will link with the Broadstone Gate which when completed will reach as far as Prussia Street. The link with Broadstone can also be seen as an extension to the 18th century historic spine of Dublin City which covered Dublin Castle across Grattan Bridge, along Capel Street/Bolton Street, Henrietta Street and King’s Inn."
The new pedestrian/cyclist link between Grangegorman and Constitution Hill was officially opened in November. This link in its current format is temporary until site development in that area is completed. The initial opening hours for the link are Monday – Friday, from 7am – 4pm and on Saturdays, from 7.30am – 2pm. I have been advised by the Grangegorman Development Agency that it intends to expand these opening hours soon.
As you can see from my photographs the Plaza Area is currently a building site but I am hoping that it will be complete within a few months.
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