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Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, joins Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, founder and president, Give an Hour, in signing a memorandum of understanding between The National Guard and Give an Hour during a ceremony at the Pentagon Nov. 21, 2016. The mutual goal is to increase access to behavioral health services for Guard members and families. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Gonzalez)
What: Lebanese protest denouncing the US supported Israeli bombings of Lebanon
When: July 29th 2006
Where: Miami, Florida USA at The Torch of Friendship
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During their journey Ekta Parishad connects with local organisations working not only on land issues, but also on marginalised peoples’ lack of access to wider resources, including state provision of essential services such as education and healthcare.
This organisation in Assam provides shelter and schooling to tribal and marginalised children in the area.
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This image was taken in my back yard. I am working through an excellent book on Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson.
In this image I was playing with ideas from the book around exposure. He says that there are at least six 'correct' exposures for any image and only ONE of them is a creative exposure and all the rest are record exposures.
The key is Apeture in this case-
I took 6 shots with a telefoto lens (aiming at a narrow feild of view and shallow depth of feild) at 170 mm focal length on a Canon 70-200 4.0 L series lens.
I took the shots at F. 4.0 (this image), 5,6; 8.0; 11; 16 and 22: yes I got six different images with varying degrees of sharpness in the background. with an ISO of 400 and adjusting the shutter speed to suit the chosen Apeture for each shot.
I am not happy with the results I got with the 70-200mm lens.
The distance between the camera and the subject was the minimum the lens will allow for focus (1.2 metres); the Apeture was the fastest this lens will allow (F.4.0) and yet the background is not blurred to my satisfaction.
I am assuming I am right in thinking that increasing the distance between the camera and the subject will not give a more shallow DOF because the further the distance between the subject and the camera, the deeper the depth of feild ?
Maybe for this image I should have gone to my Canon 50.mm 1.8 lens because it would have allowed me to go to an Apeture of 1.8 instead of 4.0 on the other lenses I have to play with ?
I noticed that this is a MOVING subject too which explains most of the sloppy focus sharpness in this image given that I chose a focus point in the image but the wind blew the flower around enough at a shallow DOF to be noticeable and mess with the sharpness of the result.
Maybe a faster Apeture lens would have also allowed a faster SS and hence less risk of movement blur ? I could bump up the ISO (400) any higher without risking noise.
I will try the same shot with the 50mm 1.8 tomorrow and see if it reaps a better, more blurred/bokeh background or not. Comments and suggestions welcome as always.
Please be understanding of my improv scrappy piecing. I am not good at it, but I wanted to show that you can be a scrappy as you like here. As long as the star and strip coordinate they can be any bright colors. The rainbow or pieces. With low volume background. I have a serious lack of low volume. So, piecing was a perfect option for me. Thank you all for taking time to make one for me. :)
A promo designed to help raise PLEDGES towards the production of a series of important films for the Alzheimer's/dementia charity SPECAL.
We need your support.
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Shot on 5D, by DP Alex MacDonald with Nikon primes - alexmacd.co.uk
Sound by Marc Wojtanowski - recordist.me
This shot is darker than I like. I'd hoped the kid's blonde hair would render brighter. Little patches of sun probably skewed the metering.
Shot with a Nikon FE2 and Voigtländer 40mm f2 SLII on Fompan 400 developed in D76.
The host Ivo Mej introduces the first session of the May 2018 edition of TEDxRoma about Understanding Complexity.
also with the green of fields as a background :)
the more I take these open air shots the more I understand how I love to be into the nature
Marco Sosa, the Danteum. 2/4 Study model for a conceptual model of the danteum. Out of 'hell' comes purgatory, sliding out of the square on a golden section proportion. Purgatory has a lesser density than hell.
Living in Transit: The Thinkers of a World in Turmoil
War looms over Europe, uncertainty seeps into everyday life, and the weight of history presses upon the present. The world is burning, and yet—there are those who seek understanding, those who bury themselves in the quiet refuge of books, the dim glow of libraries, the solitude of knowledge.
This series captures the introspective minds of young academic women—readers, thinkers, seekers. They wander through old university halls, their fingers tracing the spines of forgotten books, pulling out volumes of poetry, philosophy, and psychology. They drink coffee, they drink tea, they stay up late with ink-stained fingers, trying to decipher the world through words.
They turn to Simone Weil for moral clarity, Hannah Arendt for political insight, Rilke for existential wisdom. They read Baudrillard to untangle the illusions of modernity, Byung-Chul Han to understand society’s exhaustion, Camus to grasp the absurdity of it all. They devour Celan’s poetry, searching for beauty in catastrophe.
But they do not just read—they reflect, they question, they write. Their world is one of quiet resistance, an intellectual sanctuary amidst the chaos. In their solitude, they are not alone. Across time, across history, across the pages they turn, they are in conversation with those who, too, have sought meaning in troubled times.
This is a series about thought in transit—about seeking, reading, questioning, about the relentless pursuit of knowledge when the world feels on the brink.
Where the Thinkers Go
They gather where the dust has settled,
where books whisper in the hush of halls.
Pages thin as breath, torn at the edges,
cradling centuries of questions.
They drink coffee like it’s ink,
trace words like constellations,
follow Rilke into the dusk,
where solitude hums softly in the dark.
Outside, the world is fraying—
war threading through the seams of cities,
the weight of history pressing forward.
Inside, they turn pages, searching
for answers, for solace, for fire.
And somewhere between the lines,
between time-stained margins and fading ink,
they find the ghosts of others who
once sought, once wondered, once read—
and they do not feel alone.
Three Haikus
Night falls on paper,
books stacked like silent towers,
thoughts burn in the dark.
Tea cools in the cup,
a poem lingers on lips,
war rumbles beyond.
Footsteps in silence,
the scent of old ink and dust,
pages turn like ghosts.
ooOOOoo
The Intellectual Pursuit: What They Read in 2025
In a world teetering between war and uncertainty, young academic women turn to books—not as mere escape, but as a way to confront reality, to seek wisdom in the echoes of history, and to understand the weight of the present. They read in dimly lit libraries, at café tables littered with half-drunk cups of tea, in quiet university archives where dust clings to forgotten volumes. They are drawn to words that unravel complexity, books that demand contemplation, and authors who have wrestled with the same existential questions that haunt their minds today.
Here is what they read.
1. Existential and Philosophical Works
In times of crisis, philosophy becomes a mirror—reflecting both the weight of the world and the possibilities of thought. These books challenge, unsettle, and offer a way to navigate uncertainty.
Simone Weil – Gravity and Grace (moral clarity and reflections on human suffering)
Hannah Arendt – The Origins of Totalitarianism (a timeless study of power, ideology, and authoritarianism)
Byung-Chul Han – The Burnout Society (a philosophical take on modern exhaustion and performance-driven culture)
Jean Baudrillard – Simulacra and Simulation (a critique of reality and illusion in an age of digital manipulation)
Albert Camus – The Plague (a novel that mirrors today’s existential and ethical dilemmas)
Søren Kierkegaard – The Concept of Anxiety (an exploration of freedom, dread, and the human condition)
These thinkers guide them through uncertainty, offering both discomfort and clarity—challenging them to see beyond the immediate chaos.
2. Poetry and Literature of Longing, Loss, and Human Experience
Sometimes, only poetry and fiction can capture what analysis cannot—the deep, wordless truths of grief, love, exile, and the quiet resilience of the human spirit.
Anne Carson – Nox (a fragmented, deeply personal meditation on loss and memory)
Paul Celan – Todesfuge (haunting post-Holocaust poetry that lingers between beauty and horror)
Rainer Maria Rilke – Letters to a Young Poet (a lyrical guide to solitude, art, and self-discovery)
Ocean Vuong – On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (poetry-infused storytelling on identity and survival)
Virginia Woolf – The Waves (a novel that reads like a long poem, exploring time, consciousness, and human connection)
Clarice Lispector – The Hour of the Star (a sparse, existential novel that lingers long after the last page)
These books are read slowly, lines underlined in pencil, phrases whispered to oneself in quiet moments.
3. Political Thought and Social Critique
Understanding the present requires looking at the past and tracing the patterns of history, power, and resistance.
Naomi Klein – Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World (on misinformation, conspiracy culture, and the fracturing of reality)
Timothy Snyder – On Tyranny (20 lessons from history on how democracy is lost—and how it can be protected)
Achille Mbembe – Necropolitics (on the politics of death, control, and who gets to exist in modern power structures)
Olga Tokarczuk – Flights (a novel that blurs fiction and philosophy, exploring movement, exile, and identity)
Rebecca Solnit – Hope in the Dark (on why history is shaped by those who refuse to give up)
These books are read with urgency—annotated, discussed, debated. They provide frameworks for understanding the unfolding crises of today.
4. Science, Psychology, and the Search for Meaning
In times of uncertainty, some turn to the mind and the universe—to trauma studies, quantum physics, and new ways of seeing.
Carlo Rovelli – The Order of Time (a poetic examination of time and its illusions)
James Bridle – New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future (on the unpredictability of AI, climate change, and human systems)
Bessel van der Kolk – The Body Keeps the Score (on trauma, memory, and how the body stores experiences)
Donna Haraway – Staying with the Trouble (rethinking human and non-human relationships in a time of ecological crisis)
These books stretch their understanding beyond politics and poetry—into the unseen forces that shape the self and the cosmos.
This sign at a basic school pretty much says it all. After spending eleven months teaching I have a posthumous understanding how much teachers do build their pupils future. Well there are lots of cultural and home things too, but teachers play a bigger part than I ever imagined.
I also know now why my grade 11 English teacher, fresh from college, cried and left the room when all her pupils demonstrated zero interest in reading what ever it was we were supposed to be reading. I will admit I was not the best teacher, and teaching is not my gift. I once told my pupils whom were struggling to understand that the area of a right triangle is half, this was after spending weeks on fractions, of a rectangle to just make their maize fields rectangles so they wouldn't have to worry about not understanding triangles. If you think that's mean, don't worry most my pupils don't speak English so they weren't offended and those that do speak English thought it was funny, probably because those, about eight, that speak English also understood what I've taught them and knew I wasn't talking to them. I enjoyed the experience of teaching but have no desire to try and convince any pupils anywhere to learn anything again, maybe engineering is for me?
On May, 2023, Argonne opened its doors to thousands, showcasing its wide-ranging research to people of all ages with interactive games, hands-on science activities, and tours of one-of-a-kind research facilities.
The Open House offered visitors nearly 100 inspiring activities and tours spanning four science themes: Creating the Tools of Science, Improving Public and Personal Health, Saving the Planet, and Understanding the Universe.
To find out more, visit this article - Thousands celebrate Argonne’s transformational science at Open House »
Also, visit our Open House hub page - Open House highlights »
Hoofprint Workshop is pleased to present UNDERSTANDING OBLIVION, a solo show featuring new work by Aaron Coleman. In a departure from his more traditional printmaking practice, Coleman uses collage and unorthodox materials to assemble a monumental triptych, returning the space to its former state: a chapel. But this is no sanctuary! Hand-painted elements, direct application of rust, and repurposed proofs all coalesce to give the viewer a sense of visual overload: the stuff of existence is tearing apart at the seams.
Aaron S. Coleman is an artist and educator living in Dekalb, Illinois. He makes mixed media prints using mezzotint, lithography, intaglio, relief and serigraphy. He combines imagery from comic books and stained glass windows to raise questions concerning misconstrued belief systems and twisted moral values in our society.
He has exhibited at the Liu Haisu Art Museum in Shanghai, China and was invited to participate in the 6th and 7th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro in Alijo, Portugal. Aaron’s work can be found in the collections of The University of Colorado, Wichita State University, the Ino-cho Paper Museum in Kochi, Japan, The Yekaterinburg Museum of Art in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Ewing Gallery Collection. Aaron is a husband, a dog lover and a workaholic.
At the Martire Business & Communications Center, representatives from Sacred Heart University signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan University of Economics. In attendance were were SHU President John J. Petillo, and Japan University of Economics President Asuka Tsuzuki. Photo by Mark F. Conrad 9/11/18
Was ist künstliche Intelligenz? Und was wissen wir eigentlich über die menschliche Intelligenz? Wie intelligent kann künstliche Intelligenz im Vergleich dazu sein? Wichtiger noch: Welche Auswirkungen werden die Fortschritte in diesem Bereich auf unsere Gesellschaft haben? Antorten auf diese und viele weitere Fragen gibt die Ausstllung Understanding AI im Ars Electronica Center.
Foto: Ars Electronica / Birgit Cakir
On May, 2023, Argonne opened its doors to thousands, showcasing its wide-ranging research to people of all ages with interactive games, hands-on science activities, and tours of one-of-a-kind research facilities.
This photo was taken during a tour of the Energy Plaza at Argonne.
The Open House offered visitors nearly 100 inspiring activities and tours spanning four science themes: Creating the Tools of Science, Improving Public and Personal Health, Saving the Planet, and Understanding the Universe.
To find out more, visit this article - Thousands celebrate Argonne’s transformational science at Open House »
Also, visit our Open House hub page - Open House highlights »
The Anatomy of Prejudice
5-year-growing-exhibition
on prejudice and xenophobia
@IKM Museum in Oslo
"Thierry Geoffroy’s art format EXTRACTEUR is different from the scientific and academic investigation methods. Rather than following the standard categories, the EXTRACTEUR is based on an artistic way of combining the factual and the poetic interpretations of a subject matter. I consider EXTRACTEUR to be a unique way of extending our understanding of data-collection, classification, and analyses."
—Tijana Miskovic, curator
The exhibition is based around “The Jungle” - an EXTRACTEUR art format, created to collect data about prejudice and give them an evolutive artistic form. The format also includes academic studying of the collected data in order to understand the anatomy of prejudice. The information collected during the exhibition period is aesthetically forming part of a monumental sculptural artwork, but can at the same time be considered as valuable data for scientific and academic purposes. This doubleness between aesthetics and analytics is the core idea of all EXTRACTEUR formats, developed to analyze the socio-political context of the world we live in through artists lens. By the end of the 5-year long exhibition period, the collected data will consist of a huge number of detections of xenophobia-signs reported by 50.000 active participants.
"The Anatomy of Prejudice"
5-year-growing-exhibition
on prejudice and xenophobia
@IKM Museum in Oslo
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#formatart #ultracontemporary #interculture #multiculture
"Thierry Geoffroy’s art format EXTRACTEUR is different from the scientific and academic investigation methods. Rather than following the standard categories, the EXTRACTEUR is based on an artistic way of combining the factual and the poetic interpretations of a subject matter. I consider EXTRACTEUR to be a unique way of extending our understanding of data-collection, classification, and analyses."
—Tijana Miskovic, curator
The exhibition is based around “The Jungle” - an EXTRACTEUR art format, created to collect data about prejudice and give them an evolutive artistic form. The format also includes academic studying of the collected data in order to understand the anatomy of prejudice. The information collected during the exhibition period is aesthetically forming part of a monumental sculptural artwork, but can at the same time be considered as valuable data for scientific and academic purposes. This doubleness between aesthetics and analytics is the core idea of all EXTRACTEUR formats, developed to analyze the socio-political context of the world we live in through artists lens. By the end of the 5-year long exhibition period, the collected data will consist of a huge number of detections of xenophobia-signs reported by 50.000 active participants.
Thierry Geoffroy/COLONEL’ s exhibition "The Anatomy of Prejudice" is part of TYPISK DEM curated by the IKM museum team: Annelise Bothner-By, Gazi Øzcan and Anders Bettum.
Apart from “EXTRACTEUR”, the artist Thierry Geoffroy/COLONEL works with many other art formats such as "EMERGENCY ROOM" and "CRITICAL RUN". For more information: www.colonel.dkThe exhibition also presents several new videos produced in Oslo this winter together with Jella Bethman and Åsmund Boye Kverneland. The videos express the artist’s meeting with the city and its inhabitants through performative interventions.
Thierry Geoffroy/COLONEL’ s exhibition "The Anatomy of Prejudice" is part of TYPISK DEM curated by the IKM museum team: Annelise Bothner-By, Gazi Øzcan and Anders Bettum.
Apart from “EXTRACTEUR”, the artist Thierry Geoffroy/COLONEL works with many other art formats such as "EMERGENCY ROOM" and "CRITICAL RUN". For more information: www.colonel.dk
Silas House (Southernmost), Tammy Lynne Stoner (Sugar Land), and Michele Young-Stone (Lost in the Beehive) discuss their novels, each a bittersweet journey of the heart full of characters seeking redemption through love. Peter Hedlund/Virginia Humanities
Myeongnyun-dang at the Confucian Temple in Sungkyunkwan University. I translate it (rather clumsily) as 'the Hall of Understanding Human Relationships'. Mengzi says that understanding human relationships is the purpose of education and the basis of good government. If he were alive today, he'd probably be a sociologist.
The Myeongnyun-dang was rebuilt in 1606 after being destroyed by the Japanese during the Imjin wars. The tablet dates from the same year. The calligraphy is that of Zhu Zhifan 朱之蕃, the Chinese imperial envoy to Korea.
26 November 2015, Rome - Signing ceremony of of a Memorandum of Understanding between FAO and The Netherlands on Water Remote Sensing signed by FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Gerda Verburg, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to FAO. FAO headquarters (Australia Room).
Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Alessia Pierdomenico. Editorial use only. Copyright ©FAO.
Terminology for the essay to be written in class Thursday:
demograhic info
bureaucracy
evaluate
Dinka
Nilotic
United Nations
refugee / asylum
Peter Dut
Santino Chuor
South Sudan
INS: Immigration and Naturalization Service
ululation
fu fu
Eastern Africa
Swahili
English / British colony
Arabic / Muslims
mnemonic
Nairobi, Kenya
documentation
indigenous
Houston: 4.5 M
Kansas City: 2 M
Why do weeds keep growing again and again despite frequent weeding? This question is relevant to gardeners, but also to researchers in ecology. Indeed, weeds are an often-neglected source of biodiversity. In a joint project with the French National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), we develop models to uncover how weeds can survive at the city scale despite the action of gardeners. To do so, we investigate plant dynamics in urban tree bases along streets. These tree bases can act as “highways” (or ecological corridors) for plant species, connecting parks and gardens. We aim to understand which plant species are effectively able to spread through urban tree bases. Our results will have consequences for the management of tree bases by gardeners: they will highlight new weeding strategies which are more efficient against undesirable species while promoting biodiversity.
Dr Apolline Louvet
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Category: Partnerships
Research that is working in collaboration with people outside academia including industry, policymakers and civil society and community-based organisations.