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Former Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne signs a Memorandum of Understanding between the British Embassy, Beijing and Central Party School with Minister Li Jingtain, Vice-President of the Chinese Central Party School. 26 October 2011.
Press / The International Fiber Collaborative Projects
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★What IS THE INTERNATIONAL FIBER COLLABORATIVE?
As the leading voice for collaborative public art projects around the world, the International Fiber Collaborative is dedicated to promoting understanding and appreciation of contemporary art & craft through educational experiences. We are committed to developing vital education programs that elevate, expand, modernize and enhance the image of collaboration and education today.
★WHAT IS THE DREAM ROCKET PROJECT?
The Dream Rocket Team is collecting nearly 8,000 artworks from participants around the globe. The artwork will be assembled together to create a massive cover in which will wrap a 37 story Saturn V Moon Rocket at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. We will also be displaying submitted artwork in dozens of national venues prior to the wrapping of the Saturn V. Additionally, we are posting images of submitted artwork & their stories on our Website, Flickr, and Facebook.The Dream Rocket project uses the Saturn V Moon Rocket as a symbolism of universal values of the human spirit. Optimism, hope,
caring for our natural resources, scientific exploration, and harnessing technological advancements for a better quality of life while safeguarding our communities, are all common desires across national and international boundaries. Participants are able to express and learn about these values through this creative collaboration. With the completion of each artwork, participants are asked to write an essay explaining their artwork, and the dream theme in which they chose.
★How can I Participate & Have my Artwork Displayed?
The Dream Rocket project would like to challenge you to ‘Dare to Dream’. To dream about your future and the future of our world through dream themes such as health, community, conservation, science, technology, space, peace, and so on. We would like you to use your selected Dream Theme to express, explore, and create your vision on your section of the wrap. We hope that you are able to express and learn through this creative collaboration. With the completion of each artwork, you are asked to write a brief essay explaining your artwork, and the dream theme in which you chose.
“The Saturn V is the ideal icon to represent a big dream. This rocket was designed and built as a collaboration of nearly half-a-million people and allowed our human species to venture beyond our world and stand on ANOTHER - SURELY one of the biggest dreams of all time. ENABLING THE DREAMS of young people to touch this mighty rocket sends a powerful message in conjunction with creating an educational curriculum to engage students to embrace the power of learning through many important subjects”
-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium, New York
★I VALUE THE ARTS!!!!
The International Fiber Collaborative is able to share the power of a collaboration and art, thanks to the support of generous individual donors. We welcome any amount of donations and remember the International Fiber Collaborative is exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, making this gift tax deductible.
Donate Today at: www.thedreamrocket.com/support-the-dream-rocket
See our Online Flickr Photo Album at: www.flickr.com/photos/thedreamrocket/
★★★SIGN UP AT WWW.THEDREAMROCKET.COM
Leipziger Buchmesse 2017 / Leipzig Book Fair 2017
2017-03-25 (Saturday)
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ItuChi (Grace) ______ as Kotori Minami from Love Life!
______ (______) ______ as Nico Yazawa from Love Life!
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Planning into 2019 and coming from the next few many years, it's crucial that the particular human element in web application software testing isn't overlooked. Even with the expansion of AI and automatic testing, greater collaboration and even more investment within the buyer representation side of QA is where we consider companies can truly build positive differentiation. bit.ly/2F7uMSZ
L-R: Tom Moran ICPPD, Bronwyn Drury, Dr.Tony Humphreys, Christine Moran, Ber Carroll at the ICPPD event "Understanding Teenagers" A Free Talk by Dr.Tony Humphreys which took place on Wednesday 16th January 2013 in The Sheraton Hotel, Athlone.
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★What IS THE INTERNATIONAL FIBER COLLABORATIVE?
As the leading voice for collaborative public art projects around the world, the International Fiber Collaborative is dedicated to promoting understanding and appreciation of contemporary art & craft through educational experiences. We are committed to developing vital education programs that elevate, expand, modernize and enhance the image of collaboration and education today.
★WHAT IS THE DREAM ROCKET PROJECT?
The Dream Rocket Team is collecting nearly 8,000 artworks from participants around the globe. The artwork will be assembled together to create a massive cover in which will wrap a 37 story Saturn V Moon Rocket at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. We will also be displaying submitted artwork in dozens of national venues prior to the wrapping of the Saturn V. Additionally, we are posting images of submitted artwork & their stories on our Website, Flickr, and Facebook.The Dream Rocket project uses the Saturn V Moon Rocket as a symbolism of universal values of the human spirit. Optimism, hope,
caring for our natural resources, scientific exploration, and harnessing technological advancements for a better quality of life while safeguarding our communities, are all common desires across national and international boundaries. Participants are able to express and learn about these values through this creative collaboration. With the completion of each artwork, participants are asked to write an essay explaining their artwork, and the dream theme in which they chose.
★How can I Participate & Have my Artwork Displayed?
The Dream Rocket project would like to challenge you to ‘Dare to Dream’. To dream about your future and the future of our world through dream themes such as health, community, conservation, science, technology, space, peace, and so on. We would like you to use your selected Dream Theme to express, explore, and create your vision on your section of the wrap. We hope that you are able to express and learn through this creative collaboration. With the completion of each artwork, you are asked to write a brief essay explaining your artwork, and the dream theme in which you chose.
“The Saturn V is the ideal icon to represent a big dream. This rocket was designed and built as a collaboration of nearly half-a-million people and allowed our human species to venture beyond our world and stand on ANOTHER - SURELY one of the biggest dreams of all time. ENABLING THE DREAMS of young people to touch this mighty rocket sends a powerful message in conjunction with creating an educational curriculum to engage students to embrace the power of learning through many important subjects”
-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium, New York
★I VALUE THE ARTS!!!!
The International Fiber Collaborative is able to share the power of a collaboration and art, thanks to the support of generous individual donors. We welcome any amount of donations and remember the International Fiber Collaborative is exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, making this gift tax deductible.
Donate Today at: www.thedreamrocket.com/support-the-dream-rocket
See our Online Flickr Photo Album at: www.flickr.com/photos/thedreamrocket/
★★★SIGN UP AT WWW.THEDREAMROCKET.COM
Harmony Press Conference
DeScribe: The Harmony Press Conference August 2nd 2010 at Borough Hall
DeScribe (Born Shneur HaSofer), Crown Heights' Hassidic Hip Hop and R&B artist, will host a press conference at Borough Hall on August 2nd, 2010 at 1:00 pm with NYS Senator Eric Adams and Borough President Marty Markowitz, to premier his revolutionary "Harmony" music video, which celebrates diversity, understanding and harmony amongst the Crown Heights' Black and Jewish communities. This event is presented in collaboration with heads of the Crown Heights community and Shemspeed, an independent recording label and artists' promotional agency based in Crown Heights. The event is sponsored by COLlive.com, one of the most prominent Chabad Hassidic media outlets providing constant up to date information about the movements worldwide news and initiatives and Marley Coffee, owned by Bob Marley's son, Rohan Marley helps promote and support environmental and social justice causes, including aiding Jamaica's poor communities and "going green."
Chakwal, February 9, 2017 – USAID today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Barani Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) to establish an Olive Research Center (ORC) and a grant agreement with the Olive Foundation to conduct research to facilitate private sector investment. The signing took place at a meeting with the Olive Development Group and was held at BARI in Chakwal. Agriculture Department Secretary Capt. (Retired) Muhammad Mahmood, Provincial Director for USAID/Lahore Alyson McFarland, and sector stakeholders witnessed the signing.
“The Olive Development Group serves as a platform for the emerging olive sector in Punjab and represents an integrated approach to sector development based on quick decision-making, rapid advocacy for policy reforms, and investment mobilization and job creation avenues,” said Ms. Alyson McFarland. “USAID is pleased to support the development of the Potohar region as an olive valley.”
Secretary Mahmood said, “The Government of Punjab realizes the significance of the socio-economic opportunities offered by olive-producing regions in the Potohar Valley of Punjab. Today’s meeting of the Olive Development Group highlights the government’s commitment to facilitate private sector stakeholders in taking an active part in the olive sector development in Punjab.”
The Olive Development Group, created by the Government of Punjab with the support of USAID’s Punjab Enabling Environment Project, works with public and private sector entities to improve the business environment of the olive sector in Punjab. The ODG is chaired by Secretary Mahmood and is comprised of representatives from the olive value chain, academia, and industry associations. The Government of Punjab provides more than two million plants free of cost over five years to develop the Potohar Valley and catalyze 15,000 cultivated acres.
USAID’s Punjab Enabling Environment Project is a five-year, $15 million project to improve the business environment in the livestock, dairy and horticulture sectors of Punjab. BARI, Chakwal was established in 1979 to resolve the agricultural challenges of barani [rain-fed] areas. In addition to establishing the ORC, PEEP is introducing international olive oil standards, developing standard operating procedures for registration of olive nurseries, and supporting a feasibility study on olive farming.
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Listen up, Mom & Dad! Teenagers aren't weird beings from outer space! In fact, YOU were once a teenager!
Harmony Press Conference
DeScribe: The Harmony Press Conference August 2nd 2010 at Borough Hall
DeScribe (Born Shneur HaSofer), Crown Heights' Hassidic Hip Hop and R&B artist, will host a press conference at Borough Hall on August 2nd, 2010 at 1:00 pm with NYS Senator Eric Adams and Borough President Marty Markowitz, to premier his revolutionary "Harmony" music video, which celebrates diversity, understanding and harmony amongst the Crown Heights' Black and Jewish communities. This event is presented in collaboration with heads of the Crown Heights community and Shemspeed, an independent recording label and artists' promotional agency based in Crown Heights. The event is sponsored by COLlive.com, one of the most prominent Chabad Hassidic media outlets providing constant up to date information about the movements worldwide news and initiatives and Marley Coffee, owned by Bob Marley's son, Rohan Marley helps promote and support environmental and social justice causes, including aiding Jamaica's poor communities and "going green."
One of the great scientific challenges of our time is understanding how the human mind works, and where intelligence comes from. Recently, we've made progress building systems that help advance our understanding -- through the field of artificial intelligence. With artificial intelligence, we have a chance to build a new generation of apps and services that are more natural, intuitive, and valuable. Today we launched a new app called Moments that helps you sync photos with your friends. Moments recognizes which of your friends are in the photos you take, and lets you share those photos with those people in one tap. If you use it, your friends will sync to you a lot of the photos of you they have hidden in their camera rolls. This is a simple example of AI at work. By building a system that learned to recognize people and objects in images, we could enable this new service. Now imagine a system that can identify words on a screen for a blind person and read them aloud, help an autistic child to decipher facial expressions, or identify street signs in one language and instantly translate them to another. Those are just a few more of the applications that image recognition technology driven by AI can already help us achieve. In the years ahead, artificial intelligence and image recognition have the chance to make the internet far more useful for everyone. You can learn more about how we're working to help build them in the video below. twitter.com/markzuckvideos ift.tt/2i2KiTx ift.tt/2hTFQIO ift.tt/2i2SOBT
Smart Phone Generation is a documentary of the smartphone culture and generation. When smartphone gets more important, it represents one's personality; what one reads, follows, contacts, etc. It changes the understanding of photography, the way people define beauty, and the way of seeing, people also ignore the danger situation while they are so into the phone. It also changes the social network, people take off masks and do or say things that is not responsible.
手機時代是一組對現今時代的手機文化的紀實作品，透過旅遊於世界不同角落拍下相似又不同的手機文化，人們如何因為科技進步影響生活的各方面。手機現已不單單是工具，它代表了一個人的所有訊息；喜歡甚麼、跟誰交好、甚至怪癖。誇張地說一部手機代表著一個人，其重要性影響性非常高。這個系列是一個長期未完成的系列，拍下人們在不同情景拿著手機代表著不同含義；在巴黎羅浮宮裡，手機影響人們觀看藝術的方法，自拍影響美麗的定義，也是現代和古代美感的對比；在坎昆沙灘，人們忘記危險上提防拍照；在威尼斯面具店前，面具和低頭沉醉在社交媒體的老闆形成對比。希望觀者思考手機如何影響人類的生活。
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (March 27, 2023) – During today’s JAXPORT Board of Directors meeting, State of Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, Aruba Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes, and other dignitaries from the island of Aruba joined leadership from JAXPORT and Eagle LNG Partners LLC (“Eagle LNG”) to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The agreement affirms the ongoing efforts by JAXPORT and Aruba to mutually promote business and tourism opportunities between the two regions, share best practices on port operations and environmental sustainability, and explore the potential for trade and business development.
“I am honored to have been part of this historic event to strengthen the trade relationship between the State of Florida and Aruba,” said State of Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis. “Our ports sustain Florida’s exponential growth and the trade agreement signed today is a clear example of how we are keeping Florida’s fiscal health fixed on the future.”
Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund indicated Aruba was one of the countries worst hit by the pandemic due to the shutdown of tourism. Under the MoU, the ports will work together to examine the potential for new business ties.
“Aruba is in recuperation after the pandemic. We do not only want to bounce back, but also bounce forward to become stronger and more resilient,” said Aruba Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes. “This MoU is a cornerstone of economic growth for Aruba.”
The agreement follows a business trip by JAXPORT leadership to Aruba in January. After today's board meeting, the delegation from Aruba toured port cargo and cruise operations at JAXPORT's facilities. On Tuesday, JAXPORT will host a roundtable to connect the delegation with Jacksonville-area customers and business development leaders to further explore collaboration opportunities.
Recently, JAXPORT partner Eagle LNG signed a multi-year agreement with Aruba’s power and water utility company, Utilities Aruba NV, to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) from their Jacksonville facility for power generation on the island. The LNG will be exported from Jacksonville to an LNG import terminal on the island. The initiative is part of ongoing efforts by the Aruban government to enhance sustainability, reduce fuel costs, and transition to cleaner fuel sources.
“Jacksonville is a global leader in using LNG as a clean marine fuel, and this agreement marks another milestone in that evolution,” said JAXPORT Board Chair J. Palmer Clarkson. “This capability creates opportunity for the growth of LNG as a cargo type—further positioning our region as a leader in the use of clean fuel technology.”
“Eagle LNG and JAXPORT began working together almost a decade ago to provide LNG for bunkering and export into the Caribbean. Eagle LNG continues to bunker LNG for Crowley and other maritime vessels, attracting new maritime business to JAXPORT and the region, while shipping LNG as an energy source for a number of Caribbean clients transitioning from costly, dirtier fuels to reliable, affordable and clean natural gas from the United States. Our agreement with the electric utility of Aruba marks a key step forward for clean power generation helping transition Aruba from expensive and dirty fuels, creating substantial investment and new energy transition job opportunities in both Florida and Aruba,” reports Sean Lalani, President. “Aruba and JAXPORT’s support for these projects opens the way for new opportunities and economic pillars.”
“One of the keys to JAXPORT’s success has been our diverse mix of trade lanes and business lines,” said JAXPORT CEO Eric Green. “JAXPORT’s efficiencies and LNG capabilities provide options for continued economic growth for Aruba and Florida. We look forward to growing this partnership and the jobs and economic impact it supports for both communities.”
Top commodities exported from Florida to Aruba include food, passenger vehicles, electronics, and other consumer goods. Jacksonville and Aruba will examine opportunities to grow this trade.
“Enterprise Florida is thrilled to support today’s announcement,” said Laura DiBella, Florida Secretary of Commerce and President and CEO of Enterprise Florida, Inc. “Florida-Aruba trade totaled $334 million in 2022, and this strategic partnership will allow new opportunities to strengthen our robust relationship and grow Florida and Aruba’s economies for decades to come.”
In addition to Prime Minister Wever-Croes, other members of the visiting Aruban delegation included: Minister of Tourism and Public Health Dangui Oduber, Ministry of Tourism and Public Health Senior Legal Advisor Andin Bikker, Aruba Ports Authority Chairman of the Board David Dubero, and Aruba Ports Authority CEO Marc Figaroa.
Understanding how scientists determine the relative age of geologic units on the Moon is straightforward most of the time. One simply follows the law of superposition: what is on top is younger, what is below is older. In some cases superposition relations are not clear, so scientists then compare crater densities. That is the number of impact craters on a common size of ground. Since impacts occur randomly both in time and on the Moon's surface, any piece of ground has an equal chance of being hit. Over time the number craters in a given area increases. Simply stated, the older an area the more craters you will find.
How do scientists determine the absolute age of a geologic unit? Somehow the crater counts (# of craters per area) have to be "connected" to absolute age dates. The rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts provide that connection. For example, radiometric age dates of Apollo 11 and 17 basalts are 3.6 to 3.8 billion years (by) old, while those collected at the Apollo 12 are "only" 3.2 by old. Crater counts were taken of these three areas allowing absolute ages to be estimated for other places on the Moon that have crater densities between those of Apollo 12 and Apollo 11.
This photograph was taken at the Understanding Clifford's Tower event which took place at Clifford's Tower and the Hilton Hotel, York, on Sunday 25th January 2015.
Photograph taken by Sam Johnson.
Doubtlessly now taken a million times, here's the Queen's Tower at Imperial College London as seen via the Biochemistry building
Based on the information collected during my ethnographic work focusing my attention on the everyday understandings of dengue fever, and paying particular attention to the different ways in which the subjects that have had dengue described the experience of being unwell, I decided to re-work (collaboratively) all the information gathered so far, to create elements that reflect the ideas of how dengue fever is understood in various different contexts.
Promoters of public health have not taken into consideration the points of view of the patients or those who have had the disease. They design campaigns based on an entomological and clinical point of view, following a standard template where you see health staff –dressed in laboratory coats– talking about environmental hygiene and the purposes of sanitation. In addition, humour doesn’t play a role in the design of the campaigns.
In order to collaboratively create an intervention that reproduces the way Luis Fernando and Sara experienced the disease (you can find information about the ways in which they described the experience of being unwell by accessing my PhD blog: www.anthropologyartscience.blogspot.com), we asked Alejandro Uribe, Sarita Álvarez and Juan Camilo Ortega for their help. They are part of Bimana, a collective of artist that creates a variety of large-scale interventions and performances combining a solar balloon, plastic bags, kites, makeup, prosthetics design, and special effects. The idea was to create a fictional character, or a comic anti-hero, that would appear in the public space of the city, creating an active dialogue with different peoples.
Acknowledgments:
I am extremely grateful with the subjects of this ethnography Sara and Luis Fernando. Special thanks to the ‘Bimana Producciones’ team (Alejandro Uribe, Sarita Álvarez and Juan Camilo Ortega), the kite-flyer Andrés Ramírez and the actor Emilio Arango. I would also like to thank the rest of the people that helped during the public experiment: Pablo López, Lucía Tobón, Sara Ibarra, Susana Valencia, Hernán Marín, Mario Valencia, and Gustavo Ramírez.
To see more about this project, please refer to these websites:
alejandrovalenciat.com/alejandrovt/serotipo.html
anthropologyartscience.blogspot.com/
*Photo by Mario H. Valencia: www.mariohvalencia.blogspot.com/
Feel like you've got no one to talk to? No one to understand you? Guidance counselors will listen, you just need to give them a chance!
I like this one better because the perspectives are better. Key to understanding the view: This was taken from a water tower, and the church is still there, but the buildings in between are now a parking lot.
A Participian at 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
Kateryna Private concert,
13.Jun.2017,at The Prince Park Tower Tokyo.
幼少期より故郷ウクライナの民族楽器であるバンドゥーラに触れ、民族音楽団「チェルボナカリーナ」で活動する中で、10歳の時に日本公演のため初来日。16歳からウクライナ・レフゥツキー音楽専門学校で声楽、バンドゥーラの演奏技術、音楽理論を本格的に学んだ後、2008年、音楽活動の拠点を東京に移す。
現在は日本で活動する数少ないバンドゥリストの一人として、国内ツアーの開催やライブハウスでのパフォーマンスなど、精力的な活動を行っている。
バンドゥーラは、私の故郷・ウクライナの民族楽器です。
ツィターやリュートの特徴を併せ持ったような構造と音色で、コサック時代を中心に目の見えない人によって演奏されていました。もしかすると、日本の琵琶法師とウクライナのバンドゥリステは、共に音楽的背景が似ているかもしれません。バンドゥーラの起源は12世紀頃にさかのぼります。その後15-16世紀にはポーランドの王に、また、18-19世紀はロシアの宮廷に仕える専属の奏者によって演奏されました。
バンドゥーラは、およそ50から60の弦からなり、半音階で5オクターブの音域があります。
本来はノスタルジックな響きを持つバンドゥーラですが、演奏する楽曲によって様々な世界を作り出すことができます。日本ではあまり知られていない楽器ですが、ぜひ聴いてみてください。
Kateryna was born in the town of Prypiat in Ukraine. From childhood, she was introduced to traditional Ukranian music through the indigenous instrument, the bandura. She first visited Japan as a 10-year-old. After formal studying of music in the Ukraine from the age of 16, she returned to Japan in 2008 to further the understanding of Ukranian culture. The bandula is a traditional Ukranian instrument that combines the appearance of a harp with the frets of a guitar. The bandula used by Katerina has over 60 strings and weighs more than 8 kilos. Her performances feature Ukranian traditional music, folk songs and popular songs, as well as Japanese songs. As a veteran of 2008 and 2010 WMDFs, we are really looking forward to seeing what Kateryna thinks of the progress of our event! Check out her CDs, “Banduriste” (2008) and “Banduriste II” (2014).
Leipzig Book Fair 2013
Leipziger Buchmesse 2013
Cosplayers
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UlquiorraCifer_4 (___) 140071 as Loki Laufeyson [Jotun version] from Marvel Comics
Photos posted are 1024x768 pixels in size. Higher resolution (3000x2000) for models only, sorry.
Thank you for any group invites which I will gladly accept. However, if I can't check the content of such groups ("This group is not available to you") I'd rather not add any of my photos. Thanks for your understanding.