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Sixteen groups of students taste tested salsa that was hand picked last Friday from the school’s teaching garden. The garden was planted last June and was funded by the American Heart Association to teach students about gardening and healthy choices. The gardening program also utilizes math and science to teach the students about gardening amounts and methods.
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The survey says that many warehouses do not follow better space optimization techniques that results in around 20% of their warehouse space vacant. During the calculation of warehouse space, there are many points to be considered in terms of upcoming inventory types and sizes, successful space calculation methods, recent trends etc. The space could be able to make affects on cost, efficiency and productivity directly. So, maximizing space utilization is becoming very critical these days than ever before.
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I utilized a 6 F-Stop ND filter with the Canon 85mm f/1.2 L II at f/1.2 to allow the use of strobes which sync at 1/200s.
Strobist:
Triggered with Pocket Wizard PLUS and PLUS II units.
Vivitar 285 at 7 o'clock 1/1 power with a shoot through umbrella
Vivitar 285 at 5 o'clock 1/1 power bare bulb
The sun providing rim light 11 o'clock
Strength: The image utilizes a wide focal length and a narrow aperture to create a good perspective for a landscape shot.
Problem/Solution: There seems to be a lot of data lost in the shadows of the image. This could have been improved by taking the image on a brighter day.
Problem/Solution: The highlights of the brighter portion of the sky are slightly too high, whereby reducing the amount of detail in the clouds. This could have been mitigated by more extensive use of selective tools to reduce the highlights of that specific portion.
Problem/Solution: The rock in the middle of the image is almost perfectly on the horizontal center and the bottom horizontal third, drawing too much attention to it. This could have been helped by a slightly different camera angel.
Strength: The image utilizes the rule of thirds and and leading lines to create a well-composed shot.
This is kinetic photography, so called because to obtain these shots I have utilized not only handheld camera movement but I have also thrown my camera into the air, spinning it and tumbling it, hopefully catching it, and sometimes dropping it.
For those of you who have followed this series you will remember that I have dropped this camera many times now, and finally dropped it while throwing it high into the air outside, failed to catch it, and it hit the concrete and cracked open.
The little camera, after all of this hideous abuse to obtain this type of art, still works! So now I am willing to take greater and greater risks with it in order to push the envelope and make as dramatic a photograph as I can.
These four shots were made this morning by candlelight, and one photo is of a fiber optic lamp.
You can see more of these types of kinetic photographs in my set titled “Flux Velocity:”
www.flickr.com/photos/motorpsiclist/sets/72157622224677487/
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Don't use my images on websites, blogs, or other media without my written permission. Copyright © John Russell; all rights reserved.
The Sixth Sense is Digital
Our nervous system is an intricate matrix designed to serve each sense. And with the advent of technology, our sensory system has a new player at the table, and it’s DIGITAL. There are devices being developed to not only utilize our senses better, but to markedly enhance them. Add to that the proliferation of sensors and the technology possibilities are endless. Speakers include: Dan Munro, Contributor, Forbes, Dr. Justin Bazan, Optometrist and Medical Adviser to The Vision Council, The Vision Council, Chuck Parker, Executive Director, Continua Health Alliance, Juha Pinomaa, CEO, Omegawave, and Stanley Yang, CEO, NeuroSky, Inc.
Moderator: Dan Munro, @danmunro, Contributor, Forbes, @Forbes
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PANELISTS:
Dr. Justin Bazan, @JustinBazan, Optometrist and Medical Adviser to The Vision Council, The Vision Council, @opticalindustry
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Chuck Parker, bit.ly/ContinuaDHSfb, Executive Director, Continua Health Alliance, @Continua
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Juha Pinomaa, @jpinomaa, CEO, Omegawave, @Omegawave
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Stanley Yang, @stanleysyang, CEO, NeuroSky, Inc., @NeuroSky
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FACEBOOK: bit.ly/NeuroSkyDHS
The Digital Health Summit at the 2014 International CES®.http://bit.ly/DigitalHealthCES - Focuses on the latest products and consumers' growing demand for high-tech health services. See solutions for diagnosing, monitoring and treating a variety of illnesses - from obesity to ADHD, from poor vision to high blood pressure...Official Hashtag #DHCES ..News & Press Articles #DigiHealthCESPress ..CES Hashtag: #CES2014.Website bit.ly/DigitalHealthWebsite.Twitter bit.ly/DigitalHealthTwitter.YouTube Videos bit.ly/DigitalHealthYouTube.Flickr Photos bit.ly/DigitalHealthFlickr.Linkedin bit.ly/DigitalHealthLinkedIn.Facebook bit.ly/DigitalHealthFB.Google+ bit.ly/DigitalHealthGPlus.Instagram bit.ly/DigitalHealthInstagram..Thank you IDEAL LIFE bit.ly/J3NdZc for sponsoring Digital Health Summit Live. ..Photos by Asa Mathat www.asamathat.com
Built 1899-1902 as the public library for Newport, utilizing funds from Andrew Carnegie, the Renaissance Revival-style limestone building was designed by Werner and Adkins, and features an assembly space on the second floor, known as Carnegie Hall. The interior of the building was reconfigured over time as the needs of the public library expanded, including the addition of a children’s room and reference room in the basement in 1937, and was sold by the City of Newport to the recently created Campbell County Library system in 1982. The building was extensively altered in a renovation between 1987 and 1989, which subdivided the second floor assembly space into a new children’s area, offices, and a smaller meeting room, obscuring many historic features. The building continued to operate in this capacity until the current branch library opened between The Hannaford and Interstate 471, across from Newport High School, on 6th Street in 2004. A renovation in 2007 restored most of the original interior features, including the assembly space on the upper floor, which today is a popular events venue.
PictionID:44812189 - Catalog:14_014496 - Title:Atlas Series D Details: Series "D"/IOC Chart; Propellant Utilization Equipment - Pod/Cannisters Date: 07/29/1958 - Filename:14_014496.TIF - - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
The previous truck had a Carrier Comfort ProAPU. Dad opted to go with the ThermoKing Tri-Pac for this truck. Both companies also produce refrigeration units for reefer trailers, and are probably the two largest players in the APU market.
There are key differences between a Carrier and a ThermoKing... The Carrier unit drives a large generator that provides power for the electric bunk heater, the electric AC compressor and HVAC fan, and for 110V power in the sleeper.
The ThermoKing, however, utilizes a fuel-fired bunk heater (ie, the diesel APU engine does not need to run), and utilizes an 1800W inverter for power in the sleeper. The engine only will run to turn a large alternator to charge the truck batteries, or to run the AC compressor.
There were maintenance issues with the Carrier unit - the generator was turned by a simple V-belt, which wasn't quite adequate for that kind of load and often need tightened or replaces. We were also on our third replacement generator b/c the bearings went bad in the firs two after about 1500 hrs apiece. The TriPac avoids both of these issues.
However, the TriPac is a little less "useable"... meaning the control unit gives you much less control... it's mostly automated. But with a few tweaks, we've worked around a few things and it works quite well now.
Both units share coolant with the truck engine (helps keep the truck's engine block warm in the winter when you're parked and the APU is running)
The Sharpie Show
“An exhibition by artists who utilize marking pens as part of their craft”
Opening Reception with Beats by DJ Phyz Ed and Live Printing by Two Rabbits:
Saturday, February 7th, 2009 from 6pm - 9pm
In the Graffiti subculture, practitioners are known as "writers" because graffiti is about writing your name on as many surfaces as possible. Although many writers elevate their art form to the level of creating huge and beautiful murals, they all began their journey as an artist by first learning to write and perfect their name. The Sharpie marker is often the first tool a writer acquires in his lifelong journey to hone his craft and in becoming an artist.
The Sharpie Show, an exhibition curated by renown graffiti artist Man One, featuring original pieces created using Sharpies by some of the best known graffiti artists in the country (and beyond). Aside from graffiti artists, work by tattoo artists and known illustrators; Lalo Alcaraz and Overton Loyd will be on display. From stylized hand signatures, to throw ups, piecebooks, stickers, and any other possible object that can be marked upon, this exhibit will demonstrate the level of creativity that can be achieved between an artist and his/her most basic tool - The Sharpie.
***Exhibit runs thru March 1st, 2009***
Participating Artists:
20MG, AFEXONE, ASTEK, AUKS ONE, BENJIE, BLEN 167, BOB MOTOWN, BRANDED, BROOKS B. GOLDEN, CACHE, CAT FERRAZ, CATCULT, COPE2, DASH"2000"FIDEL, DEB (AUSTRAILIA), DENZONE®, DSRUP K4P, DRILONE, DYTCH66, EGR, ERIBERTO ORIOL, ERICK SCARECROW, ERIK DEBAT "RISK", EVAN SKREDERSTU, EVERETT CHING, EZRA, FLYCAT(ITALY), GHOST ONE, GIMIKS, GREG "CRAOLA" SIMKINS, GWEN MERCADO–REYES, HASTE, HEX, HUIT, IMMY MELLIN – THE SHARPIE KING, INDIE 184, JAMES "CASPER" JANKOWIAK, JOSE REYES, KING157, KRASH, LALO ALCARAZ, MAD, MAKE ONE, MAN ONE, MANDOE MAK, MARKA27, MAX NEUTRA, MEAR ONE, MIKE GIANT, MOE RADKE, MR "PUPPET" 201, NICKLU, NICNAK, NOEK, OVERTON LOYD, PEAP (NEW ZEALAND), PHOENIX ART, PHONETICONTROL, PROJECT RABBIT, RANDY KONO, RAWKET, RELAX, ROA(BELGIUM), ROME (CHICAGO), SACRED, SERGIO D. ROBLETO, SHERM, SIMSONE, SLOKE ONE, SRPNTWLF, SUBWAY SUDS, THOR, VANESSA HAMPTON, VYAL, WANE ONE, WERC, ZEN ONE and many more…
White Sands Missile Range Museum
Pershing II was a two-stage improved version of Pershing la. It utilized a maneuverable re-entry vehicle and radar area-correlation guidance. By comparing the on-coming target with stored images, the missile's accuracy was greatly improved. After detonating, the warhead destroyed the target by airburst or earth penetration. Re-entry vehicles could penetrate the ground to a depth of 100 feet before exploding.
Pershing Il also had a new warhead, new propulsion sections, and modified Pershing la ground support equipment. Fully compatible with existing Pershing la ground equipment, Pershing II was still a manpower-intensive system, requiring 3,800 men for 108 missiles on launchers.
The Deputy Secretary of Defense authorized the Army to proceed with the advanced development of the Pershing II on 7 March 1974. The first Pershing II missile firing at White Sands Missile Range took place in 1977.
The increased range and pinpoint accuracy of the Pershing II were major factors influencing the Soviet Union's decision to seek the Treaty on Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces in which the United States and the USSR agreed to eliminate an entire class of nuclear missiles. The INF Treaty abolished all medium and intermediate range nuclear armed ballistic missiles. The United States and the USSR signed it on 8 December 1987, and the U.S. Senate ratified the INF Treaty on 27 May 1988.
In accordance with INF Treaty provisions all of the U.S. Army's tactical Pershing II missile stages, launchers, trainers, and deployed reentry vehicles had to be eliminated by May 31, 1991. A total of 234 Pershing II missiles were covered by the treaty. Army contractors completed the destruction of the last Pershing II in May 1991. Representatives from the Soviet Inspection Team and the U.S. On-Site Inspection Agency were present to witness the elimination process.
Each side also had permission to destroy 15 missiles and launchers by disabling, then permanently exhibiting them in museums and similar facilities. One of the Army's 15 is the Pershing I missile and launcher on display here at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Length: 35 ft
Diameter: 40 in
Weight: 16,500 pounds
Propellant: Solid
Range: 1,125 miles
First Fired: 1982
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas announces Kidrobot, one of the world’s premier curators of collectable art toys and apparel, as its latest addition to its acclaimed artist-in-residence program in P3 Studio. Running through August 2011, a variety of artists will reside in the P3 Studio each weekend, creating various works of art (artists and schedule below).
Unique to the Kidrobot residency, guests and visitors are encouraged to share their own artistic vision by drawing with chalk on a four-foot Kidrobot Dunny doll. Each day the Dunny is wiped clean and ready for its new creation. Then a photo of the previous day's decorated 'Chalk It Up' Dunny will be posted on The Cosmopolitan's Facebook Page and added here on Flickr and to the 'Chalk It Up' Daily Dunny album on Facebook.
Guests and visitors that have left their mark on the Dunny are encouraged to tag themselves on the photo posted on Facebook to share with the Facebook community the Dunny contributors for each day. Each 'Chalk It Up' Daily Dunny photo posted on Facebook will have the date making it easy for Dunny contributors to tag themselves. In addition to the 'Chalk It Up' Daily Dunny photo, we'll also add other angles/photos of each day's creation in this Flickr set.
P3 Studio will also include a pop-up store, which will carry a wide section of Kidrobot merchandise as well as one-of-a-kind pieces of art created by the studio artists. This is the first Kidrobot pop-up store in Las Vegas. Signature Kidrobot products are also sold at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas’ gift store, Monogram. The studio and pop-up store will be open noon to 10:00 p.m. seven days a week.
P3 Studio Schedule of Artists (subject to change without notice):
The Cosmopolitan Artist-In-Residence Program
The Cosmopolitan’s artist-in-residence program brings emerging and established contemporary artists to the resort inviting them to utilize space for creative production and exhibition of their work. The program debuted when the resort opened on December 15, 2010 with artist Fab 5 Freddy and has also featured additional artists including Steven Spann and Shelter Serra. More on The Cosmopolitan's Art Programs: Art at The Cosmopolitan
Kidrobot
Founded in 2002 by designer Paul Budnitz, Kidrobot has collaborated with world-renowned artists and designers including Frank Kozik, Tilt & Mist, Marc Jacobs and Nike creating limited edition products, some of which have been on display at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA).
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Twitter: @Cosmopolitan_LV
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheCosmopolitan
Utilizing high quality Siemon RazorCore™ cable, MTP to LC Trunks offer a connectivity transition from 12-fiber MTP connectors to duplex LC connectors. These may be implemented using Siemonʼs MTP to MTP Adapter Plates to provide direct MTP to LC patching options over a wide range of distances and infrastructure configurations.
The Assignment:
Create a Font Flyer utilizing the typeface’s history and character set.
The Project:
Bodega Sans is a typeface that commonly use (over use?) so selecting it was easy. The font’s new Art Deco styling are complimented by its background based on 1930’s/40’s RKO title cards with a modern color scheme.
Course: Typography and Page Layout
I create bodies of work that explore subjects such as gender, artifice, and spectacle. Utilizing processes ranging from directorial to anthropological, I showcase exuberantly irrepressible personalities who revel in challenging clichés associated with masculinity and femininity. A sampling of recent subjects include Girls Girls Girls (the world's first and only all-female Mötley Crüe tribute band), Tazzie Colomb (the world's longest competing female bodybuilder), and LACTIC Incorporated (an avant-garde clothing brand that takes the detritus of corporate life and reinterprets it into one-of-a-kind structural garments that challenge the polarization of gender).
With my current project "Life is Drag", I am documenting the most singular and innovative performers of the currently exploding alt-drag and neo-burlesque scenes. I am 3 years into this project and have so far made 250+ portraits, created in my Brooklyn studio as well as during residencies - in 2021 in New York City (The Cell Theater, Bushwig) and in Pittsburgh (The Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Blue Moon Bar, Bloomfield Garden Club), and in 2020 in New England (3S Artspace).
Over the course of my 2 month Wave Pool residency, I worked with 25 performers - including members of Cincinnati based ODD Presents drag haus and Smoke & Queers burlesque troupe, as well as with other performers from the tri-state area.
The residency also included an exhibition featuring this ever-growing archive, as well as multiple live performance events. These photos are from the closing reception at Wave Pool on April 30th, 2022, featuring performances by:
- Kiara Chimera (host)
- Stixen Stones
- Vanta Black
- Honey Stix-Chimera
- Montana Ba Nana
- Tara Newone
- Clinica Deprecious
- Calamity Addams
"Life is Drag" was the 2022 Vance-Waddell Residency, and as a part of that I selected a Cindy Sherman photograph and Janine Antoni sculpture from the Vance-Waddell collection to inform and expand on the installation for this project.
To see the full "Life is Drag" archive:
lifeisdrag.com
Photo by Kellie Coleman
Utilized as an art community/studio...It was originally a pre Civil War canal era industrial factory complex...the last survivor and last factory in Dayton to be powered by water.
Utilizing Square, entrepreneurs Richard Espinosa (left) and Gabriel Alvarez (right) take a new spin on “Free Hugs” by charging $1 to pedestrians in downtown Miami. When asked, they commented, “We are making the summer jobs of the future.”
An under-utilized tomato relative with black fruit and potential cold resistance, as well as reistance to insects and multiple diseases.
Cross pollination is required to set fruit. I tried crossing this with several other species with zero success so far. In fact, the fruit that you see in these pictures are likely the result of crossing S. lycopersicoides with S. chilense, but there's no knowing if any seeds will develop. I've had great success getting fruit to form with multiple lycopersicoides crosses, but when you open them up, no seeds.
Another challenge is getting this species to flower: a lot of the flowers abort for some reason before they even have a chance to develop and open! They reportedly take 6 months to mature. Let's not talk about how difficult it was to germinate the seeds in the first place! Only 2 out of 20 sprouted, and this is with extensive treatment.
Utilizing Dynamo and Adaptive Components, we created a custom handrail tool spanning five floors of a new open stair in an office building. Sometimes we need to work around the design limitations of Revit and create our own set of tools through computer programming.
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"This motel utilizes the latest technology to assure the safety and security of its guests, our valued customers. We want you to enjoy your stay, and we hope no one kicks in your
door in the middle of the night." (In West Memphis, Ark.)
White Sands Missile Range Museum
Pershing II was a two-stage improved version of Pershing la. It utilized a maneuverable re-entry vehicle and radar area-correlation guidance. By comparing the on-coming target with stored images, the missile's accuracy was greatly improved. After detonating, the warhead destroyed the target by airburst or earth penetration. Re-entry vehicles could penetrate the ground to a depth of 100 feet before exploding.
Pershing Il also had a new warhead, new propulsion sections, and modified Pershing la ground support equipment. Fully compatible with existing Pershing la ground equipment, Pershing II was still a manpower-intensive system, requiring 3,800 men for 108 missiles on launchers.
The Deputy Secretary of Defense authorized the Army to proceed with the advanced development of the Pershing II on 7 March 1974. The first Pershing II missile firing at White Sands Missile Range took place in 1977.
The increased range and pinpoint accuracy of the Pershing II were major factors influencing the Soviet Union's decision to seek the Treaty on Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces in which the United States and the USSR agreed to eliminate an entire class of nuclear missiles. The INF Treaty abolished all medium and intermediate range nuclear armed ballistic missiles. The United States and the USSR signed it on 8 December 1987, and the U.S. Senate ratified the INF Treaty on 27 May 1988.
In accordance with INF Treaty provisions all of the U.S. Army's tactical Pershing II missile stages, launchers, trainers, and deployed reentry vehicles had to be eliminated by May 31, 1991. A total of 234 Pershing II missiles were covered by the treaty. Army contractors completed the destruction of the last Pershing II in May 1991. Representatives from the Soviet Inspection Team and the U.S. On-Site Inspection Agency were present to witness the elimination process.
Each side also had permission to destroy 15 missiles and launchers by disabling, then permanently exhibiting them in museums and similar facilities. One of the Army's 15 is the Pershing I missile and launcher on display here at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Length: 35 ft
Diameter: 40 in
Weight: 16,500 pounds
Propellant: Solid
Range: 1,125 miles
First Fired: 1982
Caso utilize as fotos adicionar os devidos créditos: Por Juliana Salles www.flickr.com/photos/juusalles
FORT IRWIN, Calif. -- The 2916th Aviation Battalion utilized an off-cycle window in their calendar March 20 - 23 to conduct brigade-level training in the National Training Center's "Box". The exercise culminated at the Fort Irwin Weed Army Community Hospital (WACH) March 23.
The goal of the training is to test readiness as well as hone emergency medical skills among the participating service members. One simulation presented the participants with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack on a troop transport that resulted in 16 casualties. The role players required triage at the point of injury in the training area, then airlifted back to the WACH on Fort Irwin for treatment. This was a large-scale training module that involved complex planning.
To make the exercise as authentic as possible training units had no warning of what they would encounter throughout the course of the event and participants were alerted only as the scenario unfolded, just as if the casualties and events were real. Large casualty events of this kind take a special type of planning coordination, material and geography to execute, and even more consideration to undertake, which makes the NTC an ideal venue for such training.
The 2916th assumed the role of air medevac, requiring multiple airlifts to bring all casualties back to the WACH, where staff members prioritized, stabilized and treated the mock casualties, then prepared to fly any they determined needing specialized care beyond WACH capabilities to other nearby available medical facilities for more extensive treatment.
To learn more about the people and facilities of the National Training Center and the Weed Army Community Hospital visit their official websites at www.irwin.army.mil or www.irwin.amedd.army.mil
Photo by Captain Sean Donoghue for WACH Public Affairs (Released),
First Platinum LEED Home in Utah Built With Premier SIPs! Owners, Kevin and Svetlana O'Meara, researched and planned every detail of their custom built home in Park City, Utah. The O'Meara couple's goal was to blend architecture, the terrain around them and utilize the power, energy and movement of the sun. This net-zero designed home, named "The Sun Gazing House" used endless energy efficient and environmental products; however, started with the use of Premier SIPs to meet the stringent airtight requirements of Passive Hause design standards.
As the O'Meara's researched all framing options (conventional construction, ICF's, dry stacked masonry blocks, etc), they were directed to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory website for the intensive studies made on product performances. Once it was decided to build this home with SIPs, the O'Meara couple decided to use 12 1/2 inch thick SIP wall panels and include an additional layer of 4" EPS on the roof. The wall panels deliver R45 (versus R13 that conventional construction delivers) and roof at R60. Since SIPs are precut at the factory to almost exact precision, onsite waste is drastically reduced....SO MUCH THAT NOT ONE DUMPSTER WAS REQUIRED FOR ONSITE CONSTRUCTION WASTE.
In addition to SIPs, the environmentally friendly products used on the O'Meara house is endless: 8" of EPS placed on the ground before pouring the basement cement floor, radiant heating, interactive solar panels, photo-voltaic panels, quadruple pane windows, underwater water tanks to store heat energy, heat recovery drains with no moving parts, LED lights...and the list goes on and on.
"The Sun Gazing House" not only has earned the highest green building certification, Platinum LEED, but is also built to Passive Haus Institute standards, NAHB Emerald certified and is an Energy Star Home.
Location: Park City, Utah
Project Type: Custom Residence, Platinum LEED Certified
Architect: Lacroix Design
Builder: Tall Pines Construction
Size & Panels Used: 3-Story Home, 3,700 Sq. Ft. , 12 1/2" Walls,
Want more info? visit us: www.pbssips.com
One video still from each "Life is Drag" video portrait (performance documentation).
lifeisdrag.com
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I create bodies of work that explore subjects such as gender, artifice, and spectacle. Utilizing processes ranging from directorial to curatorial to anthropological, I showcase exuberantly irrepressible personalities who revel in challenging clichés associated with constructs such "masculinity" and "femininity". A sampling of subjects include Girls Girls Girls (the world's first and only all-female Mötley Crüe tribute band), Tazzie Colomb (the world's longest competing female bodybuilder), and LACTIC Incorporated (an avant-garde clothing brand that takes the detritus of corporate life and reinterprets it into one-of-a-kind structural garments that challenge the polarization of gender).
With this current and ongoing project "Life is Drag", I am documenting the most innovative and singular performers of the currently exploding international alt-drag and neo-burlesque scenes. I am 3 years into this project, and so far have created 250+ portraits. These are created in my studio as well as during residencies - in New York City (The Cell Theater, Bushwig), Pittsburgh (The Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Blue Moon Bar, Bloomfield Garden Club), and New England (3S Artspace).
This project began in early 2019 in my studio in Brooklyn, when I collaborated with a local visual artist by the name of Untitled Queen - a deeply beloved, highly respected, and uniquely visionary performer and conduit within the NYC drag scene who uses drag as a part and extension of her artistic process. I then worked with selected performers from Ohio and Kentucky in conjunction with a mid-career retrospective in my hometown of Cincinnati in the spring of 2019, and in January and February of 2020, I worked with 20+ New England-based drag artists as part of a residency and exhibition at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
From the autumn of 2020 until the summer of 2021, I was an artist in residence at The Cell Theatre in the Chelsea neighborhood of NYC, where I expanded the project in the midst of the pandemic to also include neo-burlesque performers and performance artists whose work deals specifically with gender performativity. Most recently was a residency in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio - which included creating video portraits of performers from the drag haus ODD Presents, members of the neo-burlesque troop Smoke & Queers, and other alt-drag and burlesque artists from the tri-state area. This residency also included an exhibition featuring this ever-growing archive, as well as multiple live performance events.
My long-term goal is to continue to do a series of such residencies nationally and internationally, which will allow me to create a comprehensive archive of video portraits of drag, burlesque and performance artists from a wide range of locations, backgrounds, cultures, and ages. Each portrait includes video of the artist performing (lip-synching, singing, telling stories, reciting monologues, dancing, etc.) in addition to interview documentation, and will live online as well as in galleries and unexpected places in between. "Life is Drag" has so far been exhibited at such venues as the the Carnegie Museum of Art and Bunker Projects (PA), Satellite Art Club, Bushwig and The Cell (NYC), 3S Artspace (NH), and the Weston Art Gallery (OH).
I believe this project is innovative and important in that it is treating and respecting "drag" (defined as broadly and inclusively as possible) as a proper art form – recognizing it as an extremely vital and valid style of performance art, and every bit as deserving of the deference reserved for more traditional classical art forms like painting and sculpture. Drag is painting and sculpture and performance all at once - and quite often also activism, education, protest, therapy, resistance, catharsis, comedy, tragedy, enlightenment, inspiration - or some combination of the above - to those who practice it, and also to those who experience it as an observer. This project is about celebrating this experimental and expansive form of art and its wide range of practitioners and manifestations. It is about creating a record - an archive - of these brilliant but ephemeral performances, from dive bars to art galleries, city streets to grand theater stages. It is about trying to properly document and share these wildly diverse acts and profound stories that will surely open minds and capture hearts.
The festival is focused on Zentai art, utilizing photographic works, moving images, performances and art installation. The participating artists will explore the philosophical, the social and personalized embodiment of identity and gender through their works.
Invisible Whole art exhibition at The Substation features works by Justin Lee (Singapore), Brian Sergio (Philippines), Xuyen Ho My (Vietnam), Tan Ai Khim (Singapore), and participants of Zentai performance art.
This infographic shows the applications that got the most use on my laptop today. The colors only represent the app icons. However, this does raise the question if there is a relationship between usage and app color?
FORT IRWIN, Calif. -- The 2916th Aviation Battalion utilized an off-cycle window in their calendar March 20 - 23 to conduct brigade-level training in the National Training Center's "Box". The exercise culminated at the Fort Irwin Weed Army Community Hospital (WACH) March 23.
The goal of the training is to test readiness as well as hone emergency medical skills among the participating service members. One simulation presented the participants with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack on a troop transport that resulted in 16 casualties. The role players required triage at the point of injury in the training area, then airlifted back to the WACH on Fort Irwin for treatment. This was a large-scale training module that involved complex planning.
To make the exercise as authentic as possible training units had no warning of what they would encounter throughout the course of the event and participants were alerted only as the scenario unfolded, just as if the casualties and events were real. Large casualty events of this kind take a special type of planning coordination, material and geography to execute, and even more consideration to undertake, which makes the NTC an ideal venue for such training.
The 2916th assumed the role of air medevac, requiring multiple airlifts to bring all casualties back to the WACH, where staff members prioritized, stabilized and treated the mock casualties, then prepared to fly any they determined needing specialized care beyond WACH capabilities to other nearby available medical facilities for more extensive treatment.
To learn more about the people and facilities of the National Training Center and the Weed Army Community Hospital visit their official websites at www.irwin.army.mil or www.irwin.amedd.army.mil
Photo by Captain Sean Donoghue for WACH Public Affairs (Released),
Utilized a 6 F-STOP ND filter on my 85mm f/1.2 L II lens to allow shooting wide open and syncing of strobes under 1/200s.
Strobist:
Triggered with Pocket Wizard PLUS and PLUS II Units
Vivitar 285, 1/2 power in a Westcott Apollo Softbox, 3 o'clock
Vivitar 285, 1/2 power in a Westcott Apollo Softbox, 4 o'clock
An Event for Wound Licking
February 6, 2-4pm (wound licking from 2-4pm, performance by Nonnsha at 3pm)
Baik Art
Utilizing the healing properties of dog saliva, An Event for Wound Licking will be a participatory event pairing wounds with dogs. Experimental in nature, participants will bring their wounds and participants will bring their dogs. Ideally, we can get the dogs to lick some of the wounds. Wounds of all types are requested (including wounds of the psychic variety), as well as dogs of all breeds (mutts especially).
In ancient Greece, the saliva of trained dogs and non-venomous snakes were utilized in Asclepieia (healing temples) to help treat the afflicted. Following in this tradition (and in a controlled manner), a kingsnake and albino cornsnake will be on-site. Due to the experimental nature of this event, liability waivers must be signed by all participants.
The event will culminate with a performance from Shannon Simbulan, aka Nonnsha, at 3pm.
Nonnsha is a Lo-Fi musician who enjoys grocery shopping. Chin up, chin up.
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EYE-DEE-QUE (Something Like an Asclepeion)
Matt Wardell
January 9 - February 13, 2016
Baik Art presents EYE-DEE-QUE (Something Like an Asclepeion), a solo installation and series of events by Los Angeles artist Matt Wardell.
For the exhibition, Wardell will present an immersive environment of images and objects by channeling ‘something like’ an ancient Greek temple of healing. Using Baik Art’s unique architecture, viewers experience a literal (and perhaps figurative) katabasis (‘to go down’ as in a descent of some type), but more importantly, and ideally, a catharsis (‘cleansing’ or ‘purification’).
Numerous objects, found and constructed, engage with the verticality of Baik Art’s shaft-like space, surrounded by an installation of wall works including drawings, collages, and repurposed images. Several fabric sculptures fill the gallery functioning as apotropaic totems. These Guardian Figures suggest a ‘presence’, ideally something beyond the object.
Daytime and evening events will further activate the gallery a space for healing. Practitioners from a variety of fields will be on hand for consultation. Music for Healing or What You Need will present a sonic cleansing. Incubation and Dream Analysis will be an overnight event of guided sleep followed by dream analysis with a professional. Utilizing the healing properties of dog saliva, An Event for Wound Licking will be a participatory event pairing wounds with dogs. For the date and time of each event, please contact the artist at shonufwardell@hotmail.com.
In ancient Greece and Rome, an asclepeion was a healing temple, sacred to Asclepius, the Greek God of Medicine. These temples were places in which patients would visit to receive either treatment or some sort of healing, whether it was spiritual or physical. Epidaurus was the first place to worship Asclepius as a god, beginning sometime in the 5th century BCE.
Starting around 350 BCE, the cult of Asclepius became increasingly popular. Pilgrims flocked to asclepieia to be healed. They slept overnight (“incubation”) and reported their dreams to a priest the following day. He prescribed a cure, often a visit to the baths or a gymnasium. Since snakes were sacred to Asclepius, they were often used in healing rituals. Non-venomous snakes were left to crawl on the floor in dormitories where the sick and injured slept.
Matt Wardell seeks to prolong a sense of wonder while placing the viewer in a lingering position of active assessment. He is interested in how we choose to live and in introducing work that facilitates these investigations. Wardell enjoys walking on fences, answering wrong numbers, and giving directions to places he does not know. Uncomfortable laughter, confusion, and irritation tend to be the byproducts of Wardell’s works.
Wardell has exhibited his work at venues throughout the United States and Mexico, including the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco (SFMOMA), Claremont Museum of Art in Claremont, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), REDCAT, PØST, Human Resources, Black Dragon Society, Mark Moore Gallery, and Commonwealth and Council, all in Los Angeles. Wardell is a founding member of the artist collective 10lb Ape.
Baik Art
2600 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90034
310.842.3892
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This Margay, Leopardus wiedii, was photographed in Peru, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.
Rafting:
Rafting or whitewater rafting is a challenging recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers. The development of this activity as a leisure sport has become popular since the mid 1970s.
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The sport of rafting is practiced on the river Fonca in San Gil, a distance of approximately 11 kilometers and has a length and a half hour. The river has rapids of class 3 to class 5
If you think that your home's outside is missing some thing in appearance, the obvious option is to incorporate the garden! Landscapes are gorgeous, enhance home worth, making your house look wonderful! Horticulture is another excellent anxiety reliever. Keep reading to discover what easy things you can do to create a excellent backyard on your lawn.
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The usage of all-natural vegetation can create a backyard with no function. Numerous vegetation will self seed and develop a perpetual crop with no work on all. Butternut squash, pumpkins, and cilantro will develop and self seed expanding new plants every year with very little function and be a permanent backyard function. Develop them in locations like the garden compost stack or together fences for optimum outcomes.
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White Sands Missile Range Museum
Pershing II was a two-stage improved version of Pershing la. It utilized a maneuverable re-entry vehicle and radar area-correlation guidance. By comparing the on-coming target with stored images, the missile's accuracy was greatly improved. After detonating, the warhead destroyed the target by airburst or earth penetration. Re-entry vehicles could penetrate the ground to a depth of 100 feet before exploding.
Pershing Il also had a new warhead, new propulsion sections, and modified Pershing la ground support equipment. Fully compatible with existing Pershing la ground equipment, Pershing II was still a manpower-intensive system, requiring 3,800 men for 108 missiles on launchers.
The Deputy Secretary of Defense authorized the Army to proceed with the advanced development of the Pershing II on 7 March 1974. The first Pershing II missile firing at White Sands Missile Range took place in 1977.
The increased range and pinpoint accuracy of the Pershing II were major factors influencing the Soviet Union's decision to seek the Treaty on Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces in which the United States and the USSR agreed to eliminate an entire class of nuclear missiles. The INF Treaty abolished all medium and intermediate range nuclear armed ballistic missiles. The United States and the USSR signed it on 8 December 1987, and the U.S. Senate ratified the INF Treaty on 27 May 1988.
In accordance with INF Treaty provisions all of the U.S. Army's tactical Pershing II missile stages, launchers, trainers, and deployed reentry vehicles had to be eliminated by May 31, 1991. A total of 234 Pershing II missiles were covered by the treaty. Army contractors completed the destruction of the last Pershing II in May 1991. Representatives from the Soviet Inspection Team and the U.S. On-Site Inspection Agency were present to witness the elimination process.
Each side also had permission to destroy 15 missiles and launchers by disabling, then permanently exhibiting them in museums and similar facilities. One of the Army's 15 is the Pershing I missile and launcher on display here at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Length: 35 ft
Diameter: 40 in
Weight: 16,500 pounds
Propellant: Solid
Range: 1,125 miles
First Fired: 1982
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FICCI AWARD - (Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industries award for work done under Dr. Atal). It was presented by the honorable President of India Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy at a formal function on April 25, 1981. The citation of the award is as follows – “RRL Jammu has made significant contributions to the economic and social development of the region, introduction of new varieties of fish and fishery technology, new crops, improved storage facilities for grains, solar dryer for fruits and vegetables, utilization of forest and agricultural waste and setting up local resource based rural industries is pioneering. To improve rural health, the laboratory has developed formulation for the control of health. Its efforts at supplementing rural incomes merit recognition.”
ANDHRA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARD
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UNICEF GRANT 1980 WORTH 8 LACS FOR RURAL AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT (it has great implication in supplementing rural nutrition and rural income)
RURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Development in plant research benefits both rural segment as well as the industry leading to socioeconomic development of both the rural masses as well as the industry of the country. Therefore almost everything covered in the biodata has had a tremendous socioeconomic success of all segments of society. This includes many overlapping topics scattered in the biodata. All the research has had an impact on rural development, including health, socioeconomic development, technology, education, employment, education, superstition, industries, women programmes, individuals, environment, waste management, alternate energy, remote area development etc.
120.ESTABLISHED FIRST INDIAN ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY CENTRE IN INDIA - Serial no 105-112, first reporting in India.
121.RURAL TECHNOLOGY AWARDS & UNITED NATIONS RURAL GRANT - (Serial no 7, award section) FICCI award given by the Hon. President of India for several outstanding contributions to rural development having socioeconomic impact in India. Most other awards like Fellow Comforpts award, Prof. P. N. MEHRA Award, Andhra Import Substitution Award, Essential oil Association Silver Jubilee award also include significant work having socioeconomic, technological, propagation and educational impact on rural development.
122.EMPLOYEMENT GENERATION OF RURAL SOCIETY-as a result of implementation of industries mentioned below, employment of rural society was made possible on a large scale. Examples are Hops industry established for the first time in India.
123.OFFICIAL AFFILIATIONS-collaboration was done with department of farmers training, Jammu & Kashmir government, government of Himachal Pradesh and S.F. development agency, Rajouri and Poonch. In 1979, there were already 13 projects under execution and technology transfer was being implemented for small scale industries. Many technologies were implemented through government agency NRDC, state departments and organizations.
124.RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT- books in the author section are related to topics having impact on rural segment, including health, socioeconomic development, technology, education, employment, superstition, industries, women programmes, individuals, etc. Examples are –“Contributions towards rural development (Serial no 184-211, author section).
125.ENTOMOLOGY -Sericulture techniques were propagated successfully in Kashmir .termite control activities, education on termite control, removal of superstitions related to termites, insect reproduction control by non toxic sterilants(the latest insect control method of that time)- insect control by anti sterility methods.
126.AQUACULTURE –In 1975, RRL Jammu started the Fishery technology project in Jammu regions along with systemic survey of bioecological and chemical factors required for the success of projects. The use of water bodies till then for the economic benefit of masses were never exploited by anyone before in the area. As a result, after scientifically establishing the viability of projects, six varieties of fish were introduced, out of which five were first time entries(Labeo rohita or Rohu,Cirrhinus mrigala or Mrigal, Ctenopharyngodon idella or grass carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix or silver carp and Catla catla or Katla). Aquaculture work was awarded the UNIDO grants in recognition of the work done. This work included introducing and acclimatization of new improved exotic varieties of fish and improved fish breeds for rural use in J&K state, production of fish seed (mirror carp, common and major carps, that is rohu and mrigal and other carps) for the first time in the state by latest fish seed production technology, and its supply to cultivators. Training programme in Pisciculture for rural masses was also conducted in which UNICEF also contributed.
127.FIRST SUCCESSFUL HOPS INDUSTRY IN INDIA -Till 1974, annual imports of Hops and its products exceeded Rupees one crore per year.RRL launched Hops research project in 1974 and within a few years the cultivation of hops became a complete technological and commercial success story in Kashmir valley. This project was extended to Himachal Pradesh and cuttings were provided beyond the borders to Bhutan. Starting with 0.170 tonnes in year 1974, the yield in Kashmir crossed 80-000 tonnes (area.Ha-125) in 1979 and 170 tonnes in the year 1982, Hops cultivation (agro technology of Hops which also included post harvest technology, hops dryers fabrication etc which resulted in revenue generation of Rupees 120 lacs in year 1981) , Hops cultivation (agro technology of Hops which also included post harvest technology, hops dryers fabrication etc which resulted in revenue generation of Rupees 120 lacs in year 1981)
128.EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF RURAL PROJECTS – (Serial no 115, ESSENTIAL OIL).
129.MENTHA ARVENSIS (JAPANESE MINT)- Around 1960, a dozen suckers of M. arvensis were procured from Japan through UN. After the stock was carefully multiplied and propagated, it was distributed for large scale cultivation in other parts of the country in the seventies and earlier. The entire mentha cultivation in India owes its origin to the suckers introduced by RRL, Jammu. Better strains containing up to 78 % menthol in the oil were also developed. Japanese mint became a Rs 100 million” industry by the beginning of 1980’s and which has never looked back since then.The Essential oil industry of India was greatly benefited by such processes
130.JAMMU LEMONGRASS- (Cymbopogan pendulus)-a superior source of citral, the oil used in perfumery industry, Pharmaceutical industry and of use as insect repellant.
131.MUSHROOM CULTIVATION- in 1971, a farmer of Batahara village of Kashmir, Abdul Rehman Wani achieved a feat of earning Rupees 5000/- from mushroom farming. This opened the floodgates of mushroom farming in Kashmir.RRL Jammu contributed by providing improved knowhow in the field, analysis of compost and casting samples, training courses, spawn raising and its supply to cultivators. RRL established mushroom cultivation in Jammu and Kashmir by progressively increasing Spawn distribution, and in 1978 10,000 bottles of spawn were distributed. Mushroom growing which contributed to revenue generation of Rs.6 lacs in year 1981,( Agaricus bispors or button mushroom - 60,000 tons of button mushroom was produced in Kashmir in 1982) .The first Indian Mushroom conference was held, organized by Dr. Atal.
132.ANIMAL SCIENCES- rabbit culture for meat/fur, farming of other animals, chinchilla farming etc with development of rural based animal byproduct processes.
133.FUR, WOOL, LEATHER PRODUCTS, PELT PROCESSING -Conversion of sheep skins into hair on furs and high quality Nappa, conversion of goat skins into chamois and suedes, leather processing, dyeing of wool and namdas(Kashmir handicraft), training workshops for livelihood,introduction of some exotic species of rabbits.
134.FOOD INDUSTRY / FOOD TECHNOLOGY-Examples include development of various products from locally available fruits and vegetables, solar drying of fruits and vegetables, brewed vinegar, preservation and bottling of Chhang (Ladakh beer) and sugarcane juice, horticulture and processing practices of cherry fruit, apricot, development of walnut bleaching and washing machine, bleaching of in- shell walnuts, inert gas packaging of walnuts kernels, bulk storage and transport of morel (Morchella esculenta),canning, pickling, dehydration of button mushrooms , canning of apple rings, Cider and wine from apple juice, upgrading tart apple juice by ion exchange, commercial exploitation of anardana (dried pomegranate), production of Tartaric acid from Tamarind, ready to serve canned Rajmash (red beans), bakery products trainings (in collaboration with United States wheat association),upgrading commercial white sesame Seeds, production of fermented Ayurvedic Asavas and Arishtas under aseptic conditions.
135.UTILISATION OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF LADAKH – EXTRACTION OF BORAX USING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY- the country’s first indigenous borax extraction plant based on technology developed by RRL was inaugurated by Shri A. Rehman, development commissioner of Ladakh on July 15, 1975 at Pugga at a height of 4450 meters in presence of large gathering. It was later handed over to the J&K minerals. Using hot water and steam from geothermal wells sunk by Geological survey of India, all components of extraction were done by the steam and hot water, like digestion of crude ore, development of pressure in the presses and also for maintaining the desired temperatures in the steam jacketed pans for crystallization. The only known deposits of borax are located in Pugga valley where it occurs as surface encrustations from a series of hot springs extending from Rupshu district in eastern Kashmir to Hundes in South western Tibet. Borax finds extensive use in glass, ceramics, medicine, leather processing, adhesive manufacturing, flame proofing, timber preservation, rust corrosion inhibitor, additive to rocket fuel, anti knocking agent in gasoline. It has been imported at considerable cost to the country.
136.USE OF ALTERNATE ENERGY- SIMPLE INEXPENSIVE EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY FOR RURAL USE- His contributions, emphasis and creating awareness in nineteen seventies, particularly in remote underdeveloped, natural fuel resources starved rural areas like ladakh and Kargil, on great technological benefits of using alternate sources of energy have been pioneering. He was also invited to Germany (Munchen University) as a solar energy consultant for the work done in the field. The significant part is that a simple technology was incorporated and adapted to suit remote, rural, resourcefully backward area to produce profound results and change the economics of the region.
A.SOLAR ENERGY - SOLAR DRYING CHAMBERS- Apricots in Ladakh and famous Kashmir red chillies in Pampore Kashmir are examples of the use of solar energy utilization. The introduction of solar dryers was supplemented by fruit sulphuring chambers. Traditionally fruits have been dried in open sun which takes longer ,more than three weeks, and there is exposure to rain, fungus, microbial contamination ,insects, dust, dirt, humidity, etc which results in decay, low shelf life, poor quality, off flavor, hardening, discolouration, and poor economic returns. In 1976, RRL introduced solar drying chambers which used the energy of sun to achieve significantly superior results. The drying time was reduced to three days from three weeks and yielded superior results in terms of quality of dried product and greatly preserved organoleptic qualities. The chambers are simple to assemble at low cost, fabrication can be done by carpenters, have no operational costs, very low maintenance cost, simple to operate, can be operated by unskilled or illiterate persons, and can be incorporated even on rooftops as a part of house construction. This introduction was a result of survey done by RRL of Ladakh region for sunny days, humidity, altitude effects, temperature variations etc. Several dryers were provided to villages of Silkchay, Sanachay, Herdas, Karkacho, Poyen, Batalik, Hunderman, Khaltsti, Nurla, and Saspol of Ladakh through Agriculture department which was highly appreciated by the community.
B.GEOTHERMAL ENERGY - (Borax extraction plant discussed above).
137.OTHER SIMPLE INEXPENSIVE EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY FOR RURAL USE - FRUIT SULPHURING CHAMBERS- to combat microbial damage, sulphur chambers were fabricated for fumigation disinfection by burning sulphur, wherein fruits absorb 1500 ppm sulphur dioxide. After a series of experiments, this simple chemical treatment was standardized to maintain quality, avoid discoloration and excessive shrinkage
138.FORESTATION – Mass promotion, propagation, and plantation of fast growing tree species were promoted in the rural belts by RRL to help in conservation of environment. Examples are Weeping Willows, Eucalyptus and other species. Fast growing trees like Eucalyptus also was in addition a source of rutin for industrial use and extensively promoted in several places of India like Himachal Pradesh
139.RURAL PROJECTS FOR ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION AND WASTE UTILISATION- www.flickr.com/photos/13059662@N06/5782556024/in/photostr...
A. APPLE POMICE PROJECT, KASHMIR – prevention of pollution of river Jhelum, by converting apple waste into animal feed. (Serial no 142-146, environment conservation).
B.PINE NEEDLES BASED PACKING BOXES INDUSTRY – as a first example in the world in 1975, RRL developed the technology for production of reusable, tough, superior hard boards from fallen pine needles. A factory was established at Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh costing Rupees eight lacs, which produced 2 lacs boxes annually. Besides the waste utilization it generated employment opportunities also with added production of parallel byproduct turpentine from pine needles (converting a hazardous forest waste having hazard of igniting forest fires, into useful packing material - (See link below).
C.AGRO WASTE BASED BOARDS- fiber boards from rice straw and rice husk was developed by RRL, Jammu. The Jammu region (Kathua to R. S. Pura extending to Poonch produces vast quantity of paddy and the entire husk goes waste).
D.Other examples are vanillin from sawdust (waste of joinery mills), boards from various agro wastes /industry wastes and similar other projects
140.PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY METHODS FOR STORED GRAINS- expert technical advice/methods for this was provided to the food industry/farming industry.RRL developed non toxic grain protectants like Acorus calamu developed prior to 1977.
141.PERFUMERY INDUSTRY- developed and introduced new varieties like Skimmia laureola . Serial no 115, essential oils.
142.RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF PIONEERING WORK IN ESSENTIAL OILS AND MINT- See details in ESSENTIAL OILS.
143.ERADICATION OF RURAL SUPERSTITIONS AND IMPLEMENTING RURAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES-in December 1976, district farmers training officer of J&K posed the problem of prevalence of worshipping of termite mounds in villages. In the past no organization tried to explain the innocent villagers about the devastation by termites of crops and houses.RRL initiated the work by selecting two villages Tonk Waziran and Chak Rickwal near Nagrota in Jammu region. Initially the reaction of villagers was not only uncooperative but hostile to the suggestion out of religious fears. After considerable persuasion, they relented. The mounds inside the houses and outside were scientifically eliminated and demolished. This work was started in January 1977 and completed till June 1977. The process was also demonstrated to Hon. Governor Shri L.K. Jha. The encouraging results were monitored and message was spread to other villages also.
144.RURAL PUBLIC HEALTH-see Serial 90. Projects for control of external parasites (ectoparasites) like louse using bio-antiparasitic agents (Acorus calamus oil and mustard oil), and anti zooplankton measures by introduction of pond fishes in villages which thrive on zooplanktons.
FORT IRWIN, Calif. -- The 2916th Aviation Battalion utilized an off-cycle window in their calendar March 20 - 23 to conduct brigade-level training in the National Training Center's "Box". The exercise culminated at the Fort Irwin Weed Army Community Hospital (WACH) March 23.
The goal of the training is to test readiness as well as hone emergency medical skills among the participating service members. One simulation presented the participants with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack on a troop transport that resulted in 16 casualties. The role players required triage at the point of injury in the training area, then airlifted back to the WACH on Fort Irwin for treatment. This was a large-scale training module that involved complex planning.
To make the exercise as authentic as possible training units had no warning of what they would encounter throughout the course of the event and participants were alerted only as the scenario unfolded, just as if the casualties and events were real. Large casualty events of this kind take a special type of planning coordination, material and geography to execute, and even more consideration to undertake, which makes the NTC an ideal venue for such training.
The 2916th assumed the role of air medevac, requiring multiple airlifts to bring all casualties back to the WACH, where staff members prioritized, stabilized and treated the mock casualties, then prepared to fly any they determined needing specialized care beyond WACH capabilities to other nearby available medical facilities for more extensive treatment.
To learn more about the people and facilities of the National Training Center and the Weed Army Community Hospital visit their official websites at www.irwin.army.mil or www.irwin.amedd.army.mil
Photo by Michael Beaton, Public Affairs (Released).
KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea-- An F-16 ''Fighting Falcon'' assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron departs here Nov. 29, 2007 for a close-air-support training mission. Pilots utilize training missions to simulate actual conditions they may face in combat and keep their war-fighting skills honed. '
Swinerton performed an ultra-modern renovation for Heroku, a subsidiary of Salesforce, in San Francisco in 2013.
FORT IRWIN, Calif. -- The 2916th Aviation Battalion utilized an off-cycle window in their calendar March 20 - 23 to conduct brigade-level training in the National Training Center's "Box". The exercise culminated at the Fort Irwin Weed Army Community Hospital (WACH) March 23.
The goal of the training is to test readiness as well as hone emergency medical skills among the participating service members. One simulation presented the participants with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack on a troop transport that resulted in 16 casualties. The role players required triage at the point of injury in the training area, then airlifted back to the WACH on Fort Irwin for treatment. This was a large-scale training module that involved complex planning.
To make the exercise as authentic as possible training units had no warning of what they would encounter throughout the course of the event and participants were alerted only as the scenario unfolded, just as if the casualties and events were real. Large casualty events of this kind take a special type of planning coordination, material and geography to execute, and even more consideration to undertake, which makes the NTC an ideal venue for such training.
The 2916th assumed the role of air medevac, requiring multiple airlifts to bring all casualties back to the WACH, where staff members prioritized, stabilized and treated the mock casualties, then prepared to fly any they determined needing specialized care beyond WACH capabilities to other nearby available medical facilities for more extensive treatment.
To learn more about the people and facilities of the National Training Center and the Weed Army Community Hospital visit their official websites at www.irwin.army.mil or www.irwin.amedd.army.mil
Photo by Michael Beaton, Public Affairs (Released).
The Sinclair utilizes a pretty old service station, similar to that of old Enco/Exxon stations (but I can't be sure). The Kum & Go is one of many northeast Oklahoma former Git'n'Go stations. Git'n'Go was a Tulsa-based chain of c-stores that carried Citgo fuels and went bankrupt in 2004. Kum & Go showed up and bought most of the old stations outside of Tulsa and many in Tulsa, the rest in town going to Fiesta Mart.
The compelling moniker of Jeep’s latest machine sounds like a newly introduced hero from Avengers: End Game. While off-roading through the outskirts of Sacramento Automotive Rhythms discovered the beastly nature of the 2020 midsize Jeep Gladiator while simultaneously witnessing its powerful capabilities in various scenarios such as scaling down trails of boulders and creeping through mud like navy seals. After experiencing dozens of 4x4 adventures from Jeep and other truck brands, the Gladiator is like a chess grandmaster utilizing strategic power moves during the endgame to outmaneuver the competition.
An Event for Wound Licking
February 6, 2-4pm (wound licking from 2-4pm, performance by Nonnsha at 3pm)
Baik Art
Utilizing the healing properties of dog saliva, An Event for Wound Licking will be a participatory event pairing wounds with dogs. Experimental in nature, participants will bring their wounds and participants will bring their dogs. Ideally, we can get the dogs to lick some of the wounds. Wounds of all types are requested (including wounds of the psychic variety), as well as dogs of all breeds (mutts especially).
In ancient Greece, the saliva of trained dogs and non-venomous snakes were utilized in Asclepieia (healing temples) to help treat the afflicted. Following in this tradition (and in a controlled manner), a kingsnake and albino cornsnake will be on-site. Due to the experimental nature of this event, liability waivers must be signed by all participants.
The event will culminate with a performance from Shannon Simbulan, aka Nonnsha, at 3pm.
Nonnsha is a Lo-Fi musician who enjoys grocery shopping. Chin up, chin up.
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EYE-DEE-QUE (Something Like an Asclepeion)
Matt Wardell
January 9 - February 13, 2016
Baik Art presents EYE-DEE-QUE (Something Like an Asclepeion), a solo installation and series of events by Los Angeles artist Matt Wardell.
For the exhibition, Wardell will present an immersive environment of images and objects by channeling ‘something like’ an ancient Greek temple of healing. Using Baik Art’s unique architecture, viewers experience a literal (and perhaps figurative) katabasis (‘to go down’ as in a descent of some type), but more importantly, and ideally, a catharsis (‘cleansing’ or ‘purification’).
Numerous objects, found and constructed, engage with the verticality of Baik Art’s shaft-like space, surrounded by an installation of wall works including drawings, collages, and repurposed images. Several fabric sculptures fill the gallery functioning as apotropaic totems. These Guardian Figures suggest a ‘presence’, ideally something beyond the object.
Daytime and evening events will further activate the gallery a space for healing. Practitioners from a variety of fields will be on hand for consultation. Music for Healing or What You Need will present a sonic cleansing. Incubation and Dream Analysis will be an overnight event of guided sleep followed by dream analysis with a professional. Utilizing the healing properties of dog saliva, An Event for Wound Licking will be a participatory event pairing wounds with dogs. For the date and time of each event, please contact the artist at shonufwardell@hotmail.com.
In ancient Greece and Rome, an asclepeion was a healing temple, sacred to Asclepius, the Greek God of Medicine. These temples were places in which patients would visit to receive either treatment or some sort of healing, whether it was spiritual or physical. Epidaurus was the first place to worship Asclepius as a god, beginning sometime in the 5th century BCE.
Starting around 350 BCE, the cult of Asclepius became increasingly popular. Pilgrims flocked to asclepieia to be healed. They slept overnight (“incubation”) and reported their dreams to a priest the following day. He prescribed a cure, often a visit to the baths or a gymnasium. Since snakes were sacred to Asclepius, they were often used in healing rituals. Non-venomous snakes were left to crawl on the floor in dormitories where the sick and injured slept.
Matt Wardell seeks to prolong a sense of wonder while placing the viewer in a lingering position of active assessment. He is interested in how we choose to live and in introducing work that facilitates these investigations. Wardell enjoys walking on fences, answering wrong numbers, and giving directions to places he does not know. Uncomfortable laughter, confusion, and irritation tend to be the byproducts of Wardell’s works.
Wardell has exhibited his work at venues throughout the United States and Mexico, including the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco (SFMOMA), Claremont Museum of Art in Claremont, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), REDCAT, PØST, Human Resources, Black Dragon Society, Mark Moore Gallery, and Commonwealth and Council, all in Los Angeles. Wardell is a founding member of the artist collective 10lb Ape.
Baik Art
2600 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90034
310.842.3892