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India Runway Week every season introduces 10 new faces in New Gen category. This season New Gen designers are Farzana Rahman, Surbhi Jain, Rifali Chandra, Sanya Garg, Paneri Gosar, Vanica Chhabra, Govinda Raju, Sweta Kedia, Rahul Kapoor, Neha Yadav.
Farzana Rahman showcased traditional Indian wear which focused on styles catering to traditional themes, cultures and thus being wearable on every occasion. Surbhi Jain’s collection was named 'print party' This season she had fallen head over heels over print with a graphic edge. In this line she has used bright colors, feminine prints, flowy fabrics and comfortable fits. she likes to have a kitsch, bold and experimental approach. This collection is a cocktail of print and color. Rifali Chandra’s The Spring Summer 2015 Edenfista collection was based on theme of dreamy fable inspired from the Moroccan intricacy and sophistication. The incredible Morocco has Quirky and Fanciful style that evolves throughout the Making and brings joyous visual expressions with its subtle details. This tale has an emotional yet bold style of illustrating its elegance. Sanya Garg’s Ilkbahar was a mirror of spring culture- fresh, bright, romantic and intricate. The glimpse of dull gold and bright hues gives it a sense of charm and elegance. Paneri Gosar’s collection was a reflection of indo western wears and was all about trendy, classy and occasional wear in the colors of white, pinks and gold. Vanica chhabra’s collection was inspired by Delhi culture, trends and ghantaghar. It was a vibrant collection and quite unique in its own way. Govinda Raju’s collection was an inspiration from KAMASUTRA on KHAJURAHOO TEMPLES. Sweta Kedia’s break the rules is a collection inspired by uniforms across all walks of life: school, army, air hostesses, butlers and navy. Uniforms have always provoked a sense of authority, power and style. Rahul Kapoor "Fuelled by fusion" RAHUL KAPOOR ushers you to his new spring sunmer 2015 collection 'REDIFINING ROYALTY '. Neha Yadav’s collection was inspired by modern sensibilities and cosmopoltitan styling to match the interplay of form, surface texturing and cuts, bringing together a cognitive mix of contemporary and conventional ensembles.
India Runway week is the youngest fashion trade event of the country.
India Runway Week every season introduces 10 new faces in New Gen category. This season New Gen designers are Farzana Rahman, Surbhi Jain, Rifali Chandra, Sanya Garg, Paneri Gosar, Vanica Chhabra, Govinda Raju, Sweta Kedia, Rahul Kapoor, Neha Yadav.
Farzana Rahman showcased traditional Indian wear which focused on styles catering to traditional themes, cultures and thus being wearable on every occasion. Surbhi Jain’s collection was named 'print party' This season she had fallen head over heels over print with a graphic edge. In this line she has used bright colors, feminine prints, flowy fabrics and comfortable fits. she likes to have a kitsch, bold and experimental approach. This collection is a cocktail of print and color. Rifali Chandra’s The Spring Summer 2015 Edenfista collection was based on theme of dreamy fable inspired from the Moroccan intricacy and sophistication. The incredible Morocco has Quirky and Fanciful style that evolves throughout the Making and brings joyous visual expressions with its subtle details. This tale has an emotional yet bold style of illustrating its elegance. Sanya Garg’s Ilkbahar was a mirror of spring culture- fresh, bright, romantic and intricate. The glimpse of dull gold and bright hues gives it a sense of charm and elegance. Paneri Gosar’s collection was a reflection of indo western wears and was all about trendy, classy and occasional wear in the colors of white, pinks and gold. Vanica chhabra’s collection was inspired by Delhi culture, trends and ghantaghar. It was a vibrant collection and quite unique in its own way. Govinda Raju’s collection was an inspiration from KAMASUTRA on KHAJURAHOO TEMPLES. Sweta Kedia’s break the rules is a collection inspired by uniforms across all walks of life: school, army, air hostesses, butlers and navy. Uniforms have always provoked a sense of authority, power and style. Rahul Kapoor "Fuelled by fusion" RAHUL KAPOOR ushers you to his new spring sunmer 2015 collection 'REDIFINING ROYALTY '. Neha Yadav’s collection was inspired by modern sensibilities and cosmopoltitan styling to match the interplay of form, surface texturing and cuts, bringing together a cognitive mix of contemporary and conventional ensembles.
India Runway week is the youngest fashion trade event of the country.
photo attribution: sean dreilinger durak.org
Jerry Kang: Immaculate perception?
Jerry Kang is a Professor of Law and Asian American Studies at UCLA. His work examines the legal implications of socio-cognitive implicit bias, or unintentional racism. Our ability to judge whether we are racist may not even be obvious to us if we look deeply at ourselves. Kang disseminates the work of other cognitive neuroscientists who study implicit bias and stereotype threat, and he extrapolates the implications of this work in a legal setting. He has received the highest honor for his teaching at UCLA, the University Distinguished Teaching Award in 2010.
jerrykang.net/2011/03/13/getting-up-to-speed-on-implicit-...
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Qualcomm Wireless Reach re:connect Space in the Black Box Theater
This is the space to interact with our speakers, your fellow attendees, and virtual visitors from around the globe. Meet the Qualcomm Wireless Reach project partners in Kenya, Japan, and Indonesia who are joining TEDxSanDiego online for the livestream and live discussion. Tweet yourself into the Minglestream by posting your questions, reactions, and inspirations using #TEDxSD.
The Big Wall in the Vroom
The Big Wall in the Vroom (Virtual Room) is a tiled display environment with four rows of eight displays for a total of 32 narrow-bezel NEC X551UN LCD displays with a 55" screen diagonal. Each of the displays has full HD resolution (1920x1080 pixels), adding up to 66 million pixels on the entire wall (15,360 x 4,320 pixels). We also support multi-channel audio, and use a four-camera optical tracking system from Vicon. All displays have been attached in 2x2 patterns to mounting structures, which are either installed in movable containers (OptiPortables) or suspended from above. The displays in the Big Wall are driven by 16 rendering PCs running CentOS Linux, each with dual Nvidi
photo attribution: sean dreilinger durak.org
Jerry Kang: Immaculate perception?
Jerry Kang is a Professor of Law and Asian American Studies at UCLA. His work examines the legal implications of socio-cognitive implicit bias, or unintentional racism. Our ability to judge whether we are racist may not even be obvious to us if we look deeply at ourselves. Kang disseminates the work of other cognitive neuroscientists who study implicit bias and stereotype threat, and he extrapolates the implications of this work in a legal setting. He has received the highest honor for his teaching at UCLA, the University Distinguished Teaching Award in 2010.
jerrykang.net/2011/03/13/getting-up-to-speed-on-implicit-...
www.law.ucla.edu/faculty/all-faculty-profiles/professors/...
Qualcomm Wireless Reach re:connect Space in the Black Box Theater
This is the space to interact with our speakers, your fellow attendees, and virtual visitors from around the globe. Meet the Qualcomm Wireless Reach project partners in Kenya, Japan, and Indonesia who are joining TEDxSanDiego online for the livestream and live discussion. Tweet yourself into the Minglestream by posting your questions, reactions, and inspirations using #TEDxSD.
The Big Wall in the Vroom
The Big Wall in the Vroom (Virtual Room) is a tiled display environment with four rows of eight displays for a total of 32 narrow-bezel NEC X551UN LCD displays with a 55" screen diagonal. Each of the displays has full HD resolution (1920x1080 pixels), adding up to 66 million pixels on the entire wall (15,360 x 4,320 pixels). We also support multi-channel audio, and use a four-camera optical tracking system from Vicon. All displays have been attached in 2x2 patterns to mounting structures, which are either installed in movable containers (OptiPortables) or suspended from above. The displays in the Big Wall are driven by 16 rendering PCs running CentOS Linux, each with dual Nvidi
Several Kentucky school districts have started working with the University of Kentucky College of Education in a unique partnership to innovate and improve schools. The districts are participating in the college’s Next Generation Leadership (NxGL) Academy, an output of its Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab.
The academy takes school leaders who know the system needs to change and helps them work through implementation of innovative ideas. It launched last year with a pilot co-hort of school leaders. This year’s co-hort includes representatives from the following counties or districts: Barren, Paris Independent, Carroll, Clark, Graves, Hardin, Henry, Shacklette Elementary (Jefferson Co.), Knox, Mason, Trigg, Warren, Woodford, and Eminence Independent.
David Gilliam, principal of Madison Southern High School and member of the pilot co-hort, said of the academy, “This program gives us the core information about what’s happening in education. It allows us to connect with some of the top experts around the world. But, probably the most beneficial part of it is for the team from our district to just sit down with these issues on the table – the charge of reinventing school – and be able to work through ideas and challenge each other. It is very beneficial.”
While participants will meet several times throughout the coming year, much of the work also takes place during online meetings between the school districts and university faculty. Through the process, several schools have met College of Education faculty members with whom they have partnered to provide training and programs within their local districts.
Council of Chief State School Officers Executive Director Gene Wilhoit and Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday addressed participants during the first day of the academy. Both emphasized the state and federal resources available to help schools as they transition to new models of learning. In fact, a recently passed bill in Kentucky will soon be able to help schools get past regulations that may stand in the way of trying out innovative ideas for improving schools, Holliday said.
From how student learning is assessed to the way teachers are trained, Wilhoit outlined a number of ways education must change so future generations of Kentuckians can find jobs to support their families and live fulfilled lives.
“I think the promise of this is unbelievable,” Wilhoit said. “I’ve seen it happen in many schools in isolated ways, but the problem is we’re not doing it across the board.”
Districts that have completed the Next Generation Leadership Academy have the opportunity to work with the UK College of Education to develop Innovation Zones (iZones) within their schools. The iZones provide places to test innovative ideas and scale up what works.
The NxGL Academy’s focus is around the Council of Chief State School Officer’s six critical attributes of Next Generation Learning:
•Personalized Learning calls for a data-driven framework to set goals, assess progress, and ensure students receive the academic and developmental supports they need to succeed.
•Comprehensive Systems of Learning Supports address the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development along a continuum of services to ensure the success of all students
•World-Class Knowledge and Skills requires achievement goals to sufficiently encompass the content knowledge and skills required for success in a globally-oriented world.
•Performance-based learning puts the student at the center of the learning process by enabling the demonstration of mastery of high, clear, and commonly-shared expectations.
•Anytime, anywhere learning provides innovative practices that promote learning beyond the traditional classroom and may include virtual or out-of-school settings leveraging technology as a tool for learning.
•Student voice/agency is the deep engagement of students in directing and owning their individual learning and shaping the nature of the education experience.
About the Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab:
•P20 relies upon the world-class research and expertise of the UK College of Education’s faculty, students and staff.
•P20 builds a bridge between school districts and the UK College of Education to enable an easy exchange of information between schools and higher education.
•P20 faculty and staff design and offer a Next Generation Leadership Academy for school leaders to build capacity to design new systems for learning.
•P20 helps create iZones within school districts. iZones allow college faculty and school personnel to work together to redesign and rethink current policies, practices and programs to support 21st Century learners.
Why is P20 needed?
•Many increasingly recognize one primary challenge: schooling and instruction are mass-produced, expecting students of various abilities, support systems and interests to progress through the same educational program at the same pace without sufficient regard to their individual learning needs.
• Information, once collected in reference books and distilled by teachers, is now everywhere, which changes the roles of teachers and schools. Even the most specialized topics and guidance are only a few keystrokes away.
• In Kentucky, only 83.91% of students complete high school and only 32% of Kentuckians ages 25-34 have a college degree.
•Routine jobs are increasingly disappearing to low wage countries or automated systems.
•To succeed in the global economy today’s students must be prepared to problem solve, work collaboratively, and to be creative and self-motivated. They will be required to produce evidence of competencies for required work.
How do we do school differently?
•• P20 roots out what doesn’t work and replaces it with ways of learning that will prepare all students for college and careers.
•P20 gives students a voice in designing the future of their education. When high school students were recently interviewed about how to do school differently, they were so stuck inside the model they have been part of for 15 or so years, they couldn’t think differently. We are finding ways to get from students what they really want from school – not just a version of what they think school is supposed to be.
•P20 builds upon existing and emerging infrastructures in Kentucky that will make this work sustainable over time.
Early Success Stories:
One of the first P20 iZone schools, Eminence Independent, is implementing some of the following changes:
•Partnership with Bellarmine College to offer college-level courses to qualified students with no cost to students;
•Redesigned Master Schedule (Core classes three days per week. Benchmark ready students take classes two days a week on Bellarmine’s campus);
•Wi-Fi on school bus transporting students to Bellarmine College in Louisville;
•One-to-one technology devices (Mac-Book Pro) for all high school students;
•Students trained to give feedback on educational experiences using Twitter;
•Student and Teacher Voice Teams for input in district decisions;
•Standards-Based Report Cards; and
•Working with sister school in England on using results from student aspirations surveys to better engage students in learning.
Islamabad, PK – 24 March 2015 – Media literacy and freedom given to information continuously sways the practices of the industry in Pakistan. This raises many questions about media’s influence on the cognitive behavioral response of the public. To highlight and identify the need to develop editorial space for education journalism; academicians, journalists and development sector professionals, students debate and discuss safety and security of journalists, the psychological effect of media’s exposure. AGAHI in collaboration with UNESCO Pakistan organized a town-hall dialogue on ‘Media and Information Literacy and Education Journalism in Pakistan’ today at the Islamabad, Marriott Hotel.
Ms. Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder & President AGAHI, opening the discussion forum, encouraged the stakeholders to review policy gaps and devise sustainable interventions that enables the citizenry of Pakistan to make decisions that improves the quality of not only their lives but which also empowers the society to move forward. She further added, we are no longer living in times when one can work in isolation; collaborative networks are the future for planning and decision-making.
Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Representative/Director of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), while talking about media and information literacy said that empowerment of people through Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is an important prerequisite for fostering equitable access to information and knowledge; promoting free, independent and pluralistic media and information systems. She said that Media and Information Literacy recognizes the primary role of information and media in our everyday lives. It lies at the core of freedom of expression and information – since it empowers citizens to understand the functions of media and other information providers, to critically evaluate their content, and to make informed decisions as users and producer of information and media content. She mentioned that UNESCO’s strategy brings together the two fields, Information Literacy and Media Literacy, as a combined set of competencies, knowledge, skills and attitude, necessary for life and work today. MIL considers all forms of media and other information providers such as libraries, archive, museums and Internet irrespective of technologies used.
The first interactive session of the town-hall meeting had experts on education journalism in Pakistan. “Education plays a catalytic role towards human development, both at the individual as well as at the societal level”, said Dr. Abdul Siraj, Head of Mass Communications Department Allama Iqbal University. Since mass media have the potential for reaching colossal audiences, the journalist has a vital role to play in wiping out these social menaces”, he added. He also said that Education is needed not only for personal development of citizens, but also to produce a skilled workforce, promote economic growth, preserve and promote culture and values in the society, and enhance participation of all segments of population in decision making at various levels.
The second session focused on the cognitive behavioral response and psychological limitation to learning emphasizing on the importance of using media’s editorial and broadcast content as a tool for molding and changing perceptions to create a prosperous society.
While talking to the participants, Ms. Nausheen Shahzad, Educational Psychologist, said that continuous reporting of terrorism and extremism can be suggestible, adolescents may turn into terrorists by identifying themselves with these terrorists, considering them as reformers. She further added, or they simply become conditioned and show no empathy towards such news, becoming insensitive to world issues altogether.
The issue of safety and security of journalists in Pakistan with respect to ethical dimension was explored in the third session. The session addressed challenges related to access, privacy, safety and security of journalists. Encapsulating basic provisions proposed by the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, of the scale and number of attacks on journalists and media workers as well as of incidents affecting their ability to exercise freedom of expression by threats of prosecution, arrest, imprisonment, denial of journalistic access. Number of measures have been adopted by the United Nations (UN) at the international level; the UN Security Council adopted Resolution S/RES/1738 in 2006, which established a coherent, action-oriented approach to the safety of journalists in armed conflicts.
Mr. Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman, Minister of State for federal Education, Professional Training, Interior and Narcotic Control, Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Director UNESCO, Mr. Haroon Rashid Editor BBC, Mr. Zahir Shah, Executive Vice President BOL, Ms. Fareeha Idris, Anchorperson and journalist, Mr. Arshad Sharif, Anchorperson and journalist, Mr. Hassan Bilal, News Editor Dawn, Mr. Rana Jawad, Bureau Chief Geo TV, Syed Ali Shah, Bureau Chief Dawn News TV Quetta, Ms. Shazia Javed, Educationist, Ms. Afia Salam, Senior Media Development Specialist, Dr. Abdul Siraj, Head of Mass Communications Department Allama Iqbal University, Ms. Nausheen Shahzad, Educational Psychologist, Dr. Zafar Iqbal, Chairman Department of Mass Communications Department Islamic University, Mr. Shahzad Baloch, Senior Reporter Express Tribune, Mr. Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer Mishal Pakistan, Ms. Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder and President Agahi, and the journalist community as well as the mass communication students and faculty members of National University of Science & Technology (NUST), International Islamic University (IIUI), and Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) attended the townhall meeting.
AGAHI is a not for profit organization established in Islamabad in 2011 under the Society Registration Act 1860. Its primary function is to create non-paid communication strategies, content intelligence structures, development collaterals and tools for diverse sectors and organizations. AGAHI encourages and advises individuals and institutions in pursuing and supporting initiatives to improve the state of development in Pakistan. It works on developmental frameworks facilitating information and knowledge sharing platforms on understanding challenges in global perspective. Its research work mainly focuses on national and international security, ICT, competitiveness, human capital development, and governance. AGAHI in association with several leading national and international partners focuses on creating shared spaces for interactive learning, collaborative thinking, and knowledge sharing. AGAHI is at the forefront of devising foresight research and future scenarios work in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI, celebrates AGAHI AWARDS – Beyond 2015 by recognizing best reporting practices on categories such as: Business & Economy (Competitiveness), Creating Shared Value, Disaster & Catastrophe, Education, Gender, Health, Youth Empowerment, Human Rights, Infotainment, Innovation Journalism, Judiciary, Millennium Development Goals, Journalism for Peace, Photo Journalism, Entrepreneurship, Sports, Energy, Water, Agriculture, Environment, Foreign Policy, Foresight and Futures.
India Runway Week every season introduces 10 new faces in New Gen category. This season New Gen designers are Farzana Rahman, Surbhi Jain, Rifali Chandra, Sanya Garg, Paneri Gosar, Vanica Chhabra, Govinda Raju, Sweta Kedia, Rahul Kapoor, Neha Yadav.
Farzana Rahman showcased traditional Indian wear which focused on styles catering to traditional themes, cultures and thus being wearable on every occasion. Surbhi Jain’s collection was named 'print party' This season she had fallen head over heels over print with a graphic edge. In this line she has used bright colors, feminine prints, flowy fabrics and comfortable fits. she likes to have a kitsch, bold and experimental approach. This collection is a cocktail of print and color. Rifali Chandra’s The Spring Summer 2015 Edenfista collection was based on theme of dreamy fable inspired from the Moroccan intricacy and sophistication. The incredible Morocco has Quirky and Fanciful style that evolves throughout the Making and brings joyous visual expressions with its subtle details. This tale has an emotional yet bold style of illustrating its elegance. Sanya Garg’s Ilkbahar was a mirror of spring culture- fresh, bright, romantic and intricate. The glimpse of dull gold and bright hues gives it a sense of charm and elegance. Paneri Gosar’s collection was a reflection of indo western wears and was all about trendy, classy and occasional wear in the colors of white, pinks and gold. Vanica chhabra’s collection was inspired by Delhi culture, trends and ghantaghar. It was a vibrant collection and quite unique in its own way. Govinda Raju’s collection was an inspiration from KAMASUTRA on KHAJURAHOO TEMPLES. Sweta Kedia’s break the rules is a collection inspired by uniforms across all walks of life: school, army, air hostesses, butlers and navy. Uniforms have always provoked a sense of authority, power and style. Rahul Kapoor "Fuelled by fusion" RAHUL KAPOOR ushers you to his new spring sunmer 2015 collection 'REDIFINING ROYALTY '. Neha Yadav’s collection was inspired by modern sensibilities and cosmopoltitan styling to match the interplay of form, surface texturing and cuts, bringing together a cognitive mix of contemporary and conventional ensembles.
India Runway week is the youngest fashion trade event of the country.
Award-winning photojournalist, Karim Ben Khelifa, is widely known for his coverage of the Middle East conflicts, especially the Iraq and Afghan wars, where he covered the insurgent sides. While a Fellow at the Open Documentary Lab at MIT, Ben Khelifa designed and prototyped his latest project The Enemy. This immersive installation uses VR to bring the audience into conversations between enemies within longstanding global conflicts. During his residency, he collaborated with Fox Harrell of the Imagination, Computation and Expression (ICE) Laboratory, to integrate concepts from cognitive science and Artificial Intelligence-based interaction models into the project to engender empathy.
Learn more at arts.mit.edu
All photos ©Karim Ben Khelifa
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On a walk around the city on a grey cold day in December 2022. Christchurch New Zealand.
In 1998, SCAPE Public Art began to revolutionise the open spaces of Ōtautahi Christchurch – and public arts practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. SCAPE Public Art installs free-to-view contemporary public art in Central Christchurch, engaging the community through exciting work that is celebrated around Aotearoa and the world.
www.scapepublicart.org.nz/about-scape-public-art/
Cognitive Reorientation:
Using the Danish television police drama Forbrydelsen (The Killing) as a jumping-off point, Clemens investigates the unseen labour involved in the spectacle of television, as well as the televisual clichés we have come to understand as representative of successful detective work. Focusing on a crime scene that occurs in the first episode of the first season, which shows a car being pulled from a river, Cognitive Reorientation is a deconstruction and reconstruction of the scene’s various elements in the centre of Christchurch, providing a glimpse behind the scenes into the often-clunky production of mass entertainment.
Sited in the basement of the former Price Waterhouse Coopers building, which housed a carpark, pool, and gym, Cognitive Reorientation relates to the imperfections and fallibility of memory. Like a great deal of the city that was destroyed or demolished following the 2010-11 earthquake sequence, the Price Waterhouse Coopers building was once a place of significance for many. The remnants of the building will eventually be removed, leaving no trace and forcing those who knew it to rely purely on their memories without visual cues.
A great deal of Clemens’ previous work has engaged with the mechanics of cinema and television production, using original and recreated props and video clips from Terminator 2, Blade Runner, and Nightmare on Elm Street to produce complex installations that weave fiction and non-fiction together. There is reverence in these works, but also an implicit questioning. In Cognitive Reorientation, Clemens asks: Where does artistic fabrication begin and end? What is a clue? A sign? Proof? What is the status of evidence when our methods of replication have advanced so rapidly?
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- Cpt. Michael Bruce, a native of Huckabay, Texas, and currently stationed in Germany, conducts preventive maintenance checks and services at the Grafenwoehr Training Area during the third day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders.The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Sgt. Michael Reinsch)
Numerous cognitive neuroscientists have conducted studies that have revealed that only 5% of our cognitive activities (decisions, emotions, actions, behaviour) is conscious whereas the remaining 95% is generated in a non-conscious manner.
More info on www.simplifyinginterfaces.com
India Runway Week every season introduces 10 new faces in New Gen category. This season New Gen designers are Farzana Rahman, Surbhi Jain, Rifali Chandra, Sanya Garg, Paneri Gosar, Vanica Chhabra, Govinda Raju, Sweta Kedia, Rahul Kapoor, Neha Yadav.
Farzana Rahman showcased traditional Indian wear which focused on styles catering to traditional themes, cultures and thus being wearable on every occasion. Surbhi Jain’s collection was named 'print party' This season she had fallen head over heels over print with a graphic edge. In this line she has used bright colors, feminine prints, flowy fabrics and comfortable fits. she likes to have a kitsch, bold and experimental approach. This collection is a cocktail of print and color. Rifali Chandra’s The Spring Summer 2015 Edenfista collection was based on theme of dreamy fable inspired from the Moroccan intricacy and sophistication. The incredible Morocco has Quirky and Fanciful style that evolves throughout the Making and brings joyous visual expressions with its subtle details. This tale has an emotional yet bold style of illustrating its elegance. Sanya Garg’s Ilkbahar was a mirror of spring culture- fresh, bright, romantic and intricate. The glimpse of dull gold and bright hues gives it a sense of charm and elegance. Paneri Gosar’s collection was a reflection of indo western wears and was all about trendy, classy and occasional wear in the colors of white, pinks and gold. Vanica chhabra’s collection was inspired by Delhi culture, trends and ghantaghar. It was a vibrant collection and quite unique in its own way. Govinda Raju’s collection was an inspiration from KAMASUTRA on KHAJURAHOO TEMPLES. Sweta Kedia’s break the rules is a collection inspired by uniforms across all walks of life: school, army, air hostesses, butlers and navy. Uniforms have always provoked a sense of authority, power and style. Rahul Kapoor "Fuelled by fusion" RAHUL KAPOOR ushers you to his new spring sunmer 2015 collection 'REDIFINING ROYALTY '. Neha Yadav’s collection was inspired by modern sensibilities and cosmopoltitan styling to match the interplay of form, surface texturing and cuts, bringing together a cognitive mix of contemporary and conventional ensembles.
India Runway week is the youngest fashion trade event of the country.
Student mixed media painting on paper, Howell HIgh School.
Working with Students with Cognitive impairment.
Teaching artist: Diane M Kramer
photos By Diane M Kramer
Serving Spring 2014 Teaching Residency with VSA of Michigan
One of my photos of Rovereto just published on paper - cover of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (MIT Press).
A bit of cognitive dissonance, perhaps? You're welcome to enter, as long as you're authorized personnel------and even then, it's at your own risk. Any questions? Yep: Wouldn't a simple "KEEP OUT" sign be more appropriate here?
Cognitive Dissonance:
"The state of conflict someone experiences after making a decision, taking action, or being exposed to information that is contrary to prior beliefs, feelings or values."
(Gerrig et al, 2009)
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Major: Hispanic studies and cognitive science
Abernethy has been president of her sorority, Delta Delta Delta, and served as a peer advisor for students struggling with eating disorders. She has also been co-chair of the Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault following creation of the program, and has worked with the President’s Office and the Dean of the College Division to research and implement new policies and education programs dealing with sexual assault. She has also contributed to work on the Panhellenic Council’s policy on assault. She was a member of the a cappella group the Dodecaphonics, and served as an academic coach for the Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth program. As a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar, Abernethy did research with Professor Adina Roskies on the philosophy of neuroscience. She continues to study Spanish, and interned in Argentina with the activist group Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo. (photo: Eli Burak '00)
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Islamabad, PK – 24 March 2015 – Media literacy and freedom given to information continuously sways the practices of the industry in Pakistan. This raises many questions about media’s influence on the cognitive behavioral response of the public. To highlight and identify the need to develop editorial space for education journalism; academicians, journalists and development sector professionals, students debate and discuss safety and security of journalists, the psychological effect of media’s exposure. AGAHI in collaboration with UNESCO Pakistan organized a town-hall dialogue on ‘Media and Information Literacy and Education Journalism in Pakistan’ today at the Islamabad, Marriott Hotel.
Ms. Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder & President AGAHI, opening the discussion forum, encouraged the stakeholders to review policy gaps and devise sustainable interventions that enables the citizenry of Pakistan to make decisions that improves the quality of not only their lives but which also empowers the society to move forward. She further added, we are no longer living in times when one can work in isolation; collaborative networks are the future for planning and decision-making.
Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Representative/Director of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), while talking about media and information literacy said that empowerment of people through Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is an important prerequisite for fostering equitable access to information and knowledge; promoting free, independent and pluralistic media and information systems. She said that Media and Information Literacy recognizes the primary role of information and media in our everyday lives. It lies at the core of freedom of expression and information – since it empowers citizens to understand the functions of media and other information providers, to critically evaluate their content, and to make informed decisions as users and producer of information and media content. She mentioned that UNESCO’s strategy brings together the two fields, Information Literacy and Media Literacy, as a combined set of competencies, knowledge, skills and attitude, necessary for life and work today. MIL considers all forms of media and other information providers such as libraries, archive, museums and Internet irrespective of technologies used.
The first interactive session of the town-hall meeting had experts on education journalism in Pakistan. “Education plays a catalytic role towards human development, both at the individual as well as at the societal level”, said Dr. Abdul Siraj, Head of Mass Communications Department Allama Iqbal University. Since mass media have the potential for reaching colossal audiences, the journalist has a vital role to play in wiping out these social menaces”, he added. He also said that Education is needed not only for personal development of citizens, but also to produce a skilled workforce, promote economic growth, preserve and promote culture and values in the society, and enhance participation of all segments of population in decision making at various levels.
The second session focused on the cognitive behavioral response and psychological limitation to learning emphasizing on the importance of using media’s editorial and broadcast content as a tool for molding and changing perceptions to create a prosperous society.
While talking to the participants, Ms. Nausheen Shahzad, Educational Psychologist, said that continuous reporting of terrorism and extremism can be suggestible, adolescents may turn into terrorists by identifying themselves with these terrorists, considering them as reformers. She further added, or they simply become conditioned and show no empathy towards such news, becoming insensitive to world issues altogether.
The issue of safety and security of journalists in Pakistan with respect to ethical dimension was explored in the third session. The session addressed challenges related to access, privacy, safety and security of journalists. Encapsulating basic provisions proposed by the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, of the scale and number of attacks on journalists and media workers as well as of incidents affecting their ability to exercise freedom of expression by threats of prosecution, arrest, imprisonment, denial of journalistic access. Number of measures have been adopted by the United Nations (UN) at the international level; the UN Security Council adopted Resolution S/RES/1738 in 2006, which established a coherent, action-oriented approach to the safety of journalists in armed conflicts.
Mr. Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman, Minister of State for federal Education, Professional Training, Interior and Narcotic Control, Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Director UNESCO, Mr. Haroon Rashid Editor BBC, Mr. Zahir Shah, Executive Vice President BOL, Ms. Fareeha Idris, Anchorperson and journalist, Mr. Arshad Sharif, Anchorperson and journalist, Mr. Hassan Bilal, News Editor Dawn, Mr. Rana Jawad, Bureau Chief Geo TV, Syed Ali Shah, Bureau Chief Dawn News TV Quetta, Ms. Shazia Javed, Educationist, Ms. Afia Salam, Senior Media Development Specialist, Dr. Abdul Siraj, Head of Mass Communications Department Allama Iqbal University, Ms. Nausheen Shahzad, Educational Psychologist, Dr. Zafar Iqbal, Chairman Department of Mass Communications Department Islamic University, Mr. Shahzad Baloch, Senior Reporter Express Tribune, Mr. Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer Mishal Pakistan, Ms. Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder and President Agahi, and the journalist community as well as the mass communication students and faculty members of National University of Science & Technology (NUST), International Islamic University (IIUI), and Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) attended the townhall meeting.
AGAHI is a not for profit organization established in Islamabad in 2011 under the Society Registration Act 1860. Its primary function is to create non-paid communication strategies, content intelligence structures, development collaterals and tools for diverse sectors and organizations. AGAHI encourages and advises individuals and institutions in pursuing and supporting initiatives to improve the state of development in Pakistan. It works on developmental frameworks facilitating information and knowledge sharing platforms on understanding challenges in global perspective. Its research work mainly focuses on national and international security, ICT, competitiveness, human capital development, and governance. AGAHI in association with several leading national and international partners focuses on creating shared spaces for interactive learning, collaborative thinking, and knowledge sharing. AGAHI is at the forefront of devising foresight research and future scenarios work in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI, celebrates AGAHI AWARDS – Beyond 2015 by recognizing best reporting practices on categories such as: Business & Economy (Competitiveness), Creating Shared Value, Disaster & Catastrophe, Education, Gender, Health, Youth Empowerment, Human Rights, Infotainment, Innovation Journalism, Judiciary, Millennium Development Goals, Journalism for Peace, Photo Journalism, Entrepreneurship, Sports, Energy, Water, Agriculture, Environment, Foreign Policy, Foresight and Futures.
"BIAS" is the title of the Ars Electronica Garden in Dublin hosted by Science Gallery Network (INT – Dublin/Venice/Melbourne/London/Bengaluru/Detroit)
From cognitive function to machine learning, bias is a shortcut for our brain or for data. The *BIAS garden* at Ars Electronica will interrogate how bias moves from human to machine and how persuasion, preference, motivation and misinformation contribute to our individual societal and digital biases. In a year when we have seen the importance of scientific research, the impact of misinformation, and the effect of social media in polarizing communities, understanding our biases and how they are and are not helpful has never been more critical. We will bring together artists, activists, designers, policymakers, hackers, researchers and technologists to explore the ways in which bias dominates our world today, from algorithmic justice and facial recognition to the empathy crisis and systemic oppression.
Photo: Science Gallery Dublin
Islamabad, PK – 24 March 2015 – Media literacy and freedom given to information continuously sways the practices of the industry in Pakistan. This raises many questions about media’s influence on the cognitive behavioral response of the public. To highlight and identify the need to develop editorial space for education journalism; academicians, journalists and development sector professionals, students debate and discuss safety and security of journalists, the psychological effect of media’s exposure. AGAHI in collaboration with UNESCO Pakistan organized a town-hall dialogue on ‘Media and Information Literacy and Education Journalism in Pakistan’ today at the Islamabad, Marriott Hotel.
Ms. Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder & President AGAHI, opening the discussion forum, encouraged the stakeholders to review policy gaps and devise sustainable interventions that enables the citizenry of Pakistan to make decisions that improves the quality of not only their lives but which also empowers the society to move forward. She further added, we are no longer living in times when one can work in isolation; collaborative networks are the future for planning and decision-making.
Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Representative/Director of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), while talking about media and information literacy said that empowerment of people through Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is an important prerequisite for fostering equitable access to information and knowledge; promoting free, independent and pluralistic media and information systems. She said that Media and Information Literacy recognizes the primary role of information and media in our everyday lives. It lies at the core of freedom of expression and information – since it empowers citizens to understand the functions of media and other information providers, to critically evaluate their content, and to make informed decisions as users and producer of information and media content. She mentioned that UNESCO’s strategy brings together the two fields, Information Literacy and Media Literacy, as a combined set of competencies, knowledge, skills and attitude, necessary for life and work today. MIL considers all forms of media and other information providers such as libraries, archive, museums and Internet irrespective of technologies used.
The first interactive session of the town-hall meeting had experts on education journalism in Pakistan. “Education plays a catalytic role towards human development, both at the individual as well as at the societal level”, said Dr. Abdul Siraj, Head of Mass Communications Department Allama Iqbal University. Since mass media have the potential for reaching colossal audiences, the journalist has a vital role to play in wiping out these social menaces”, he added. He also said that Education is needed not only for personal development of citizens, but also to produce a skilled workforce, promote economic growth, preserve and promote culture and values in the society, and enhance participation of all segments of population in decision making at various levels.
The second session focused on the cognitive behavioral response and psychological limitation to learning emphasizing on the importance of using media’s editorial and broadcast content as a tool for molding and changing perceptions to create a prosperous society.
While talking to the participants, Ms. Nausheen Shahzad, Educational Psychologist, said that continuous reporting of terrorism and extremism can be suggestible, adolescents may turn into terrorists by identifying themselves with these terrorists, considering them as reformers. She further added, or they simply become conditioned and show no empathy towards such news, becoming insensitive to world issues altogether.
The issue of safety and security of journalists in Pakistan with respect to ethical dimension was explored in the third session. The session addressed challenges related to access, privacy, safety and security of journalists. Encapsulating basic provisions proposed by the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, of the scale and number of attacks on journalists and media workers as well as of incidents affecting their ability to exercise freedom of expression by threats of prosecution, arrest, imprisonment, denial of journalistic access. Number of measures have been adopted by the United Nations (UN) at the international level; the UN Security Council adopted Resolution S/RES/1738 in 2006, which established a coherent, action-oriented approach to the safety of journalists in armed conflicts.
Mr. Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman, Minister of State for federal Education, Professional Training, Interior and Narcotic Control, Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Director UNESCO, Mr. Haroon Rashid Editor BBC, Mr. Zahir Shah, Executive Vice President BOL, Ms. Fareeha Idris, Anchorperson and journalist, Mr. Arshad Sharif, Anchorperson and journalist, Mr. Hassan Bilal, News Editor Dawn, Mr. Rana Jawad, Bureau Chief Geo TV, Syed Ali Shah, Bureau Chief Dawn News TV Quetta, Ms. Shazia Javed, Educationist, Ms. Afia Salam, Senior Media Development Specialist, Dr. Abdul Siraj, Head of Mass Communications Department Allama Iqbal University, Ms. Nausheen Shahzad, Educational Psychologist, Dr. Zafar Iqbal, Chairman Department of Mass Communications Department Islamic University, Mr. Shahzad Baloch, Senior Reporter Express Tribune, Mr. Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer Mishal Pakistan, Ms. Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder and President Agahi, and the journalist community as well as the mass communication students and faculty members of National University of Science & Technology (NUST), International Islamic University (IIUI), and Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) attended the townhall meeting.
AGAHI is a not for profit organization established in Islamabad in 2011 under the Society Registration Act 1860. Its primary function is to create non-paid communication strategies, content intelligence structures, development collaterals and tools for diverse sectors and organizations. AGAHI encourages and advises individuals and institutions in pursuing and supporting initiatives to improve the state of development in Pakistan. It works on developmental frameworks facilitating information and knowledge sharing platforms on understanding challenges in global perspective. Its research work mainly focuses on national and international security, ICT, competitiveness, human capital development, and governance. AGAHI in association with several leading national and international partners focuses on creating shared spaces for interactive learning, collaborative thinking, and knowledge sharing. AGAHI is at the forefront of devising foresight research and future scenarios work in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI, celebrates AGAHI AWARDS – Beyond 2015 by recognizing best reporting practices on categories such as: Business & Economy (Competitiveness), Creating Shared Value, Disaster & Catastrophe, Education, Gender, Health, Youth Empowerment, Human Rights, Infotainment, Innovation Journalism, Judiciary, Millennium Development Goals, Journalism for Peace, Photo Journalism, Entrepreneurship, Sports, Energy, Water, Agriculture, Environment, Foreign Policy, Foresight and Futures.
Islamabad, PK – 24 March 2015 – Media literacy and freedom given to information continuously sways the practices of the industry in Pakistan. This raises many questions about media’s influence on the cognitive behavioral response of the public. To highlight and identify the need to develop editorial space for education journalism; academicians, journalists and development sector professionals, students debate and discuss safety and security of journalists, the psychological effect of media’s exposure. AGAHI in collaboration with UNESCO Pakistan organized a town-hall dialogue on ‘Media and Information Literacy and Education Journalism in Pakistan’ today at the Islamabad, Marriott Hotel.
Ms. Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder & President AGAHI, opening the discussion forum, encouraged the stakeholders to review policy gaps and devise sustainable interventions that enables the citizenry of Pakistan to make decisions that improves the quality of not only their lives but which also empowers the society to move forward. She further added, we are no longer living in times when one can work in isolation; collaborative networks are the future for planning and decision-making.
Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Representative/Director of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), while talking about media and information literacy said that empowerment of people through Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is an important prerequisite for fostering equitable access to information and knowledge; promoting free, independent and pluralistic media and information systems. She said that Media and Information Literacy recognizes the primary role of information and media in our everyday lives. It lies at the core of freedom of expression and information – since it empowers citizens to understand the functions of media and other information providers, to critically evaluate their content, and to make informed decisions as users and producer of information and media content. She mentioned that UNESCO’s strategy brings together the two fields, Information Literacy and Media Literacy, as a combined set of competencies, knowledge, skills and attitude, necessary for life and work today. MIL considers all forms of media and other information providers such as libraries, archive, museums and Internet irrespective of technologies used.
The first interactive session of the town-hall meeting had experts on education journalism in Pakistan. “Education plays a catalytic role towards human development, both at the individual as well as at the societal level”, said Dr. Abdul Siraj, Head of Mass Communications Department Allama Iqbal University. Since mass media have the potential for reaching colossal audiences, the journalist has a vital role to play in wiping out these social menaces”, he added. He also said that Education is needed not only for personal development of citizens, but also to produce a skilled workforce, promote economic growth, preserve and promote culture and values in the society, and enhance participation of all segments of population in decision making at various levels.
The second session focused on the cognitive behavioral response and psychological limitation to learning emphasizing on the importance of using media’s editorial and broadcast content as a tool for molding and changing perceptions to create a prosperous society.
While talking to the participants, Ms. Nausheen Shahzad, Educational Psychologist, said that continuous reporting of terrorism and extremism can be suggestible, adolescents may turn into terrorists by identifying themselves with these terrorists, considering them as reformers. She further added, or they simply become conditioned and show no empathy towards such news, becoming insensitive to world issues altogether.
The issue of safety and security of journalists in Pakistan with respect to ethical dimension was explored in the third session. The session addressed challenges related to access, privacy, safety and security of journalists. Encapsulating basic provisions proposed by the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, of the scale and number of attacks on journalists and media workers as well as of incidents affecting their ability to exercise freedom of expression by threats of prosecution, arrest, imprisonment, denial of journalistic access. Number of measures have been adopted by the United Nations (UN) at the international level; the UN Security Council adopted Resolution S/RES/1738 in 2006, which established a coherent, action-oriented approach to the safety of journalists in armed conflicts.
Mr. Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman, Minister of State for federal Education, Professional Training, Interior and Narcotic Control, Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Director UNESCO, Mr. Haroon Rashid Editor BBC, Mr. Zahir Shah, Executive Vice President BOL, Ms. Fareeha Idris, Anchorperson and journalist, Mr. Arshad Sharif, Anchorperson and journalist, Mr. Hassan Bilal, News Editor Dawn, Mr. Rana Jawad, Bureau Chief Geo TV, Syed Ali Shah, Bureau Chief Dawn News TV Quetta, Ms. Shazia Javed, Educationist, Ms. Afia Salam, Senior Media Development Specialist, Dr. Abdul Siraj, Head of Mass Communications Department Allama Iqbal University, Ms. Nausheen Shahzad, Educational Psychologist, Dr. Zafar Iqbal, Chairman Department of Mass Communications Department Islamic University, Mr. Shahzad Baloch, Senior Reporter Express Tribune, Mr. Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer Mishal Pakistan, Ms. Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder and President Agahi, and the journalist community as well as the mass communication students and faculty members of National University of Science & Technology (NUST), International Islamic University (IIUI), and Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) attended the townhall meeting.
AGAHI is a not for profit organization established in Islamabad in 2011 under the Society Registration Act 1860. Its primary function is to create non-paid communication strategies, content intelligence structures, development collaterals and tools for diverse sectors and organizations. AGAHI encourages and advises individuals and institutions in pursuing and supporting initiatives to improve the state of development in Pakistan. It works on developmental frameworks facilitating information and knowledge sharing platforms on understanding challenges in global perspective. Its research work mainly focuses on national and international security, ICT, competitiveness, human capital development, and governance. AGAHI in association with several leading national and international partners focuses on creating shared spaces for interactive learning, collaborative thinking, and knowledge sharing. AGAHI is at the forefront of devising foresight research and future scenarios work in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI, celebrates AGAHI AWARDS – Beyond 2015 by recognizing best reporting practices on categories such as: Business & Economy (Competitiveness), Creating Shared Value, Disaster & Catastrophe, Education, Gender, Health, Youth Empowerment, Human Rights, Infotainment, Innovation Journalism, Judiciary, Millennium Development Goals, Journalism for Peace, Photo Journalism, Entrepreneurship, Sports, Energy, Water, Agriculture, Environment, Foreign Policy, Foresight and Futures.
Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
•Animal Type: Invertebrates
•Exhibits: Surviving Through Adaptation
•Range: Pacific Ocean
Overview
Octopuses (yes, that is the correct plural of octopus) are cephalopods—a class of marine mollusks that also includes squid and cuttlefish. Cephalopod is derived from a Greek word meaning “head-feet.” Of the 800 identified living species of cephalopods, 300 are octopuses!
Giant Pacific octopuses have large heads, eight arms and are usually reddish-brown in color. They also have three hearts and a complex neural system that includes one central, cerebral ganglion and eight smaller ganglia at the base of their arms. Think of these smaller systems as external hard drives that report data back to a computer’s central processing unit.
A Note from the Caretaker
To encourage cognitive thinking and natural hunting behaviors, we give the octopus a container with food inside. The octopus must figure out how to open the container, using its more than 1,800 suckers to locate and taste what’s inside.
Quick Facts
Learn more about the giant Pacific octopus! Did you know that this master of camouflage can quickly change the color and texture of its skin to hide from predators?
Range
The giant Pacific octopus can be found in southern California, northward along the coast of North America, across the Aleutian Islands and southward to Japan.
Diet
Newly hatched octopuses feed on plankton (small, microscopic organisms), while adults feed on crabs, shrimp, clams, snails, fishes and even other octopuses, using their beaks to break open hard-shelled prey.
Size
The giant Pacific octopus is the largest and longest living species of octopus. They’ve been known to grow to more than 150 pounds, but on average weigh approximately 45 to 65 pounds.
Population Status
Due to their short lifespan and reclusive habits, it’s difficult to assess populations of giant Pacific octopuses, but this species is common throughout its range.
Predators
While many young, larval octopuses are lost to predators, only large fish, marine mammals and humans are a threat to adults.
An Ode to the Octopus
For an animal closely related to a clam, these cephalopods are seriously complex—and they never cease to amaze.
Animal Care
Octopuses are fascinating animals, and there’s seemingly no end to the list of their intriguing—and sometimes downright strange—characteristics. From independently operating arms and suckers to their inking technique to an alien-like circulatory system, here are some of our favorite facts about these magnificent mollusks.
Sticky Suckers
The eight arms (not tentacles!) of an octopus are amazing appendages. Two-thirds of an octopus’s neurons can be found in its arms—which means that these limbs can operate without help from the central brain, allowing for some seriously impressive multitasking.
Each of an octopus’s eight arms is lined with rows of strong suckers, which change their shape and contract to create powerful suction. Like their arms, these suckers operate independently of one another. They can taste and smell, and they stick to practically every object they contact.
So, with eight different arms that have a mind of their own and hundreds of suckers that stick to everything in sight, how does an octopus avoid entangling itself in an eight-armed knot? It turns out that there’s a fairly simply answer. Research suggests that the secret lies in an octopus’s skin, which appears to produce a chemical signal that overrides the suction reflexes of its suckers. What’s more, scientists believe that these chemical signals may even be unique to each individual octopus.
All About Ink
You probably know that octopuses—as well as squids and cuttlefish, other members of the cephalopod class—can expel a cloud of black ink as a defense mechanism, but did you know that this ink contains the same pigment that’s found in human hair, skin and eyes? This pigment is called melanin and gives the ink its black color. It’s a main component of cephalopod ink, along with a sticky mucus that affects the thickness of the ink.
An octopus can eject this ink cloud to not only evade and confuse predators, but to harm them as well. The ink contains a compound called tyrosinase, which can irritate a predator’s eyes as well as interfere with its sense of smell.
Ink is created and stored in a specialized structure called an ink sac, and it’s expelled from the octopus’s body via the siphon, a tube-like structure at the base of its mantle that plays another key role in an octopus’s defensive strategy. When an octopus is ready to jet away from a potential predator, it fills its cavity with water and then forcefully expels the water out of its siphon. Much like a rocket ship launching into space, this force propels the octopus away from its predator—while also leaving an inky black cloud of confusion in its wake.
Blue Blood and Three Hearts
Like humans, octopuses have a protein in their blood that carries oxygen and provides a distinctive color. In humans, it’s hemoglobin, and it turns our blood red; in octopuses, the protein is called hemocyanin, and it turns their blood a distinctive blue. Hemocyanin is a copper-rich protein that is more effective at transporting oxygen in an environment like the deep ocean, where temperatures and oxygen concentrations are very low.
This blue blood is pumped through not one, not two, but three hearts in an octopus. There are two branchial hearts, which pump blood through an octopus’s gills. The blue blood then enters the systemic heart, which circulates the newly oxygenated blood through the body. If this sounds familiar, it’s because these three hearts work together to perform the function that our one heart does: The branchial hearts function much like the right side of our hearts, which passes blood through our lungs, and the systemic heart much like the left side of our hearts.
Otherworldly Octopuses
There’s evidence that these highly intelligent animals can recognize and have preferences for individual humans, use tools, identify visual patterns and solve problems—surprisingly complex behaviors for an invertebrate closely related to a clam.
Published March 01, 2018
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The clever octopus is full mystery and surprise. Some of their cognitive abilities are eerily human-like, yet their blue blood, multiple hearts and remarkable nervous system are more reminiscent of alien life. There’s evidence that these highly intelligent animals can recognize and have preferences for individual humans, use tools, identify visual patterns and solve problems—surprisingly complex behaviors for an invertebrate closely related to a clam. The more we learn about octopuses, the more questions we seem to have—and the more we seek to understand.
Masters of Disguise and Escape
The wily octopus has a variety of remarkable escape tools in its arsenal.
Of the octopus’s many skills, the most visually stunning is its ability to instantaneously shift the color and texture of its skin to become virtually invisible to predators—or to wait undetected for passing prey. A complex network of nerves commands the muscles inside pigment-containing cells, called chromatophores, to expand or contract, making the color inside more or less visible. Texture manipulation involves controlling the size of projections on the skin—called papillae—to create bumps, ridges and horns, allowing this incredible animal to seamlessly blend in with coral, rocks and other elements of the sea floor.
Their soft, boneless bodies allow them to shape-shift, squeezing through any space large enough to fit their small, sharp beaks, which are made of a substance called chitin. The largest species—the giant Pacific octopus—can weigh up to 50 pounds, and squeeze through an opening only a few inches wide.
Jetting Away
Octopuses tend to crawl along the ocean floor using their powerful eight arms, but they have a much more effective form of locomotion when they need to move quickly: jet propulsion. By rapidly drawing water into and out of a funnel-like structure, called a siphon, the octopus can quickly jet through the ocean and away from predators.
Phenomenal Features
If you think you don’t have anything in common with these blue-blooded, bulbous mollusks, think again.
Like humans, octopuses have closed circulatory systems, meaning that closed vessels or tubes transport blood throughout their body. Two of their three hearts, the branchial hearts, pump blood through the octopus’s gills, where it releases carbon dioxide and absorbs vital oxygen—much like the right side of our heart passes blood through our lungs. The blood then enters the main, or systemic, heart, which circulates the newly oxygenated blood throughout the body, like the left side of human hearts. Both humans and octopuses have a protein in their blood that carries oxygen; hemoglobin for humans, and a copper-rich protein called haemocyanin in octopus blood, which gives it a distinctive blue color.
The parallels between humans and octopuses don’t end there—our brains produce similar electrical patterns, feature complex folded lobes and are capable of short- and long-term memory. Even the physical structure of our eyes is nearly identical to that of an octopus, except for our “blind spot” where the optic nerve passes through the retina. Since an octopus’s optic nerve passes behind the retina, its eyes have no such blind spot.
Colorblind and Color-Changing
Yet another mystifying aspect of the octopus—these cephalopods are technically colorblind, but they’re masters of color camouflage. So how do they distinguish color? The shape of their pupils may play a part.
Astounding Arms
An octopus’s eight sucker-lined arms—not tentacles!—have a variety of fascinating functions.
The octopus’s arms contain two-thirds of all its neurons, enabling its impressive limbs to taste, feel and control basic movements independently of its brain. This system allows the octopus’s arms to independently do some of the “thinking,” lightening the cognitive burden on the central brain and allowing for multi-tasking. Curious by nature, octopuses tend to explore with their eight powerful arms, which they wrap around prey and objects to taste, tug closer and explore using their impressive suckers.
Inside each sucker is a cup-like chamber, called an acetabulum. When the acetabulum expands, the pressure inside the sucker decreases. The higher pressure outside the sucker pushes against it, creating the octopus’s signature mighty grip.
Strong Suckers
An octopus’s rimmed suckers are the key to this cephalopod’s iron-strong grip, which it uses to pry open the hard shells of its prey. The largest species, the giant Pacific octopus, has more than 2,000 of these powerful suckers, which can haul up to 700 pounds.
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Sophie Scott, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London (UCL), United Kingdom, speaking in the Why Is Laughter Contagious? session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 22 January. Congress Centre - Betazone. Copyright by World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard
Valsts prezidents Egils Levits piedalās Vairas Vīķes-Freibergas grāmatas “The Singer of Songs. On Cognitive Shemas and Sequential Structuring in Longer Latvian Folk Songs” atvēršanas svētkos. Foto: Ilmārs Znotiņš, VPK
(Upper left) Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen
With a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology and a concentration in psycholinguistics, Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen spent ten years as a college professor before leaving academia to work in administration at a series of mental health and addiction treatment facilities. Also having a lifelong attraction to writing stories, Dr. Schoen’s interests in language and fiction came together in 1992 when he created and subsequently became director of the Klingon Language Institute (KLI).
(Top right) The Klingon Language Institute
Founded in 1992 by Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen, The Klingon Language Institute’s mission is to bring together individuals interested in the study of Klingon language and culture and to provide a forum for discussion and the exchange of ideas. KLI’s motto is qo'mey poSmoH Hol “Language Opens Worlds.” Since 1992, the KLI has grown to be an international organization with members in thirty countries. The Institute also publishes a scholarly journal (HolQeD), sponsors a Klingon language course and an annual conference (qep'a'), and has been instrumental in translating Shakespearean plays and the epic of Gilgamesh into Klingon. The official website of the Institute is www.kli.org where one can find information and a number of resources for the dedicated Klingonist.
(Middle) The Klingon Translation Project
"taH pagh taHbe' -- DaH mu'tlheghvam vIqelnIS"
"To be or not to be...That is the question"
The Klingon Hamlet
Chancellor Gorkon, in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, stated over a discussion of the Earthling dramatist that “You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.” Inspired by those lines, The Klingon Hamlet was restored to its “original” language by Nick Nicholas and Andrew Strader with feedback and editorial assistance from Mark Shoulson, d'Armond Speers, and Will Martin. This was the first major work translated by the Klingon Language Institute. It would be followed by paghmo' tIn mIS (Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing) and ghIlghameS (the Epic of Gilgamesh translated into Klingon by Roger Cheesbro).
(Bottom left) Why Speak Klingon?
“Klingon is a type of puzzle that appeals to a type of person. It is difficult, but not impossible, formed from the stuff of real languages, just strange enough, just believable enough, just small enough that you can know every word, the entire canon, but also flexible enough to lend itself to the challenge of translation. The boundaries are set and the game is on. How far can we take this? is the collective call of the Klingon community...What are Klingon speakers doing? They are engaging in intellectually stimulating language play. They are enjoying themselves. They are doing language for language’s sake, art for art’s sake. And like all committed artists, they will do their thing, critics be damned.” ~ Arika Okrent, “Among the Klingons,” Tin House (Vol. 8, No. 4)
(Bottom right) qep'a'
The Annual Gathering of Klingon Speakers
The Klingon Language Institute describes their annual "great gathering" this way: "Every year KLI members come from all over the globe to gather for the qep'a', our official conference. The focus is of course on Klingon. We use the language at the qep'a'. We play with it. We revel in it. We speak it. Programming includes games, feedback, a banquet, certification testing, the presentation of awards and the Kor Memorial Scholarship, singing, story telling, and much general socializing." The photo is from the twelfth qep'a' or qep'a' wa'maH cha'Dich held near Philadelphia, PA. The attendees were:
In back with meqleH (a Klingon bladed weapon): Eric Andeen
Standing, Left to Right: Steven Lytle, Captain Krankor (and norghoy), Agnieszka Solska, Lawrence Schoen, Mark Shoulson, Elizabeth Lawrence, David Crowell, Heather Myers, Tad Stauffer, David Trimboli, Alan Anderson
Sitting, Left to Right: Nancy Nielsen-Brown, Marc Okrand, Louise Whitty, d'Armond Speers
(Source: www.kli.org. Klingon speakers mentioned somewhere in this exhibit have been highlighted in red.)
Graphic shows different prevalence rates of eating disorders in men and women: Anorexia affects 10 women to every 1 man; bulimia affects 8 women to every 1 man; binge-eating disorder affects 3 women to every 2 men. Overall, am estimated 13 percent of women and 3 percent of men have an eating disorder.
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- Cpt. Michael Bruce, a native of Huckabay, Texas, and currently stationed in Germany, conducts preventive maintenance checks and services at the Grafenwoehr Training Area during the third day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders.The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Spc. Joshua E. Leonard)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany ---1st Lt. Joshua Herrington, a native of Colorado Springs, Col., and currently stationed in Kaiserslautern, Germany with 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command, leads a physical readiness training session at the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Grafenwoehr Training Area during the fourth day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders.The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Spc. Joshua E. Leonard)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany ---1st Lt. Joshua Herrington, a native of Colorado Springs, Col., and currently stationed in Kaiserslautern, Germany with 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command, leads a physical readiness training session at the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Grafenwoehr Training Area during the fourth day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders.The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Spc. Joshua E. Leonard)
Professor Linda Smith, Chancellor's Professor; Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Cognitive Science,Indiana University presented an extended talk entitled Words, actions, objects, and abstractions: Overlapping loops of cause and consequence in developmental process put on by the the The Cognition and Communication Research Centre at Northumbria University Cocolab.org
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany ---Lt. Col. William Brockman, Chief of Operations for the Joint Multinational Training Command at Grafenwoehr, Germany talks to the competitors at the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Grafenwoehr Training Area during the fourth day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders.The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Spc. Joshua E. Leonard)
Cadet teams arrive to the Cognitive Skills Challenge at 4th Brigade’s Army ROTC Ranger Challenge on October 15 at Fort A.P. Hill. In this event, Cadets had to be aware of their surroundings and marked sites containing vital items and information along their ruck march to the event. Once they arrived, Cadets were scored based on the number of items they could identify and awarded extra points for identifying specific markings on select items. The second day of the Ranger Challenge saw teams competing in ten different events, before ending their day and the competition with a 6-mile ruck. The top two teams go on to represent 4th Brigade in the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition held at West Point Military Academy in April 2023. | Photo by Sarah Windmueller, U.S. Army Cadet Command Public Affairs
I ended Day 5 of SXSW 2016 (Tuesday, March 15) at the IBM Cognitive Studio, which took over the Vince Young Steakhouse (301 San Jacinto Blvd.).
Among the interactive exhibits was IBM's Watson-powered Personality Insights demo. Visitors connect their Twitter profile to the demo, and it analyzes their posts to create a personality profile. Here are my results...
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany ---Lt. Col. William Brockman, chief of operations for the Joint Multinational Training Command at Grafenwoehr, Germany talks to contestants at the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Grafenwoehr Training Area during the fourth day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders.The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Spc. Joshua E. Leonard)
Islamabad, PK – 24 March 2015 – Media literacy and freedom given to information continuously sways the practices of the industry in Pakistan. This raises many questions about media’s influence on the cognitive behavioral response of the public. To highlight and identify the need to develop editorial space for education journalism; academicians, journalists and development sector professionals, students debate and discuss safety and security of journalists, the psychological effect of media’s exposure. AGAHI in collaboration with UNESCO Pakistan organized a town-hall dialogue on ‘Media and Information Literacy and Education Journalism in Pakistan’ today at the Islamabad, Marriott Hotel.
Ms. Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder & President AGAHI, opening the discussion forum, encouraged the stakeholders to review policy gaps and devise sustainable interventions that enables the citizenry of Pakistan to make decisions that improves the quality of not only their lives but which also empowers the society to move forward. She further added, we are no longer living in times when one can work in isolation; collaborative networks are the future for planning and decision-making.
Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Representative/Director of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), while talking about media and information literacy said that empowerment of people through Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is an important prerequisite for fostering equitable access to information and knowledge; promoting free, independent and pluralistic media and information systems. She said that Media and Information Literacy recognizes the primary role of information and media in our everyday lives. It lies at the core of freedom of expression and information – since it empowers citizens to understand the functions of media and other information providers, to critically evaluate their content, and to make informed decisions as users and producer of information and media content. She mentioned that UNESCO’s strategy brings together the two fields, Information Literacy and Media Literacy, as a combined set of competencies, knowledge, skills and attitude, necessary for life and work today. MIL considers all forms of media and other information providers such as libraries, archive, museums and Internet irrespective of technologies used.
The first interactive session of the town-hall meeting had experts on education journalism in Pakistan. “Education plays a catalytic role towards human development, both at the individual as well as at the societal level”, said Dr. Abdul Siraj, Head of Mass Communications Department Allama Iqbal University. Since mass media have the potential for reaching colossal audiences, the journalist has a vital role to play in wiping out these social menaces”, he added. He also said that Education is needed not only for personal development of citizens, but also to produce a skilled workforce, promote economic growth, preserve and promote culture and values in the society, and enhance participation of all segments of population in decision making at various levels.
The second session focused on the cognitive behavioral response and psychological limitation to learning emphasizing on the importance of using media’s editorial and broadcast content as a tool for molding and changing perceptions to create a prosperous society.
While talking to the participants, Ms. Nausheen Shahzad, Educational Psychologist, said that continuous reporting of terrorism and extremism can be suggestible, adolescents may turn into terrorists by identifying themselves with these terrorists, considering them as reformers. She further added, or they simply become conditioned and show no empathy towards such news, becoming insensitive to world issues altogether.
The issue of safety and security of journalists in Pakistan with respect to ethical dimension was explored in the third session. The session addressed challenges related to access, privacy, safety and security of journalists. Encapsulating basic provisions proposed by the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, of the scale and number of attacks on journalists and media workers as well as of incidents affecting their ability to exercise freedom of expression by threats of prosecution, arrest, imprisonment, denial of journalistic access. Number of measures have been adopted by the United Nations (UN) at the international level; the UN Security Council adopted Resolution S/RES/1738 in 2006, which established a coherent, action-oriented approach to the safety of journalists in armed conflicts.
Mr. Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman, Minister of State for federal Education, Professional Training, Interior and Narcotic Control, Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Director UNESCO, Mr. Haroon Rashid Editor BBC, Mr. Zahir Shah, Executive Vice President BOL, Ms. Fareeha Idris, Anchorperson and journalist, Mr. Arshad Sharif, Anchorperson and journalist, Mr. Hassan Bilal, News Editor Dawn, Mr. Rana Jawad, Bureau Chief Geo TV, Syed Ali Shah, Bureau Chief Dawn News TV Quetta, Ms. Shazia Javed, Educationist, Ms. Afia Salam, Senior Media Development Specialist, Dr. Abdul Siraj, Head of Mass Communications Department Allama Iqbal University, Ms. Nausheen Shahzad, Educational Psychologist, Dr. Zafar Iqbal, Chairman Department of Mass Communications Department Islamic University, Mr. Shahzad Baloch, Senior Reporter Express Tribune, Mr. Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer Mishal Pakistan, Ms. Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder and President Agahi, and the journalist community as well as the mass communication students and faculty members of National University of Science & Technology (NUST), International Islamic University (IIUI), and Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) attended the townhall meeting.
AGAHI is a not for profit organization established in Islamabad in 2011 under the Society Registration Act 1860. Its primary function is to create non-paid communication strategies, content intelligence structures, development collaterals and tools for diverse sectors and organizations. AGAHI encourages and advises individuals and institutions in pursuing and supporting initiatives to improve the state of development in Pakistan. It works on developmental frameworks facilitating information and knowledge sharing platforms on understanding challenges in global perspective. Its research work mainly focuses on national and international security, ICT, competitiveness, human capital development, and governance. AGAHI in association with several leading national and international partners focuses on creating shared spaces for interactive learning, collaborative thinking, and knowledge sharing. AGAHI is at the forefront of devising foresight research and future scenarios work in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI, celebrates AGAHI AWARDS – Beyond 2015 by recognizing best reporting practices on categories such as: Business & Economy (Competitiveness), Creating Shared Value, Disaster & Catastrophe, Education, Gender, Health, Youth Empowerment, Human Rights, Infotainment, Innovation Journalism, Judiciary, Millennium Development Goals, Journalism for Peace, Photo Journalism, Entrepreneurship, Sports, Energy, Water, Agriculture, Environment, Foreign Policy, Foresight and Futures.
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- Cpt. John Arthur, a native of Chesapeake, Va. and currently stationed in Hohenfels, Germany with the 1st Battalion 4th Infantry Regiment, gives out a fragmentation order to Soldiers at the Grafenwoehr Training Area during the third day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders.The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army Europe photo by Spc. Joshua E. Leonard)
Informatics Forum 2008 designed by Bennetts Associates with Reiach and Hall, architects, and Buro Happold, engineers. Home to Edinburgh University researchers in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, and Systems Biology.
Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
•Animal Type: Invertebrates
•Exhibits: Surviving Through Adaptation
•Range: Pacific Ocean
Overview
Octopuses (yes, that is the correct plural of octopus) are cephalopods—a class of marine mollusks that also includes squid and cuttlefish. Cephalopod is derived from a Greek word meaning “head-feet.” Of the 800 identified living species of cephalopods, 300 are octopuses!
Giant Pacific octopuses have large heads, eight arms and are usually reddish-brown in color. They also have three hearts and a complex neural system that includes one central, cerebral ganglion and eight smaller ganglia at the base of their arms. Think of these smaller systems as external hard drives that report data back to a computer’s central processing unit.
A Note from the Caretaker
To encourage cognitive thinking and natural hunting behaviors, we give the octopus a container with food inside. The octopus must figure out how to open the container, using its more than 1,800 suckers to locate and taste what’s inside.
Quick Facts
Learn more about the giant Pacific octopus! Did you know that this master of camouflage can quickly change the color and texture of its skin to hide from predators?
Range
The giant Pacific octopus can be found in southern California, northward along the coast of North America, across the Aleutian Islands and southward to Japan.
Diet
Newly hatched octopuses feed on plankton (small, microscopic organisms), while adults feed on crabs, shrimp, clams, snails, fishes and even other octopuses, using their beaks to break open hard-shelled prey.
Size
The giant Pacific octopus is the largest and longest living species of octopus. They’ve been known to grow to more than 150 pounds, but on average weigh approximately 45 to 65 pounds.
Population Status
Due to their short lifespan and reclusive habits, it’s difficult to assess populations of giant Pacific octopuses, but this species is common throughout its range.
Predators
While many young, larval octopuses are lost to predators, only large fish, marine mammals and humans are a threat to adults.
An Ode to the Octopus
For an animal closely related to a clam, these cephalopods are seriously complex—and they never cease to amaze.
Animal Care
Octopuses are fascinating animals, and there’s seemingly no end to the list of their intriguing—and sometimes downright strange—characteristics. From independently operating arms and suckers to their inking technique to an alien-like circulatory system, here are some of our favorite facts about these magnificent mollusks.
Sticky Suckers
The eight arms (not tentacles!) of an octopus are amazing appendages. Two-thirds of an octopus’s neurons can be found in its arms—which means that these limbs can operate without help from the central brain, allowing for some seriously impressive multitasking.
Each of an octopus’s eight arms is lined with rows of strong suckers, which change their shape and contract to create powerful suction. Like their arms, these suckers operate independently of one another. They can taste and smell, and they stick to practically every object they contact.
So, with eight different arms that have a mind of their own and hundreds of suckers that stick to everything in sight, how does an octopus avoid entangling itself in an eight-armed knot? It turns out that there’s a fairly simply answer. Research suggests that the secret lies in an octopus’s skin, which appears to produce a chemical signal that overrides the suction reflexes of its suckers. What’s more, scientists believe that these chemical signals may even be unique to each individual octopus.
All About Ink
You probably know that octopuses—as well as squids and cuttlefish, other members of the cephalopod class—can expel a cloud of black ink as a defense mechanism, but did you know that this ink contains the same pigment that’s found in human hair, skin and eyes? This pigment is called melanin and gives the ink its black color. It’s a main component of cephalopod ink, along with a sticky mucus that affects the thickness of the ink.
An octopus can eject this ink cloud to not only evade and confuse predators, but to harm them as well. The ink contains a compound called tyrosinase, which can irritate a predator’s eyes as well as interfere with its sense of smell.
Ink is created and stored in a specialized structure called an ink sac, and it’s expelled from the octopus’s body via the siphon, a tube-like structure at the base of its mantle that plays another key role in an octopus’s defensive strategy. When an octopus is ready to jet away from a potential predator, it fills its cavity with water and then forcefully expels the water out of its siphon. Much like a rocket ship launching into space, this force propels the octopus away from its predator—while also leaving an inky black cloud of confusion in its wake.
Blue Blood and Three Hearts
Like humans, octopuses have a protein in their blood that carries oxygen and provides a distinctive color. In humans, it’s hemoglobin, and it turns our blood red; in octopuses, the protein is called hemocyanin, and it turns their blood a distinctive blue. Hemocyanin is a copper-rich protein that is more effective at transporting oxygen in an environment like the deep ocean, where temperatures and oxygen concentrations are very low.
This blue blood is pumped through not one, not two, but three hearts in an octopus. There are two branchial hearts, which pump blood through an octopus’s gills. The blue blood then enters the systemic heart, which circulates the newly oxygenated blood through the body. If this sounds familiar, it’s because these three hearts work together to perform the function that our one heart does: The branchial hearts function much like the right side of our hearts, which passes blood through our lungs, and the systemic heart much like the left side of our hearts.
Otherworldly Octopuses
There’s evidence that these highly intelligent animals can recognize and have preferences for individual humans, use tools, identify visual patterns and solve problems—surprisingly complex behaviors for an invertebrate closely related to a clam.
Published March 01, 2018
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The clever octopus is full mystery and surprise. Some of their cognitive abilities are eerily human-like, yet their blue blood, multiple hearts and remarkable nervous system are more reminiscent of alien life. There’s evidence that these highly intelligent animals can recognize and have preferences for individual humans, use tools, identify visual patterns and solve problems—surprisingly complex behaviors for an invertebrate closely related to a clam. The more we learn about octopuses, the more questions we seem to have—and the more we seek to understand.
Masters of Disguise and Escape
The wily octopus has a variety of remarkable escape tools in its arsenal.
Of the octopus’s many skills, the most visually stunning is its ability to instantaneously shift the color and texture of its skin to become virtually invisible to predators—or to wait undetected for passing prey. A complex network of nerves commands the muscles inside pigment-containing cells, called chromatophores, to expand or contract, making the color inside more or less visible. Texture manipulation involves controlling the size of projections on the skin—called papillae—to create bumps, ridges and horns, allowing this incredible animal to seamlessly blend in with coral, rocks and other elements of the sea floor.
Their soft, boneless bodies allow them to shape-shift, squeezing through any space large enough to fit their small, sharp beaks, which are made of a substance called chitin. The largest species—the giant Pacific octopus—can weigh up to 50 pounds, and squeeze through an opening only a few inches wide.
Jetting Away
Octopuses tend to crawl along the ocean floor using their powerful eight arms, but they have a much more effective form of locomotion when they need to move quickly: jet propulsion. By rapidly drawing water into and out of a funnel-like structure, called a siphon, the octopus can quickly jet through the ocean and away from predators.
Phenomenal Features
If you think you don’t have anything in common with these blue-blooded, bulbous mollusks, think again.
Like humans, octopuses have closed circulatory systems, meaning that closed vessels or tubes transport blood throughout their body. Two of their three hearts, the branchial hearts, pump blood through the octopus’s gills, where it releases carbon dioxide and absorbs vital oxygen—much like the right side of our heart passes blood through our lungs. The blood then enters the main, or systemic, heart, which circulates the newly oxygenated blood throughout the body, like the left side of human hearts. Both humans and octopuses have a protein in their blood that carries oxygen; hemoglobin for humans, and a copper-rich protein called haemocyanin in octopus blood, which gives it a distinctive blue color.
The parallels between humans and octopuses don’t end there—our brains produce similar electrical patterns, feature complex folded lobes and are capable of short- and long-term memory. Even the physical structure of our eyes is nearly identical to that of an octopus, except for our “blind spot” where the optic nerve passes through the retina. Since an octopus’s optic nerve passes behind the retina, its eyes have no such blind spot.
Colorblind and Color-Changing
Yet another mystifying aspect of the octopus—these cephalopods are technically colorblind, but they’re masters of color camouflage. So how do they distinguish color? The shape of their pupils may play a part.
Astounding Arms
An octopus’s eight sucker-lined arms—not tentacles!—have a variety of fascinating functions.
The octopus’s arms contain two-thirds of all its neurons, enabling its impressive limbs to taste, feel and control basic movements independently of its brain. This system allows the octopus’s arms to independently do some of the “thinking,” lightening the cognitive burden on the central brain and allowing for multi-tasking. Curious by nature, octopuses tend to explore with their eight powerful arms, which they wrap around prey and objects to taste, tug closer and explore using their impressive suckers.
Inside each sucker is a cup-like chamber, called an acetabulum. When the acetabulum expands, the pressure inside the sucker decreases. The higher pressure outside the sucker pushes against it, creating the octopus’s signature mighty grip.
Strong Suckers
An octopus’s rimmed suckers are the key to this cephalopod’s iron-strong grip, which it uses to pry open the hard shells of its prey. The largest species, the giant Pacific octopus, has more than 2,000 of these powerful suckers, which can haul up to 700 pounds.
Philosophy
Cross was on display at Prestonwood Baptist Church, North campus in Prosper, for the Good Friday evening service. Captured with Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.4 lens for EOS cameras.
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