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Rookwood has been operating since 1867, & is one of the largest cemeteries in Australia. It is managed by five separate demoninational Trusts & an independant Crematorium. The Anglican Trust, General Trust, Catholic Trust Board, Independent Trust, Jewish Trust & the Muslem Trust. Each Trust looks after a portion of the cemetery under its control. The Cemetery has 8 Chapels for indoor funeral services, 5 denominational Open Air Chapels for special ceremonies & three Florist Shops.
The earliest references to the district around what is now Rookwood Necropolis, occur in 1793 when the first land grants to free settlers in the New South Wales colony were made nearby. As a result of its association with the first free settlers, the district was given the name of Liberty Plains. In 1855 the railway between Sydney & Parramatta opened &, four years later, a station was opened at Haslem’s Creek (misspelt from Haslam). Once the site was chosen by the government for a cemetery, the settlement around Haslem’s Creek grew as people who worked in jobs connected with the cemetery moved nearby. These residents, however, didn’t like the name of their village being associated with the cemetery at Haslem’s Creek, & so lobbied politicians to change the name of the settlement to Rookwood. In 1879 they were successful but, unfortunately for them, the cemetery then became known as Rookwood Necropolis. Another new name was sought for the settlement & in 1913 it was named Lidcombe (adapted from the names of two mayors, Lidbury & Larcombe.
Before Rookwood Cemetery the Europeans who died in the first few years of the settlement at Sydney Cove were buried at Dawes Point (at what is now the southern end of the Harbour Bridge) & at land near what is now Erskine & Margaret Streets (near Wynyard Station). In 1792 the main burial ground for the colony was established on a site which is now occupied by the Sydney Town Hall & St Andrew’s Cathedral. By 1818 the cemetery on the Sydney Town Hall site was full, so governor Lachlan Macquarie established a new one near the brick-fields, known as the Sandhills or Devonshire Street cemetery. Rookwood covers 315 hectares of pleasant land 16 kilometres from Sydney, with over three quarters of a million graves
Rookwood was served by a rail spur from the main line from 1867 until 1948. Mortuary stations served each of the three sections of the necropolis, with a fourth at the main junction & a fifth on Regent Street adjacent to Sydney Central Station. This rail line was used to convey funeral parties to Rookwood until 1948 when the expanded use of processions by road made it obsolete. The stations were offered to the Joint Committee of Necropolis Trustees for the price of £1 but due to maintenance costs the offer was rejected & the platforms within the cemetery were demolished. Cemetery Station No. 1 at the head of the rail spur was sold to Reverend Buckle for £100 in 1951 & was moved to Canberra in 1957 to become the All Saints Church, Canberra.
Andrew Willey is lead forester in the Real Estate Office at Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The district’s two-member forestry section is responsible for timber disposal and helping manage forests on military installations and other Army-owned land in the North Atlantic Division sector. Read more: www.nao.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/2102691.... (U.S Army Corps of Engineers photo by Patrick Bloodgood)
I've managed to find a bit of time today, for crafty stuff, in amongst all the dull paperwork and admin (and sunbathing...)
300 days to go!
Managed to get a pre-release Soundwave Deluxe Figure from ROTF Transformers Movie 2009.
Sadly there is a defect on the left thigh of this figure which is placed wrongly. However, I went on to repaint this figure, can't bother much about it. Can't wait to try painting this figure.
To my surprise, as I pursued a Hummingbird Clearwing Moth with my camera, following the little critter closely, an actual hummingbird made an appearance. The female Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) silently hovered about the densely-floriated patch of fireweed in which I stood, looking for some blossoms in which to sip nectar. I managed to snap a few shots before she decided that I stood too close to all the available flowers and flitted off to quieter pastures.
One aspect that I like about this particular shot is that the the hummingbird’s tail-feathers are spread out beautifully. Often, when in flight, these feathers are closed. I believe I caught the hummingbird using her tail as an air-brake. She probably did not want to get any closer to me.
The camera needed an external power supply so it could be powered on for several days in a row. That orange cord was plugged into a UPS in the garage in case of a power outage.
(see the video here: youtube.com/watch?v=gqxbuhf7jSE )
Jason spent the morning at the M62 managed motorway scheme between junctions 25 and 30. Jason has raised the issue of M62 closures and congestion in Parliament on behalf of his constituents.
Jason joined Project Manager David Pilsworth, pictured, to see the project first hand.
The M62 between junctions 25 and 30 is one of the most congested sections of motorway in England, with over 144,000 using this section of network every day. The Department for Transport have invested £150m in the managed motorway scheme. The scheme allows for variable mandatory speeds and for the hard shoulder to be used as an extra lane during peak times. More information on the scheme can be found here
www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/m62-junctions-25-...
The scheme is set to be completed by September 2013, a month ahead of schedule, and under budget by around £12.5m, saving the tax payer money.
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It's a 24-page full colour tabloid size publication featuring articles, artwork and photography exploring what an east of England bioregion has been, is and might be - looking through several lenses at the nature and culture of the English orient.
I managed a few shots of a pair mating, following shots. Missed photographing the cloacal kiss. These birds are pretty quick from go to whoah. The shots are sequential - my camera can manage three shots a second although I think it's more like less than two per second at max from experience - so you can see the actual mating is fairly quick. Between the 'mount' and 'dismount' copulation took place.
Scientific name: Vanellus tricolor
Sex: Unknown
Location: Richmond Lowlands, Australia.
Managed to pop a dollar onto cordy house in curtain road today, just about managed to squeeze it in above T.wat’s skeleton punk dog thing. Looks like it’s carrying the thing on its bac
I did manage to get his autograph, in case you were wondering. From a collection of photos I took at the original Star Wars Celebration in Denver, in 1999.
NEW DELHI/INDIA, 15NOV10 - Jitesh Gadhia, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Group, United Kingdom; Young Global Leader, during the Fostering Public Leadership at the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2010 held in New Delhi, 14-16 November 2010.
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Managed to snag a picture of mile marker 106 on the I-80 eastbound in Indiana. Hoping to get the same later this afternoon on I-69 in Michigan.
Managed to get a better pano now that the sun is shining. Still not at full zoom though, so probably will go back and try again.
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Christian Lindner, Federal Minister of Finance of Germany, David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Carlyle, USA; Member, of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Singapore; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Francine Lacqua, Editor-at-Large and Presenter, Bloomberg Television, United Kingdom, speaking in the The Global Economic Outlook session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 19 January, 2024. Congress Hall.
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The Texas Casket Flag Delima:
I can fold a Texas flag as well as any Texian. It’s something you learn in grade school. The “standard” Texas flag you’re likely to run into is 3’ x 5’. This size of Texas flag is so easy to properly fold that it would be embarrassing for anyone to admit they can’t perform this duty as a Texan.
When I moved from the Jersey Shore back to Texas, the movers managed to “loose” a number of boxes. I had assumed my beloved Texas Casket Flag which I kept on the wall of my studio was lost. I had opened all of my boxes save for one which was marked, “kitchen.” I was very pleased when I found my Texas Casket Flag at the bottom of the box. I have never been able to find one of this quality. It’s not like every flag company makes a Texas Casket Flag.
Since I wasn’t sure exactly which wall I was going to mount the flag upon, I decided to fold it properly using the Texas flag standard. Now, a “typical” Texas Casket Flag is 5’ x 12.5’ this being the size appropriate for laying the Flag of Texas upon a casket.
My first challenge was finding somewhere to lay the flag so I could fold it. I was by myself and two people or even better, three would have helped tremendously. One isn’t supposed to let any flag touch the ground, but I decided that the clean carpet in a spare bedroom doesn’t count as “ground”.
I folded it using the standard “Texas Flag Folding Procedure.” However, unlike with the 3:5 ratio Texas Flag, I had more flag material exposed after completely folding the flag in triangles (see photo).
I probably violated Texas Senate Sergeant at Arms protocol, but I somehow managed to fold the excess cotton material sort of half-way and managed to tuck it into the main body of the flag. Due to the aspect ratio of a casket flag it finished slightly different than a 3:5 ratio flag. However, it still looks good enough to fit into a Texas Flag display case in the Alamo Basement.
That is all.
Aka, "That's his 'I'm pooping' face"
This is my Nephew Chase Ray Cook. My sister Desirae informed us all that this is the face he makes when he's pooping, but I prefer to think he was just bein' sneaky by the fridge.
How Honduras managed to carry out genomic sequencing for the first time
June 2023
When microbiologist Soany Ávilez was selected to implement the genomic sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Honduras, she was amazed. In the wake of the pandemic, Soany had started working at the National Virology Laboratory in 2020 performing PCR tests. At that time, genomic sequencing to detect circulating variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 was carried out outside the country. But a project to provide Honduras with the capabilities to do it in situ and obtain faster results was being developed with technical support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and financial support from the United States Government.
Although she lacked knowledge on the subject, Soany remembers that she longed for the opportunity to work in sequencing. "When they chose us (her and her partner Karla Romero) to implement sequencing in the country and move the area forward, I couldn't believe it," she says.
Genomic surveillance allows us to know the evolution of viruses and other pathogens as they change over time. Knowing those changes or mutations that can modify its transmissibility and severity, allows us to guide public health measures. During the pandemic, it was a key strategy to monitor the behavior of SARS-CoV-2 and a technique that is being integrated into the surveillance of other pathogens.
Karla Romero, the other microbiologist in charge of genomic surveillance, acknowledges that the implementation of sequencing in Honduras has been "a great challenge" that required a lot of "sacrifice and commitment" both inside and outside the laboratory.
The sequencing area had to be created from scratch. In 2022, the authorities selected and conditioned a space within the National Virology Laboratory. With the support of PAHO, a sequencer, supplies, reagents, and furniture were purchased, and Soany and Karla were trained in bioinformatics and genomic sequencing at the Gorgas Memorial Institute in Panama.
“All with the aim of strengthening the capacities for genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens in Honduras,” says Gabriela Rodriguez Segura, coordinator of the PAHO Project for the Consolidation of Genomic Sequencing Capacities in Honduras. Before these capacities were created at the local level, samples to determine the variants circulating in the country were sent to the laboratories of the Regional Network for Genomic Surveillance of COVID-19 (COVIGEN) created by PAHO to support countries without capacity to carry out sequencing in its territory.
In March 2023, the effort paid off and excitement took over the National Virology Laboratory when, after several attempts, the first sequencing of SARS-COV-2 in the country was successfully carried out. “We couldn't believe it,” says Soany. "We feel very happy because it was a great challenge and the result made us feel fulfilled."
On March 21, 2023, the results were obtained and it was the first time that the XBB sublineage of the omicron variant was detected in the country and by Honduran health professionals. For Karla, the key was “not to give up in the face of the biggest challenge”.
"It is a milestone for the country that genomic sequencing is being carried out," says Dr. Mitzi Castro, head of the National Health Surveillance Laboratory of Honduras. “It is a historic moment because we are starting from here to carry out future genomic surveillance of other pathogens of sanitary interest to the country,” she adds.
According to Dr. Castro, the country now has state-of-the-art technology. "The laboratory is at the forefront, and that is a success and a source of pride, for which we thank all those who have contributed their bit so that Honduras is not left behind."
Roelof Botha, Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital, USA, Nadia Calviño, President, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg, Paschal Donohoe, President of the Eurogroup and Minister of Public Expenditure and Reform of Ireland, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Christian Sewing, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bank, Germany, Stephanie Flanders, Head, Economics and Government, Bloomberg, speaking in the Uniting Europe's Markets session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 18 January, 2024. Sanada.
Copyright: World Economic Forum / Boris Baldinger
Managing Euro-Atlantic and Asia-Pacific Security
Dr Lynn Kuok, Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow, IISS-Asia; Editor, Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment
Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defence, Ukraine
Cui Tiankai, Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China
Andi Widjajanto, Governor, National Resilience Institute, Indonesia
Kajsa Ollongren, Minister of Defence, The Netherlands
Managed to scan in my most recent batch of street cards I found before I left Deptford not found any playing cards yet in Yorkshire
240_GHP_EconomicOutlook2018.JPG - Greater Houston Partnership Houston Region Economic Outlook featuring Ellen Zentner, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist with Morgan Stanley Research, on the national economy. In addition, the following panel of local experts will share their perspectives on the region's economyDecember 5, 2018. (Photo by Donna Carson)
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We've managed to get one of her fleecy blankets in for her to snuggle up with. She's drinking water, but not eating yet.
I shall stay with her and sleep in her playpen if neccessary to keep an eye on her as we are worried about GI stasis.
City Year Boston Legal Community Breakfast
InterContinental Hotel, Boston, MA
Feb. 27, 2015
Ranesh Ramanathan - Managing Director, Bain Capital: Event Chair
Photo: Jennifer D. Cogswell - 2015
Managing Euro-Atlantic and Asia-Pacific Security
Dr Lynn Kuok, Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow, IISS-Asia; Editor, Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment
Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defence, Ukraine
Cui Tiankai, Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China
Andi Widjajanto, Governor, National Resilience Institute, Indonesia
Kajsa Ollongren, Minister of Defence, The Netherlands
Created by Sarah Corbett of Craftivist Collective. Project managed with the help of Lucy Percieval at Lush Events team.
Photos by Tom Price www.tomalprice.com
15th Feb 2018 as part of Lush Summit for 5000 of their staff from around the world, influencers and charities Lush supports. Drop-in sessions 10am-6pm.
Welcome to the Activist’s Retreat
This is a place for you to
Rest your mind, body and soul after soaking up lots of important information from Lush Summit
Reflect on the vision you have of a happy and healthy world for all and how to deliver your activism in a kind, creative and strategic way learning from the past and focusing on a positive future.
Reconnect with the injustice issues you have learnt more about today and how you can be part of the change you wish to see in our world in a loving, sustainable and effective way
Please take your time to travel on this journey to each of the 10 stations slowly with an open heart and an open mind in the numbered/sequential order provided and remember:
“Never do it that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead.
There will also be three workshops today (yoga, craftivism workshop and Ecotherapy with Earth For Life) around the corner. Ask a member of staff for more information and how to register for one or more of them.
DATA IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE.
And publicly available data can now illuminate solutions to challenges like no other time in our history. There is no single entity that collects and manages more data than government. Unfortunately, many of the systems and processes that collect this data have not kept up with the demand and the potential for it.
The world-wide Open Data movement asks government entities of all sizes to make their data—a public asset—available to developers and entrepreneurs so its potential can be realized.
Go Code Colorado is taking a lead position in this movement.
The first and only statewide effort of its kind, Go Code Colorado brings together a community of entrepreneurs, business partners, and developers to make use of public data through a series of events. These events center around a challenge weekend in five cities across the state, engaging the entire state in two days of innovation around the use of public data. Teams in each of the five cities compete to build apps that use public data to help businesses make smarter decisions. Two teams from each city move on in the competition, getting help from a network of mentors—including a mentorship weekend in Boulder—as they further develop their ideas. The teams come back together again for a final event where they pitch their ideas to judges.
The three teams deemed the best are awarded a contract with the state—an invaluable first customer to a fledgling business that provides critical initial revenue.
Go Code Colorado is an initiative through the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, which seeks to return value to Colorado businesses from business registration fees they collect. In its inaugural year, this is the value Go Code Colorado returned to our state:
COMMUNITY BUILDING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Go Code Colorado increased civic engagement in the business, entrepreneurial, and tech communities.
Business leaders volunteered their time across the event series because they desire more access to government data—they know how important this is.
Dozens of business leaders volunteered a day with Go Code Colorado organizers to define the problems they face that public data can help solve.
179 people attended the Kickoff event.
130 people and 25 teams competed in the challenge weekend across Colorado (Boulder, Denver, Ft. Collins, Colorado Springs, and Durango).
The Mentor Weekend brought together 23 mentors to meet with ten teams.
The Final event attracted 223 people.
29 businesses supported open data and Go Code Colorado through $75,000 in cash donations and $120,000 worth of in-kind donations.
Companies like Google, Esri, SendGrid, Rally Software and Gnip (now Twitter)
TECH AND BUSINESS INNOVATION
Go Code Colorado is the most concerted effort in the state to increase the volume of public data in the state’s central repository.
33 new data sets were published as a result of last year’s efforts by agencies such as Revenue, Local Affairs, and Higher Education.
At least three businesses were created around three apps that use this data.
For instance, the winning team, Beagle Score created an app that helps provide a scorecard for business site-location decisions.
Beagle Score relies on many public data sets, including:
Business Registration dataset
City Taxes
County Taxes
Crime Statistics
NREL energy statistics
Traffic counts
Nearest Intersection
Energy rates and providers
Broadband service
and more
PROCUREMENT INNOVATION
Go Code Colorado is flipping traditional government procurement on its head, creating value to Colorado businesses and society.
According to the Standish Group, 94% of large federal IT projects over the past ten years were unsuccessful. Over 50% were delayed, over budget, or didn’t meet user expectations, and 41% failed completely.
Go Code Colorado challenges developers and entrepreneurs to solve business problems using public data by awarding companies who create working apps, not those with just a promise to do so.
GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPARENCY
Go Code Colorado imagines a day when pulling a data report is a matter of a few pop up menu selections, and doesn’t require specialized knowledge, when data managers across government are able to focus on the work they do best and anyone can access the public data they collect and curate.
This is the promise of open data, and the step forward taking place with Go Code Colorado.
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Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Christian Lindner, Federal Minister of Finance of Germany, David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Carlyle, USA; Member, of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Singapore; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, Francine Lacqua, Editor-at-Large and Presenter, Bloomberg Television, United Kingdom, speaking in the The Global Economic Outlook session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 19 January, 2024. Congress Hall.
Copyright: World Economic Forum / Boris Baldinger