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My large cap mic. does the job very nicely.
ISAF and Afghan Forces determination to see security and stabilisation in Sangin begins to pay off.
“The British soldiers who were here in 2006 wouldn’t recognise this place,” said Phil Weatherill, Sangin’s civilian stabilisation advisor.
“The fact I am able to stand here bare headed would surprise them,” he added.
Stood on the junction of the town’s main bazaar road and the so called Avenue of Hope at the edge of the newly developed governance zone, back in 2006 he would have literally been dicing with death.
“If you travel through Sangin now you’re going to see the beginnings of real progress. You’ll see the improved roads, including the main 611 which has just been tarmac.
The next phase is to tarmac the main road through the bazaar, thus linking it directly with the governance zone.
We’ve also got solar street lighting going up which is incredible for security and provides a real perception of improvement for the local population,” he added.
Like elsewhere in Afghanistan security is of paramount importance if development and reconstruction is to take place at a pace acceptable to the local community here.
Ensuring that happens is the job of Battle Group (North) which is headed up by an assortment of UK units but predominantly 2 Rifles.
“This tour has been hard pounding, the boys here have done superbly well,” said Colonel Rob Thompson, commanding officer of the 2 Rifles Battle Group (North).
“We’ve made progress here in Sangin.
I characterise that by describing most of the progress as small, essential and rather unglamorous steps brining a little more security, stabilisation and some reconstruction to this part of Afghanistan.
For example the opening of around a 100 shops in the bazaar is a completely new sector. It’s not quite what one would expect on the edge of the M25 but it’s certainly got enough to keep her indoors in Sangin happy - and is an example of where we have seen improvement to the lives of normal Afghans, he added.
But it’s not been without cost. 2 Rifles have suffered more deaths than any other unit so far this tour.
Every patrol that ventures out into the Sangin area runs a gauntlet of dangers ranging from ambushes through to the insurgents now preferred method of attack, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
Whilst a small number of IED’s have caused substantial pain and grief many hundreds more have been found and destroyed by 2 Rifles in the last few months - frustrating insurgent attempts to kill and maim both civilians and ISAF forces.
Despite this and despite the progress of the town’s development, for some locals the jury is still out.
It’s hardly surprising given the last 30 years of invasion, civil war and lawlessness.
People here know only to well the danger of backing the wrong horse.
“We have many problems one of which is a lack of electricity, especially here in the grain bazaar and in our houses, said 30 year Sangin shopkeeper, Sayed Fullah.
He is surrounded by friends and family in his brand new shop, part of the newly built grain bazaar, a project funded by the UK’s stabilisation fund.
He added: “If you look at our country, especially here in Sangin, there is not enough security.”
It’s a perception ISAF and the Afghan army and police forces here hope will soon change.
All around Sangin the Afghan National Army, under the guidance of UK forces, have been taking over and running patrol bases across the town, formerly occupied by British troops.
This is a key element of the area’s stabilisation and development plan - allowing the Afghans to begin taking control of their own security hand in hand with developing governance.
In addition the Afghan National Police (ANP) now has a highly visible presence in the town and one that is expanding.
“Since we’ve begun developing the ANP checkpoints in and around the bazaar, security is a little better especially in the centre of town, where before there was none. Now it is peaceful,” said Lt Muhammed Jamah, the town’s acting Chief of Police.
Stood in front of one of a number of new ANP check points and police stations being built throughout the town, he added:
“ISAF and Afghan coalition forces should continue to work together, conducting joint patrols and joint operations in the area. However, in the surrounding villages security is a problem.”
At a recent shurah (consultation) held at the ANA run Tangiers patrol base in Sangin local Afghans, many from nearby villages, said they were too scared of Taliban reprisals to accept ISAF help to build new wells and repair their mosques.
“There are huge problems of intimidation something that is inevitable in the kind of war that’s being fought here, said Sangin stabilisation advisor, Phil Weatherill.
“This is a counter-insurgency war and unfortunately there is going to be intimidation.
When someone turns up from the Taliban, they don’t even have to be armed. They simply go to a person’s home, sit down with them and have a cup of chai and give them a simple warning that perhaps it’s not a good idea for them to use the new community health centre or use the new ISAF funded school.
This is a kind of security militarily that is very difficult to fight against. Combating it has got to come from building the trust of the community and getting the community to start fighting back with us,” he added.
This is the long, hard task the UK and ISAF is now focussing on.
As one observer here noted ISAF is making ‘small baby steps’ that if continued will soon pick up greater pace and confidence.
It’s a sentiment shared by the commanding officer of 2 Rifles, Colonel Rob Thompson:
“I am struck on a daily basis by the grit, determination and indomitability of my men.
We see each of those who have been tragically killed in action here standing behind us and telling us to keep going, to keep fighting and to stay on the front foot and improve the lives of ordinary Afghans.”
ENDS
Perception does not always equal reality. At first glance, the reality of this image is unseen. You have to look deeper to understand it is a muddy reflection in a puddle. I have always been fascinated with this idea of tricking the mind. The way we perceive something is not always the way it is... in art, and in life.
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Libraries are agents for development, giving communities access to information in order to support education, health, economic security and development. Taking, as its starting point, recent research which looks at user perceptions of the benefits of public access to technology in libraries, and the opportunities public libraries offer for policymakers to meet development goals, this workshop will explore a number of questions around the theme of public access in the community. What policies are needed to ensure that public access is facilitated? What partnerships need to be made with the private sector to help bring technology into the community?
Day 4
16 May 2013
ITU/ Claudio Montesano Casillas
One of my little side-projects: photographing doors, in a project I call "Doors of Perception" (yes, I am a fan of The Doors).
I'm no movie producer, but this is a sample of what you can do with a modern DSLR in video mode.
Equipement used:
Canon 70D
Canon EF-S 10-18mm F/4.5-5.6 IS STM
Canon EF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 IS USM
AKG Perception 120
M-Audio M-Track Interface
Creaky Targus $20 tripod.
Edited with Audacity and Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13.0
Note: The audio was sampled after filming. If I didn't do this, you would hear the 70-300mm lens focusing all the time.
copyright, 2012, Ferran Cubedo.
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One of my little side-projects: photographing doors, in a project I call "Doors of Perception" (yes, I am a fan of The Doors).
copyright, 2012, Ferran Cubedo.
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While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.
~ Dorothea Lange
Mesh skull necklaces available at the *Perception* Booth at the Unhinged festival.
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Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host Stephanie Pressman were invited to cover the 35th College Television Awards at the Leonard H. Goldenson Center in Hollywood recognizing excellence in college student-produced video, digital and film work.
The 35th College Television Awards ceremony was hosted by Playing House’s Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham, with Matt Bomer, of USA’s White Collar, Fox’s The New Girl, Max Greenfield, Key & Peele’s Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, Scandal’s Darby Stanchfield, Revenge’s Nick Wechsler, Dexter’s Aimee Garcia, Perception’s Scott Wolf and House of Cards’ Benito Martinez. Additionally, television industry professionals from FX’s Justified writer Graham Yost, Modern Family director Gail Mancuso and voice actor Bob Bergen were also on hand to present awards and give anecdotes about the industry.
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Khulna, Bangladesh.
The boys are observing something straight on a side, other the policeman is viewing (may be the lady over the opposite side of the road) on the opposite direction... but both are stepping ahead of their destination...
And yeah, It's a Rainy day... :)
A Rainy Song for all of You!
Perception is a first-person narrative horror adventure featuring a young, blind woman who depends on her razor-sharp hearing to solve an ancient mystery and survive the forces that pursue her.
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I took advantage of the fact that it was raining in my office... I created a conceptual art piece called Perception Precipitation, consisting of paper towels, a leaking roof, the random pattern of rain on the paper and the sound of the water hitting said paper.
This piece, though simple looking, is fraught with meaning, commenting of the random interactions of the world outside of the workplace and how it lands on the desks of minions making their lives miserable, on how Nature overcomes Man's best efforts to order his world, and on how mutability (represented by water) inserts itself randomly on the orderly lives below (represented by the careful grid of paper towels) punishing them and affecting them randomly, changing them, and slowly destroying and wearing away their carefully pressed facades that they use to face the world and hide their inner selves.
Bids for this installation start at $400,000 (Daddy needs to pay fer a brand new house!).
Perception is a first-person narrative horror adventure featuring a young, blind woman who depends on her razor-sharp hearing to solve an ancient mystery and survive the forces that pursue her.
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This clever sculpture is concave instead of convex, demolishing expectations and playing with your parallax.
Asheesh probably wasn't supposed to hop this fence and put Herbert in front of the sculpture, but at least he didn't disobey the sign that said "do not touch the art". I started singing "This Land Is Your Land" as Asheesh stepped over the fence, but nobody got it.
The bloody ivory damask underbust corset features 18 steel bones encased within a beautiful 14-panel silk damask shell, hand-flossed with gold thread. The corset also features a historically spaced split-front busk, "rabbit ear" lacing, floating modesty panel, and silver grommets and aglets. And blood, lots of blood!
Standard sizing with the addition of an M+ size created specifically for very curvy avatars that don't fit into the standard sizes, and a Bx size for top-heavy avatars.
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Leather Overbust Corset and Neck Corset. 7 sizes: Standard sizes XXS-L, plus special sizes M+ and Bx. Copy/Mod
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