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The Winter School for Audiovisual Archiving is a four-day training that gives participants the practical knowledge to design and implement a preservation plan for their audiovisual collections. The fourth edition of the Winter School took place at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision from Tuesday 15 until Friday 18 January 2019.
Archimedes is a main supporting character from The Sword in the Stone. He is Merlin's pet owl who has the ability to speak like a human. He was voiced by Junius Matthews and currently by Andre Stojka.
Little of Archimedes's past is known. At some point, he became the pet owl of Merlin, and gained the ability to speak. Archimedes is known for being somewhat grouchy and sarcastic, especially in the morning. Though he is loyal to Merlin, he is not afraid to point out the Wizard's shortcomings and often does. He is however, very well educated, and possesses a great deal of practical knowledge.
Archimedes is based on Merlin's talking owl, from the book The Sword in the Stone, which the film was based on. Like the movie, the book version of Archimedes can talk and teaches Wart to fly.
Archimedes first makes an appearance with Merlin in Merlin's cottage. He scoff's at Merlin's idea that someone will join them for tea. Later, when Wart does appear, he snidely reminds Merlin about his limits, when Merlin states that he can see everything in the future, as Merlin had no clue who the person was that would be joining them.
Archimedes accompanies Merlin as Merlin heads to Sir Ector's castle. Merlin introduces Archimedes as a "highly educated owl," which sends Sir Ector into hysterics, much to the offense of Archimedes. The next day, Archimedes protests that Merlin should return to the woods, as Sir Ector has placed the two of them in a crumbling tower, referred to as the "guest room." It rains that night, and Archimedes is soaked due to the numerous leaks in the tower. After Merlin sees Sir Pelinore come with news, Archimedes is sent to listen in on what the news is. In the dining room, Archimedes overhears the men speak of an upcoming tournament, where the winner would become king.
The next morning, Archimedes is forced to remind a forgetful Merlin of where they are. The two then watch as Wart helps Kay practice his jousting. When Merlin scoffs at the idea that jousting is a science, Archimedes points out that Wart likes the sport just as much as the rest do. Merlin then reveals his plan to use magic to help Wart learn the value of an education.
Archimedes later accompanies Merlin as the wizard gives Wart a lesson. Merlin forgets the spell he intended to cast, and awakens a sleeping Archimedes for the spell. Archimedes is shown to be very cranky early in the morning, and finds a nice tree to sleep in, while Merlin and Wart swim through the moat as fish. Archimedes doesn't get much rest, as he is soon forced to come to the rescue of Wart, who is being chased by a giant pike. After Wart and Merlin are human again, Merlin slyly notes that Archimedes cared a lot about Wart's safety. This leads Archimedes to excuse himself on the basis that young perch is his favorite dish, and that he intended to eat Wart.
Archimedes is next seen after Wart is fired as Kay's squire. Merlin begins Wart's education in earnest by talking about very complicated theories. Archimedes sees that Wart is getting confused and forcibly takes over Wart's education. Archimedes is shown to be much more practical than Merlin. He first tasks Wart with reading a mountain of books, but when he discovers that Wart can't read or write, Archimedes teaches him. During a break, Merlin demonstrates a model airplane. Archimedes believes that it won't work, and becomes hysterical when the plane crashes, due to it being caught in Merlin's beard.
When Merlin turns Wart into a sparrow, so that Wart can fly as he dreamed, Merlin begins to explain the concept of flight using Archimedes's wings as a model. Archimedes quickly stops this, and decides to teach Wart to fly himself, as Archimedes is a bird. He teaches Wart to fly by making him do it. Everything is going well, when a hawk appears and tries to eat Wart. Archimedes attempts to delay the hawk, and Wart is able to dive into a chimney to escape. When Archimedes sees that Wart is now in the hands of Madam Mim, Archimedes flies off to warn Merlin. Archimedes next appears as the Wizard's Duel is about to start, and he explains the premise to Wart. Alongside Wart, he watches the duel, and occasionally yells out advice to Merlin.
After Merlin becomes angry with Wart and goes to Bermuda, Archimedes stays with Wart, accompanying him to London to the tournament. He goes with Wart as Wart attempts to find a sword for Kay. When Wart attempts to retrieve the Sword in the Stone, Archimedes warns him against pulling it. Later, he witnesses Wart being officially recognized as the rightful king, and shows a mixture of happiness and disbelief.
After the coronation, Wart begins to feel unprepared for the duties of king. Archimedes tries to help Wart run away, but they are unsuccessful as the castle is surrounded by cheering subjects. Merlin magically reappears, to guide Wart again. Presumably, Archimedes stayed with Wart and Merlin.
Tried to mimic a David Hobby shot which I think came out well. (is it?)
David Hobby (born January 30, 1965) is an American photographer and author of the Strobist.com lighting blog, a site which promotes lighting techniques — such as off-camera flash — among photographic enthusiasts, often with an emphasis on the practical knowledge rather than the gear.
"The ACE internship has been incredible! As a Natural Resource Specialist (NRS) I created an Abandoned (ABD) Well and Final Abandonment Notice (FAN) tracking system for the Oklahoma Field Office, but also traveled throughout Oklahoma inspecting abandoned well sites. This country is beautiful! The biodiversity does not disappoint, and I’ve found myself in a different eco-region every other week or so. After the inspections, I recorded the results in the Automated Fluid Mineral Support System (AFMSS) and proceeded with the appropriate paperwork to advance ABD wells to the next step. I enjoyed learned the “cradle to grave” process of an ABD well, and have found it to be practical knowledge for working in Oklahoma’s oil industry.
This internship opens many doors to its participants. Although I worked with abandoned wells, others are tasked with a variety of jobs. Besides working on my own project, I shadowed a Natural Resource Specialist, NEPA specialist, a Land Law Examiner, an Archaeologist, and a Planning & Environmental Specialist. I think this was really beneficial for me to understand the big picture of what the Tulsa office does and how the BLM system works here. Lastly, I got the opportunity to go on a Wild Horse and Burro tour (see photos below)!
I feel I’ve become a well-rounded NRS. Thank you, ACE!"
-Alicia Autio, BLM New Mexico Intern
The University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) founded in 1975 provides high quality education in the fields of education, hospitality and technology. It's quality education has attracted international students from all over the globe. With more than 1000 faculties, it educates more than 20,000 students.
UPHSD offers Doctor of Medicine or MD degree which is equivalent to MBBS in Indian System of Education and MD in American System of Education. The Medical Degree and the Medical School are recognized by World Health Organization(WHO), CHED, etc
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University of Perpetual Help Indian Students
Internationally Recognized Medical Degree
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA, Manila, Philippines is listed in WHO(World Health Organization) and MCI (Medical Council of India). The list of other Philippines Medical Universities which are approved by both MCI and WHO are given above. Students who complete their medical graduation at UPHSD are eligible for leading international medical exams such as USMLE (for clinical practice in the USA) and FMGE in India.
High-Quality Medical Education
The University of Perpetual Help uses Dale's Cone of Learning as part of their educational methodology allowing their students to demonstrate and teach what they have learned. University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Student Karl Emmanuel Mercader topped 2017 Physician License Examination.Due to this, the popular choice among Indian students for MD (MBBS) in Philippines from 2018 was UPHSD medical college because of its high quality education. UPHSD conducts their semester exams in Multiple Choice Question Pattern. This forces students to think rather than memorizing the subject which happens in case of subjective examination pattern like that of Indian medical colleges.
Affordable Medical Education
There are no donation / Capitation Fees at Perpetual Medical College, Philippines. Tuition fees range between 19 to 21 Lakhs Indian Rupees based on the fluctuations in Philippines Peso Currency and Indian Rupees. All the cities including its capital city, Manila has a low cost of living enabling middle-class Indian students to afford medical education.
MBBS Scholarship In Philippines Medical Colleges
Philippines Medical colleges do not provide Scholarships for international Students which includes Indian medical students. Fence Education Consultancy provides Scholarships to below middle class students who score more than 90% in exams.
In-campus Hostel Accommodation and South Indian Food
Fence Education Consultancy Inc. being the exclusive partner for many states in India, has its hostel campus located inside the Perpetual Medical University campus. The hostel serves both Indian vegetarian and non-vegetarian food to their students.
Effective Hands-on Practice
95% Filipinos are literate and speak English, which makes it easy to communicate to patients and understand/diagnose their problems. As UPHSD is located in Manila, it has huge flow of inpatients and outpatients which would help students to understand various diseases, diagnosis and treatment during clerkship. All medical centres in the Philippines allow students to touch and diagnose patients. One of the main reason why Phillpines Physicians dominate in US is because of high student/cadaver ratio. This helps students to dissect cadaver and thereby enhances the practical knowledge which is essential for clearing exams like USMLE, FMGE, etc. Moreover, Philippines have a similar tropical climate like Indian subcontinent which makes the disease spectrum similar to that of India.
The Winter School for Audiovisual Archiving is a four-day training that gives participants the practical knowledge to design and implement a preservation plan for their audiovisual collections. The fourth edition of the Winter School took place at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision from Tuesday 15 until Friday 18 January 2019.
Fashion, like thinking with our senses, is being physically in the moment. That is how it inspires, refreshes and entertains us. When fashion feels good, it is often a color or design statement that responds to a dream. Feeling good and looking good raises our spirit.
With a sensual approach you are more open to possibilities and potential. Sensual Thinking is how to create your life with purpose. Your style is a response to what feels right. The fashion you wear may be personal, but everybody notices it.
Get ready to unleash the artist within you in a creative space with an artist-cum-photographer as good as Abir Roy. This workshop will give you the space to explore a wide possibility of images within the genre of sensual photography and help you gain hands-on practical knowledge.
It will also provide an opportunity to learn to experiment with lighting & camera configurations. Understanding the secrets of post processing will help enhance your images with a creative touch and aids you in creating a rather vibrant story.
ABOUT THE MENTOR
Abir’s journey of becoming a photographer is interesting. He always wanted to do something creative – see things from a different perspective. He is a self taught photographer who firmly believes in practice. His style of photography is preferably based on editorials. He believes in story-telling in a single frame or set of sequential images with a particular thematic ambience.
WHAT IS UNIQUE?
Master the art of Sensual Photography during a guided workshop where you work with an expert, who has years of experience
Head to a professional photo studio for a deeper understanding of the power of sensual lighting and how to create the ideal set for your clients
Learn post processing techniques: Discuss how to retouch a photo with software to amp up the finished result
Work with a model and makeup artists as you test out your newfound skills during a practice photo shoot
WHAT WE COVER
Lighting
Sets
Careers in Fashion
Posing and expression
Pricing your products
Moodboards
The supermodel experience
Post-production workflow
The psychology of sensual photography
Branding
Advertising
Colour Correction
WHAT YOU BRING
Camera
Tripod (Optional)
Light source such as flash
WHAT WE PROVIDE
Studio Setup
Makeup Artist
Models
Food
Mentor
Techne
One angle in one mirror is not enough, movement is never mute, it’s a language. It’s a series of energetic shapes, like words writing sentences, like poems, like prayers, like spells.
(Suspiria, 2017)
Techne is a project that explores visual performativity of the body in space. This concept is framed by rave culture, a subculture described by Simon Reynolds as being based around sensations and fascination rather than truth and meaning. As with most subcultures, rave culture is a fluid construct in that it is part of a societal structure of humans. The footage showcases performers displaying three movements that transcend into each other. While the movements were chosen by the performers themselves, they built upon prior approaches in order to achieve these during three preparation workshops. The movements manifest the subjective narration of each performer. The individual body stands in relation to the plural body and therefore creates the fluid information of the space in time.
Techne refers to the Greek term formulating practical knowledge. Raving, which among other things describes the act of dancing to techno music, might in fact be one way of practicing Techne. It is a self-reflective understanding of emotions, mediated and expressed through the body. The medium knows the message.
The installation invites the viewer to step in and decide which perspective to take on. Not only will they therefore miss out on two other perspectives, but they will also be in a state of constant observation created through small performative interventions. It challenges the viewer as the subject, while simultaneously revealing how different angles of a representation open up its ontological event horizon. What is caused by the change of perspective in a performative space and how much of it can even be considered representational?
The texts are transcriptions of conversations that happened during the process of interviewing music and rave related people. The main focus here is on the individuals experience of music, the subcultural function of raves and the relationship between technology and music. While all the interviews are similar at the core, they also complement each other. Critical subjects like sexism, racism and drug abuse are themes that are essential in the discussion surrounding rave culture. Each conversation partner therefore brings their personal relationship with the culture in and offers a different angle on it.
Techne is a work made possible through a collaborative effort. It would not have been possible without the incredible communal energy of every person that participated in the project. I cannot express how thankful I am for the trust and passion each of them gave.
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V Sattui Winery, St. Helena, California, USA
History of the V Sattui Winery:
Dario Sattui remembers visiting Vittorio, his great-grandfather, who continued to live upstairs at the long dormant Bryant Street winery until his death at age 94. "As a small child, my first recollection was the aroma of wine emanating from the old building as soon as I entered," he says. He played among the barrels and ovals in the cellars, stories of the old family wine business ringing in his ears. It was then, Dario believes, that the dream of reopening the winery began.
In 1972, after two years in Europe beyond college, Dario began his apprenticeship at various Napa Valley wineries. He still had his dream, the same dream he'd had as a child. Dario pledged he "would reestablish V. Sattui Winery to its former glory."
But just how to do this was the problem. Dario had almost no capital and little practical knowledge of the wine industry. So he dedicated himself to developing the tools and skills he'd need to make the dream become a reality. Soon Dario had developed a business plan and began looking for prospective investors. Later, he found a parcel of land for sale that had a small walnut orchard with an old house on it. Dario remembers bringing prospective investors to the property telling them, "'Here is where we will build our winery,' all the while afraid that the people living on the property would throw me off for trespassing." Since he couldn't afford to purchase the property outright, he managed to get a lease-option for $500 a month. "The house was in such bad condition we lived in my VW bus for more than a month while making it suitable enough to live in."
Time passed as Dario continued to look for investors, but there were no takers. With his last $500, he paid for one more month on the property. Dario had only raised half the capital he needed to begin the winery, but he managed during that "last" month to talk a Napa real estate broker into buying the property, building a small winery on it, and then leasing it to Dario with an option to purchase it back sometime in the future. Still short of funds, Dario enlisted investors without money, but with the skills needed to help him create the winery building. That summer, July of 1975, they began construction, and it was finished in early 1976.
Renting the winemaking equipment he needed, using his great-grandfather's hand-corking machine and Vittorio's original design for the wine labels, the winery was open for business.
When Dario had lived in Europe, he'd remembered seeing small, family-run neighborhood delis filled with freshly made foods and wonderful selections of cheese. He was able to convert this memory into what was to become the perfect match for great wine, V. Sattui's famous Cheese Shop and Deli. Years passed and the struggle continued. Slowly, the winemaking process improved and success came. However, in those first few years, times were hard and Dario lived frugally, sometimes spending his nights sleeping on the floor of the winery so he could put what money he had into the new business. The original winery building is now the Tasting Room, Cheese Shop and Deli and Gift Shop.
As business grew, Dario began to be able to accumulate the best equipment available.
By 1985, V. Sattui Winery was able to build a beautiful stone winery amid the venerable 250 year-old oaks, reminiscent of the late 19th century wineries in Italy and France. With its two stories, tower, wine caves and underground aging cellars, its completion was a fitting tribute to help celebrate the centennial of Vittorio's dream. That same year, the 34-acre vineyard adjacent to the winery became available.
Renamed Suzanne's Vineyard, after his wife, it was soon joined by Carsi Vineyard in Yountville, followed in 1993 by the 556-acre Henry Ranch property in the Carneros grape-growing region, and then in 1998, a 128-acre ranch in Solano County. These, along with other acquisitions, will in the near future allow V. Sattui Winery to supply over 85% of its grape needs from five very distinct microclimates.
From the very beginning, Dario refused to compromise on the quality of the wine. The production and retailing concept offers insight into the reasons for V. Sattui Winery's success. Dario's vision has always been to fully integrate the process of winemaking from the grape to the consumer. This vertical control over all aspects of viticulture, winemaking, and sales is the future for V. Sattui Winery. It is because of Dario Sattui's dream that it has been able to provide the finest wines possible while continuing to sell them at a fair price directly to its customers.
V Sattui Winery, St. Helena, California, USA
History of the V Sattui Winery:
Dario Sattui remembers visiting Vittorio, his great-grandfather, who continued to live upstairs at the long dormant Bryant Street winery until his death at age 94. "As a small child, my first recollection was the aroma of wine emanating from the old building as soon as I entered," he says. He played among the barrels and ovals in the cellars, stories of the old family wine business ringing in his ears. It was then, Dario believes, that the dream of reopening the winery began.
In 1972, after two years in Europe beyond college, Dario began his apprenticeship at various Napa Valley wineries. He still had his dream, the same dream he'd had as a child. Dario pledged he "would reestablish V. Sattui Winery to its former glory."
But just how to do this was the problem. Dario had almost no capital and little practical knowledge of the wine industry. So he dedicated himself to developing the tools and skills he'd need to make the dream become a reality. Soon Dario had developed a business plan and began looking for prospective investors. Later, he found a parcel of land for sale that had a small walnut orchard with an old house on it. Dario remembers bringing prospective investors to the property telling them, "'Here is where we will build our winery,' all the while afraid that the people living on the property would throw me off for trespassing." Since he couldn't afford to purchase the property outright, he managed to get a lease-option for $500 a month. "The house was in such bad condition we lived in my VW bus for more than a month while making it suitable enough to live in."
Time passed as Dario continued to look for investors, but there were no takers. With his last $500, he paid for one more month on the property. Dario had only raised half the capital he needed to begin the winery, but he managed during that "last" month to talk a Napa real estate broker into buying the property, building a small winery on it, and then leasing it to Dario with an option to purchase it back sometime in the future. Still short of funds, Dario enlisted investors without money, but with the skills needed to help him create the winery building. That summer, July of 1975, they began construction, and it was finished in early 1976.
Renting the winemaking equipment he needed, using his great-grandfather's hand-corking machine and Vittorio's original design for the wine labels, the winery was open for business.
When Dario had lived in Europe, he'd remembered seeing small, family-run neighborhood delis filled with freshly made foods and wonderful selections of cheese. He was able to convert this memory into what was to become the perfect match for great wine, V. Sattui's famous Cheese Shop and Deli. Years passed and the struggle continued. Slowly, the winemaking process improved and success came. However, in those first few years, times were hard and Dario lived frugally, sometimes spending his nights sleeping on the floor of the winery so he could put what money he had into the new business. The original winery building is now the Tasting Room, Cheese Shop and Deli and Gift Shop.
As business grew, Dario began to be able to accumulate the best equipment available.
By 1985, V. Sattui Winery was able to build a beautiful stone winery amid the venerable 250 year-old oaks, reminiscent of the late 19th century wineries in Italy and France. With its two stories, tower, wine caves and underground aging cellars, its completion was a fitting tribute to help celebrate the centennial of Vittorio's dream. That same year, the 34-acre vineyard adjacent to the winery became available.
Renamed Suzanne's Vineyard, after his wife, it was soon joined by Carsi Vineyard in Yountville, followed in 1993 by the 556-acre Henry Ranch property in the Carneros grape-growing region, and then in 1998, a 128-acre ranch in Solano County. These, along with other acquisitions, will in the near future allow V. Sattui Winery to supply over 85% of its grape needs from five very distinct microclimates.
From the very beginning, Dario refused to compromise on the quality of the wine. The production and retailing concept offers insight into the reasons for V. Sattui Winery's success. Dario's vision has always been to fully integrate the process of winemaking from the grape to the consumer. This vertical control over all aspects of viticulture, winemaking, and sales is the future for V. Sattui Winery. It is because of Dario Sattui's dream that it has been able to provide the finest wines possible while continuing to sell them at a fair price directly to its customers.
In summer 2018 eight selected Girl Scouts from across the country joined the Student Conservation Association (SCA) environmental crew for two weeks at Olympic National Forest. The Scouts, along with three SCA volunteer chaperones, camped out in the forest from July 29 to August 11 and completed key environmental service projects while learning additional skills related to ecology and preserving habitats. It was the only crew of its kind this year in the entire United States.
The purpose of this unique opportunity is to expand the participants’ leadership skills and practical knowledge of the natural environment. The young women traveled from a wide variety of places including: Maine, New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, and Alaska.
Several professional Olympic National Forest employees, primarily women, collaborated with the Scouts across several disciplines including: wildlife biology, botany, recreation, archeology, silviculture and fire. The schedule and projects were coordinated by Nicole LaGioia, the Olympic National Forest Recreation Manager for Hood Canal Ranger District.
In summer 2018 eight selected Girl Scouts from across the country joined the Student Conservation Association (SCA) environmental crew for two weeks at Olympic National Forest. The Scouts, along with three SCA volunteer chaperones, camped out in the forest from July 29 to August 11 and completed key environmental service projects while learning additional skills related to ecology and preserving habitats. It was the only crew of its kind this year in the entire United States.
The purpose of this unique opportunity is to expand the participants’ leadership skills and practical knowledge of the natural environment. The young women traveled from a wide variety of places including: Maine, New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, and Alaska.
Several professional Olympic National Forest employees, primarily women, collaborated with the Scouts across several disciplines including: wildlife biology, botany, recreation, archeology, silviculture and fire. The schedule and projects were coordinated by Nicole LaGioia, the Olympic National Forest Recreation Manager for Hood Canal Ranger District.
"The ACE internship has been incredible! As a Natural Resource Specialist (NRS) I created an Abandoned (ABD) Well and Final Abandonment Notice (FAN) tracking system for the Oklahoma Field Office, but also traveled throughout Oklahoma inspecting abandoned well sites. This country is beautiful! The biodiversity does not disappoint, and I’ve found myself in a different eco-region every other week or so. After the inspections, I recorded the results in the Automated Fluid Mineral Support System (AFMSS) and proceeded with the appropriate paperwork to advance ABD wells to the next step. I enjoyed learned the “cradle to grave” process of an ABD well, and have found it to be practical knowledge for working in Oklahoma’s oil industry.
This internship opens many doors to its participants. Although I worked with abandoned wells, others are tasked with a variety of jobs. Besides working on my own project, I shadowed a Natural Resource Specialist, NEPA specialist, a Land Law Examiner, an Archaeologist, and a Planning & Environmental Specialist. I think this was really beneficial for me to understand the big picture of what the Tulsa office does and how the BLM system works here. Lastly, I got the opportunity to go on a Wild Horse and Burro tour (see photos below)!
I feel I’ve become a well-rounded NRS. Thank you, ACE!"
-Alicia Autio, BLM New Mexico Intern
Montana State Historic District
Bozeman, Montana
Listed 12/24/2013
Reference Number: 13000972
The Montana State University Historic District (MSU Historic District) is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places at the statewide level under Criterion A in the area of Education and Agriculture and at the local level in the area of Community Planning and Development. Under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act, Montana State University (MSU) provided a high standard of education in agriculture and the mechanical arts as Montanas land-grant institution during its first 75 years, while also extending beyond its mandated subjects into the physical sciences, arts and humanities. Through the provisions of the 1887 Hatch Act and the 1914 Smith-Lever Act, MSU also served Montanas rural communities through the public dissemination of applied agricultural research completed by the Agricultural Experiment Station and practical knowledge on agriculture and home economics compiled through the Agricultural Extension Service. At the local level, MSU had an immeasurable impact on its host city of Bozeman, both in terms of its physical growth and the development of its socio-economic and cultural character. Furthermore, the MSU Historic District is also eligible for listing at the statewide level under Criterion C in the area of Architecture. As a collection of free-standing, high-style buildings designed by many of Montanas leading architects, the MSU Historic District is matched only by Montanas other institutions of higher learning. The district also includes a range of historically significant Victorian, Revivalist, and Modernist styles beginning with the Collegiate Gothic Montana Hall (1896-1898) and extending though the 1967 Roskie Hall, an eleven-story dormitory designed in the futurist Exaggerated Modern (or Googie) style.
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More than 60 Team Members from the Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand and area hotels gathered at Hilton Boston Logan Airport to host 40 hospitality students from Fisher College. Together they mentored students - providing practical knowledge and insights into the hospitality industry. Sessions were followed by a reception showcasing industry best practices and recent trends in food and beverage. Hosts for the afternoon included Rob Palleschi, global head, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Mark Fallon, general manager, Hilton Boston Logan Airport and Chris Rule, director of human resources, Hilton Boston Logan Airport. They were joined by Janet Kuser, vice president for academic affairs, Fisher College.
More than 60 Team Members from the Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand and area hotels gathered at Hilton Boston Logan Airport to host 40 hospitality students from Fisher College. Together they mentored students - providing practical knowledge and insights into the hospitality industry. Sessions were followed by a reception showcasing industry best practices and recent trends in food and beverage. Hosts for the afternoon included Rob Palleschi, global head, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Mark Fallon, general manager, Hilton Boston Logan Airport and Chris Rule, director of human resources, Hilton Boston Logan Airport. They were joined by Janet Kuser, vice president for academic affairs, Fisher College.
Definition: Technical:
1. Of, relating to, or derived from technique.
2.
a. Having special skill or practical knowledge especially in a mechanical or scientific field: a technical adviser.
b. Used in or peculiar to a specific field or profession; specialized: technical terminology.
3.
a. Belonging or relating to a particular subject: technical expertise.
b. Of, relating to, or involving the practical, mechanical, or industrial arts or the applied sciences: a technical school.
4.
a. Abstract or theoretical: a technical analysis.
b. Of, relating to, or employing the methodology of science; scientific.
5. According to principle; formal rather than practical: a technical advantage.
6. Industrial and mechanical; technological.
7. Relating to or based on analysis of market indicators, such as trading volume and fluctuations in securities prices, rather than underlying economic conditions such as corporate earnings, inflation, and unemployment: a technical correction in the stock market.
Idea: I was pretty confused with this one, because everyone seems to take this to mean technology, but it doesn’t. So with that definition in mind I realised that this tree could be made out of just about anything that was systematically placed or worked to form the shape of a tree in a far more skilled/difficult manner, or it could be number meaning no 6 "Technological". I thought I’d cover both.
This is my "Technological" or "Technology" tree.
Process: I made this tree from a whole lot of CDs that I placed on a table to form the shape of a stylised tree. Then I turned off the lights and tried to use the camera flash from above them to get a the best colour and light reflections from the CDs. The hardest part was getting the flash angle right.
"The ACE internship has been incredible! As a Natural Resource Specialist (NRS) I created an Abandoned (ABD) Well and Final Abandonment Notice (FAN) tracking system for the Oklahoma Field Office, but also traveled throughout Oklahoma inspecting abandoned well sites. This country is beautiful! The biodiversity does not disappoint, and I’ve found myself in a different eco-region every other week or so. After the inspections, I recorded the results in the Automated Fluid Mineral Support System (AFMSS) and proceeded with the appropriate paperwork to advance ABD wells to the next step. I enjoyed learned the “cradle to grave” process of an ABD well, and have found it to be practical knowledge for working in Oklahoma’s oil industry.
This internship opens many doors to its participants. Although I worked with abandoned wells, others are tasked with a variety of jobs. Besides working on my own project, I shadowed a Natural Resource Specialist, NEPA specialist, a Land Law Examiner, an Archaeologist, and a Planning & Environmental Specialist. I think this was really beneficial for me to understand the big picture of what the Tulsa office does and how the BLM system works here. Lastly, I got the opportunity to go on a Wild Horse and Burro tour (see photos below)!
I feel I’ve become a well-rounded NRS. Thank you, ACE!"
-Alicia Autio, BLM New Mexico Intern
Co. F, 14th N. J. Infantry
Portrait and Biological Record of Southeastern Kansas, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties, Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States and The Governors of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Biographical Publishing Co. 1894.
Alonzo Applegate, a practical and successful general agriculturist cultivating a finely improved farm of two hundred acres located in Centreville Township, Linn County, Kan., has been a leading citizen of this part of the state for about a score of years. Our subject is a native of New Jersey, and was born, April 8, 1842, near Tom’s River, Ocean County. His parents, Moses and Eurphmia (Heyer) Applegate, were both born in New Jersey, the mother being a native of Morris County. The Applegates were of sturdy Scotch ancestry, but the paternal grandfather, Ebenezer Applegate, was a long time resident of New Jersey. In that state he spent his declining years, and died at an advanced age.
The Heyer family was descended from a long line of German forefathers, thrifty, hard-working and upright people. The mother, after a life of faithfulness to her husband and family, passed away in the state of her birth in the year 1875. Three children of the parents survived to adult age, Alonzo, Peter C. and James. The father was by occupation a farmer, and upon the old homestead our subject gained much of the practical knowledge which has aided him upward in the struggle of daily life. He spent the years of youth in assisting his parents and receiving instruction in the home schools of the district.
Upon May 16, 1861, were united in marriage Alonzo Applegate and Miss Sarah W. Moore, the latter of whom was born in Pennsylvania, December 26, 1843. The parents of Mrs. Applegate, Michael and Elizabeth (Mears) Moore, were also natives of the Quaker State, where they spent the first part of their married life. They afterward located in New Jersey, and finally removed to Linn County, Kan., in 1867. This state was their permanent home—with the exception of the three years spent in Missouri—until 1892, when they returned to New Jersey, where they now reside. Of their large family of twelve sons and daughters, eleven survived to reach adult age, and are in the order of their birth: Joseph, Nathan, Sarah, Ann, Rachael, Fannie, Mary, Elizabeth, Lewis, John and Carrie. John Died in Centreville Township, Linn County, in 1874.
Our subject was married in Ocean County, N. J., and with his excellent wife was making his home in his native state, when, in 1863, he enlisted in Company F, Fourteenth New Jersey Infantry, and remained in the service of the Government for one year, at the end of which time he was discharged for disability. During the twelve month Mr. Applegate had courageously participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred and Petersburgh. Constantly exposed to the perils of the battlefield and vicissitudes of the weather, he was taken ill with typhoid fever and was discharged on account of his feeble condition from the hospital at Newark, N. J.
Our subject returned to Ocean County and engaged in the pursuit of farming near his old home until the fall of 1873. Emigrating to Kansas he for four years rented and worked land in Centreville Township, then homesteaded forty acres where he now resides. In these passing years he has been financially prospered, and has increased his homestead by the addition of one hundred and sixty acres. He has brought his land up to a high state of cultivation, has improved his property with excellent and commodious buildings and he now ranks among the prosperous and substantial citizens of the county.
Twelve children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Applegate, one of whom passed away in infancy and one in early childhood. The surviving sons and daughters are: Alonzo E., who married Jane Randall; Sarah, the wife of John Wonderly, Jr.; Effie, the wife of Wesley Hale; Edith the wife of Eugene Shoemaker; Moses, who married Miss Clara Elington; Fannie, Michael, Ona, Jesse and Pearl. The brothers and sisters enjoy a wide acquaintance and the affectionate regard of a large circle of old-time friends. Politically our subject is a Republican and has ever been interested in local and national issues, and, a liberal-spirited and patriotic citizen, is an important factor in matters of mutual welfare. Fraternally he is associated with the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, and is a ready aid in good work and benevolent enterprises.
Explore # 441
Hamilton/Stoney Creek, ON
In September 2008, Mohawk College completed a $27 million transformation of the Stoney Creek Campus into the Mohawk Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Research, Resources and Training (STARRT) Institute. The College’s focus on offering in-school training that directly complements the practical knowledge gained during job placements ties directly into CGC’s market transformation initiative.
More than 60 Team Members from the Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand and area hotels gathered at Hilton Boston Logan Airport to host 40 hospitality students from Fisher College. Together they mentored students - providing practical knowledge and insights into the hospitality industry. Sessions were followed by a reception showcasing industry best practices and recent trends in food and beverage. Hosts for the afternoon included Rob Palleschi, global head, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Mark Fallon, general manager, Hilton Boston Logan Airport and Chris Rule, director of human resources, Hilton Boston Logan Airport. They were joined by Janet Kuser, vice president for academic affairs, Fisher College.
A friend of mine working in London came across a length of the original Ferranti main and let me have piece.
For the 10,000-volt transmission from Deptford, after careful appraisal of available cables with the two forms of dielectric then regarded as the most suitable for high voltage, namely rubber and jute, Ferranti decided on Fowler-Waring jute-insulated concentric-type cable. With the consent of the railway companies these were run along the parapet walls of the track, but there were many breakdowns due to deterioration of the cables and to their susceptibility to catch fire, causing the London Electric Supply Corporation considerable financial loss. The problem was difficult and urgent. What was the point in having generating units with their boilers and auxiliaries ready to run at Deptford if there was no reliable means of getting the current to London? Ferranti decided to make suitable mains himself and chose wax-impregnated paper as the insulating medium. This was not only a startling innovation but a decision of historical importance, being the start of all paper-insulated high voltage cables in the world. The work is described in Ferranti's own words in a letter to his son (Sir) Vincent dated 3 March 1910:
"The sample of main which I sent you was a piece cut from the extra high tension main which I invented in 1888 and of which we made some thirty miles for laying between the Deptford generating station and the various distributing stations in London. The inner conductor consisted of a copper tube, as you will see, and was insulated by means of ordinary brown paper soaked in ozokerite or black earth wax, which was a residue obtained in candle making. The effectiveness of the insulation was the result of the very large number of layers of this wax-coated paper which were interposed between two conductors. The outer copper tube was slipped over the roll of paper and then the whole main was drawn through a die in a heavy tube draw bench and so squeezed very tightly down upon the paper. This made a solid structure from a mechanical point of view and thoroughly protected the paper. The outer conductor was then insulated in the same way and fitted tightly into the outside wrought iron pipe which was used as a means of protection. These mains were made in 20-ft. lengths, and the system of jointing is shown in the accompanying specification. The joint between the inner conductors was effected by pushing a rod up two adjoining ends: the insulation was joined by turning two cones and forcing the cones over each other. The outer conductor and the outer protecting tube were each joined by sleeves which were burnished into position by means of a circular burnishing tool used for rolling parts together. These mains were set to work on 10,000 volts pressure in 1889 and were the first extra high-tension mains which I believe were ever laid underground. Practically all mains are now insulated with layers of paper wound round and round and most high-tension supplies used for transmission to towns are in the neighbourhood of 10,000 volts, there only being a few supplies using underground mains work¬ing on much higher tension. The outer conductor of the Deptford mains was earthed at Deptford so as to ensure that no part with which one could possibly come into contact would be at much of a pressure above the earth. This provision was strenuously opposed by the Board of Trade in the early days, and it was only by actually doing it in London without their permission that I demonstrated that it was the right thing to do, when the regulations were altered, making the earthing of the exterior conductor in concentric mains compulsory—the exact reverse of the previous regulations. It is interesting to note that although these mains were made in a great hurry and with some¬what faulty appliances, and with a great want of knowledge, notwithstanding that, at least half the quantity of mains originally laid down are still supplying London on 10,000 volts today, the remaining portion of these same mains being still in use but working at a lower pressure."
Soon after Ferranti's departure from the London Electric Supply Corporation Ltd in 1891 the directors of the newly-formed British Insulated Wire Company, Prescot, took the opinion of W. H. (later Sir William) Preece, F.R.S, Chief Engineer to the Post Office, as to the value of Ferranti's patents, and received a report in favour of their purchase. At a special meeting of the shareholders it was decided to increase the Company's capital by £50,000, and not only to acquire the patents but also to insure Ferranti's life. On completion of the Agreement for Purchase in August 1891, Ferranti joined the Board and it was soon found that his practical knowledge and experience were of the greatest value. In 1893, as the result of Ferranti's considerable influence with his old company, the British Insulated Wire Company obtained an order from the London Electric Supply Corporation for two 30-yd. experimental lengths of 11 kV flexible paper-insulated cable. Ferranti had envisaged such cables in his patent 2315 of 1888 and when they were made they formed a landmark in the history of cable development, since they were the first flexible paper-insulated cables to be employed at such high voltage anywhere in the world.
The cables proved to be satisfactory on test, and in 1896 fifteen miles of 11kV cable of the 'flat-strip-outer' type, with 0.25 sq. in. conductors, were ordered by the London Electric Supply Corporation for replacements in the Deptford main; where it remained in service for over thirty years.
The Province is providing over $628,000 to support a two-year pilot project for the viticulture technician diploma program at Okanagan College, developed in partnership with the BC Wine Grape Council.
The diploma is designed to provide hands-on, theoretical and practical knowledge that will allow students to eventually work as part of a vineyard management team. The program is structured around the viticulture growing season, providing opportunities to develop and apply skills like: canopy management, pest control, pruning, training vines and sensory evaluation.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017JTST0128-001045
The Winter School for Audiovisual Archiving is a four-day training that gives participants the practical knowledge to design and implement a preservation plan for their audiovisual collections. The fourth edition of the Winter School took place at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision from Tuesday 15 until Friday 18 January 2019.
Edgar Smith Yergason was born in the town of Windham on the 10th day of September, 1840. He remained in his native town in attendance upon the district school and at the Pine Grove Seminary in South Windham, until he had fully completed his education, and in 1859 went to Hartford and engaged in service as a clerk with the dry goods firm of Talcott & Post. His connection with the house continued twenty-two years, during which period he acquired a most thorough and practical knowledge of the business in all its branches.
During the presidential campaign of 1860, Mr. Yergason was one of the thirty-six young republicans of Hartford who on the evening of March 7th, organized the original "Wide Awake" club, an organization which spread over the whole country, and undoubtedly elected Abraham Lincoln President of the United States. Mr. Yergason as a young man was an ardent republican and patriot, and at the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he early enlisted and served as a private in Company B, of the Twenty-second regiment, Connecticut Volunteers.
At the expiration of his term of service he returned to the store and remained in the employ of Talcott & Post until the two partners separated in 1880, when he joined the last named gentleman in the formation of the firm of William H. Post & Company, whose extensive establishment in the line of carpets and interior house decorations, in the city of Hartford, has a reputation co-extensive with the country itself. As a professional decorator Mr. Yergason is a gentleman of excellent taste and executive ability, and he personally superintends this entire department of the firm’s extensive business. He has made and executed contracts for the most elaborate decorations in the private residences of the wealthiest citizens of Washington, New York, Brooklyn, Albany, Providence, and other metropolitan cities, - competing for the business with the most noted decorators of New York and Philadelphia.
The recent decoration of the White House at Washington by the firm of Wm. H. Post & Co., under the exclusive management of Mr. Yergason, has been commended by connoisseurs at the capitol as the finest example of artistic taste in the line of interior decoration to be found on the continent. Referring to the effect produced in the "Blue Room" of the executive mansion by Mr. Yergason’s treatment of it, one of the government officials publicly states his belief that "it is to-day the most beautiful room in the world." It is no small compliment to the house of Wm. H. Post & Co. when it is selected to produce the finest possible effects in the dwellings of the wealthiest citizens of the land, and the home of the chief magistrate himself.
Mr. Yergason is an attendant at the Asylum Avenue Congregational church, is a member of Robert O. Tyler Post, G. A. R., and of the Army and Navy Club of Connecticut. He married in Hartford Miss Emeline B. Moseley, third daughter of the late D. B. Moseley, who was editor, as well as proprietor and founder, of the Religious Herald, the organ of Connecticut Congregationalists. They have three children.
Source: Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut - 1891 Compiled and Published by J. A. Spalding Hartford Conn. Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company 1891
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E.S.Yergason donated the 'Cannonball Tree Trunk' which is on display in the Capitol Building in Hartford, Connecticut. This tree is from the Battlefield of Chickamauga, scene of the last major Confederate victory of the American Civil War, on the border between Georgia and Tennessee. Even though half of the participants died in that battle, no one from Connecticut did. In fact, no one from Connecticut was even there; except, apparently, an interior decorator named E.S. Yergason. Strangely, he removed the tree trunk, shipped it a thousand miles, and donated it to the state of Connecticut to “show the horrors of war.” .
My thanks to Stephen Wood at Connecticut Museum Quest for this info: www.ctmuseumquest.com/?page_id=2170
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Galanthus nivalis plenus with dew drops...
Each flower is a masterpiece!
The inside shows a double centre with a pattern of fresh green stripes.
Comp in camera.
As a photographer, your main tools are:
- you, as a person with a creative mind.
- your eyes, using the visual literacy.
- your camera, keep it in shipshape, handle it with the care and the respect it deserves (even as a pro!!!).
- the technical and practical knowledge you have acquired over the years!
- sense and sensibility...
THANK you for ALL your comments and visits, so appreciated, M, (*_*)
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Snowdrops, Galanthus, leaves, emotion, white, green, colour, studio, black-background, conceptual, "art”, design, square, Nikon D7000, Magda-indigo
The Winter School for Audiovisual Archiving is a four-day training that gives participants the practical knowledge to design and implement a preservation plan for their audiovisual collections. The fourth edition of the Winter School took place at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision from Tuesday 15 until Friday 18 January 2019.
Children of Class 1 had a very interesting activity recently. They were taken by their teachers on a visit to the neighbourhood. The ‘Neighbourhood Walk’ gave them practical knowledge about real life. The activity also helped to foster values like respect for all, keeping places clean and being polite.
They visited Chandan Public Park, The police station, Temple, Shanti Asiatic School, SAL Hospital and even the saw the TV tower. This completed the circuit of facilities present in the school neighbourhood in terms of a park, a police station, a place of worship, a hospital and recreation.
The children were very excited and curious. Their disciplined and polite behaviour during their neighbourhood walk is a lesson for all of us.
As part of the Dean’s Business Scholar program, students have been actively involved with a development project in collaboration with the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. Lloyd Clarke, Business Advisor, New York State Small Business Development Center visited students this spring semester to guide them in this joint project.
Lloyd has 21 years of experience as an SBDC business advisor specializing in business and marketing plans. He has conducted many business seminars using motivational techniques that encourage entrepreneurs. His prior experience as plant manager, director of distribution, and terminal manager for Continental Trailways brings a wealth of practical knowledge to his counseling skills.
Lloyd has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Baruch College and several post graduate Certificates in Communications and Multimedia from N.Y.U.
For more information about the Dean's Business Scholars program, contact Gioia Bales, Associate Dean at (516) 463-5703.
Academy of Dental Careers, Inc. was founded by a group of Utah dentists in 1997. The foundation for Academy of Dental Careers is to provide practical hands on training in a nurturing environment that prepares students for the dental field. In 2007 some of the Board Members of Academy of Dental Careers changed and further resources were put into providing the highest standard of education. We are committed to our students and know that our exceptional reputation rests on our ability to effectively prepare them for a lifetime career in Dentistry.
Each team member at Academy of Dental Careers, Inc. offers years of experience, practical knowledge, and are current with the technology being used in dental practices today. They enjoy working with students and are committed to each student’s success.
We are now offering programs in Salt Lake City, Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada at the following locations:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Phone: (801) 664-0617
Address: 6783 So. Redwood Rd. Ste. #201, West Jordan, UT 84084
Las Vegas, Nevada Campus
Phone: (702) 755-9424
Address: 9500 West Flamingo Rd. Ste. #200, Las Vegas, NV 89147
(Las Vegas Campus located at Smile Reef Pediatric Dentistry)
The Winter School for Audiovisual Archiving is a four-day training that gives participants the practical knowledge to design and implement a preservation plan for their audiovisual collections. The fourth edition of the Winter School took place at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision from Tuesday 15 until Friday 18 January 2019.
If you want to get the practical knowledge of managing complex networks – working with core technologies, optimizing infrastructure & keeping key applications secure and efficient then do join the CCNP bootcamp.
Alchemical treatises. Manuscript: England, late Fourteenth Century. MS Hunter 110 (T.5.12): Illustrated opening from Albertus Magnus' The Secret of Philosophers (folios 67v - 68r)
The craft of alchemy developed significantly in the Thirteenth Century and it is consequently the subject matter of a large number of surviving late medieval manuscripts. This literature incorporates a spectrum of works, ranging from those dealing with technical metallurgical matters to those couched in mystical language concerning the transmutation of base metals into gold. This manuscript is a compendium of texts. Included are works by the thirteenth century Dominican scholar Albertus Magnus, William de Furnivall’s On the Sublimation of Arsenic, a copy of the Mappae Clavicula, a dictionary of alchemical terms, and anonymous treatises on salt and divination. The opening displayed to the left is from Albertus Magnus’s Straight Path in the Art of Alchemy. It is illustrated with simple diagrams of furnaces, used to ‘sublime’ or distil various substances. The illustrations in alchemical works are often unsophisticated, but nonetheless essential in books that were intended to be used in intensely practical ways.
The first part of Chaucer’s Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale provides a fascinating account of the workings of an alchemist’s laboratory with its unending and elusive experimentation. Although Chaucer refers to the craft as a ‘slidynge science’, he takes great delight in listing the strange names of the chemicals and processes, and obviously had some practical knowledge of chemistry.
DRA Announces Partnership for Microenterprise Financing
Nation’s Largest Microlender to Serve Delta Region
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Aug. 5, 2011 -- DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill announced today that Southeast Missouri State University’s Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and ACCION Texas, Inc. are partnering to develop ACCION Delta, which will provide microlending services to the 252 counties and parishes of the federally designated Delta Regional Authority. ACCION Delta’s regional office will be located at the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) in Cape Girardeau.
“Small businesses are the backbone of the Delta economy,” said DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill. “While these loans may be small, they can make a major difference in the success of a small business. Now, more than ever, we need to be doing everything we can to make sure our mom and pop shops have the resources they need to grow their business and create good-paying jobs.”
As an extension of ACCION Texas Inc., a 501(c)(3) microfinance company, ACCION Delta is committed to empowering diverse individuals, assisting entrepreneurs and small businesses gain access to capital and the practical knowledge to operate a business.
Established in 1994 in San Antonio, ACCION Texas (ATX) is a nonprofit microlender and small business lender. Its services help Texas and Louisiana entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, stabilize and increase their incomes, create employment and contribute to the economic revitalization of their communities.
“We are pleased to partner with great technical assistance providers like the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Operation JumpStart program that provides much needed training for small businesses,” said Janie Barrera, president and CEO of ACCION Texas Inc. “What the Delta lacked was access to a credit provider like ACCION Texas.”
The collaboration between ATX and CIE brings together the nation’s largest microlender with one of the nation’s most successful rural microenterprise development programs. Since 2006, the CIE's Operation JumpStart program has trained over 750 aspiring entrepreneurs that have started nearly 250 new businesses that are sustaining at over 90%.
Based on the success of Operation JumpStart, the CIE was the only recipient in the United States to receive two grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to build microenterprise development capacity. The CIE is collaborating with the Delta Regional Authority to build a network of Operation JumpStart programs throughout the lower Mississippi Delta region. Organizations are completing certification training and will begin training and mentoring hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small business owners soon. With the development of ACCION Delta, they will have access to the capital they need.
“I am thrilled to partner with ACCION to deliver high-quality business training and services, and capital to entrepreneurs throughout southeast Missouri and the Mississippi Delta region,” stated Dr. James Stapleton, executive director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and assistant professor of management at Southeast. “Their expertise in providing loans to individuals who do not have access to traditional funding sources combined with the expansion of our successful Operation JumpStart program will lead to the startup and expansion of hundreds of businesses in our region. It’s these kinds of regional collaborations supported by the Delta Regional Authority that will lead to significant improvement in quality of lives, businesses and communities throughout our region.”
About ACCION
ACCION Texas, Inc., the nation’s largest nonprofit microlender, is committed to providing capital to entrepreneurs who do not have access to loans from commercial sources. ACCION’s loans range from $500-$100,000. Since inception, ACCION has made 12,000 loans to entrepreneurs totaling $112 million. For more information, please visit: www.acciontexas.org. To schedule an interview with ACCION President and CEO Janie Barrera, please contact Veronica Flores-Paniagua at (210) 531-5536.
About the Delta Regional Authority
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a federal-state partnership that serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Chris Masingill, appointed by President Obama to be the DRA’s federal co-chairman, along with the governors of the eight states, comprise the Authority’s board. For more information, please visit: www.dra.gov.
About Southeast Missouri State University and the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Southeast Missouri State University is one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurship-focused university centers in the Midwest, offering a wide array of academic and outreach programs and services, including: innovation development and research; entrepreneurship education, training and mentorship; and business incubation and development services. The CIE supports Southeast Missouri State University’s strategic priority to advance the region’s economic appeal and strength by accelerating local and regional economic growth and development that improves the quality of lives, communities and businesses in southeast Missouri and the surrounding region. For more information, visit: www.semo.edu/cie.
DRA Announces Partnership for Microenterprise Financing
Nation’s Largest Microlender to Serve Delta Region
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Aug. 5, 2011 -- DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill announced today that Southeast Missouri State University’s Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and ACCION Texas, Inc. are partnering to develop ACCION Delta, which will provide microlending services to the 252 counties and parishes of the federally designated Delta Regional Authority. ACCION Delta’s regional office will be located at the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) in Cape Girardeau.
“Small businesses are the backbone of the Delta economy,” said DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill. “While these loans may be small, they can make a major difference in the success of a small business. Now, more than ever, we need to be doing everything we can to make sure our mom and pop shops have the resources they need to grow their business and create good-paying jobs.”
As an extension of ACCION Texas Inc., a 501(c)(3) microfinance company, ACCION Delta is committed to empowering diverse individuals, assisting entrepreneurs and small businesses gain access to capital and the practical knowledge to operate a business.
Established in 1994 in San Antonio, ACCION Texas (ATX) is a nonprofit microlender and small business lender. Its services help Texas and Louisiana entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, stabilize and increase their incomes, create employment and contribute to the economic revitalization of their communities.
“We are pleased to partner with great technical assistance providers like the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Operation JumpStart program that provides much needed training for small businesses,” said Janie Barrera, president and CEO of ACCION Texas Inc. “What the Delta lacked was access to a credit provider like ACCION Texas.”
The collaboration between ATX and CIE brings together the nation’s largest microlender with one of the nation’s most successful rural microenterprise development programs. Since 2006, the CIE's Operation JumpStart program has trained over 750 aspiring entrepreneurs that have started nearly 250 new businesses that are sustaining at over 90%.
Based on the success of Operation JumpStart, the CIE was the only recipient in the United States to receive two grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to build microenterprise development capacity. The CIE is collaborating with the Delta Regional Authority to build a network of Operation JumpStart programs throughout the lower Mississippi Delta region. Organizations are completing certification training and will begin training and mentoring hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small business owners soon. With the development of ACCION Delta, they will have access to the capital they need.
“I am thrilled to partner with ACCION to deliver high-quality business training and services, and capital to entrepreneurs throughout southeast Missouri and the Mississippi Delta region,” stated Dr. James Stapleton, executive director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and assistant professor of management at Southeast. “Their expertise in providing loans to individuals who do not have access to traditional funding sources combined with the expansion of our successful Operation JumpStart program will lead to the startup and expansion of hundreds of businesses in our region. It’s these kinds of regional collaborations supported by the Delta Regional Authority that will lead to significant improvement in quality of lives, businesses and communities throughout our region.”
About ACCION
ACCION Texas, Inc., the nation’s largest nonprofit microlender, is committed to providing capital to entrepreneurs who do not have access to loans from commercial sources. ACCION’s loans range from $500-$100,000. Since inception, ACCION has made 12,000 loans to entrepreneurs totaling $112 million. For more information, please visit: www.acciontexas.org. To schedule an interview with ACCION President and CEO Janie Barrera, please contact Veronica Flores-Paniagua at (210) 531-5536.
About the Delta Regional Authority
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a federal-state partnership that serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Chris Masingill, appointed by President Obama to be the DRA’s federal co-chairman, along with the governors of the eight states, comprise the Authority’s board. For more information, please visit: www.dra.gov.
About Southeast Missouri State University and the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Southeast Missouri State University is one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurship-focused university centers in the Midwest, offering a wide array of academic and outreach programs and services, including: innovation development and research; entrepreneurship education, training and mentorship; and business incubation and development services. The CIE supports Southeast Missouri State University’s strategic priority to advance the region’s economic appeal and strength by accelerating local and regional economic growth and development that improves the quality of lives, communities and businesses in southeast Missouri and the surrounding region. For more information, visit: www.semo.edu/cie.
The Winter School for Audiovisual Archiving is a four-day training that gives participants the practical knowledge to design and implement a preservation plan for their audiovisual collections. The fourth edition of the Winter School took place at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision from Tuesday 15 until Friday 18 January 2019.
A. Title: 1st Asia NGO Innovation Summit
B. Sub-Title: INNOVATE, CONNECT, BUILD ASIA: Building Capacity for Changing Asia
C. Date: September 2-4, 2010 (with reception dinner on September 1st from 7pm)
D. Venue: Literature House, Seoul, South Korea
The HOPE Institute and Intel Asia will jointly host the 1st Asia NGO Innovation Summit. This conference brings together Non-government Organization (NGO) leaders who work towards strengthening the impact of the NGO community in Asia. This year’s slogan: INNOVATE, CONNECT, BUILD ASIA aims to promote action to the theme: Building Capacity for Changing Asia.
NGOs in Asia are currently faced with significant challenges. Since 20th century, Asian NGOs have searched for various models of solidarity and cooperation within the region in order to address diverse problems, from human rights, democracy, poverty, conflict situations, to migration and environment. However, in the 21st century, there are complex and intensified problems, such as climate change and global financial crisis. The role of Asia, which has plenty of potential, has increased in this context and NGOs and the civil society have become one of the major players to improve societies’ capacities to solve problems and to offer innovative alternatives for a better future.
In spite of the progress of civil society in Asia, NGOs face significant organizational challenges regardless of their field of operation and core values for creating a better society. NGOs are still struggling with financial difficulties, lack of human resources, and lack of practical knowledge and experience to build healthy governance and partnership among diverse stakeholders within the society. They are burdened to adapt to the internal cultural change of civic society as well as the unstable political and social situation. To solve those common challenges and to find alternative ways of moving forward together, NGOs in Asia need to learn and share ideas on how to build their capacity and constantly transform themselves in an innovative way.
A new session of Pangaea geology field training moved to Lofoten, Norway, to scout for new traverses for the Pangaea analogue complement.
The team, consisting of planetary geologists and training experts, is preparing space farers for lunar exploration.
Lofoten shares many geological features with lunar highlands, such as the Apollo 16 landing site, making it a perfect site to train astronauts on lunar geology.
Pangaea instructors Matteo Massironi , Riccardo Pozzobon, and Fransceco Sauro, as well as petrology professor and local expert Kåre Kullerud are guiding ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer through interesting geological sites in the Nusfjord, an area containing primitive crust rock formations, including anorthosites, which are known to be typical lunar highland rocks.
The Pangaea course is designed to provide European astronauts with introductory and practical knowledge of Earth and planetary geology to prepare them to become effective partners of planetary scientists and engineers in designing the next exploration missions.
The course also aims to give astronauts a solid knowledge in the geology of the Solar System from leading European scientists.
Credits: ESA–S. Sechi
French, fourteenth century. In: CAMPBELL, Joseph & MOYERS, Bill (1990). Mythen en bewustzijn. De kracht van de mythologische verbeelding (The Power of Myth, 1988). Teleac; Uitgeverij De Haan/Unieboek b.v, Houten.
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50. The rule of four - Marten Kuilman (1 juli 2013) in:
quadriformisratio.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/the-rule-of-four/
The Wheel of Fortune
The symbolism of the wheel of fortune deals with the cyclic movements in human life. In its original form, it figures a wheel (circle), divided in four compartments. The goddess Fortuna Panthea and her wheel are, in a general and historical sense, connected with Fate (fatum) and Moira, and therefore with the relative notions of boundaries in life. The gods are subordinate, in Greek cultural history as recorded by Homer, by a higher power called Moira. The original meaning of the word is ‘part’ or ‘assigned piece of land’ (CORNFORD, 1912). The Moira is the act of a first division of place, and therefore of division-thinking in general.
OTTO (1954) pointed to a gradual broadening of the term: Homer envisaged Moira as an impersonal being (the inescapable fate) and used the expression in singular. Hesiod described already three Moirai (Parcae), daughters of the goddess of the night, envisaged as abstract figures (FIELD, 1977). They were called Clotho (the spinster), Lachesis (the partitioner) and Atropos (the unavoidable). The primary partition-aspect (of Moira) was less important in the later popular belief. The notion of a trinity prevailed, with names as the Dirae (Furiae), Erinyans and Eumenideans, as the guardians of Tartarus (GUERBER, 1907/1981). Fate (or ‘Tyche’) lived in the Greek cultural period through a full cycle of development, which reached it highest visibility in an oppositional environment.
The meaning of the word ‘Fortuna’ is derived from ‘fors‘ (luck) and ‘ferre‘ (to bring). Fortune – in its original implication – is related to the verb ‘to bring’: that which is brought. The goddess Fortuna is she who brings something, in a neutral sense and plural (PITKIN, 1984; FRAKES, 1988). The image of the goddess changed during the Roman Empire to a person, with a positive aura: she was the source of all good, the ‘bona dea‘ (good goddess), to be identified with Isis.
Fortuna Panthea and Fortuna Populi Romani were favored personifications. Her three symbols – the cornucopia (abundance), the rudder of a ship (to steer the course of life in the right direction) and a ball or a wheel (the cyclic change and the turning of destiny) – pointed to an optimistic approach. The aspect of uncertainty and unpredictability was only added in the latter years of the Roman period, when the culture itself was on the decline. Fortuna is one of the few Roman gods, which made the change – in the early fourth century AD – to Christianity (PATCH, 1927). Apparently, the personification of chance was strong enough to survive in the monotheistic Christian world.
The wheel (of Fortune) became a symbol in its own right. It was first mentioned, according to ROBINSON (1946), by Cicero (‘In Pisonem’). No illustrations before the Roman period are known. The idea of a recurrent-dualistic valuation (good and bad) within a cyclic-tetradic context (radiae of a wheel) might have been fairly original at the time. However, there are – as earlier described by ROES (1933) – Greek connotations to the cult of the sun-wheel. Furthermore, the names of Ixion (punished by Zeus to an eternal turning wheel, fig. 376/377), Triptolemus (established the agriculture), Circe (a sorceress who helped Odysseus), Medea (the daughter of the king of Colchis, who helped Iason) and the iynx (a mythological bird from the Persian area) are all related to (dramatic) changes in circumstances.
Cicero was followed by a long trail of writers who used the ‘rota fortunae’ and the unpredictable character of Fortuna: Tibullus (‘Elegy‘), Propertius, Ovid in the ‘Tristia‘ and the ‘Epistulae ex Ponto’ (Letters from the Black Sea), Horatius (‘Carmina‘; Songs, later called ‘Odes’), Seneca (‘Agamemnon’), Plinius and Tacitus in the ‘Dialogus de oratoribus’ (Dialogue about the orators).
Remarkable are four sculptured Tyches, used as ornaments on a chair (so-called ‘sedia gestatoria’), dated from the middle of the fourth century (360 – 370 AD) and found in 1793 in a silver hoard on the Esquiline Hill in Rome (fig. 378). The female figures are representations of the four most important cities in the later Roman Empire: Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria en Antioch (TOYNBEE, 1934/1947; WEITZMANN, 1979). Three Tyches are fairly equal in shape, representing a seated figure on a throne in frontal view. Antioch, as the exception, is in an oblique position on a piece of rock, with a stylized young man, symbolizing the river Orintes. There is a similarity with the Tyche of Antioch, a lost work of the Greek sculptor Eutychides of Sicyon from c. 300 BC.
The work of Boethius (sixth century) provided a link of the symbolism of the wheel of fortune from the Middle Ages to modern times (FRAKES, 1988). The ideas of Proclus (the variability of fate) and Plotinus (God as a central point in a moving world) were joined together in the ‘Consolation of Philosophy‘ to manipulate fate in a dynamic way (WATTS, 1969).
The wheel of fortune (Rota Fortunae) is a symbolic tool of Fortuna. Often she is depicted in the act of turning the wheel. The movement of the wheel was associated (in a dual mind) with the interpretation of fate: ‘what comes up must go down’. The ‘Axi Rotor’ provided an ascending movement (Ad Alta Vehor), leading to an apex (Glorior Elatus). The inevitable downward movement (Descendo Mortificat) ends in a nadir (fig. 379).
The goddess Fortuna belonged to the Roman pantheon and was one of the few surviving gods in the transition – in the fourth century AD – of the Roman world into the Christian European era. The Wheel of Fortune – and its ‘Rule of Four’ (PATCH, 1927) – seems to be a remnant of an old four-fold way of thinking, which became later modified in an oppositional context. The theme got a new lease of life in the dynamic times of the eleventh and twelfth century and fitted into the concept of a Tetragonus Mundus. The classical picture of the ‘rota fortunae‘ was given in a commentary of Gregory (‘Moralia in Job’), a Spanish manuscript from 914 AD (the drawing is of a later date)(fig. 380).
The tetrapartite character of the ‘rota fortunae‘ is of direct relevance for the present investigation. PATCH (1927; p. 60/165) called the division, personalized in four figures holding the wheel, the ‘formula of four’. The four positions on the wheel have the following Latin names: regno, regnabo, sum sine regno, regnavi. These phases deal with the extremes of up and down, but also with the intermediate stages. They are a blueprint of all communications: the fortune of love, of the sea (ventosa), of stride, of glory, of time (Occasio versus Fortuna) and of death (the dance of death). The moving wheel reminds the participants in a communication to the instability and relativity of human endeavor. Fortuna appoints kings and rulers but will plunge them eventually in misery as well (as Tangred found out in Sicily, see fig. 349 in: Four moral qualities). The meaning of the four aspects of luck is, in a counter-clockwise direction:
Regno – I reign at the top of the wheel. Fortuna favours me and means good (the top);
Regnavi – I reigned for a short moment, but Fortuna has left me and taken the good from me (downward movement);
Sum sine regno – I have nothing left to rule. Fortuna has taken all my favours (the lowest point);
Regnabo – I will reign when Fortuna let me and the wheel moves to the top (upward movement).
The Renaissance, which revived many of the pagan gods (SEZNEC, 1953/1972), heralded a restated worship of Fortuna, and she figured prominent in the general consciousness. Petrarca (1304 – 1374) in his ‘De remediis utriusque fortunae’ and Boccaccio (1313 – 1375) in the ‘Amorosa visione‘ were important reference points in the distribution of the dynamic understanding of Fortuna in the European cultural history. The general acquaintance only increased, when their work was printed and illustrated (fig. 381-3).
Fortuna and ‘having luck’ is closely related to the unpredictability of affairs. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) believed in the possibility to influence and reduce the power of Fortuna by practical knowledge and decisiveness. However, he also knew, that in the outcome, unexpected elements could play a role. His well known book ‘Il Principe’ (The Prince) was a manual for the pursue of ‘Realpolitik‘. Power is the visible version of belief, and can only be active when the material world is close at hand.
Machiavelli openly posed the effectiveness of limited thinking. Dualistic concepts like power, success or honor were carried to their ultimate end. A nation is, in his view, based on a good law and good armament. ‘Most of the excitement and repulsion which ‘The Prince‘ has generated comes from its frank acknowledgement that in practice successful governments are always ready to act ruthlessly to attain their ends’ (BULL, 1961/1975, p. 24). The goddess Fortuna does exist, but can be helped by a powerful action of man in his decision-making: that is the message. It is a repeat of the old knowledge of the Greek and the Romans, who saw in Tyche the goddess of Chance, who could, to a certain extent, be manipulated.
Machiavelli, who had a persistent preoccupation with manhood and had ‘a disdain for the household, the private, the personal and the sensual’ (PITKIN, 1984), attributed Fortune with ‘female’ qualities, in particular, unreliability. The writer of ‘The Prince‘ and the ‘Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius’ was an oppositional thinker ‘pur-sang‘, who despised all kinds of utopian idealism. He placed ‘virtu‘ – as a ‘male’ quality characterized by success, skill, strength and power – against the ‘female’ quality of ‘effeminato‘, including the earlier mentioned ‘household’ attributes. Machiavelli called her ‘The Goddess is a lady and must be taken by storm’ (PATCH, 1927) or at another occasion: an ‘aged witch with two faces’.
The goddess Fortuna offered, in those (pivotal) time of great activity, in which worlds were discovered and new and strange horizons were opened, a viable option to understand the incomprehensible: life was a matter of chance, take it or leave it. Her companion Ventura, or the adventure, was gradually incorporated in her all-embracing providence. The Christian culture of Europe has always been uncomfortable with the trust in the goddess of luck, because it was seen – in lower division thinking – as an interference with heavenly providence, provided by God. The distribution of God’s gifts in life was not a matter of luck, but could – to a certain extend – be earned.
This division of the wheel (number of spokes) was not always constrained to four. The number of figures around the wheel – which give some clues on the type of division – vary widely. In particular, when the driving spirit behind the rotating wheel was of an oppositional nature, any number of people or attributes could be used. The picture of the wheel of fortune can act as a reference to the philosophical background of its maker.
A good example of this observation is a woodcut in John Lydgate’s ‘The Fall of Princes’, published in London in 1554 (fig. 382). Fortuna, with her hair as the rays from a sun god, has a Janus-face, symbol of a two-division, and three pair of hands reaching for six (or seven) persons on a wheel. A king, a rich merchant and a bishop are at the top. One of the lower men going up holds a banner with the inscription ‘Fortuna‘. An ordinary man falls down and will bump on his head any moment. To the right is a scribe or administrator, who reaches for his head in an act of incomprehension.
The illustration of the ‘Wheel of Fortune‘ in Brant’s ‘Ship of Fools‘ is a woodcut, of which the authorship of Albrecht Dürer is questionable (fig. 381-4). It shows a triple division with three hybrid fools/donkeys turning around a wheel. The hand of God (not Fortuna!) reaches from the top left through a nimbus, while an open grave marks the lower corner. The spirit is dualistic.
A well-known encyclopedic work titled the ‘Margarita Phylosophica‘ (Strasbourg, 1504) described the cyclic movement in human life (in Lib. VIII) under the heading ‘De Principiis Rerum Natura’. The theme of transitoriness was also incorporated in the ‘Theatre Francois‘ of the Frères Parfaict (II, 113ff) in the form of a ‘Mystère de Bien-Advisé et Mal-Advisé‘ (fig. 385).
The lack of historic consciousness of quadripartite symbolism – in connection with the Wheel of Fortune – can be found in many illustrations, which followed after the Pivotal Point (1500) in the European cultural history (fig. 386).
Belief in ‘Fortuna’ is still strong in the present day. Her power is the same as ever, only her appearance has changed. She is dressed now in the clothes of statistics and probability calculation. The computer is her faithful servant to do the dirty work. Mortgage banks and pension funds are able to calculate the average lifespan of their contributors and know to outwit Lady Fortuna. Only in the individual cases do they have to admit defeat.
MacINTYRE (1981/1984) distinguished in his ‘post-modern’ approach to virtue four sources of systematic unpredictability in human life (pp. 93 – 100). The original sequence in MacIntyre’s book (in the present numbering: 2 – 4 – 3 – 1) is changed, to show the place of uncertainties in a quadralectic visibility-spectrum:
1. ‘Pure contingency’ (p. 99) or: total unpredictable. Mentioned last by MacIntyre, this is essentially the foremost reason that prediction can never be a 100%-affair. Small events can lead to great consequences, but it can never conjunctured afterwards, that such an event necessarily led to the fortune or misfortune, which was the result. Therefore it can also not be included in any sort of prediction. This is the birthplace of Fortune in it purest form.
2. ‘The nature of radical conceptual innovation. Any invention, any discovery, which consists essentially in the elaboration of a radical new concept cannot be predicted, for a necessary part of the prediction is the present elaboration of the very concept whose discovery or invention was to take place only in the future. The notion of the prediction of radical conceptual innovation is itself conceptually incoherent’ (p. 93). Nobody could – before the wheel was invented – predict when the wheel would be invented, because there was no reference to the ‘wheel’ as such. The addition ‘radical new’ (to the conceptual innovation) means a point in time with no history and points to a linear time.
3. ‘The game-theoretic character of social life’ (p. 97). It is possible to present the interhuman endeavour as a great game, which can be studied with the formal structures of game theory. The outcome of a predictive theory is governed by law-like generalisations. A limitation of the players and the rules is implicit, making this approach in essence a static exercise which can only successful within its own boundaries and rules.
4. ‘The unpredictability of certain of his own future actions by each agent individually generates another element of unpredictability as such in the social world’ (p. 95). Because some decisions are contemplated but not yet taken – which in turn will influence the results of other decisions – there will always be an element of uncertainty in communication.
The theory of probability has reached in modern science a high degree of perfection, but every statement will still be subject to the division environment, which governs the communication. In the case of tetradic thinking the above-presented systematic uncertainties are incorporated in any predictability made in this environment. In lower forms of division thinking some of these uncertainties are not even noticed, and the absence is translated in a misguided confidence.
The standard work of Antoine Augustine COURNOT (1843/1977) about the theory of probability can be summarized with the motto ‘exceptio firmat regulam‘ (exception confirms the rule). This particular state flourishes in a system, which leaves enough space to cater for these exceptions. It also holds, that the greatest conceptual space occurs in the highest form of division thinking.
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DRA Announces Partnership for Microenterprise Financing
Nation’s Largest Microlender to Serve Delta Region
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Aug. 5, 2011 -- DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill announced today that Southeast Missouri State University’s Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and ACCION Texas, Inc. are partnering to develop ACCION Delta, which will provide microlending services to the 252 counties and parishes of the federally designated Delta Regional Authority. ACCION Delta’s regional office will be located at the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) in Cape Girardeau.
“Small businesses are the backbone of the Delta economy,” said DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill. “While these loans may be small, they can make a major difference in the success of a small business. Now, more than ever, we need to be doing everything we can to make sure our mom and pop shops have the resources they need to grow their business and create good-paying jobs.”
As an extension of ACCION Texas Inc., a 501(c)(3) microfinance company, ACCION Delta is committed to empowering diverse individuals, assisting entrepreneurs and small businesses gain access to capital and the practical knowledge to operate a business.
Established in 1994 in San Antonio, ACCION Texas (ATX) is a nonprofit microlender and small business lender. Its services help Texas and Louisiana entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, stabilize and increase their incomes, create employment and contribute to the economic revitalization of their communities.
“We are pleased to partner with great technical assistance providers like the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Operation JumpStart program that provides much needed training for small businesses,” said Janie Barrera, president and CEO of ACCION Texas Inc. “What the Delta lacked was access to a credit provider like ACCION Texas.”
The collaboration between ATX and CIE brings together the nation’s largest microlender with one of the nation’s most successful rural microenterprise development programs. Since 2006, the CIE's Operation JumpStart program has trained over 750 aspiring entrepreneurs that have started nearly 250 new businesses that are sustaining at over 90%.
Based on the success of Operation JumpStart, the CIE was the only recipient in the United States to receive two grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to build microenterprise development capacity. The CIE is collaborating with the Delta Regional Authority to build a network of Operation JumpStart programs throughout the lower Mississippi Delta region. Organizations are completing certification training and will begin training and mentoring hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small business owners soon. With the development of ACCION Delta, they will have access to the capital they need.
“I am thrilled to partner with ACCION to deliver high-quality business training and services, and capital to entrepreneurs throughout southeast Missouri and the Mississippi Delta region,” stated Dr. James Stapleton, executive director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and assistant professor of management at Southeast. “Their expertise in providing loans to individuals who do not have access to traditional funding sources combined with the expansion of our successful Operation JumpStart program will lead to the startup and expansion of hundreds of businesses in our region. It’s these kinds of regional collaborations supported by the Delta Regional Authority that will lead to significant improvement in quality of lives, businesses and communities throughout our region.”
About ACCION
ACCION Texas, Inc., the nation’s largest nonprofit microlender, is committed to providing capital to entrepreneurs who do not have access to loans from commercial sources. ACCION’s loans range from $500-$100,000. Since inception, ACCION has made 12,000 loans to entrepreneurs totaling $112 million. For more information, please visit: www.acciontexas.org. To schedule an interview with ACCION President and CEO Janie Barrera, please contact Veronica Flores-Paniagua at (210) 531-5536.
About the Delta Regional Authority
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a federal-state partnership that serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Chris Masingill, appointed by President Obama to be the DRA’s federal co-chairman, along with the governors of the eight states, comprise the Authority’s board. For more information, please visit: www.dra.gov.
About Southeast Missouri State University and the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Southeast Missouri State University is one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurship-focused university centers in the Midwest, offering a wide array of academic and outreach programs and services, including: innovation development and research; entrepreneurship education, training and mentorship; and business incubation and development services. The CIE supports Southeast Missouri State University’s strategic priority to advance the region’s economic appeal and strength by accelerating local and regional economic growth and development that improves the quality of lives, communities and businesses in southeast Missouri and the surrounding region. For more information, visit: www.semo.edu/cie.
As part of the Dean’s Business Scholar program, students have been actively involved with a development project in collaboration with the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. Lloyd Clarke, Business Advisor, New York State Small Business Development Center visited students this spring semester to guide them in this joint project.
Lloyd has 21 years of experience as an SBDC business advisor specializing in business and marketing plans. He has conducted many business seminars using motivational techniques that encourage entrepreneurs. His prior experience as plant manager, director of distribution, and terminal manager for Continental Trailways brings a wealth of practical knowledge to his counseling skills.
Lloyd has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Baruch College and several post graduate Certificates in Communications and Multimedia from N.Y.U.
For more information about the Dean's Business Scholars program, contact Gioia Bales, Associate Dean at (516) 463-5703.
The Winter School for Audiovisual Archiving is a four-day training that gives participants the practical knowledge to design and implement a preservation plan for their audiovisual collections. The fourth edition of the Winter School took place at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision from Tuesday 15 until Friday 18 January 2019.
The Winter School for Audiovisual Archiving is a four-day training that gives participants the practical knowledge to design and implement a preservation plan for their audiovisual collections. The fourth edition of the Winter School took place at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision from Tuesday 15 until Friday 18 January 2019.
DRA Announces Partnership for Microenterprise Financing
Nation’s Largest Microlender to Serve Delta Region
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Aug. 5, 2011 -- DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill announced today that Southeast Missouri State University’s Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and ACCION Texas, Inc. are partnering to develop ACCION Delta, which will provide microlending services to the 252 counties and parishes of the federally designated Delta Regional Authority. ACCION Delta’s regional office will be located at the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) in Cape Girardeau.
“Small businesses are the backbone of the Delta economy,” said DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill. “While these loans may be small, they can make a major difference in the success of a small business. Now, more than ever, we need to be doing everything we can to make sure our mom and pop shops have the resources they need to grow their business and create good-paying jobs.”
As an extension of ACCION Texas Inc., a 501(c)(3) microfinance company, ACCION Delta is committed to empowering diverse individuals, assisting entrepreneurs and small businesses gain access to capital and the practical knowledge to operate a business.
Established in 1994 in San Antonio, ACCION Texas (ATX) is a nonprofit microlender and small business lender. Its services help Texas and Louisiana entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, stabilize and increase their incomes, create employment and contribute to the economic revitalization of their communities.
“We are pleased to partner with great technical assistance providers like the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Operation JumpStart program that provides much needed training for small businesses,” said Janie Barrera, president and CEO of ACCION Texas Inc. “What the Delta lacked was access to a credit provider like ACCION Texas.”
The collaboration between ATX and CIE brings together the nation’s largest microlender with one of the nation’s most successful rural microenterprise development programs. Since 2006, the CIE's Operation JumpStart program has trained over 750 aspiring entrepreneurs that have started nearly 250 new businesses that are sustaining at over 90%.
Based on the success of Operation JumpStart, the CIE was the only recipient in the United States to receive two grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to build microenterprise development capacity. The CIE is collaborating with the Delta Regional Authority to build a network of Operation JumpStart programs throughout the lower Mississippi Delta region. Organizations are completing certification training and will begin training and mentoring hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small business owners soon. With the development of ACCION Delta, they will have access to the capital they need.
“I am thrilled to partner with ACCION to deliver high-quality business training and services, and capital to entrepreneurs throughout southeast Missouri and the Mississippi Delta region,” stated Dr. James Stapleton, executive director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and assistant professor of management at Southeast. “Their expertise in providing loans to individuals who do not have access to traditional funding sources combined with the expansion of our successful Operation JumpStart program will lead to the startup and expansion of hundreds of businesses in our region. It’s these kinds of regional collaborations supported by the Delta Regional Authority that will lead to significant improvement in quality of lives, businesses and communities throughout our region.”
About ACCION
ACCION Texas, Inc., the nation’s largest nonprofit microlender, is committed to providing capital to entrepreneurs who do not have access to loans from commercial sources. ACCION’s loans range from $500-$100,000. Since inception, ACCION has made 12,000 loans to entrepreneurs totaling $112 million. For more information, please visit: www.acciontexas.org. To schedule an interview with ACCION President and CEO Janie Barrera, please contact Veronica Flores-Paniagua at (210) 531-5536.
About the Delta Regional Authority
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a federal-state partnership that serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Chris Masingill, appointed by President Obama to be the DRA’s federal co-chairman, along with the governors of the eight states, comprise the Authority’s board. For more information, please visit: www.dra.gov.
About Southeast Missouri State University and the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Southeast Missouri State University is one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurship-focused university centers in the Midwest, offering a wide array of academic and outreach programs and services, including: innovation development and research; entrepreneurship education, training and mentorship; and business incubation and development services. The CIE supports Southeast Missouri State University’s strategic priority to advance the region’s economic appeal and strength by accelerating local and regional economic growth and development that improves the quality of lives, communities and businesses in southeast Missouri and the surrounding region. For more information, visit: www.semo.edu/cie.
The Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) were founded in 1838 as the English Agricultural Society to “encourage and promote technical innovation and communicate practical knowledge of value to farmers”. The RASE were granted a Royal Charter in 1840 and in 1845 founded the Royal Agricultural College. In 1973, they also established the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. The RASE held their first Royal Show in 1839 and thereafter annually until these were discontinued in 2009.
Today, the RASE operate as a UK Registered Charity whose core roles are in the transfer of agricultural scientific knowledge, technology and best-practise to the farming industry and rural communities.
PRACTISE WITH SCIENCE is the RASE’s motto.
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References:
www.rase.org.uk/index.php/about-us (RASE website - about the RASE, includes a link to their history).
archive.org/stream/cu31924001124803/cu31924001124803_djvu... (Scanned book contents about the RASE and how it operates, published 1878).
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Enamels: 1 (blue).
Finish: Gilt.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Pin.
Size: 7/8” x 1 ½” (22mm x 39mm).
Process: Die stamped. Badges were hand-stamped with member’s number, A 28 on this badge.
Imprint: No maker’s name or imprint.
DRA Announces Partnership for Microenterprise Financing
Nation’s Largest Microlender to Serve Delta Region
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Aug. 5, 2011 -- DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill announced today that Southeast Missouri State University’s Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and ACCION Texas, Inc. are partnering to develop ACCION Delta, which will provide microlending services to the 252 counties and parishes of the federally designated Delta Regional Authority. ACCION Delta’s regional office will be located at the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) in Cape Girardeau.
“Small businesses are the backbone of the Delta economy,” said DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill. “While these loans may be small, they can make a major difference in the success of a small business. Now, more than ever, we need to be doing everything we can to make sure our mom and pop shops have the resources they need to grow their business and create good-paying jobs.”
As an extension of ACCION Texas Inc., a 501(c)(3) microfinance company, ACCION Delta is committed to empowering diverse individuals, assisting entrepreneurs and small businesses gain access to capital and the practical knowledge to operate a business.
Established in 1994 in San Antonio, ACCION Texas (ATX) is a nonprofit microlender and small business lender. Its services help Texas and Louisiana entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, stabilize and increase their incomes, create employment and contribute to the economic revitalization of their communities.
“We are pleased to partner with great technical assistance providers like the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Operation JumpStart program that provides much needed training for small businesses,” said Janie Barrera, president and CEO of ACCION Texas Inc. “What the Delta lacked was access to a credit provider like ACCION Texas.”
The collaboration between ATX and CIE brings together the nation’s largest microlender with one of the nation’s most successful rural microenterprise development programs. Since 2006, the CIE's Operation JumpStart program has trained over 750 aspiring entrepreneurs that have started nearly 250 new businesses that are sustaining at over 90%.
Based on the success of Operation JumpStart, the CIE was the only recipient in the United States to receive two grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to build microenterprise development capacity. The CIE is collaborating with the Delta Regional Authority to build a network of Operation JumpStart programs throughout the lower Mississippi Delta region. Organizations are completing certification training and will begin training and mentoring hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small business owners soon. With the development of ACCION Delta, they will have access to the capital they need.
“I am thrilled to partner with ACCION to deliver high-quality business training and services, and capital to entrepreneurs throughout southeast Missouri and the Mississippi Delta region,” stated Dr. James Stapleton, executive director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and assistant professor of management at Southeast. “Their expertise in providing loans to individuals who do not have access to traditional funding sources combined with the expansion of our successful Operation JumpStart program will lead to the startup and expansion of hundreds of businesses in our region. It’s these kinds of regional collaborations supported by the Delta Regional Authority that will lead to significant improvement in quality of lives, businesses and communities throughout our region.”
About ACCION
ACCION Texas, Inc., the nation’s largest nonprofit microlender, is committed to providing capital to entrepreneurs who do not have access to loans from commercial sources. ACCION’s loans range from $500-$100,000. Since inception, ACCION has made 12,000 loans to entrepreneurs totaling $112 million. For more information, please visit: www.acciontexas.org. To schedule an interview with ACCION President and CEO Janie Barrera, please contact Veronica Flores-Paniagua at (210) 531-5536.
About the Delta Regional Authority
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a federal-state partnership that serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Chris Masingill, appointed by President Obama to be the DRA’s federal co-chairman, along with the governors of the eight states, comprise the Authority’s board. For more information, please visit: www.dra.gov.
About Southeast Missouri State University and the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Southeast Missouri State University is one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurship-focused university centers in the Midwest, offering a wide array of academic and outreach programs and services, including: innovation development and research; entrepreneurship education, training and mentorship; and business incubation and development services. The CIE supports Southeast Missouri State University’s strategic priority to advance the region’s economic appeal and strength by accelerating local and regional economic growth and development that improves the quality of lives, communities and businesses in southeast Missouri and the surrounding region. For more information, visit: www.semo.edu/cie.
A new session of Pangaea geology field training moved to Lofoten, Norway, to scout for new traverses for the Pangaea analogue complement.
The team, consisting of planetary geologists and training experts, is preparing space farers for lunar exploration.
Lofoten shares many geological features with lunar highlands, such as the Apollo 16 landing site, making it a perfect site to train astronauts on lunar geology.
Pangaea instructors Matteo Massironi , Riccardo Pozzobon, and Fransceco Sauro, as well as petrology professor and local expert Kåre Kullerud are guiding ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer through interesting geological sites in the Nusfjord, an area containing primitive crust rock formations, including anorthosites, which are known to be typical lunar highland rocks.
The Pangaea course is designed to provide European astronauts with introductory and practical knowledge of Earth and planetary geology to prepare them to become effective partners of planetary scientists and engineers in designing the next exploration missions.
The course also aims to give astronauts a solid knowledge in the geology of the Solar System from leading European scientists.
Credits: ESA–S. Sechi
As part of the Dean’s Business Scholar program, students have been actively involved with a development project in collaboration with the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. Lloyd Clarke, Business Advisor, New York State Small Business Development Center visited students this spring semester to guide them in this joint project.
Lloyd has 21 years of experience as an SBDC business advisor specializing in business and marketing plans. He has conducted many business seminars using motivational techniques that encourage entrepreneurs. His prior experience as plant manager, director of distribution, and terminal manager for Continental Trailways brings a wealth of practical knowledge to his counseling skills.
Lloyd has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Baruch College and several post graduate Certificates in Communications and Multimedia from N.Y.U.
For more information about the Dean's Business Scholars program, contact Gioia Bales, Associate Dean at (516) 463-5703.
DRA Announces Partnership for Microenterprise Financing
Nation’s Largest Microlender to Serve Delta Region
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Aug. 5, 2011 -- DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill announced today that Southeast Missouri State University’s Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and ACCION Texas, Inc. are partnering to develop ACCION Delta, which will provide microlending services to the 252 counties and parishes of the federally designated Delta Regional Authority. ACCION Delta’s regional office will be located at the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) in Cape Girardeau.
“Small businesses are the backbone of the Delta economy,” said DRA Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill. “While these loans may be small, they can make a major difference in the success of a small business. Now, more than ever, we need to be doing everything we can to make sure our mom and pop shops have the resources they need to grow their business and create good-paying jobs.”
As an extension of ACCION Texas Inc., a 501(c)(3) microfinance company, ACCION Delta is committed to empowering diverse individuals, assisting entrepreneurs and small businesses gain access to capital and the practical knowledge to operate a business.
Established in 1994 in San Antonio, ACCION Texas (ATX) is a nonprofit microlender and small business lender. Its services help Texas and Louisiana entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, stabilize and increase their incomes, create employment and contribute to the economic revitalization of their communities.
“We are pleased to partner with great technical assistance providers like the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Operation JumpStart program that provides much needed training for small businesses,” said Janie Barrera, president and CEO of ACCION Texas Inc. “What the Delta lacked was access to a credit provider like ACCION Texas.”
The collaboration between ATX and CIE brings together the nation’s largest microlender with one of the nation’s most successful rural microenterprise development programs. Since 2006, the CIE's Operation JumpStart program has trained over 750 aspiring entrepreneurs that have started nearly 250 new businesses that are sustaining at over 90%.
Based on the success of Operation JumpStart, the CIE was the only recipient in the United States to receive two grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to build microenterprise development capacity. The CIE is collaborating with the Delta Regional Authority to build a network of Operation JumpStart programs throughout the lower Mississippi Delta region. Organizations are completing certification training and will begin training and mentoring hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small business owners soon. With the development of ACCION Delta, they will have access to the capital they need.
“I am thrilled to partner with ACCION to deliver high-quality business training and services, and capital to entrepreneurs throughout southeast Missouri and the Mississippi Delta region,” stated Dr. James Stapleton, executive director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and assistant professor of management at Southeast. “Their expertise in providing loans to individuals who do not have access to traditional funding sources combined with the expansion of our successful Operation JumpStart program will lead to the startup and expansion of hundreds of businesses in our region. It’s these kinds of regional collaborations supported by the Delta Regional Authority that will lead to significant improvement in quality of lives, businesses and communities throughout our region.”
About ACCION
ACCION Texas, Inc., the nation’s largest nonprofit microlender, is committed to providing capital to entrepreneurs who do not have access to loans from commercial sources. ACCION’s loans range from $500-$100,000. Since inception, ACCION has made 12,000 loans to entrepreneurs totaling $112 million. For more information, please visit: www.acciontexas.org. To schedule an interview with ACCION President and CEO Janie Barrera, please contact Veronica Flores-Paniagua at (210) 531-5536.
About the Delta Regional Authority
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a federal-state partnership that serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Chris Masingill, appointed by President Obama to be the DRA’s federal co-chairman, along with the governors of the eight states, comprise the Authority’s board. For more information, please visit: www.dra.gov.
About Southeast Missouri State University and the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Southeast Missouri State University is one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurship-focused university centers in the Midwest, offering a wide array of academic and outreach programs and services, including: innovation development and research; entrepreneurship education, training and mentorship; and business incubation and development services. The CIE supports Southeast Missouri State University’s strategic priority to advance the region’s economic appeal and strength by accelerating local and regional economic growth and development that improves the quality of lives, communities and businesses in southeast Missouri and the surrounding region. For more information, visit: www.semo.edu/cie.