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Stability of mind is the key to manage things in the first place — anger attacks on the very security of the mind. Thus, management and situation handling become difficult. Both in personal and professional life, anger is nothing but a destroyer.
Talking about marital relations, anger is something you don’t need here. Furthermore, you want to eliminate it from the context. The very base of the husband-wife relationship is love. Anger corrodes this base in the first place.
Looking at the facade and stability detailing of the 'space' hangar at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Note the differential movement causing scratching on the surface of the rear tie rod.
Our vision is Europe and Georgia in Europe is our citizens’ mission – Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Batumi has become a platform for the high-level events - 13th international conference "Georgia's European Way - Stability, Development and Diversity" has opened today.
Prime Minister of Georgia addressed the participants of the Conference. Pursuant to him, it is significant that 13th annual conference takes place in European city of Batumi - the crossroads of Greek, Roman, and Ottoman civilizations from ancient times
"Georgia is Europe" - this was the opening message of the Prime Minister's speech, who considers that Georgia's history is linked forever to Europe's.
" Of course, it is not enough simply to say it to make it happen. We understand this, which is why Georgians are dedicated to doing all that is required-and more-to become a full member of the European Union. I am certain you will agree that our progress is impressive. I am pleased to confirm that Georgia is making steady progress in implementing the Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. The Agreement represents our roadmap for reforms in the economy, the environment, energy, industry, transport, consumer protection, and many other areas. We have already overhauled our legal and electoral systems aggressively. We have fulfilled all visa liberalization requirements, according to the European Commission and the European Parliament. Moreover, we met and applied many of the Agreement's provisions even before the agreement officially entered into force on July 1st,"- Prime Minister indicated.
According to him, Georgia is deadly serious about Georgia becoming full member of the EU. He welcomed the European Council's decision two weeks ago to convene a special meeting in Slovakia in mid-September to review the future of European integration.
"We urge EU members to understand that Georgia's commitment to Europe represents not a new problem for the EU to solve but a visible demonstration of everything right with the Union. Georgia does not mean more injury to the EU. Rather, it is a useful tourniquet to injury occurring elsewhere. It is hard for us to imagine a better advertisement for defending our unique European values than Georgia's passionate desire to share them wholly.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is not the time for the EU to turn inward, to become consumed by injuries to our body while ignoring its vibrant healthy parts. We very much hope, therefore, that the process of admitting Georgia will be concluded at the earliest possible opportunity," - Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated.
Head of the Government also elaborated on the NATO Warsaw Summit results. He outlined that Georgia's place is among NATO's most active members. He emphasized Georgia's contribution to the cause of strengthening international peace and noted that Georgia will spare no effort on its path to its Euro-Atlantic integration.
Prime Minister highlighted Georgian reform agenda and importance of holding fair and free environment for the October elections.
" This October Georgia is moving towards legislative elections, which the polls suggest will be highly contested. We have conducted successful free Presidential and local elections, and we will complete the circle with the legislative elections,"-Prime Minister stated.
Giorgi Kvirikashvili also elaborated on regional developments as well as Georgia's leading positions in region and situation in the occupied territories.
"These developments are particularly alarming in Georgia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia - given the absence of any international monitoring on the ground. The EUMM is denied access to the occupied territories and thus cannot fulfill its mandate. We must, therefore, redouble our efforts to restore a comprehensive OSCE presence in Georgia," - Prime Minister stated.
Pursuant to Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Georgia will continue our efforts to restore confidence, promote reconciliation and consolidate Georgian, Abkhazian and Ossetian, as well as other ethnic societies in one country.
He also presented his vision on future of Europe.
"This is kind of Europe we want to see: Europe that is open, tolerant and relevant to citizens; Europe that is self-confident and embraces technological change to promote economic growth; Europe without walls or barriers; Europe that can increasingly take care of its own security and be a provider of peace and stability in the world. In other words, we want to see united and free Europe," - Prime Minister stated.
State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration David Bakradze and Honorary President of GLOBSEC Policy Institute Rastislav Káčer. The opening ceremony was attended by European Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Speaker of Parliament of Georgia David Usupashvili, as well as members of legislative and executive branches of government, representatives of private, civic and academic sectors of EU and its member states as well as Eastern Partnership countries.
The apparatus of the State Ministry on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration organizes the event. GLOBSEC Policy Institute is the partner of this year's conference.
EAST CHINA SEA (Oct. 27, 2016) An MV-22B Osprey, assigned to The Flying Tigers of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, is operating in the East China Sea to support security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Holmes/Released)
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Euroteck have been an approved systems integrator for Gulmay since 1999, and offer a complete range of high stability, high frequency equipment. These UK manufactured constant potential systems have an enviable reputation for reliability and performance, with the added benefit that UK manufacture means UK support. NDT House, 61-63 Kepler (off Mariner), Lichfield Road Industrial Estate, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7XE.
The York used the same wings,undercarriage,engines and tail assembly as the Lancaster,a centre fin was added to improve stability.The Yorks deeper & flatter fuselage caused some yawing before modification.
International Monetary Fund's Financial Counsellor and Director Jose Vinals (R), along with IMF staffers Conny Lotze (2nd R), Laura Kodres (C), Jeanne Gobat (2nd L) and John Kiff (L) comment during the Global Financial Stability Report Analytical Chapters Press Conference September 29, 2010 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
PHILLIPINE SEA (June 20, 2016) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Leo Torres, left, and Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Raymond Curathers, lock in the chalks and chains for an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Golden Falcons” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, on the flight deck of the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) during flight operations. McCampbell is on patrol with the Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG 5) in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elesia K. Patten/Released)
Premier Danielle Smith has named her new cabinet, a team dedicated to building on a solid foundation of stability, informed decision-making and good governance.
The 25 members of cabinet, a decrease from the previous 27, includes a mix of experienced and new ministers who represent Alberta’s diversity. As a team, they will govern for all Albertans and work to ensure Alberta realizes its full potential.
Alberta’s cabinet will be made up of the following ministers:
Premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Relations – Danielle Smith
Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services – Mike Ellis
Minister of Advanced Education – Rajan Sawhney
Minister of Affordability and Utilities and Vice-chair of Treasury Board – Nathan Neudorf
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation – RJ Sigurdson
Minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women – Tanya Fir
Minister of Children and Family Services – Searle Turton
Minister of Education – Demetrios Nicolaides
Minister of Energy and Minerals – Brian Jean
Minister of Environment and Protected Areas – Rebecca Schulz
Ministry of Forestry and Parks – Todd Loewen
Minister of Health – Adriana LaGrange
Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism – Muhammad Yaseen
Minister of Indigenous Relations – Rick Wilson
Minister of Infrastructure – Pete Guthrie
Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade – Matt Jones
Minister of Justice – Mickey Amery
Minister of Mental Health and Addiction – Dan Williams
Minister of Municipal Affairs – Ric McIver
Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services – Jason Nixon
Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction – Dale Nally
Minister of Technology and Innovation – Nate Glubish
Minister of Tourism and Sport – Joseph Schow
Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors – Devin Dreeshen
President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance – Nate Horner
Cabinet members will work collaboratively to accomplish the work that Albertans voted for, including continuing to grow and diversify the economy, keeping life affordable, reforming the health care system, tackling crime, providing help for those struggling and defending Alberta’s interests.
AI artwork generated with Stable Diffusion AI v1.4
Prompt: "abstract art of a beautiful portrait, solid shapes, neotokyo colors, muted colors, stylized visual effects, geometric, depth of field, tilt shift, fil "
Seed: 7474686
CFG usually either 7, or 14
Upscaled with Topaz Gigapixel AI:
- Upscale: 2x
- Mode: Standard
- De-noising: 0
- Blur Reduction: 20
- Face recovery: 10
My Workflow:
- Generate hundreds of 10-20 step "rough draft" images in Google Colab
- Grab the seeds of the good-ish ones
- Rerun in Google Colab with 50-100 steps using the seeds
- Send the good images to Gigapixel AI, export with Standard Mode settings
- Finally, send them through Sharpen AI, often with "Too soft - Normal" and 30-70 added grain. This step isn't that crucial, but it does help a tiny bit.
- Post to flikr with JS scripts to automate this description :)
- Probably about 1%-5% of AI generations get posted to Flickr. It depends a lot on the prompt, different prompts run into different issues. Bust portraits tend to be more successful since hands, arms, and legs almost always come out wrong.
Start creating right away with the official Stable Diffusion web UI: beta.dreamstudio.ai/
You get 200 free credits. Alternatively, find a Google Colab to make images at a cheaper rate. My personal one is too personalized to publicly share.
Join the Stable Diffusion community on Discord: discord.gg/stablediffusion
Almost all generations use v1.4 Stable Diffusion. However, a couple anime-related images may instead use the anime-trained Stable Diffusion model, "Waifu Diffusion".
The Pacific Patrol Boat program solves a regional Australian problem. Australia needs stability, but many of its neighbors are island sets with vast territories to cover, small populations, and small economies. Australia’s regional Defence Cooperation Program eventually provided 22 Patrol Boats to 12 different Pacific nations from 1987 – 1997. This includes all ongoing maintenance, logistics support and training, as well as Royal Australian Navy (RAN) specialists in the countries where the PPBs are based. Pacific nations, in turn, use them to support their local military, police and fisheries agencies.
It hasn’t always gone well…
Australian patrol boats were used in Papua New Guinea’s blockade of Bougainville during their civil war, and in 2000, the Solomon Islands boat was co–opted by Malaitan militias and used against Guadalcanal villages. Even so, the program’s overall benefits led Australia to begin a life-extension program in 2000, designed to extend Australia’s involvement to at least 2017 at a cost of A$ 350 million.
In 2014, the Australian government made another major commitment to the program, with a $2 billion proposal to build new boats.
June 17/14: Announcement. Australia announces an A$ 594 million program to build “more than 20″ purpose-designed, all-steel patrol boats for 13 PPB member countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and new member Timor-Leste.
Exact numbers and allocations will be discussed with the member states, and the boats themselves will be built under a competitive tender. Given that the current program involved 22 boats, a final tally of 22-25 boats is reasonable. The major cost driver will actually be an estimated A$ 1.38 billion for 30 years of through-life sustainment and advisory personnel costs. Sources: Australian DoD, “Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence – Maritime security strengthened through Pacific Patrol Boat Program” | Fiji Times Online, “$2b for Pacific patrol boat program”.
March 6/14: Maritime security cooperation talks between the Federated States of Micronesia and Australia. Micronesia’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Lorin S. Robert singled out the Pacific Patrol Boat program:
“We cannot overemphasize its importance and its utility not only in ensuring maritime surveillance and law enforcement but also in addressing emergency relief operations, apprehending and preventing sea-borne security threats and delivering needed government services to outlying remote islands in the federation…”
Unsurprisingly, the program’s future was a subject of their talks. At the time, the report said only that “The dialogue ended on a clear direction of what to achieve for 2014 and the long-term plan for the patrol boats.” Sources: Islands Business, “Australia, FSM discuss Pacific patrol boat program”.
The Attractiveness and the beauty of the nature, the stability, and the freedom of this splendors country shows the prosperous and the bright future of Somaliland where the eyes of the entire world are focusing.
This beautful pictures has been taking by my dear sister Kaltun Bandey.
Ward underscores America’s commitment to advance security, stability and peace in Africa
By Army Sgt. Wayne Woolley
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gen. William E. “Kip” Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, on Wednesday told a gathering of senior military leaders from 32 nations across the African continent that America is committed to forming and maintaining partnerships that advance security, stability and peace in Africa.
“We want to listen, we want to learn from your perspectives and we want to be a partner in collaborating to address the challenges you face,” Ward said. “You are our partners and I respect all of you.”
The senior African military leaders gathered for the inaugural African Land Forces Summit for five days of discussions about ways they can form stronger relationships among themselves and with the United States to protect borders, fight extremist groups and collaborate on humanitarian assistance and peace keeping missions.
The summit is sponsored by U.S. Army Africa, which was created last year as a service component command under USAFRICOM.
“We intend for this first African Land Forces Summit to be just the beginning of many more to come where we can gather on a regular basis to share ideas,” Ward said. “We want to ensure the programs and activities we conduct on the continent of Africa are helpful in building your military capacity in ways that support your regional and national interest.”
The best way for the United States military to do that, Ward said, is to listen and respond to the concerns of African military leaders.
“You have seen over the past few years how we do business. Not dictating to you. Not directing you,” Ward said. “But listening to you and then doing our best to do those things you have asked us to do. What you say matters. I hope this summit is proving that to you.”
U.S. Army photo by Barbara Romano
CAPTION: Gen. William E. “Kip” Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, arrives at African Land Forces Summit venue and greets U.S. Army Africa staff prior to speaking with summit delegates.
Wisdom and Knowledge Shall be the Stability of thy Times
GE Building's lowest floors features art deco decorations just above the entrance. The inscription is saying "Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times". It comes from the bible and the figure above it resembles God.
L'extérieur de l'immeuble est décoré d'une exceptionnelle série de bas-reliefs de style Art déco, qui introduisent une touche de couleur sur les murs gris du building. Celui de la principale entrée fut réalisé par le sculpteur américain Lee Lawrie (1877-1963) ; il figure une allégorie de la sagesse, représentée par un vieil homme barbu et influencée par la peinture de William Blake (Jehovah). Il est accompagné de la légende suivante, inspirée d'un passage de la Bible (Isaïe 33:6) : Wisdom and Knowledge shall be the stability of thy times. Ce bas-relief est encadré par une figuration de la lumière et du son au-dessus de chacune des portes annexes d’entrée.
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Ward underscores America’s commitment to advance security, stability and peace in Africa
By Army Sgt. Wayne Woolley
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gen. William E. “Kip” Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, on Wednesday told a gathering of senior military leaders from 32 nations across the African continent that America is committed to forming and maintaining partnerships that advance security, stability and peace in Africa.
“We want to listen, we want to learn from your perspectives and we want to be a partner in collaborating to address the challenges you face,” Ward said. “You are our partners and I respect all of you.”
The senior African military leaders gathered for the inaugural African Land Forces Summit for five days of discussions about ways they can form stronger relationships among themselves and with the United States to protect borders, fight extremist groups and collaborate on humanitarian assistance and peace keeping missions.
The summit is sponsored by U.S. Army Africa, which was created last year as a service component command under USAFRICOM.
“We intend for this first African Land Forces Summit to be just the beginning of many more to come where we can gather on a regular basis to share ideas,” Ward said. “We want to ensure the programs and activities we conduct on the continent of Africa are helpful in building your military capacity in ways that support your regional and national interest.”
The best way for the United States military to do that, Ward said, is to listen and respond to the concerns of African military leaders.
“You have seen over the past few years how we do business. Not dictating to you. Not directing you,” Ward said. “But listening to you and then doing our best to do those things you have asked us to do. What you say matters. I hope this summit is proving that to you.”
U.S. Army photo by Barbara Romano
CAPTION: Gen. William E. “Kip” Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, arrives at African Land Forces Summit venue and greets U.S. Army Africa staff prior to speaking with summit delegates.
After years of political stability and economic progress, Turkey is sliding backwards in reforms and in abiding to democratic principles and the rule of law.
A serious clampdown on media and individual freedoms has started and is likely to continue beyond the general elections in June 2015.
Journalists have been arrested and the authorities are cutting back the freedom of expression and media in Turkey.
As a reaction, a recent resolution by the European Parliament reminded Turkey that a free and pluralistic press is an essential component of any democracy.
Guy Verhofstadt, President of ALDE, and Rebecca Harms, President of Greens/EFA, have invited a number of key Turkish journalists from the major media corporations to address the issue of media freedom in Turkey and the role that the EU could play in that field.
Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (INBS) turns to Matrox Extio F1220 and F1400 KVM extenders to power 25 remote workstations.
For my most recent english project I had to think of some sort of lesson i took from any text that we read in class this year, and then create some sort of visual art that could represent that lesson.
In one text, the cliché idea that "home is where the heart is" was brought up, so to represent that lesson, I decided to walk around Bethesda and ask people what home meant to them.
AI artwork generated with Stable Diffusion AI v1.4
Prompt: "abstract art of a beautiful portrait, solid shapes, neotokyo colors, muted colors, stylized visual effects, geometric, depth of field, tilt shift, fil "
Seed: 7474672
CFG usually either 7, or 14
Upscaled with Topaz Gigapixel AI:
- Upscale: 2x
- Mode: Standard
- De-noising: 0
- Blur Reduction: 20
- Face recovery: 10
My Workflow:
- Generate hundreds of 10-20 step "rough draft" images in Google Colab
- Grab the seeds of the good-ish ones
- Rerun in Google Colab with 50-100 steps using the seeds
- Send the good images to Gigapixel AI, export with Standard Mode settings
- Finally, send them through Sharpen AI, often with "Too soft - Normal" and 30-70 added grain. This step isn't that crucial, but it does help a tiny bit.
- Post to flikr with JS scripts to automate this description :)
- Probably about 1%-5% of AI generations get posted to Flickr. It depends a lot on the prompt, different prompts run into different issues. Bust portraits tend to be more successful since hands, arms, and legs almost always come out wrong.
Start creating right away with the official Stable Diffusion web UI: beta.dreamstudio.ai/
You get 200 free credits. Alternatively, find a Google Colab to make images at a cheaper rate. My personal one is too personalized to publicly share.
Join the Stable Diffusion community on Discord: discord.gg/stablediffusion
Almost all generations use v1.4 Stable Diffusion. However, a couple anime-related images may instead use the anime-trained Stable Diffusion model, "Waifu Diffusion".
Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England & Chair, Financial Stability Board and Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada on stage. Photo Credit: Max Thabiso Edkins
In spiritual endeavors there can be no stability and no concentration when meat is eaten. As the food, so is the mind. If one partakes of meat, one will have animal thoughts.
For example, if the mutton of sheep is eaten, you must ask yourself, "What is the quality of the sheep?" They only follow, follow, follow. If you eat mutton, you lose discrimination. If you eat pork, you will develop the quality of the pig, i.e. arrogance.
These things not only damage our thoughts, but they amount to violence. It is a sin to kill the animal. You may reply that an animal was killed by the butcher. That is incorrect; it is only because you are eating them that the animals are being killed. If you stop eating animals, then no one will butcher them to sell in the market.
Thus, sin is committed by the one who eats as well as the one who kills. Because of this incorrect type of food, we lose human qualities and acquire animal qualities.
Sathya Sai Baba
Brindavan, Whitefield
August 27, 1994
satyasaiblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Sai Baba thoughts on Meat Eating
Minister of State Lucinda Creighton TD at the Stability Treaty Campaign Launch Shelbourne Hotel - 1 May 2012
Photograph by David Nowak Photography
PHILIPPINE SEA (Mar. 16, 2020) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) prepare for a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197). Mustin is underway conducting operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific while assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s largest principal force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Askia Collins)
Physiotherapist teaching stability exercises at Rebalance Sports Medicine located in downtown Toronto
171114-N-N0901-001 LA PECHERIE NAVAL BASE, Tunisia (Nov. 14, 2017) Rear Adm. Shawn Duane, vice commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, middle, talks with Tunisian Capt. Lotfi Zakroui during a tour of La Pecherie Naval Base in Tunis, Tunisia, Nov. 14, 2017. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ryan Law/Released)
Romanian air force Col. Marius Oatu, 71st Air Base commander, right, speaks to U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, as the general sits in the cockpit of a Romanian air force MiG-21 fighter aircraft after a media event on the flightline at Campia Turzii, Romania, April 16, 2015. The media event featured detailed progress made by U.S. and Romanian air forces conducting Operation Atlantic Resolve, which aims to strengthen interoperability and demonstrate the countries' shared commitment to the security and stability of Europe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)
At last, a lightweight shoe that doesn't sacrifice stability or cushioning. Behold the Nike LunarGlide+ Men's Running Shoe, a daily distance trainer that combines lightweight performance with top-tier cushioning and as-needed support. It's best for underpronators through moderate overpronators.
The DYNAMIC SUPPORT system responds to a runner's changing needs, constantly adapting to your stride to deliver just the right amount of comfort and support. LunarLite cushioning provides excellent shock absorption and responsiveness for a bouncy ride. A wedge of firm foam on the back side of the midsole offers pronation support for those who need it. And the LunarGlide boasts gender-specific features for outstanding fit and performance.
International Monetary Fund's Financial Counsellor and Monetary and Capital Markets Department Director Jose Vinals answers questions from the media after he particpated in the Global Financial Stability Report Press Conference September 21, 2011 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Ward underscores America’s commitment to advance security, stability and peace in Africa
By Army Sgt. Wayne Woolley
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gen. William E. “Kip” Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, on Wednesday told a gathering of senior military leaders from 32 nations across the African continent that America is committed to forming and maintaining partnerships that advance security, stability and peace in Africa.
“We want to listen, we want to learn from your perspectives and we want to be a partner in collaborating to address the challenges you face,” Ward said. “You are our partners and I respect all of you.”
The senior African military leaders gathered for the inaugural African Land Forces Summit for five days of discussions about ways they can form stronger relationships among themselves and with the United States to protect borders, fight extremist groups and collaborate on humanitarian assistance and peace keeping missions.
The summit is sponsored by U.S. Army Africa, which was created last year as a service component command under USAFRICOM.
“We intend for this first African Land Forces Summit to be just the beginning of many more to come where we can gather on a regular basis to share ideas,” Ward said. “We want to ensure the programs and activities we conduct on the continent of Africa are helpful in building your military capacity in ways that support your regional and national interest.”
The best way for the United States military to do that, Ward said, is to listen and respond to the concerns of African military leaders.
“You have seen over the past few years how we do business. Not dictating to you. Not directing you,” Ward said. “But listening to you and then doing our best to do those things you have asked us to do. What you say matters. I hope this summit is proving that to you.”
U.S. Army photo by Barbara Romano
CAPTION: Gen. William E. “Kip” Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, arrives at African Land Forces Summit venue and greets U.S. Army Africa staff prior to speaking with summit delegates.
**Good**
1. Aluminum rigidity, flexibility, strength at 19mm diameter. 25mm diameter might be better. Moderate Flexibility is good
2. One person operation
3. Thrust is good underwater
4. Faster setup
5. Stability is good
**Bad**
1. One engine did not go!
2. The camera needs to be deeper and blacked out
3. The camera and brain needs to be cooled
4. In reverse cables get wet(short circuit)
5. Better, faster attachments for tubes
6. Better attachments for tubes, rudders, to stay vertical
7. Set tubes further apart for more stability
# Credits
- Cesar Jung-Harada
- Michael O'Brien
- Brad O'Dell
- Mathis Buchbinder
- Sanjeew Kanagaraj
- Priank Sharma
- Aidina Tleugabyl
- Raman Adiputra
- Michael Tang
- Thanks to Duy Huynh, Emma Wong, Walter Dellisanti, Roberto Pirelli
github.com/MakerBay/Coral_Reef_Mapping_Drone
www.notion.so/cesarjungharada/Coral-Reef-Mapping-Robot-V-...
BANGLADESH: This woman is one of 15,000 who have achieved financial stability though training in a variety of Income Generating Activities (IGA) such as goat rearing and crop production.
Our vision is Europe and Georgia in Europe is our citizens’ mission – Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Batumi has become a platform for the high-level events - 13th international conference "Georgia's European Way - Stability, Development and Diversity" has opened today.
Prime Minister of Georgia addressed the participants of the Conference. Pursuant to him, it is significant that 13th annual conference takes place in European city of Batumi - the crossroads of Greek, Roman, and Ottoman civilizations from ancient times
"Georgia is Europe" - this was the opening message of the Prime Minister's speech, who considers that Georgia's history is linked forever to Europe's.
" Of course, it is not enough simply to say it to make it happen. We understand this, which is why Georgians are dedicated to doing all that is required-and more-to become a full member of the European Union. I am certain you will agree that our progress is impressive. I am pleased to confirm that Georgia is making steady progress in implementing the Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. The Agreement represents our roadmap for reforms in the economy, the environment, energy, industry, transport, consumer protection, and many other areas. We have already overhauled our legal and electoral systems aggressively. We have fulfilled all visa liberalization requirements, according to the European Commission and the European Parliament. Moreover, we met and applied many of the Agreement's provisions even before the agreement officially entered into force on July 1st,"- Prime Minister indicated.
According to him, Georgia is deadly serious about Georgia becoming full member of the EU. He welcomed the European Council's decision two weeks ago to convene a special meeting in Slovakia in mid-September to review the future of European integration.
"We urge EU members to understand that Georgia's commitment to Europe represents not a new problem for the EU to solve but a visible demonstration of everything right with the Union. Georgia does not mean more injury to the EU. Rather, it is a useful tourniquet to injury occurring elsewhere. It is hard for us to imagine a better advertisement for defending our unique European values than Georgia's passionate desire to share them wholly.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is not the time for the EU to turn inward, to become consumed by injuries to our body while ignoring its vibrant healthy parts. We very much hope, therefore, that the process of admitting Georgia will be concluded at the earliest possible opportunity," - Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated.
Head of the Government also elaborated on the NATO Warsaw Summit results. He outlined that Georgia's place is among NATO's most active members. He emphasized Georgia's contribution to the cause of strengthening international peace and noted that Georgia will spare no effort on its path to its Euro-Atlantic integration.
Prime Minister highlighted Georgian reform agenda and importance of holding fair and free environment for the October elections.
" This October Georgia is moving towards legislative elections, which the polls suggest will be highly contested. We have conducted successful free Presidential and local elections, and we will complete the circle with the legislative elections,"-Prime Minister stated.
Giorgi Kvirikashvili also elaborated on regional developments as well as Georgia's leading positions in region and situation in the occupied territories.
"These developments are particularly alarming in Georgia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia - given the absence of any international monitoring on the ground. The EUMM is denied access to the occupied territories and thus cannot fulfill its mandate. We must, therefore, redouble our efforts to restore a comprehensive OSCE presence in Georgia," - Prime Minister stated.
Pursuant to Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Georgia will continue our efforts to restore confidence, promote reconciliation and consolidate Georgian, Abkhazian and Ossetian, as well as other ethnic societies in one country.
He also presented his vision on future of Europe.
"This is kind of Europe we want to see: Europe that is open, tolerant and relevant to citizens; Europe that is self-confident and embraces technological change to promote economic growth; Europe without walls or barriers; Europe that can increasingly take care of its own security and be a provider of peace and stability in the world. In other words, we want to see united and free Europe," - Prime Minister stated.
State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration David Bakradze and Honorary President of GLOBSEC Policy Institute Rastislav Káčer. The opening ceremony was attended by European Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Speaker of Parliament of Georgia David Usupashvili, as well as members of legislative and executive branches of government, representatives of private, civic and academic sectors of EU and its member states as well as Eastern Partnership countries.
The apparatus of the State Ministry on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration organizes the event. GLOBSEC Policy Institute is the partner of this year's conference.
From left to right: General Najmaddin Sadigov (Chief of Defence - Azerbaijan), Colonel Aghaverdi Guliyev (Military Representative - Azerbaijan) and General Marc Compernol (Chief of Defence - Belgium)
Afghan National Army and police attended the Regional Command-West transfer of authority April 4 in Herat. RC-W, which is an Italian-led command, welcomed Brig. Gen. Carmine Masiello as he replaced Brig. Gen. Marcello Bellacicco as the RC-W commander. Afghan National Security Forces and RC-W leaders and troops have been working as partners to secure and develop western Afghanistan in order to provide peace and stability for Afghan civilians. In attendance were several distinguished guests, including Gen. David Petreaus, commander of ISAF and U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, commander of ISAF Joint Command, Italy's Chief of Defence General Staff Generale Biagio Abrate and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative, Ambassador Mark Sedwill. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Pomrenke)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Mar. 13, 2020) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) participate in visit, board, search and seizure training. Mustin is underway conducting operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific while assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s largest principal force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Askia Collins)
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