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Projecting Stability Beyond our Borders- Speech by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a Townhall event co-hosted by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies
Designed to enhance flexibility and interoperability, as well as demonstrate resolve among NATO and partner forces to defend the Baltic region, BALTOPS 2016 involves maritime, ground, and air forces to strengthen combined response capabilities necessary to ensure regional stability as well as promote friendship and mutual understanding.
Jose Vinals, financial counsellor, IMF, speaks at the IMF Global Financial Stability Report news conference Wednesday April 17, 2013, at IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C..
St John's chapel at the north east corner of Pershore Abbey. The chapel is suffering from a fissure that has opened through the east wall, window and vaulting, initially moving at a dramatic rate in 2005. After a period of stability, the fissure reopened in August 2011, moving apart yet further with worrying speed; currently the vaulted ceiling is threatened with collapse.
www.pershoreabbey.org.uk/whyscaffolding.html
Pershore Abbey is today a magnificent fragment, consisting of roughly half of the original medieval church. The monastery itself has long gone, the only traces being the scars on the wall of the south transept that show where the east range of buildings, perhaps including the monks' dormitory and refectory, were once attached to the church.
The Abbey dates back to Saxon times, having been founded by King Edgar in the 10th century, but the eatliest visible remains today are 12th century Norman, principally the south transept. What little evidence remains of the nave shows that this too was Romanesque, contemporary with the transept. The bulk of the building as it stands today dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, as witnessed by the splendid gothic choir (complete with rich vaulted ceiling and bosses, also added to the transept) with it's aisles and chapels. The imposing tower is the latest addition from the 1340s, and in it's topmost storey following a remarkably similar design to that of Salisbury Cathedral, suggesting involvement of the same architect/master mason.
The church today has a strangely L-shaped footprint owing to it's reduction in size as a result of the Dissolution of 1539, when the townspeople bought the eastern half of the church for parish use (instead of the smaller St Andrew's church immediately to the east). The nave was quarried away for it's stone, as were the monastic buildings (the cloister stood to the south of the nave) and have almost entirely vanished. The Lady chapel at the east end was also demolished at this time, the present apsidal chapel dates from the Victorian restoration. There were further reductions still to come, with the collapse of the north transept in 1686, of which only a tiny portion was rebuilt, giving the western part the curiously lopsided appearance it has to this day, with two of the former arches of the crossing now blocked up with recycled masonry.
The interior is impressive, both for it's Gothic and norman work. The higher ceilings have some excellent carved bosses, mainly foliage with the occasional face, rather difficult to make out from ground level. The original furnishings have not survived with the exception of the Norman font, carved with figures surrounded by strapwork, somewhat worn as a result of being exiled to a garden in the 18th century and later recovered.
There are a few monuments of note, mainly gathered in the south transept where two medieval effigies lie, one a fine 13th century cross legged knight (reputedly a crusader), not in situ and apparently brought in from the churchyard (presumably he lay in the now lost nave). A 14th century priest, somewhat worn, lies nearby along with a large, coloured late Elizabethan monument to the Haselwood family.
The Abbey was restored in the 1850s by George Gilbert Scott, during which time stained glass was reintroduced into the building (all trace of the medieval glass has gone), mostly by Clayton & Bell and Hardmans, the former of which also added some wall painting at the west end, that is now so deteriorated some must mistake it for medieval work. But the most notable feature of the Victorian period is the unique (and somewhat terrifying) bell-ringers platform suspended high in the centre of the tower by a cross of huge oak beams, in order to open up a view of it's interior. The bell ringers of Pershore must seriously need to conquer any fear of heights!
There have been ongoing structural problems with the foundations (presumably groundwater) on the north side of the building, first manifested in the collapse of the north transept, and more recently in the alarming fissures that have rapidly opened up in the north east chapel during the last six years. Currently the situation is growing ever more acute, and fate of this small corner of the building hangs in the balance.
International Monetary Fund Tobias Adrian the Financial Economic Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department answers question after he presented the Global Financial Stability Report press briefing at the 2018 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings at the Bali International Convention Centre October 10, 2018 in Bali Indonesia. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
Councillor James O'Sullivan canvassing for a Yes vote in the Stability Treaty.
Greystones, Co. Wicklow.
27th May 2012
See www.JamesOSullivan.ie for more.
200723-N-JL568-1248 WATERS EAST OF JAPAN (July 23, 2020) Hospital Corpsmen 3rd Class Julio Trujillo, from Orlando, middle, instructs Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Alexis Barker, from Calif., left, on how to properly insert a syringe on Senior Chief Hospital Corpsmen Juan Munoz, from New York, during a general quarters training exercise aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67). Shiloh is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Isaac Maxwell)
International Monetary Fund's Financial Counsellor and Director Jose Vinals answers questions from journalists after the Global Financial Stability Report Press Conference April 13, 2011 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
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"Mass wasting" is the geologic term for all forms of landslides - rapid or slow. Many roadcuts are prone to small- and moderate-sized collapse events of rocks & soil. Especially vulnerable roadcuts are often modified using various slope stability measures.
The Tennessee roadcut seen here has been covered with numerous erosion control blocks. The underlying cut is probably composed of shale, a soft sedimentary rock type. Shale slopes weather and erode quickly, resulting in slow mass wasting (slump & creep) and rapid mass wasting (rock falls & rock slides). The erosion control blocks are composed of "quartzite" - actually, they're really hard, well-cemented, quartzose sandstones. Drainpopes are used to prevent ponding of water between the cut's bedrock and the covering erosion control material. Ponded water often causes mass wasting.
The cut is on the southern slopes of Clinch Mountain. The sandstone blocks are very likely derived from the Clinch Formation (a.k.a. Clinch Quartzite), a Lower Silurian unit.
Locality: Route 25E, Clinch Mountain, northeastern Grainger County, northeastern Tennessee, USA
Jose Vinals, financial counsellor, IMF, speaks at the IMF Global Financial Stability Report news conference Wednesday April 17, 2013, at IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C..
Projecting Stability Beyond our Borders- Speech by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a Townhall event co-hosted by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies
A U.S. soldier provides security while overlooking the demarcation line near Manbij, Syria, June 24, 2018. Turkish and U.S. Forces are patrolling on each side of the line to ensure the safety and stability of the region. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy R. Koster)
International Monetary Fund's Financial Counsellor and Director Jose Vinals answers questions from journalists after the Global Financial Stability Report Press Conference April 13, 2011 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
SASEBO, Japan (Aug. 30, 2016) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Lamarcus Seaberry stands watch during a sea and anchor evolution aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73). Decatur, along with guided-missile destroyers USS Momsen (DDG 92) and USS Spruance (DDG 111), are deployed in support of maritime security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific as part of a U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) under Commander, Destroyer Squadron 31 (CDS 31). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gerald Dudley Reynolds/Released)
A huge transport ship that ran aground off the south coast of England was being assessed for its stability on Sunday (4.1.15) as experts work out how to attempt salvaging the stricken vessel.
The ‘Hoegh Osaka’ car carrier has beached on the submerged Bramble Bank in the Solent, the straits between the mainland and the Isle of Wight.
The Singapore-registered 51,000-tonne vessel is listing at 45 degrees in the water and has quickly become a local tourist attraction.
The 25 crew members on board the 180-metre ship were rescued by helicopters and lifeboats after it hit the sandbank at about 2130 GMT on Saturday as it sailed from Southampton to Germany.
"The crew who were on board the car carrier Hoegh Osaka have all now been accounted for," said the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
"Some were airlifted off the ship by coastguard helicopter and others were rescued from the sea by the three lifeboats that were on scene."
There were a few non life-threatening injuries but all the crew are safe and well.
"There is no reported pollution from the vessel which remains listing at 45 degrees and the MCA's counter pollution team will continue to monitor the vessel which is currently assessed as being stable," the agency said.
"The vessel's owners have appointed the salvage company Svitzer and a salvage team is on its way to the scene today to make an initial assessment."
A high tide has passed but the ship remains exactly where it was.
The vessel has become a tourist attraction with car parks along the coast filling up with people wishing to see the unusual sight for themselves.
The Bramble Bank appears for about an hour at the lowest spring tide of the year. The sandbar is the site of a quickfire, jovial cricket match between the yachting clubs based on either side of the Solent before the sea envelops it again.
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.
Greater protections for workers, job security, labour rights and stability for employers are the focus of amendments to the Labour Relations Code.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019LBR0015-000823
SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 12, 2016) Cmdr. Sean Grunwell addresses the crew during a change of command ceremony aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106). Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Stockdale is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andre T. Richard)
Today was really meant to test my mental stability. And I even feel selfish for saying that.
I woke up this morning a little later then usual, since I didn't have class until two. I was reading outside my room when my brother texted me and told me my high school band teacher, who I was very close to, is expecting her first child. That is so exciting! Ever since she got married, everyone was always wondering when this would happen. I'm so excited for her. I am sure everyone is. If I had to guess, she is due around marching season though so that might get tough.
I then had a nice long conversation with my mother, originally to tell her about the good news from my band teacher. Then she informed me of some devastating news. She told me that my uncle (my mother's sister's husband) has a large mass in his stomach along with a pretty aggressive form of pancreatic cancer. The family went into Manhattan to find a doctor and unfortunately, they saw quite a few doctors who wouldn't operate because the mass was touching too many organs. However, we got good news later in the day that one doctor thought the mass might respond well to treatment and then maybe they could operate.
I haven't heard anything after that.
Then I had to go sing at my voice lesson and go to my improv class. I was holding it together all the way through that, title of show rehearsal, and then I got this news during Victoria Martin rehearsal.
This amazing lady is Jinhi Soucy Rand. I met Jinhi through the Bay Street Theatre and was honored to be directed by her in RENT in the spring. I know very little about this situation other then it is a new development in a line of medical issues.
This photo was taken by her husband, not me, but when I saw it I couldn't help but want to put it up. It shows strength and class and every other fabulous quality in this wonderful woman. I also had the pleasure of seeing her this evening at the theatre as we were preparing the set for our show that opens Wednesday. She seemed in amazing spirits and I was ecstatic to see that and be able to talk to just hang out and chat with all the wonderful people at Bay Street. We were all together and didn't have to say anything about anything really. Just being there was enough. It is a pretty tight family and I've been so honored to be a part of. The alcohol might not have hurt that situation either.
Two people I love dearly are now starting the hardest fight of their life. I hope they know I love them. Love is the best medicine. I sincerely believe in the good vibes and positive thoughts. I've never done anything as hard as what these strong people will be doing but I have this desire to shoulder their burden even though I know I can't. I always want to help.
Cancer sucks.
Saturday, 8 June, 2013
9:35 –10:20 GROWTH AND CONFLICT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
Greater economic interdependence has produced unprecedented dynamism that has created common interests and made Asia a central driver of global growth. But security issues, including territorial disputes and a changing balance of power, are raising tensions and jeopardizing the positive economic story. How will these forces play out? What policies will produce strategic stability that fosters economic growth? What are the prospects for integration and division in this vital region?
Panelists:
Jon Huntsman, Former U.S. Ambassador to China
Yang Jiemian, President, Shanghai Institute for International Studies
Moderator: Kenneth Lieberthal, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Program, Global Economy and Development Program, John L. Thornton China Center Director, The Brookings Institution
Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune Global Forum
Jeong Joon Yu (SK Group), Olga Algayerova (UNECE), Mark Harper (Secretary of State for Transport, UK), Volker Wissing (Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Germany), Hee-ryong Won (Minster of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Korea), Kris Peeters (European Investment Bank, EIB) and Carlos Monje (Under Secretary for Transportation Policy, US explore the role of transport in promoting economic co-operation, peace and stability in the Open Plenary "Transport as an enabler of sustainable economies, peace and stability in time of crisis". The event takes place during the International Transport Forum's 2023 Summit on "Transport Enabling Sustainable Economies" in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2023.
Velloziaceae dominates the vegetation of the Chapada Diamantina and during droughty periods renders broad expanses of this vegetation prone to burn. This predisposition to savanna-like vegetation is countered by a fair abundance of shrubby and arborescent cacti and other succulent taxa, which are indicators of ecological stability.
Greater protections for workers, job security, labour rights and stability for employers are the focus of amendments to the Labour Relations Code.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019LBR0015-000823
St John's chapel at the north east corner of Pershore Abbey. The chapel is suffering from a fissure that has opened through the east wall, window and vaulting, initially moving at a dramatic rate in 2005. After a period of stability, the fissure reopened in August 2011, moving apart yet further with worrying speed; currently the vaulted ceiling is threatened with collapse.
www.pershoreabbey.org.uk/whyscaffolding.html
Pershore Abbey is today a magnificent fragment, consisting of roughly half of the original medieval church. The monastery itself has long gone, the only traces being the scars on the wall of the south transept that show where the east range of buildings, perhaps including the monks' dormitory and refectory, were once attached to the church.
The Abbey dates back to Saxon times, having been founded by King Edgar in the 10th century, but the eatliest visible remains today are 12th century Norman, principally the south transept. What little evidence remains of the nave shows that this too was Romanesque, contemporary with the transept. The bulk of the building as it stands today dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, as witnessed by the splendid gothic choir (complete with rich vaulted ceiling and bosses, also added to the transept) with it's aisles and chapels. The imposing tower is the latest addition from the 1340s, and in it's topmost storey following a remarkably similar design to that of Salisbury Cathedral, suggesting involvement of the same architect/master mason.
The church today has a strangely L-shaped footprint owing to it's reduction in size as a result of the Dissolution of 1539, when the townspeople bought the eastern half of the church for parish use (instead of the smaller St Andrew's church immediately to the east). The nave was quarried away for it's stone, as were the monastic buildings (the cloister stood to the south of the nave) and have almost entirely vanished. The Lady chapel at the east end was also demolished at this time, the present apsidal chapel dates from the Victorian restoration. There were further reductions still to come, with the collapse of the north transept in 1686, of which only a tiny portion was rebuilt, giving the western part the curiously lopsided appearance it has to this day, with two of the former arches of the crossing now blocked up with recycled masonry.
The interior is impressive, both for it's Gothic and norman work. The higher ceilings have some excellent carved bosses, mainly foliage with the occasional face, rather difficult to make out from ground level. The original furnishings have not survived with the exception of the Norman font, carved with figures surrounded by strapwork, somewhat worn as a result of being exiled to a garden in the 18th century and later recovered.
There are a few monuments of note, mainly gathered in the south transept where two medieval effigies lie, one a fine 13th century cross legged knight (reputedly a crusader), not in situ and apparently brought in from the churchyard (presumably he lay in the now lost nave). A 14th century priest, somewhat worn, lies nearby along with a large, coloured late Elizabethan monument to the Haselwood family.
The Abbey was restored in the 1850s by George Gilbert Scott, during which time stained glass was reintroduced into the building (all trace of the medieval glass has gone), mostly by Clayton & Bell and Hardmans, the former of which also added some wall painting at the west end, that is now so deteriorated some must mistake it for medieval work. But the most notable feature of the Victorian period is the unique (and somewhat terrifying) bell-ringers platform suspended high in the centre of the tower by a cross of huge oak beams, in order to open up a view of it's interior. The bell ringers of Pershore must seriously need to conquer any fear of heights!
There have been ongoing structural problems with the foundations (presumably groundwater) on the north side of the building, first manifested in the collapse of the north transept, and more recently in the alarming fissures that have rapidly opened up in the north east chapel during the last six years. Currently the situation is growing ever more acute, and fate of this small corner of the building hangs in the balance.
International Monetary Fund's Assistant Director Peter Dattels anwers questions from journalists after the Global Financial Stability Report Press Conference April 13, 2011 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Peter Dattles, IMF, speaks at the IMF Global Financial Stability Report news conference Wednesday April 17, 2013, at IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C..
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 21, 2016) -- A Coast Guardsman assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South prepares to board a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) from the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110). Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific, William P. Lawrence, commanded by Cmdr. Walter C. Mainor, is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emiline L. M. Senn/Released)
International Monetary Fund's Financial Counsellor and Director Jose Vinals anwers a question at the Global Financial Stability Report Press Conference April 13, 2011 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
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The New Balance 880, eagerly awaited update to the popular 759 running shoe, is built on the ACTEVA® LITE midsole with Stability Web® to provide a lightweight, supportive, and wellcushioned ride. Perfect for a runner with a neutral gait, this comfortable trainer is packed with premium features but still weighs in at only 10.9 ounces.
Labour Party Deputy Leader and Director of Elections, Joan Burton today launched “Vote YES for Stability”, the party’s animated video on the Stability Treaty.
Speaking at the launch, Minister Burton said: “This animated video is a short and simple guide to the main issues that arise from the Stability Treaty and it outlines some of the reasons why we believe that a YES vote is crucial for Ireland.
“We hope that the use of simple visualisations and key messages in the video will make the YES arguments accessible to an online audience who may be more accustomed to using online platforms to inform themselves on various issues.
“This Treaty is about ensuring a stable currency which will increase investor confidence in Ireland which will in turn bring about economic recovery. This is why it is vital that we vote YES on May 31st.”
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Todays task was to prepare an area for our new Explosives Magazine. Boxing in and ready for a concrete pour in the next few days. We use explosives to check for Snow stability and avalanche risks during the season.
Projecting Stability Beyond our Borders- Speech by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a Townhall event co-hosted by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies