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- SPEAKERS: Thomas Astell-Burt
University of Wollongong (UOW)
Professor and Founding Co-Director of the Population Wellbeing and Environment Research Lab (PowerLab)
Hasu Lim
Korea Forest Service
Director-general of the Forest Welfare Bureau
Bishop Ngobeli
Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo
Conservation Manager
Bharati Pathak
FECOFUN
Chairperson
Ulrika Stigsdotter
Univerity of Copenhagen
Professor of Landscape Architecture
Liisa Tyrväinen
Natural Resources Institute Finland
Professor
Matilda van den Bosch
Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Senior Researcher
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Andrew Natsios, executive professor, Bush School of Government and
Public Service and former USAID administrator.
Haotian Qi, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University
USIP launched a new report featuring essays from leading American and Chinese security experts on the challenges and opportunities associated with strengthening U.S.-China strategic stability. This event featured a discussion with six of the report’s authors regarding the perception gaps and drivers of U.S.-China conflict in the nuclear, missile, space, cyber, and emerging technologies realms.
For more information about this event, please visit: www.usip.org/events/enhancing-us-china-strategic-stabilit...
Woman Holding a Balance - c. 1664
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch, 1632 - 1675
West Building - Gallery M-50
Woman Holding a Balance is a superb example of Johannes Vermeer’s exquisite sense of stability and rhythm. A woman dressed in a blue jacket with fur trim stands serenely at a table in a corner of a room. The scales in her right hand are at equilibrium, suggestive of her inner state of mind. A large painting of the Last Judgment, framed in black, hangs on the back wall of the room. A shimmering blue cloth, open boxes, two strands of pearls, and a gold chain lie on the sturdy table. Soft light comes in through the window and illuminates the scene. The woman is so pensive that the viewer almost hesitates to intrude on her quiet moment of contemplation.
The visual juxtaposition of the woman and the Last Judgment is reinforced by thematic parallels: to judge is to weigh. This scene has religious implications that seem related to Saint Ignatius of Loyola’s instructions, in his Spiritual Exercises, that the faithful, prior to meditating, first examine their conscience and weigh their sins as if facing Judgment Day. Only such introspection could lead to virtuous choices along the path of life. Woman Holding a Balance thus allegorically urges us to conduct our lives with temperance and moderation. The woman is poised between the earthly treasures of gold and pearls and a visual reminder of the eternal consequences of her actions.
Vermeer emphasized this message through his superbly refined composition and lighting. The hand holding the balance, for example, occupies a position directly in front of the frame’s dark corner, while the scales are set off against the bare plaster wall—an effect that Vermeer created through subtle spatial manipulation. Note, for instance, that the bottom of the Last Judgment’s frame is slightly higher to the left of the woman than it is behind her back, creating room for the balance.
Johannes Vermeer became a master in the Saint Luke’s Guild of Delft on December 29, 1653. At that time he specialized in history painting, and his first works were large-scale mythological and religious paintings. Shortly thereafter he began to paint the genre scenes, landscapes, and allegories for which he has become so renowned. Even though Vermeer's subject matter changed in the mid-1650s, he continued to imbue his later works with the quiet, intimate moods he had preferred in his early history paintings. His oeuvre is small: only 35 paintings are currently attributed to the master.
Following in his father’s footsteps, Vermeer also was an art dealer in Delft. There is no documentation of his artistic training or apprenticeship, but in 1653 he became a master in the Saint Luke’s Guild in Delft; he would serve as head of that guild four times in the 1660s and 1670s. Although he was well regarded in his lifetime, he was heavily in debt when he died in 1675. Only in the late 19th century did Vermeer achieve widespread fame for his intimate genre scenes and quiet cityscapes.
The life and art of Johannes Vermeer are closely associated with the city of Delft. He was born in Delft in 1632 and lived there until his death in 1675. His father, Reynier Vermeer, was a silk weaver who produced caffa, a fine satin fabric, but in 1631 he also registered in the Saint Luke’s Guild in Delft as a master art dealer. By 1641 he was sufficiently prosperous to purchase a large house, the “Mechelen,” which contained an inn on the market square in Delft and from which he probably also sold paintings. When Reynier died in 1652 Johannes apparently inherited his business. By that time he must have already decided on a career as a painter. It is assumed that he trained in Delft, perhaps with Bramer, Leonard, who seems to have had close associations with Vermeer’s family, or with Fabritius, Carel. No documents, however, exist about his artistic training or apprenticeship, and he may have studied elsewhere, perhaps in Utrecht or Amsterdam.
Vermeer, who was baptized on October 31, 1632, in the Reformed Church in Delft, was raised a Protestant. In April 1653, however, he married into a Catholic family and seems to have converted to Catholicism shortly before that date to placate his future mother-in-law, Maria Thins, who lived in the so-called Papenhoek (Papists’ Corner) of Delft, adjacent to the Jesuit church on the Oude Langendijck, one of two hidden churches where Catholics could worship. Vermeer and his wife, Catharina Bolnes, eventually moved into her house. They named their first daughter Maria and their first son Ignatius, after the patron saint of the Jesuit order.
Vermeer became a master in the Saint Luke’s Guild on December 29, 1653. His early aspiration was to be a history painter, and his first works were large-scale mythological and religious paintings. Shortly thereafter he began to paint the genre scenes, landscapes, and allegories for which he became so renowned. Although Vermeer’s subject matter changed in the mid-1650s, he nevertheless continued to imbue his later works with the quiet, intimate moods he had preferred in his early history paintings.
Very little is known about Vermeer’s relationships with other painters who might have influenced the thematic and stylistic directions of his art. He apparently knew Borch the Younger, Gerard ter, with whom he cosigned a document in 1653. Another artist who may well have had an impact on his work during the 1650s was Hooch, Pieter de, who painted comparable scenes in Delft during that period. Vermeer remained a respected artist in Delft throughout the rest of his life. He was named hoofdman of the Saint Luke’s Guild in 1662, 1663, 1670, and 1671.
Vermeer’s few works—they number about thirty-five—were not well known outside of Delft. It has been postulated that many of his paintings were concentrated in the collection of a patron in that city who seems to have had a special relationship with the artist. When Vermeer died, however, he was heavily in debt, in part because his art-dealing business had suffered during the difficult economic times in the Netherlands in the early 1670s. He was survived by his wife and eleven children, ten of whom were minors. His wife petitioned for bankruptcy the following year. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the famed Delft microscopist, was named trustee of the estate.
Vermeer’s works were appreciated during the eighteenth century, but his fame did not develop until the late nineteenth century, partly a result of enthusiastic appraisal by the French critic Théophile Thoré, whose pseudonym was William Bürger
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The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC is a world-class art museum that displays one of the largest collections of masterpieces in the world including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts from the 13th century to the present. The National Gallery of Art collection includes an extensive survey of works of American, British, Italian, Flemish, Spanish, Dutch, French and German art. With its prime location on the National Mall, surrounded by the Smithsonian Institution, visitors often think that the museum is a part of the Smithsonian. It is a separate entity and is supported by a combination of private and public funds. Admission is free. The museum offers a wide range of educational programs, lectures, guided tours, films, and concerts.
The original neoclassical building, the West Building includes European (13th-early 20th century) and American (18th-early 20th century) paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, and temporary exhibitions. The National Gallery of Art was opened to the public in 1941 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The original collection of masterpieces was provided by Mellon, who was the U. S. Secretary of the Treasury and ambassador to Britain in the 1930s. Mellon collected European masterpieces and many of the Gallery’s original works were once owned by Catherine II of Russia and purchased in the early 1930s by Mellon from the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad.
The core collection includes major works of art donated by Paul Mellon, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Samuel Henry Kress, Rush Harrison Kress, Peter Arrell Browne Widener, Joseph E. Widener, and Chester Dale. The Gallery's collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, medals, and decorative arts traces the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present, including the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas and the largest mobile created by Alexander Calder.
The NGA's collection galleries and Sculpture Garden display European and American paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, and decorative arts. Paintings in the permanent collection date from the Middle Ages to the present. The Italian Renaissance collection includes two panels from Duccio's Maesta, the tondo of the Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi, a Botticelli work on the same subject, Giorgione's Allendale Nativity, Giovanni Bellini's The Feast of the Gods, Ginevra de' Benci (the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas) and groups of works by Titian and Raphael.
The collections include paintings by many European masters, including a version of Saint Martin and the Beggar, by El Greco, and works by Matthias Grünewald, Cranach the Elder, Rogier van der Weyden, Albrecht Dürer, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer, Francisco Goya, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, and Eugène Delacroix, among others. The collection of sculpture and decorative arts includes such works as the Chalice of Abbot Suger of St-Denis and a collection of work by Auguste Rodin and Edgar Degas. Other highlights of the permanent collection include the second of the two original sets of Thomas Cole's series of paintings titled The Voyage of Life, (the first set is at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York) and the original version of Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley (two other versions are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Detroit Institute of Arts).
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Andrew W. Mellon, who pledged both the resources to construct the National Gallery of Art as well as his high-quality art collection, is rightly known as the founder of the gallery. But his bequest numbered less than two hundred paintings and sculptures—not nearly enough to fill the gallery’s massive rooms. This, however, was a feature, not a failure of Mellon’s vision; he anticipated that the gallery eventually would be filled not only by his own collection, but also by additional donations from other private collectors. By design, then, it was both Andrew Mellon and those who followed his lead—among them, eight men and women known as the Founding Benefactors—to whom the gallery owes its premier reputation as a national art museum. At the gallery’s opening in 1941, President Roosevelt stated, “the dedication of this Gallery to a living past, and to a greater and more richly living future, is the measure of the earnestness of our intention that the freedom of the human spirit shall go on.”
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Launch of the Fine Gael Stability Treaty Facebook App at Fine Gael HQ - 2 May 2012 - The application allows people to send questions to Fine Gael about the Stability Treaty.
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An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD at the Stability Treaty Campaign Launch Shelbourne Hotel - 1 May 2012
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Å photo taking of my friend, with her standing in the middle. This creates stability. However, it can easily become boring, but her facial-expression works as a contrast. In addition, when talking the photography with the model standing in the middle, the picture has less depth, unlike pictures taken from the side or pictures with a more detailed background. It is also taking in “halvnært utsnitt», which places the focus on the model and the face in the centre.
Chevy Impala for 2011 introduced at Hank Graff Davison for the annual fall Chevy Impala sales event. Over the years the Chevy Impala has become synonymous with Hank Graff Davison. We are Chevy Impala! Spanning nine generations the Chevy Impala has become the refined jewel of the large sedan market, in fact it is the number one best selling large sedan in America. Hank Graff Davison is the nation’s premier retailer of Chevy Impalas. Nine generations of Chevy Impala and it is still ahead of its time with an electronic stability control system. It will be required on all cars by 2012. You don't have to wait - this important safety feature is already standard in every Impala. StabiliTrak Electronic Stability Control assists the driver with directional control of the vehicle in difficult driving conditions. Sensors monitor the path being steered, and the direction the vehicle is actually turning. If it detects a difference, it selectively applies brake pressure to the appropriate wheel to help get the vehicle back on track. Need more reasons to attend the Chevy Impala fall sales event? How about Automatic Crash Response from OnStar? The Chevy Impala offers the security of OnStar, with Automatic Crash Response, standard for the first six months. Built-in vehicle sensors can send an alert to OnStar. Even if you don't respond, an OnStar Advisor can request that emergency help be sent right away. You can get additional details and driving directions as well as hours of operation by visiting www.hankgraffdavison.com or phone us at 810-653-4111. We are Chevy Impala!
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Would you sacrifice financial stability in exchange for self-realisation and happiness? How brave do you have to be to say no to expectations, conditioning and fear? If you're at least half as brave as my next participant of 'i Love what i Do' project - Hester, the talented painter - you'll be just fine.
- What influenced your choice to become a painter?
'I think (when I was in school) I wanted to be a vet because I didn't think you could really be an artist. My teachers were really nurturing, really interested and interesting. My parents were always encouraging, but my dad always wanted me to be a plumber so that I could make some money alongside painting.' (smiles)
- How does painting make you feel?
'If I'm not painting, I feel a bit itchy to paint. I'm not quite as happy when I don't paint. It's really satisfying to see something materialise out of a canvas or a board. I never know how it's going to look, so it's really interesting and exciting.'
- What would be your advice to someone about to leave school and not sure what to do?
'I decided that art probably wasn't going to earn me a lot of money, but that was the thing I loved the most. I basically went with the school subject I loved the most and just carried it on until I realised what I can do with it. It depends what's important to you, but to me it is just enjoying what I do and forgetting about money and stability. For some people this kind of lifestyle doesn't work but, I think, you only have one life so you might as well do something you really like.'
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Liliana Ayalde (right), deputy assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, US Department of State
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Launch of the Fine Gael Stability Treaty Facebook App at Fine Gael HQ - 2 May 2012 - The application allows people to send questions to Fine Gael about the Stability Treaty.
Public Housing residents graduate from NYCHA Resident training academy through Public-Private Partnership focused on financial stability
Launch of the Fine Gael Stability Treaty Facebook App at Fine Gael HQ - 2 May 2012 - The application allows people to send questions to Fine Gael about the Stability Treaty.
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Launch of the Fine Gael Stability Treaty Facebook App at Fine Gael HQ - 2 May 2012 - The application allows people to send questions to Fine Gael about the Stability Treaty.
Holes cut to reduce the drag, but not compromise stability of mount. Note: This mod is totally useless for making a camera mount for the Super Cub to be used on floats. The paper will get wet and add a lot to the weight of the plane. Unless covered by some type of water resistant cover, this idea was a flop when actually tested. The weight when wet is significant, too.
U.S. Sailors practice proper firefighting techniques during a damage control training drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) in the Philippine Sea, June 26, 2019. McCampbell 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)
NES Commentary No.53
Title: Appeal to All the People of the World for Prayer to End Conflicts to Bring Peace and Love to All in Ethiopia and the Rest of Africa
By Prof. Ephraim Isaac
I: Introduction
A gentle and graceful call for all peace-loving humans to do at least a two-minute prayer of love, peace, and kindness for the millions of the suffering peoples of Ethiopia that has been going on sadly without end. The prayer will take place on Saturday June 19, 2021, from 10am-12am EST (New York Time) at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York. We shall pray for the cessation of all hostilities, mutual forgiveness, peace and love to all in Ethiopia including the rest of Africa and the rest of the world. Humanity as one community is what the world should value, not war, killings and endless conflicts.
The prayer is to stop the on-going killings in Ethiopia and it will take place in the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York physically but it will be held virtually globally calling all of you to join and pray to save all the people.
II: Ethiopia Deserves Peace, Stability and Unity
This current on-going killing must never take place in the Ethiopia that has given spiritual strength to all humanity. Ethiopia is an ancient African country and one of the first in the world to accept Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in their early days.
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190626-N-JL568-1360 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 26, 2019) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) conducts a damage control training drill on the fo’c’sle of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. McCampbell 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/Released)