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The couple that own it , you could not meet a nicer couple. Tattoo during the day and party at night.
The heads of the international delegations made statements about the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence. This was done in a round table setting.
Watch the entire high level plenary session: youtu.be/J8APAkq4LlY
Read the speech by Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra at the round table: www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-foreign-affairs/...
Watch the REAIM 2023 aftermovie: youtu.be/dSZ48joIXJ0
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Martijn Beekman
The heads of the international delegations made statements about the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence. This was done in a round table setting.
Watch the entire high level plenary session: youtu.be/J8APAkq4LlY
Read the speech by Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra at the round table: www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-foreign-affairs/...
Watch the REAIM 2023 aftermovie: youtu.be/dSZ48joIXJ0
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Martijn Beekman
PP-22 - Policy Statements
H.E. Mr Sumbue ANTAS
Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organisations, Geneva, WTO and to the Swiss Confederation
Bucharest, Romania
30th September 2022
©ITU/Rowan Farrell
With Avengers: Endgame finally in theaters, it's only natural that the only Infinity War figure from Hot Toys I ordered finally shows up.
Portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch, Dr. Strange played a pivotal role in the Infinity War movie. I'm pretty sure that everyone who has watched this movie isn't exactly blown away by this statement.
What you may not be as familiar with is the drama when it came to the Hot Toys figure.
Hot Toys released a Dr. Strange from his standalone film, which effectively is the same as the Infinity War one, except for the head sculpt.. but I'm jumping ahead of myself. Once the collecting public realized that Dr. Strange got dusted in Infinity War, there was a mad panic.
It was probably close to a month after the release of the movie, and Hot Toys had not announced anything about an Infinity War Dr. Strange figure, even though he played an incredibly prominent part in the movie. Believing that there would be no further figure releases for Strange, the original figure starting commanding stupid high pricing, sometimes in the neighbourhood of almost $700 USD, way, way up from it's MSRP of about $250 USD.
Scalpers who had been "smart enough to stock up" started effectively selling at whatever price they felt like. Despite multiple calls for collectors to basically calm down and not to add fuel to the fire, people were still being people, and bought they from scalpers anyway.
Prices were jumping higher and higher everyday, with collectors calling Retail Aftermarket Sellers opportunists - understandably so, but opportunists none the less, and with the Sellers retorting that they were victims of "market value", and that collectors were simply bitter because they weren't smart enough to preorder.
Sellers had the upper hand, as it were, for weeks, growing more bold by the day.
Then one day, it all came crashing down. I don't remember exactly what day it was in May 2018, but I can tell you this much: the moment that Hot Toys announced the Infinity Wars Dr. Strange figure, the aftermarket scalping of the original figure effectively came to a grinding halt. There was much rejoice in the collecting community, with the exception of sellers who were now stuck with MSRP Dr. Strange figures, or if I may say so myself, potentially bitter "friends" that bought their scalper priced figures because they were informed that there would only ever be one.
From personal experience, one seller was so salty about this change that he proclaimed the 2.0 figure to be a piece of garbage and that we were all failures at life because we couldn't afford a $700 USD Dr. Strange figure.
It was fun, fun times. There have been a few close calls here and there, most recently with Infinity War Thor, but overall figures that are jacked up in price are because they really are sold out.
My figure finally arrived after I'd say a 5 month delay or so over the original Hong Kong release. Not that I was in a hurry or keeping track, but it was amusing to marvel at just how many of the damn things Hot Toys sold that even as I write this there are people who ordered it all over the world who still haven't gotten their order.
So, now that it's here, lets dig in, shall we?
As with most Hot Toys figures, Dr. Strange comes packed in a windowed box with a slipcover. These ones slightly differ from norm by having a cutout in the bottom right hand corner to show the Avengers: Infinity War logo that is printed on the inner box.
As mentioned above, the contents of the box are effectively the same as the original figure. Identical items are as follows: same gang hand signs, two Sling Rings, an open and closed Eye of Agamoto, full fabric outfit including magnetically attaching Cloak of Levitation, two orange magic energy effect discs, and two sets of magic energy rings meant to mimic the effect in the movie (one set orange for general magic, one set green for when the Time Stone is being used). Both sets also come with a dynamic stand, albeit branded differently.
The headsculpt, which features the Infinity War hairstyle, is naturally different. One of the original accessories, the Book of Cagliostro, is no longer here (not a part of the movie at all) but has been replaced with four new magic effects, including a square effect, a larger round magic effect, an effect for the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak, and his sword construct. The Infinity War version also comes with a backdrop to mimic the effects of the Images of Ikon, where he multiplies to do battle.
I have to say, this is the first Hot Toys figure in a long time that I've personally been impressed with. The other ones have been pretty good, but the amount of work put into the design of his outfit is insane. It's pretty much all cloth (except for the belts and other such areas) and what is neat, at least for me, is that by staring at a miniature version of the character, you notice these fine details on the costume that you normally wouldn't even notice, like the various puffs on his boots and belt, and the asymmetric nature of the Cloak of Levitation.
The cloak attaches using three magnets, and generally holds in place but can move out of place when you're posing the main figure. There are some wires embedded into the cape itself, but I didn't find much use for the wires and wish they had simply made this a weighed cloak so it would drape down correctly.
Articulation in general is not hampered by this outfit, and this is the first Hot Toys figure I've opened in a long time that didn't come with a precautions list to follow when moving the figure. Sadly, Dr. Strange lacks any real neck movement other than pivoting, and has zero ankle articulation. This does limit the types of pose you can put the figure in, dynamic stand or not. The outfit SHOULD allow you to do overhead arm poses, but I can't say I bothered trying, particularly since you would need to remove the cloak to do it in the first place.
Paint work is, as always, top notch. Paintwork on the hair and mustache/goatee are phenomenal and really doesn't give me much to complain about, if anything. Paint on the Eye of Agamoto is also, unsurprisingly, solid.
Speaking of the head, the detailing is extremely well done, from the hairs on his head and face, to the subtle wrinkles on his face. The sculptor captured the shape of Benedict Cumberbatch's face and jawline very well, but I am of the belief that his hairline, particularly how close the grey parts slick to the side of his head, wasn't close enough, giving him, ironically, a fat head. Not that it changed from the prototype, mind you - this was always something I was weary of.
Another complaint I have is his eyes. For lack of better terms, it almost feels to me that as good as the Hot Toys sculpting team is, it's like they really don't get the shape of Westerner eyes. They're always way too small, if not too close together. Benedict Cumberbatch isn't an anime character, but he certainly has rounder eyes than what we see here.
Fine detailing isn't limited to the the head and outfit - each of the magic accessories also has a plethora of detailing in the form of the many mystic symbols and glyphs that exist in the world of Dr. Strange. it's quite impressive the amount of work that went into these.
While the coloured plastic pieces will never truly replicate the glowing CGI of the movies, most of the pieces do an acceptable job. The square coloured one, however, just looks really dumb. There really is no other way of putting it.
In the end, this figure truly is what ownership of a Hot Toys figure should feel like - premium quality all around, with just enough engineering limitations and design screw ups to remind you that this is an action figure.
The heads of the international delegations made statements about the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence. This was done in a round table setting.
Watch the entire high level plenary session: youtu.be/J8APAkq4LlY
Read the speech by Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra at the round table: www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-foreign-affairs/...
Watch the REAIM 2023 aftermovie: youtu.be/dSZ48joIXJ0
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Martijn Beekman
To my Darkness and my Light,
I unfold myself; you, in turn, call to me with your warm and aching mouth— its tongue, a delicate command I will not long withstand.
Your lips spill sighs; I drink until your thirst is sated.
Trembling hands steady me beneath you. You guide me toward your deepest acceptance. I find a center in you; you grasp me and gasp.
(You shudder— hands bracing the afternoon light dying against such white walls. I see with the eye of god your ineffable Beauty. I fall and place this feeble kiss to caress the spine of your neck as I pass.)
With you I experience annihilations most will never know.
After I am restless; you know that what I want is what I will never manage alone— you coax from my every ending its next beginning.
We must map these new and nameless oblivions together.
2008
Silver gelatin print
The heads of the international delegations made statements about the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence. This was done in a round table setting.
Watch the entire high level plenary session: youtu.be/J8APAkq4LlY
Read the speech by Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra at the round table: www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-foreign-affairs/...
Watch the REAIM 2023 aftermovie: youtu.be/dSZ48joIXJ0
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Martijn Beekman
PP-22 - Policy Statements
H.E. Mr Sumbue ANTAS
Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organisations, Geneva, WTO and to the Swiss Confederation
Bucharest, Romania
30th September 2022
©ITU/Rowan Farrell
File name: 10_03_000164a
Binder label: Meat
Title: Use N. K. Fairbank & Co's lard, the standard of the world. [front]
Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 11 x 8 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Swine; Oils & fats; Corn; Scales
Notes: Title from item. Retailer: E. M. Slayton, 494 Chestnut Street, Manchester, N. H.
Statement of responsibility: N. K. Fairbank & Co.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
The process of transforming paint and other materials into images continues to compel and challenge me. Over the years, that process has led me from ceramics, photography, drawing and painting, and most recently to pursue experimental processes on paper. Painting fills me with a sense of serenity and integrity, and has proven a most reliable vehicle for translating inner vision to outer reality.
My abstract paintings explore the wonders of nature and beauty in our world. Personal symbols that have emerged through this process include; the Turtle (wisdom/grace), the Dragonfly (metamorphosis/change) and the Tree (steadfastness/beauty).
I use a variety of different paints/media (oil pastel, ink, acrylic, latex, gouache, and wood) and yet I am always drawn back to water colors for their unpredictable nature and their transparency.
I paint from the inside out. Focusing on the sensation and context of my experience. I work deliberately, employing both traditional and innovative techniques, while letting the uncertain nature of painting free my hand. My paintings are finished when they are able to convey a moment or sensation, as well as what I am feeling.
I am avaiable to do commisions and private art lessons also.
GALLERY SHOWINGS/ART SHOWS
2002 Mixed Media Exhibit Thornes Market Place (Northampton, MA)
2003 Water Color Exhibit Café Amanouz (Northampton, MA)
2005 Mixed Media Exhibit Cummington Community Center (Cummington, MA)
2009 Water Color Exhibit Sati Wellness Center (Aspinwall Center) Lenox, MA
2009 Mixed Media Exhibit Berkshires Green Grocer Lee, MA
2009 Pittsfield Art Show (Juried Exhibition) Pittsfield, MA
2009 Think Pink Exhibit (Breast Cancer Benefit show) Pittsfield, MA
2009 JWS Art Supplies Watercolor/Mixed Media Exhibit Great Barrington, MA
PUBLISHED ARTICLES/COVERS
1) The Yoga Of Art (Interview), The Artful Mind, April 2009
2) Finding Peaceful Art: The Advocate, April 2009
3) Featured Artist of Month (Title: Into The Mystery): Preview Magazine, May 2009
4) The Art of Slowing Down: Berkshires Best Buys, Business and Beyond, November,2009
5) Cover Art (Winter Bloom): Wisdom Magazine-New England Edition
6) Cover Art (The Winds Of Change): Our Berkshire Green, June-August 2010
7) The Yoga of Art(part 2), Berkshires Best Buys, Business and Beyond, March 2011
8) The Business of Art, The Artful Mind, March 2011
COURSEWORK
1993 University Of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireIntroduction to Art Studio
1999 Camp Nebagamon, Wisconsin: Ted Semling Private Art Instruction
2001 Crow Hill Gallery, Vermont: Jeanne Carbonetti Private Art Instruction
2006 NX Level Training Network: Business Planning for Artists. Denise Mason
2009-2011 Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health Stockbridge, MA Painting the Light Within. (Watercolor Training) Jeanne Carbonetti (Vermont)
2010 is183 Art School Stockbridge, MA Breathing in Color (Watercolor Training) Senta Reis
2011 is183 Art School Stockbridge, MA Painting Studio. Yura Adams
2010-PresentMassachusetts Small Business Development Center, Pittsfield, MA
Art Business Coaching/Training. Keith Girouard
VOLUNTEER WORK: 2010/2011 is183 Art School Stockbridge, MA
BS Degree in Biology
Masters Degree in Education
Peace Corps Service 1994-96 (Samoa)
Liscensed Massage Therapist
Outdoor Fitness Intstructor
If you are interested to learn more about this artwork feel free to contact me at scottharringt10@hotmail.com
You can also follow me on the following sites:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/scott-harrington/11/189/a39
Facebook (personal page): www.facebook.com/scott.harrington1
Facebook (fine art group): www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=252127618069&v=wall
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/scottharrington111
My studio/gallery is in Lenox, MA. Tours are avaiable by request.
I have prints (framed/unframed) at discounted prices to fit your budget also.
(Photo taken in Plazo De Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina Spring 2008)
Repetition and Ritual
The sculptures for the show were created this summer and were inspired by the idea of repetition and fungi forms in nature. These pieces center on the creative act as personal obsession. This work is the beginning of an exploration of the idea of repetition and ritual experienced through the process of making. A prescribed order of assembling, manipulating, and presenting the materials borders on ceremony. Ritual is also found in these works and in this process.
These obsessions are expressed with the laborious act of felt making, the oldest known textile form dating back 8,500 years and also fungi, one of the oldest life forms, dating back one billion years ago.
In making this work, repetition is used to single-mindedly pursue, refine, and purify an idea. Repetition and obsession is an effort of holding a visual image or idea in the mind for extended periods. The profound techniques in art of repetition lead us from the repetitions of habit and daily life.
Repetition can be transcendence. Repetition is the capturing and stopping of time.
These forms are based on clusters of fungi I found in the forest this summer. These clusters would sometimes be comprised of hundreds of small round forms. The pattern work is an abstraction from mushroom spore prints that I made from the caps of foraged fungi. When placed under a glass over night the mushrooms release spores and make beautiful intricate forms.
My fascination with fungi stems from the idea of life cycles that has been ever present in my work. Fungi relies on mostly decayed organic matter to live, thus continuing the idea of the cycle of birth, life, and death. The physical becomes spiritualized. I construct forms to represent the sacred in universal archetypes of immortality and regeneration. It represents a desire for wholeness. Through ritual process I hope to manifest the magical to the physical.
PP-22 - Policy Statements
H.E. Mr Karma D. Wangdi
Hon'ble Minister
Ministry of Information and Communications
Bucharest, Romania
28th September 2022
©ITU/Rowan Farrell
comprei na W3 no ponto 7, por R$ 66,00! tem vários modelos lindos!!
Pra quem é de salvador não tem erro! embaixo da academia sport fitness, numa loja chamada dabliu3 (eu sei que o nome é cafona mas a dona é super estilosa e so trás coisas lindas!) uahauhuahuahuaa
The trend these days is for women to carry classic, designer handbags that make a statement and are useful and practical at the same time.
I think film is making a come back? Well I certainly can't wait anyway to get one vintage film camera myself.
The beautiful Charlie helped me tremendously at a wedding last Friday 06 March. Can't wait to see all her film version.
Thank you again C for your help.
Brenda Bailey, Parliamentary Secretary for Technology and Innovation, Anne Kang, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training, Grace Lore, Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity, and Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Education, have issued the following statement in support of B.C. Women and Girls in STEAM Week (Nov. 1-7):
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/25665
Following are the official statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the start of their meeting today:
Prime Minister Netanyahu:
"I want to welcome Secretary Clinton once again to Jerusalem. I want to thank President Obama, you and the American government, and the people, for their strong support for Israel in this hour of need.
I want to also thank you especially for your support of Iron Dome. It has been saving lives, and we are in a battle to save lives. One of the things that we are doing is trying to resist and counter a terrorist barrage which is aimed directly at our civilians and doing so by minimizing civilian casualties, whereas the terrorist enemies of Israel are doing everything in their power to maximize the number of civilian casualties. Obviously, no country can tolerate a wanton attack on its civilians.
Now if there is a possibility of achieving solution to this problem through diplomatic means, we prefer that, but if not, I'm sure you understand that Israel will have to take whatever action is necessary to defend its people.
This is something that I don't have to explain to Americans. I know that President Obama, you and the American people understand that perfectly well, and I thank you once again for your support. Welcome to Jerusalem."
Secretary of State Clinton:
"Thank you very much, Prime Minister. I look forward to a productive discussion this evening at such a critical moment for Israel and the region.
President Obama asked me to come to Israel with a very clear message: America's commitment to Israel's security is rock solid and unwavering.
That is why we believe it is essential to de-escalate the situation in Gaza. The rocket attacks from terrorist organizations inside Gaza on Israeli cities and towns must end and a broader calm restored. The goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional stability and advances the security and legitimate aspirations of Israelis and Palestinians alike.
President Obama has emphasized these same points in his multiple conversations with President Morsi of Egypt and we appreciate President Morsi's personal leadership and Egypt's efforts thus far.
As a regional leader and neighbor, Egypt has the opportunity and responsibility to continue playing a crucial and constructive role in this process. I will carry this message to Cairo tomorrow. I will also be consulting with President Abbas in Ramallah.
Let me also say, to echo the Prime Minister, I am very pleased that the Iron Dome defense system is performing so well. Our partnership and support of this system represents America's enduring commitment to the safety and security of the Israeli people, and to Israel's right to defend itself.
But no defense is perfect, and our hearts break for the loss of every civilian, Israeli and Palestinian, and for all those who have been wounded or who are living in fear and danger, I know today was a difficult day, and I offer my deepest condolences to the loved ones of those who were lost and injured.
In the end, there is no substitute for security and for a just and lasting peace, and the current crisis certainly focuses us on the urgency of this broader goal. So in the days ahead, the United States will work with our partners here in Israel and across the region toward an outcome that bolsters security for the people of Israel, improves conditions for the people of Gaza and moves towards a comprehensive peace for all people of the region, and I thank you, Prime Minister, for your hospitality and look forward to our discussion."
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VISUAL ARTIST STATEMENT OF: MS LINDA LOOI
Linda Looi a visual artist in the field of fine arts, specializing in photography artworks and acrylic paintings. Her abilities and skills for paintings and photography were cultivated and nurtured throughout her life, with the process of self-discovering her interest and aptitude for nature. This long journey has now led to her current interest of sharing her talent to all - both internationally, as well as locally, as an artist for the contemporary individual of the 21st century.
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Digital Collection:
North Carolina Postcards
Publisher:
American News Co., New York, N.Y.;
Date:
1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.); Wake County (N.C.);
Collection in Repository
Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077); collection guide available
online at www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/77barbour/77barbour.html
The FBI statement said he worked from an Internet cafe on Laguna less than 500 feet from his home on Hickory
17 of these photos are available at
www.demotix.com/news/2857114/dread-pirate-robert-arrested...
And 6 at Corbis including
www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/42-519452...
He was arrested October 1, 2013
www.theverge.com/2013/10/2/4794780/fbi-seizes-underground...
(has links to the criminal complaints which I used to find most of the places to photograph and a video interview of Ross Ulbricht )
www.theverge.com/2013/10/3/4798336/silk-road-owner-charge...
www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-silk-road-bitcoin-20131003...
Apparently one of his roommates on 15th st
www.theverge.com/2013/10/3/4798666/purported-roommate-of-...
www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/10/03/228579712/...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/silk-road-case-dont-blame-t...
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/02/how...
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/03/eve...
#RossUlbricht #DreadPirateRobert #MomiTobis #sanfrancisco #cybercrime #DarkWeb #darkinternet #SilkRoadwebsite #Cafe #Hayesvalley
Policy Statements - ITU PP-18
Mr Ricardas Degutis, Vice Minister, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Lithuania
©ITU/P.Barrera
I decided to publish this article after reading a weird statement about using the hair dryer after shower. It stated that using hair dryers directly after shower causes the air to enter through the opened follicles of the scalp, resulting in brain tumors!!!!!!
After receiving that shock, I made...
Part of a slide transparency presentation - Flinton Continuation School.
Part of the CDHS Archives Album
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Statement by H.E. Ms Janet Lowe, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the OPCW at the 21st session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention. Held at the World Forum Conference Centre The Hague, the Netherlands. 29th November 2016. Photograph: CSP20161100 by HA-669
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his opening statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on February 23, 2016, during an appearance on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to discuss the Obama Administration's 2017 federal budget request. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
From the 1910 edition of the The Galax, Davenport College's yearbook (p. 100).
View at DigitalNC: Davenport 1910 Yearbook
Digital Collection: North Carolina College and University Yearbooks
Contributing Institution: Greensboro College
Standard Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States