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The Arse Electronica is a possible and necessary statement on artificial intelligence and robotics. We take note of the fact that countless contributions to the discussion about what machines could and should do are being made by almost everybody. Robots that take care of our old people, driverless cars, internet of things, intelligent market agents, big data, digitalization – the omnipresence of the topic deserves a statement like The Arse Electronica: a gigantic pink bottom, equipped with motors and sensors. Whoever dares to step under it is rewarded with a shower of golden confetti.
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Statement by Mr. Nima Esteki, Association for Defense of Chemical Injuries Fars Province, Iran at the 24th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The Conference is held at the World Forum, The Hague, the Netherlands, from 25-29 November 2019.
Premier John Horgan has issued the following statement for Lunar New Year:
“Today, we join the many British Columbians celebrating the beginning of Lunar New Year.
“We say goodbye to the Year of the Ox and welcome the Year of the Tiger. Symbolizing bravery and strength, the Tiger will guide us as we come out of another difficult year, stronger than before.
“While the COVID-19 vaccine provides hope, we know how important it is to continue taking steps to protect members of our community against the virus. Now is the time to celebrate the beginning of a new year in small, safe groups with your close family and friends.
“Lunar New Year also reminds us of our good fortune that people from around the world call British Columbia home. It is a time to celebrate our province’s rich cultural diversity and to honour the many contributions of Asian Canadians.
“As the Year of the Tiger begins, let us demonstrate our strength by continuing to care for one another, and harness our bravery to build a better province, together.
“To all those celebrating Lunar New Year, I wish you a year of prosperity, good luck, and good health in mind and body.
“Kung Hei Fat Choi! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Saehae bok mani badeuseyo! Chúc mừng năm mới!”
For translations, visit: news.gov.bc.ca/26161
wall covered with posters of candidates for a local election - afternoon - Bagong Silang, Manila, The Philippines
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Hidehisa Horinouchi, Permanent Representative of Japan to the OPCW at the 24th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The Conference is held at the World Forum, The Hague, the Netherlands, from 25-29 November 2019.
Statements und Podiumsdiskussion: "Aufstiegsorientierung und soziale Sicherung: Komplementäre Ansätze oder Widerspruch?"
v.l.n.r.: Prof. Jörg Althammer, Trevor Phillips, Prof. Barbara John, Armin Laschet, Ralf Fücks
Foto: CC-BY-SA Stephan Röhl / www.boell.de
Since the craftsman brand was taken over by Black & Decker/DeWalt/every other name under the sun company, they have decided to get some Chinese made Hammers versus traditionally Craftsman had American companies like Vaughan Tool make their hammers! This is a crying shame!
Not sure exactly what the statement is, but he's certainly making it at the Lake GEorge Polar Plunge
Statement by Ms Eunice M.T. Luambia, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the 24th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The Conference is held at the World Forum, The Hague, the Netherlands, from 25-29 November 2019.
The closing statements in the case The Prosecutor v. Paul Gicheru took place on 27 June 2022 at 9:30 (The Hague time) at the seat of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”) in The Hague, The Netherlands.
June 19, 2014 – Education Minister Peter Fassbender speaks to media addressing the BC Teachers’ Federation’s (BCTF) wage and benefit demands, and explaining that their demands are more than twice what other public sector unions have settled for.
Peter Cameron, chief negotiator for the BC Public School Employers’ Association and Lee Doney, interim president & CEO of the Public Sector Employers’ Council Secretariat
Policy Statements - ITU PP-18
H.E. Mr Bushara Gumaa Aror, Minister of Information, Communications and Information Technology, Sudan
©ITU/P.Barrera
This morning, checking my latest bank statement, I opened the file to remove a page but pulled open the bottom ring and not one of the centre rings. That ring closed on my finger, where you see the piece of wood in this re-enactment.
Were I a more dedicated photographer, I would have got my 'phone, lying on the table beside me, and snapped the moment. However, my only thought was to open the file and extract my finger – it was very painful 😟
©AVucha 2018
A McHenry man was arrested Sunday morning after allegedly threatening a person with a firearm and refusing to cooperate with police.
William B. Cheatham, 56, was arrested at his home in the 1000 block of North Front Street, according to a statement from McHenry Police Chief John Birk.
Officers were called to the scene about 8:30 p.m. after a report of a domestic disturbance. When officers arrived, it was reported that Cheatham threatened to harm one of the victims with a firearm, Birk said. Cheatham reportedly retreated into his residence and refused to answer responding officers.
An investigation revealed that Cheatham was a convicted felon and in possession of numerous firearms. A search warrant for the residence was obtained.
Because of a threat of weapons, the McHenry Police Department requested assistance from the Emergency Services Team of the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System. NIPAS is a joint venture of suburban municipal police agencies that provide mutual aid.
Police entered the residence, and Cheatham was taken into custody without incident. During a search of the residence, investigators recovered 13 long guns, two handguns and ammunition, Birk said. To help ensure the safety of other area residents, Route 31 was closed to traffic for about four hours.
Cheatham faces charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, assault and disorderly conduct.
Cheatham was processed and taken to the McHenry County Jail to await a bond hearing.
McHenry police could not be reached for information Sunday.
Caller shares her story
Cheatham’s girlfriend, Jami Stefko, told the Northwest Herald on Sunday morning that Cheatham threatened to put a gun to her 17-year-old daughter’s head. Stefko said Cheatham came home from work intoxicated and was upset that her daughter had guests.
To avoid conflict, Stefko said she escorted her daughter and their guests out of the home before calling 911.
“He threatened my 17-year-old daughter, and he has guns. He didn’t pull one out, but the point is he shouldn’t say that,” Stefko said. “She’s doing OK. She’s here with me sleeping.”
She said Cheatham was the only person inside the home when police arrived and the hours-long standoff began.
“They had to break our bedroom window on the side of the house, where it’s taped and broken, and they had to throw tear gas in,” Stefko said.
Stefko, who was busy airing out their bedroom Sunday, said the fate of their relationship is unclear.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen. I’m tired right now,” she said. “It’s upsetting, but everybody’s safe. That’s the most important. At least it didn’t end bad. Bill’s alive, no cops got hurt, we’re all OK.”
Cheatham was convicted of aggravated driving under the influence after being arrested in May 2012.
Area bar cleared
Bartender Dana Johnson said the nearby Corner Tap, 3901 Main St., was shut down during the standoff. When she returned to work Sunday morning, the place looked like “everyone went out for a cigarette” and never came back.
“This morning it was kind of funny coming in because everything was left as if everyone was still drinking,” Johnson said. “Everybody had to leave. Lights were left on. Cash was left out. It was really crazy.”
Johnson said Cheatham was a regular and got along with most patrons.
“He helps the community all the time,” she said. “He’s a veteran. I never would have imagined this happening. Never.”
*Written by Daniel Gaitan, Northwest Herald
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Press Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore: State Visit of the Governor-General of New Zealand Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae and Lady Janine Mateparae, 6 to 8 July 2015
The Governor-General of New Zealand, Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae will make a State Visit to Singapore from 6 to 8 July 2015 at the invitation of President Tony Tan Keng Yam. Governor-General Mataparae will be accompanied by his wife Lady Janine Mateparae and officials from the New Zealand Government House and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
An official welcome ceremony will be held for Governor-General Mateparae on 7 July, following which he will have separate meetings with President Tan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. President Tan and Mrs Tan will host a State Banquet in honour of Governor-General Mateparae and Lady Janine that evening.
During the course of Governor-General Mateparae’s visit to Singapore, he will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean on a tour of the Treelodge@Punggol, HDB’s first Eco-Precinct. Deputy Prime Minister Teo will host Governor-General Mateparae to lunch after the tour. Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen will also host Governor-General Mateparae to lunch to reaffirm the close and long-standing defence ties between Singapore and New Zealand. Governor-General Mateparae will be accompanied by Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong to the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) to view ongoing collaboration between Singapore and New Zealand at the Neurodevelopment Research Centre under A*STAR’s Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences.
Governor-General Mateparae and Lady Janine will attend an orchid-naming and tree-planting ceremony at the Singapore Botanic Gardens on 7 July.
Governor-General Mateparae’s visit underscores the excellent ties between Singapore and New Zealand as both countries commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations this year. There is close cooperation in the fields of trade and investment, defence, and the people-to-people sectors.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
5 JULY 2015
Statement by H.E. Ambassador András Kocsis, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the OPCW at the 24th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The Conference is held at the World Forum, The Hague, the Netherlands, from 25-29 November 2019.
The statement, authored by Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael), would forbid smoking inside all multiunit residences, such as condos or rentals her response, where housing units reveal surfaces, floor, roofs or ventilation devices.The writers suspected that youngsters having a guardian who
Tonner Signature Statement Head on Tulabelle Body
Outfit: meg fashion doll
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A new free crochet pattern offered by Stitch Diva Studios in our very own glistening Studio Silk.
Make a statement with some inexpensive flat decorative marbles, basic crochet skills and some pretty yarn.
This project is fast enough for you to make a few of these very trendy statement necklace pieces - explore using more or fewer marbles or varying the configuration of the stones for your very own creation!
Doorstep statement by Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, upon arriving at NATO for the working dinner of NATO Ministers of Defence.
File name: 08_02_000239
Box label: Churches: S
Title: Second Church in Boston, Copley Sq. Interior
Alternative title: Second Church in Boston: Copley Square. Interior with vaults and chandeliers
Creator/Contributor:
Date issued:
Date created: 1874 - 1908 (questionable)
Physical description: 1 photographic print ; 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.
Genre: Photographic prints
Subjects: Churches
Notes:
Provenance:
Statement of responsibility:
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
Content description: Artist statement on a black background in white text by Olive Pierce where she describes her intention behind documenting Cambridge City Council meetings as well as her analysis of the meetings.
Local identifier: 045_01_01_001
Type of resource: still image
Genre/form: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Date: 1972-02
Physical description: 1 photograph : print, black and white ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Digital origin: reformatted digital
General notes: Black and white fiber print, mounted and over matted on a 27.94 x 35.56 cm mat. Original print was digitized in 2016 as a TIFF image.
Date notes: Date taken from item
Acquisition notes: Donated by Olive Pierce in August 2014.
Description standard: dcrmg
Subject headings:
Cambridge (Mass.)
Cambridge (Mass.). City Council
Local government -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Pierce, Olive
Host collection: Olive Pierce Photographs, 1963-2014
Physical location: Cambridge Public Library
Rights: Copyright Olive Pierce
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Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection: [Identification of item], Olive Pierce Photographs, 1963-2014, 045, [Box#, Folder title], Cambridge Room, Cambridge Public Library Archives and Special Collections.
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The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, pronounced [mɛˈtɛoɾɐ], lit. "middle of the sky", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above" — etymologically related to meteorology) is one of the largest and most important complexes of Greek Orthodoxmonasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos.[1] The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The nearest town is Kalambaka. The Metéora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List under criteria[2]I, II, IV, V and VII
The Theopetra caves 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Meteora had inhabitants fifty millennia ago.[4] The oldest known example of a man-made structure was found within a prehistoric cave in central Greece, according to the Greek culture ministry. The structure is a stone wall that blocked two-thirds of the entrance to the Theopetra cave near Kalambaka on the north edge of the Thessalian plain. It was constructed 23,000 years ago, probably as a barrier to cold winds. “An optical dating test, known as Optically Stimulated Luminescence, was applied on quartz grains nested within the stones. We dated four different samples from the sediment and soil materials, and all provided identical dates,” Nikolaos Zacharias, director of the laboratory of archaeometry at the University of Peloponnese, told Discovery News. According to a statement by the ministry of culture, “the dating matches the coldest period of the most recent ice age, indicating that the cavern’s inhabitants built the stone wall to protect themselves from the cold.” Excavated since 1987, the Theopetra cave is well known to palaeontologists as it was used and inhabited continuously from the Palaeolithic period onwards (50,000 to 5,000 years ago).[5]
In the 9th century, an ascetic group of hermit monks moved up to the ancient pinnacles.
They were the first people to inhabit Metéora. They lived in hollows and fissures in the rock towers, some of which reach 1800 ft (550m) above the plain. This great height, combined with the sheerness of the cliff walls, kept away all but the most determined visitors. Initially the hermits led a life of solitude, meeting only on Sundays and special days to worship and pray in a chapel built at the foot of a rock known as Dhoupiani. As early as the 11th century AD hermit monks were believed to be living among the caves and cutouts in the rocks.[1]
The exact date of the establishment of the monasteries is unknown. By the late 11th and early 12th centuries, a rudimentary monastic state had formed called the Skete of Stagoiand was centered around the still-standing church of Theotokos (mother of God).[1] By the end of the 12th century, an ascetic community had flocked to Metéora.
In 1344, Athanasios Koinovitis from Mount Athos brought a group of followers to Metéora. From 1356 to 1372, he founded the great Meteoron monastery on Broad Rock, which were perfect for the monks; they were safe from political upheaval and had complete control of the entry to the monastery. The only means of reaching it was by climbing a long ladder, which was drawn up whenever the monks felt threatened.
At the end of the 14th century, the Byzantine Empire's 800-year reign over northern Greecewas being increasingly threatened by Turkish raiders who wanted control over the fertile plain of Thessaly. The hermit monks, seeking a retreat from the expanding Turkish occupation, found the inaccessible rock pillars of Meteora to be an ideal refuge. More than 20 monasteries were built, beginning in the 14th century.[1] Six remain today.
In 1517, Nectarios and Theophanes built the monastery of Varlaám, which was reputed to house the finger of St John and the shoulder blade of St Andrew.
Access to the monasteries was originally (and deliberately) difficult, requiring either long ladders lashed together or large nets used to haul up both goods and people. This required quite a leap of faith – the ropes were replaced, so the story goes, only "when the Lord let them break".[6] In the words of UNESCO, "The net in which intrepid pilgrims were hoisted up vertically alongside the 373 metres (1,224 ft) cliff where the Varlaam monastery dominates the valley symbolizes the fragility of a traditional way of life that is threatened with extinction."[7]
In 1921, Queen Marie of Romania visited Meteora, becoming the first woman ever allowed to enter the Great Meteoron monastery.[8] In the 1920s there was an improvement in the arrangements. Steps were cut into the rock, making the complex accessible via a bridge from the nearby plateau. During World War II the site was bombed.[citation needed] Many art treasures were stolen.[citation needed]
Until the 17th century, the primary means of conveying goods and people from these eyries was by means of baskets and ropes.[9]
Six of the monasteries remain today.[7] Of these six, four were inhabited by men, and two by women. Each monastery has fewer than 10 inhabitants. The monasteries are now tourist attractions