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Randy Knight presenting "Understanding SQL Server XML Features" at SQL Saturday 2011 in Chicago
Randy Knight (MCITP) has been working with Microsoft technology for over 20 years, focusing on SQL Server for the last 14. He has worked in a variety of settings, including six years as a
Database Architect for Match.com, one of the largest and most successful dot coms. He is
currently the owner and Principal Consultant for SQL Server Solutions Group LLC, a Utah-based SQL Server consultancy.
SQL Saturday Chicago
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will was held Mar 26, 2011 at DeVry University Addison Campus1221 North Swift Road, Addison, IL 60101.
SQL Saturday #67
www.sqlsaturday.com/67/eventhome.aspx
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(Photos by Karl Weisel)
German and American students tour Wiesbaden Army Airfield as part of Frankfurt's Understanding project -- a year-long partnership between the city of Frankfurt, the U.S. Consulate and the Gateway Gardens to create a memorial to pay tribute to the decades of German-American friendship at the former housing area at Rhein Main Air Base.
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CAMBODIA: Understanding of Climate Change Sketchy, But Concern Real.
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PHNOM PENH, May 10, 2011 (IPS) - The rains were kind to Cambodian farmer Tep Van last year, when the monsoon season doused his land with enough water to soak his fields and grow his precious rice crop. But heâs not sure he can count on the same luck this year..
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A female Alaskan Interior Wolf, a subspecies of the Timber Wolf, cocks her head to the side as she walks along the crest of her habitat on a winter's morning at the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Sanctuary. - Divide, CO
A Participian at the Session: Understanding Neural and Digital Networks with Princeton University at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2018. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Walter Duerst
Harmony Press Conference
DeScribe: The Harmony Press Conference August 2nd 2010 at Borough Hall
DeScribe (Born Shneur HaSofer), Crown Heights' Hassidic Hip Hop and R&B artist, will host a press conference at Borough Hall on August 2nd, 2010 at 1:00 pm with NYS Senator Eric Adams and Borough President Marty Markowitz, to premier his revolutionary "Harmony" music video, which celebrates diversity, understanding and harmony amongst the Crown Heights' Black and Jewish communities. This event is presented in collaboration with heads of the Crown Heights community and Shemspeed, an independent recording label and artists' promotional agency based in Crown Heights. The event is sponsored by COLlive.com, one of the most prominent Chabad Hassidic media outlets providing constant up to date information about the movements worldwide news and initiatives and Marley Coffee, owned by Bob Marley's son, Rohan Marley helps promote and support environmental and social justice causes, including aiding Jamaica's poor communities and "going green."
Harmony Press Conference
DeScribe: The Harmony Press Conference August 2nd 2010 at Borough Hall
DeScribe (Born Shneur HaSofer), Crown Heights' Hassidic Hip Hop and R&B artist, will host a press conference at Borough Hall on August 2nd, 2010 at 1:00 pm with NYS Senator Eric Adams and Borough President Marty Markowitz, to premier his revolutionary "Harmony" music video, which celebrates diversity, understanding and harmony amongst the Crown Heights' Black and Jewish communities. This event is presented in collaboration with heads of the Crown Heights community and Shemspeed, an independent recording label and artists' promotional agency based in Crown Heights. The event is sponsored by COLlive.com, one of the most prominent Chabad Hassidic media outlets providing constant up to date information about the movements worldwide news and initiatives and Marley Coffee, owned by Bob Marley's son, Rohan Marley helps promote and support environmental and social justice causes, including aiding Jamaica's poor communities and "going green."
The Delegation of the European Union to the United States in cooperation with the Association of European Rail Industry (UNIFE) hosted a ceremony and reception celebrating the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between UNIFE and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) at the EU Delegation Headquarters on November 5, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
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A cathedral without a bishop: St. Stephan in Vienna
In order to fully fulfill the function of a capital in its medieval understanding, Vienna lacked a decisive factor: Vienna was indeed a major city, but not the seat of a bishopric, but was subordinate to the Prince-Bishop of Passau in ecclesiastical matters. St. Stephen, the most important church in the city, had only the rank of a parish church.
Therefore, the first attempts to found a diocese in Vienna date back to the time of the Babenbergs. Also the under Ottokar II Přemysl after the fire of 1258 begun generous new building of the Saint Stephen's church in the late Romanesque style pursued this goal.
The Habsburgs' representational aspirations also focused on St. Stephen after they had taken control of Austria. Albrecht I began in 1304 with the construction of a new choir. The highlight, however, was reached under Duke Rudolf IV. This ambitious Habsburg wanted to turn Vienna into an important royal residence and St. Stephen as the "Capella regia Austriaca" into the court church of the Austrian sovereign princes, the sacral center of the country.
The background for this lay in the competition with the dynasty of Luxembourg: Emperor Charles IV was just about to expand his residence Prague to a metropolis of European importance. One of his measures was the elevation of Prague to the Archbishopric of 1344, which prompted the great expansion of St. Vitus' Cathedral on Prague's Hradcany.
Rudolf's plan to make St. Stephen the seat of a bishop failed because of the resistance of Passau, because the bishop rightly feared a reduction of his diocese. Nevertheless, Rudolf found a way to give St. Stephan a special rank. In 1359 he obtained the papal confirmation for the founding of a collegiate, an association of 24 dressed in cardinal red robes priests, which was headed by a provost in a bishop-like costume. By subordinating the collegiate directly to the Pope, it was beyond the Passau influence. Thanks to complicated ecclesiastical chess moves he finally succeeded in 1365 to transfer his foundation to St. Stephen, which increased the importance of the church.
This was also reflected in the structural design of the church. In 1359 Rudolf IV began with a large-scale expansion, which was to bear all the symbols of a ruling church: a princely gallery above the west portal was framed by two-storey Duke's chapels, in which the relic treasure was kept. A princely tomb was erected as the tomb of the rulers of the country and finally four towers were planned, which was actually a building prerogative of a bishop's church. By integrating parts of the late Romanesque predecessor building (the main portal and the westwork called "Giant Gate") into his concept, Rudolf gave his building program historical depth.
With the death of Rudolf, the interest of the Habsburgs in St. Stephen palpably came to an end, and the citizens of Vienna took the initiative for the further expansion of the church. Only with Frederick III., who saw his example in Rudolf IV, did a Habsburg take part in the expansion of the church. Friedrich ordered the beginning of the work on the north tower. However, his high tomb in the Apostle Choir of the Dome, which is another notable example of the dynastic program of the Habsburgs in the late Middle Ages, is particularly reminiscent of this Habsburg.
Frederick III. finally managed to bring the prestige matter of his ancestor Rudolf to a successful end: 1469 Frederick III succeeded in to bring about the Pope to elevate Vienna to a diocese. Although the Viennese diocese initially had only a minimal extension - it was smaller than the current urban area - but the Habsburgs had imposed their own will: The Cathedral of St. Stephen had finally a bishop.
Eine Kathedrale ohne Bischof: St. Stephan in Wien
Um im mittelalterlichen Verständnis die Funktion einer Hauptstadt vollends zu erfüllen, fehlte Wien eine entscheidende Sache: Wien war zwar eine bedeutende Großstadt, aber nicht Sitz eines Bistums, sondern unterstand in kirchlichen Belangen dem Fürstbischof von Passau. St. Stephan, die wichtigste Kirche der Stadt, hatte nur den Rang einer Pfarrkirche.
Daher datieren die ersten Versuche einer Bistumsgründung in Wien bereits in die Zeit der Babenberger. Auch der unter Ottokar II. Přemysl nach dem Brand von 1258 begonnene großzügige Neubau der Stephanskirche im spätromanischen Stil verfolgte dieses Ziel.
Auf St. Stephan konzentrierten sich auch die Repräsentationsbestrebungen der Habsburger, nachdem sie die Herrschaft in Österreich übernommen hatten. Albrecht I. begann bereits 1304 mit dem Bau eines neuen Chores. Der Höhepunkt wurde jedoch unter Herzog Rudolf IV. erreicht. Dieser ehrgeizige Habsburger wollte Wien zu einer bedeutenden Residenzstadt und St. Stephan als “Capella regia Austriaca”, als Hofkirche der österreichischen Landesfürsten, zum sakralen Zentrum des Landes machen.
Der Hintergrund dafür lag in der Konkurrenz mit der Dynastie der Luxemburger: Kaiser Karl IV. war gerade dabei, seine Residenz Prag zu einer Metropole europäischer Geltung auszubauen. Eine seiner Maßnahmen war die Erhebung Prags zum Erzbistum 1344, was den Anstoß gab für den großartigen Ausbau des Veitsdomes am Prager Hradschin.
Rudolfs Plan, St. Stephan zum Sitz eines Bischofs zu machen, scheiterte zwar am Widerstand Passaus, denn der Bischof fürchtete zu Recht eine Verkleinerung seiner Diözese. Dennoch fand Rudolf einen Weg, St. Stephan einen besonderen Rang zu verleihen. 1359 erwirkte er die päpstliche Bestätigung für die Gründung eines Kollegiatstiftes, einer Vereinigung von 24 in kardinalsrote Gewänder gekleideten Priestern, denen ein Probst in bischofsähnlicher Tracht vorstand. Indem er das Kollegiat direkt dem Papst unterstellte, war es dem Passauer Einfluss entzogen. Dank komplizierter kirchenrechtlicher Schachzüge gelang es ihm schließlich 1365 seine Stiftung auf St. Stephan zu übertragen, was die Bedeutung des Gotteshauses erhöhte.
Dies schlug sich auch in der baulichen Gestalt der Kirche nieder. 1359 begann Rudolf IV. mit einem groß angelegten Ausbau, der alle Symbole einer Herrscherkirche tragen sollte: Eine Fürstenempore über dem Westportal wurde von doppelstöckigen Herzogskapellen eingerahmt, in denen der Reliquienschatz verwahrt wurde. Eine Fürstengruft als Grablege der Herrscher des Landes wurde angelegt und schließlich waren vier Türme geplant, was eigentlich ein bauliches Vorrecht einer Bischofskirche war. Indem Rudolf Teile des spätromanischen Vorgängerbaues (das als “Riesentor” bezeichnete Hauptportal und das Westwerk) in sein Konzept integrieren ließ, gab er seinem Bauprogramm historische Tiefe.
Mit dem Tod Rudolfs erlosch das Interesse der Habsburger an St. Stephan spürbar, die Wiener Bürgerschaft übernahm die Initiative für den weiteren Ausbau der Kirche. Erst mit Friedrich III., der in Rudolf IV. sein Vorbild sah, beteiligte sich wieder ein Habsburger am Ausbau der Kirche. Friedrich veranlasste den Beginn der Arbeiten am Nordturm. An diesen Habsburger erinnert vor allem jedoch sein Hochgrab im Apostelchor des Domes, ein weiteres bemerkenswertes Beispiel für das dynastische Programm der Habsburger im Spätmittelalter.
Friedrich III. gelang es schließlich auch, die Prestigeangelegenheit seines Ahnen Rudolf zu einem erfolgreichen Ende zu bringen: 1469 erreichte Friedrich III. beim Papst die Erhebung Wiens zum Bistum. Die Wiener Diözese hatte zwar zunächst nur eine minimale Ausdehung – sie war kleiner als das heutige Stadtgebiet – aber die Habsburger hatten ihren Willen durchgesetzt: Der Dom zu St. Stephan hatte endlich einen Bischof.
Martin Mutschlechner
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Understanding the mind through psychology
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Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies together with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Minister of Commerce Industry and Tourism Naha Mint Hamdi Ould Mouknass sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Economic Co-operation at Tshedimosetso House in Pretoria. (Photo: GCIS)
I first stated this project with the proposal and understanding of the project, stating that I should keep my Research reasonable and relevant. My first understanding built from looking into the anatomy of type, I leaned a lot from this page. It allowed me to learn what makes type type. I was glad I researched this at first as it was a great booster to understanding typography. To then develop my research further, I hadn’t any ideas so I thought to look into the history. It was very interesting looking at how different types came and go. Now I had built some knowledge, I went to comparing type. Separating the difference of what type it what. Using my knowledge from the anatomy of type to compare what I can, this is where I had learnt different type gives many different effects. My first art exhibit was the sakaria studio, this was a great this to start off as there design was so creative. I was very interested in the queer type T-shirt’s and what they represent, this was where I first through to involve textiles. I next had some experiments of different media’s. I was able to acknowledge what made each one stand out and what effect it makes. I then looked into artists like Saul bass and barbra Kruger, I had mentioned I wanted to look into Saul bass so I thought it was important to do so. I liked looking at what he did and encorporating it into my own artist reflecting, I was able to take on board his typographic art. We’d be set interesting tastes that make us think, my favourite was next, the found type. It was about understanding typography in how it grows or forms naturally
We looked at a different type of typography, Sarah king. I’d love his collection of words and how it builds the image, it was like images but with words, we took the chance to respond and have a go, this helped to include software into this working on the screen, I then used that illustrator to try different types, trying to expand my experiences with creating type. My ideas of including my interest of fashion and textiles, I had to research. I had a look At a wide range of ideas type can be imbedded into textiles. Following my interests, primary research i gathered Kathryn Hamnett, I loved her movement of the shirts and how they can wear the words to emphasise what there trying to say. Ellen Lipton and javier mariscal were interesting artists witch lead to an inspired type piece, this was also when I sprung the idea of mixing some sort of javier mariscals type with Saul bass’s. Same process with Nevill broody, I was able to show an inspired image aswell, reflecting back and forth from the breif and previous testing, I wanted to try hand-rendered type
I then had a great task on quote imagery,
Expressing letters with thumbnails and the imagery of what quotes are trying to convey. I felt after my research I had some ideas than I needed to put down as my initial ideas, some of them came to just ideas popping in my head. I liked this as I was able to get all my ideas down and explain what I had in mind, this helped funnel my research to keep it relevant to what I want my ideas to built into.
Brands have typography involved, we talked over how they convey what they want, and how certain letters/shapes and symbols can embed in our mind to remember a brand, like McDonald’s. As I was trying to guide my research in the right way due to my initial ideas, I looked at Jewelry artist and what makes there art unique, original, possible. That followed into more artist research on wire work artists, these were easy and important in the long run as I used wire in my pieces.
My next plan was developing my ideas, started of with experimenting wire lettering, specifically for the chain idea, seeing what’s works and what’s easier. These helps as they are a starting off using wire. As I looked at the wire it brought I could use some sort of metal for the letters, having more solid metal rather than wires could clean it up, and improve its strength and so I had to look into some sort of metal casting, pewter casting. I looks reasonable and interesting, but cost and time wise I couldn’t. It was good looking ad the low temp of pewter to cast it easy. A popular artist piped up Stephan sagmeister, a really interesting American pop artist/ typographer.
Extending my my interests into the textual idea I decided to do some eperement into sewing with the thread and embroidery material, testing always helps build understanding of the material your looking at.
An interesting research task I got was a video called ‘wake up and smell the font’ witch really opened up my eyes into what type first makes you feel when you look at it, and the unconscious thought you don’t realise when looking at a font, this really effected the way I looked at type.
I had a look at some unique art, that gave me ideas that linked with what I could experiment, Gabriel dawe with his Rainbow thread model to build a smooth colour change and block image. And manrizio anzeri with is interesting thread mask work. More in depth material experimenting explored type that could smell or a word related to what it smelt like. This was fun and was a joy to do. I had a look at digitally rendered type working with illustrator recreations and fontstruct, I like the website as it was simple to use and you were able to custom and save your own alphabets.
I tried to squeeze as much artist exploration in as possible befor developing ideas, looking at Marian bantjes and oded ezer, they had some creative type that I felt was relevant to some types I have been trying to develop. My next developing ideas was continuing my chain idea, witch helped as I found some great ideas at this point I was still using the thicker wire and embolden some ideas I had gathered from artists. Before my next experiments, I quickly looked at Jonathan bar brook and his types. I found and idea from previous research I had to try witch was just having a go and trying random things out, I had a lot of reflecting back and fourth to pull my ideas together. As more experiments go on I looked at the canvas and sewing witch was fun as it was physical work. After that was my next idea developing, my first barbed wire idea was introduced, this was important as it exednup being the initial type. I had found better ways to spin the wire, first trying adding the barbed bits. Along the way I got used to specific ways of doing it. At this point I wanted to expand my chain to bracelet, I was loving this as it was apart of my interests. Working with wire is very fiddly and was hard to get around, I tried better wire and more ways of exacuting the idea, referencing and reflecting on all developments and analysis. I had started experiments on all my ideas. This new wire I bought extended the ablutity of what I could achieve by then I had my head screwed on to the idea, had my type made and worked on my idea, I had explain what I wanted to do and my process’s. I show my progress of what I’ve done and what I’m onto.
I had them to get all my photos of the clothes on and off, edit my images and cut out the alphabet, all I needed to do then it put it all together. This process involved a lot of physical testing.
Editing my image I used photoshop for the most parts then I did some extras for the 3D images on premier pro. I had cut out the letters I need to spell out the words for the words in the final images. It didn’t take too long, was just a lot of cutting out and testing, I happily edited the photos on top of each other.
Feel like you've got no one to talk to? No one to understand you? Guidance counselors will listen, you just need to give them a chance!
Panel discusses the Mumbai attacks, December 17, 2008 at the Asia Society. From L to R: Salman Rushdie, Mira Kamdar, Suketu Mehta, BBC's Rome Hartman. (Bill Swersey/Asia Society)
Program Video:
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Program Summary:
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Please join us for a conversation on
Understanding and Combating Anti-Semitism in Present-Day Europe
Featuring
Mr. Gilles Clavreul
French Inter-ministerial Delegate for the Fight Against Racism and Anti-Semitism
Rabbi Andrew Baker
Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism
Mr. Jeffrey Goldberg
National Correspondent, The Atlantic
Moderated by
Heather A. Conley
Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic
Director, CSIS Europe Program
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
CSIS | 2nd Floor Conference Center
1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Please join us for a conversation on understanding modern anti-Semitism in Europe. Following the tragic Charlie Hebdo, Toulouse and Copenhagen attacks, what is the current state of security for Jewish communities in Europe and what are the driving forces behind this surge in anti-Semitic violence? As economies weaken and a migration crisis grows, nationalist, populist, and xenophobic sentiment has increased across Europe. Are failed multicultural and integration policies, shifting demographics, and fading memories of the Holocaust to blame? What steps should governments and civil society take – beyond enhancing security at Jewish schools and synagogues – to bridge cross-cultural divides and enhance societal cohesion? Our panelists will help us understand the dynamics driving Europe's anti-Semitism as well as reflect on the difficulties that governments and societies face in combating this trend.
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Memorandum of Understanding Signing between IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) Chairman Mr. Laurent Stricker at the IAEA 56th General Conference. IAEA Vienna, Austria, 17 September 2012
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Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Baumeister summed up the most important skill to exploring biomimicry: "Quieting the cleverness and getting back into our childlike minds."
Read more at: www.greenbiz.com/blog/2011/10/13/if11-how-biomimicry-appl...
On the third night of Navaratri, we celebrate Goddess Chandraghanta. Although fearsome in this aspect with all Her arms and weapons, She is actually the goddess of peace and tranquility, and spreads a sense of calm all around Her. Chandraghanta gives the blessing of delight in our spiritual practice, and is therefore a powerful ally along the spiritual path.
In His satsang, Gurudev gave us a deeper understanding of Chandraghanta Devi and how the Divine takes the form of sound as a way to awaken us and raise our mental state. He spoke about the transformation that happens when we let go of the past and future and chant constantly in the present moment.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU), FARM to FLY 2.0 - Working Together Resolutions signed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, on Monday, April 15, 2013, at National Harbor, MD. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
My understanding is that when Trim Castle Hotel was constructed it was necessary to replace a wall partly owned by the church so as compensation the builders undertook to provide the ’stations of the cross’ shown in my photographs.
Because of uneven ground and the location of some trees it can be difficult to properly photograph all of the stations without introducing some distortion. This is, in fact, my third attempt.
If you are not Christian and even then the ’Stations Of The Cross’ may be a bit of a mystery to you.
I should mention that when I was young there were fourteen stations … 7 on each side of the church. When I first photographed the stations in Trim I was more than confused to discover that there were fifteen with the additional one being the Resurrection of Jesus. Further investigation resulted in the following explanation - “Some modern liturgists say the traditional Stations of the Cross are incomplete without a final scene depicting the empty tomb and/or the resurrection of Jesus, because Jesus' rising from the dead was an integral part of his salvific work on Earth. Advocates of the traditional form of the Stations ending with the body of Jesus being placed in the tomb say the Stations are intended as a meditation on the atoning death of Jesus, and not as a complete picture of his life, death, and resurrection”.
Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as Way of Sorrows or Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The stations grew out of imitations of Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem which is believed to be the actual path Jesus walked to Mount Calvary. The object of the stations is to help the Christian faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Christ. It has become one of the most popular devotions and the stations can be found in the churches of many Western Christian denominations, including Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist and Western Orthodox parishes.
Commonly, a series of 14 images will be arranged in numbered order along a path and the faithful travel from image to image, in order, stopping at each "station to say the selected prayers and reflections. This will be done individually or in a procession most commonly during Lent, especially on Good Friday, in a spirit of reparation for the sufferings and insults that Jesus endured during his passion.
The style, form, and placement of the stations vary widely. The typical stations are small plaques with reliefs or paintings placed around a church nave. Modern minimalist stations can be simple crosses with a numeral in the centre. Occasionally the faithful might say the stations of the cross without there being any image, such as when the pope leads the stations of the cross around the Colosseum in Rome on Good Friday. The older stations can be an outdoor series of chapels in a landscape, known as a Calvary, and are sites of pilgrimage in their own right. Examples include Sacro Monte Calvario in Italy, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska in Poland, Žemaičių Kalvarija in Lithuania.
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.................... is deeper in meaning than mere words, and is important for its result, not petty rhetoric. Those who can verbalize their happiness have little happiness to speak of. My love has grown so much that I can't tell even half of it in words.
* A paraphrasing of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
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This photograph was taken at the Understanding Clifford's Tower event which took place at Clifford's Tower and the Hilton Hotel, York, on Sunday 25th January 2015.
Photograph taken by Sam Johnson.
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