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ST-C327-5-63. President John F. Kennedy Speaks at Presentation Ceremony of the Robert J. Collier Trophy to Mercury Seven Astronauts
President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy to astronauts Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. "Deke" Slayton. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; President of the National Aeronautic Association, Martin M. Decker; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Cdr. Schirra; Cdr. Shepard; Maj. Cooper; Maj. Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn; Maj. Grissom; Lt. Cdr. Carpenter; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby; Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra; Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Maj. Grissom's father, Dennis Grissom; Maj. Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom; Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Jack Ready and Bill Payne; and National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy to astronauts Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. "Deke" Slayton. Standing right of the trophy, first row (L-R): Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; President of the National Aeronautic Association, Martin M. Decker; President Kennedy; and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Second row (L-R): Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert (mostly hidden, behind trophy); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Cdr. Schirra; Cdr. Shepard; Maj. Cooper; Maj. Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn; Maj. Grissom; and Lt. Cdr. Carpenter. Third row (L-R): unidentified; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby (in back); Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra; unidentified (in back); Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Maj. Grissom's mother, Cecile Grissom (in back); Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Maj. Grissom's father, Dennis Grissom (in back); Maj. Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom; Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico (in back); Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; and Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Jack Ready and Bill Payne; and National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy to astronauts Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. "Deke" Slayton. Standing right of the trophy, first row (L-R): Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; President of the National Aeronautic Association, Martin M. Decker; President Kennedy; and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Second row (L-R): Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert (mostly hidden, behind trophy); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Cdr. Schirra; Cdr. Shepard; Maj. Cooper; Maj. Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn; Maj. Grissom; and Lt. Cdr. Carpenter. Third row (L-R): unidentified; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby (in back); Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra; unidentified (in back); Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Maj. Grissom's mother, Cecile Grissom (in back, partially hidden); Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Maj. Grissom's father, Dennis Grissom (in back); Maj. Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom; Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico (in back); Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; and Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Jack Ready and Bill Payne; and National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
ST-C42-8-62. President John F. Kennedy Arrives in St. Louis, Missouri
President John F. Kennedy stands with Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell, and others upon arrival aboard Air Force One at Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri. Standing at bottom of airplane stairs (L-R): unidentified U.S. Air Force officer; Representative George P. Miller (California); President Kennedy; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Mr. McDonnell; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Descending stairs: Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and Dave Powers. President Kennedy traveled to St. Louis to visit the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant during a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
ST-387-10-62. President John F. Kennedy Views Gemini Spacecraft at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (back to camera); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell; Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agents, Jack Ready, Emory Roberts, Roy Kellerman, Win Lawson, and Frank Yeager. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
ST-387-1-62. President John F. Kennedy Speaks to Employees at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri
President John F. Kennedy (left, on speakers' platform) delivers remarks to employees of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb, and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell, stand at far left behind platform. Those seated at right include: Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Senator Edward V. Long (Missouri); Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Representative George P. Miller (California); Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Dave Grant, Lubert "Bert" de Freese, and Bill Duncan. U.S. Navy Phantom II and U.S. Air Force FJ-420 jet fighter planes sit in background. President Kennedy visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
KN-23768. President John F. Kennedy Views Gemini Spacecraft at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (gesturing with hand), briefs President Kennedy; McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand, sits in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft. Also pictured: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
ST-A16-34-62. President John F. Kennedy Tours Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas
President John F. Kennedy (right) tours spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (mostly hidden, right of President Kennedy), briefs the President on a mock-up of the lunar lander, also known as "the Bug" (partially visible at left); a mock-up of a Gemini paraglider is visible in the background. Also pictured: Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth. President Kennedy visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
KN-C23689. President John F. Kennedy Tours Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas
President John F. Kennedy tours spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; a mock-up of a Gemini paraglider is visible in the background. Left to right: White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (back to camera); Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (in back); President Kennedy; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (partially hidden); astronaut Major Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (in back); Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; (in back, mostly hidden); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Representative George P. Miller of California (in back, partially hidden); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back, mostly hidden); Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; unidentified. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
KN-23795. President John F. Kennedy Views Gemini Spacecraft at Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of a Gemini capsule with paraglider (partially visible at far left), during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (back to camera) stands left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
ST-A16-42-62. President John F. Kennedy Views Mercury Space Capsule at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
President John F. Kennedy views Mercury spacecraft capsule #19, during a tour of Mercury systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (center right), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
ST-A16-35-62. President John F. Kennedy Tours Mercury Spacecraft Equipment at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
President John F. Kennedy tours Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (mostly hidden) and Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston, stand right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Saturn Project Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Rocco Petrone; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, Dave Grant, Bill Duncan, and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 (partially out of frame) sits at far left in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
KN-23755. President John F. Kennedy Tours Mercury Spacecraft Equipment at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
President John F. Kennedy confers with Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (back to camera), and astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (right), during a tour of Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, Bill Duncan, and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 (partially out of frame) sits at far left in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
President John F. Kennedy tours Mercury spacecraft systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (back to camera), stands right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, Dave Grant, Bill Duncan, and Roy Kellerman. Mercury spacecraft capsule #19 (partially out of frame) sits at far left in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
KN-23747. President John F. Kennedy Views Mercury Space Capsule at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) views Mercury spacecraft capsule #19, during a tour of Mercury systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (partially hidden), briefs President Kennedy. Looking on (L-R): Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
President John F. Kennedy views Mercury spacecraft capsule #19, during a tour of Mercury systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (center right), briefs President Kennedy; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (partially out of frame) stands at far right. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
KN-23729. President John F. Kennedy with Astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra, during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (in back, partially hidden); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (back to camera); President Kennedy (mostly hidden, facing away); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown (in back); Commander Schirra; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; unidentified (in back); Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York). The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
KN-23719. President John F. Kennedy Tours Saturn Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
President John F. Kennedy (center left, mostly hidden in crowd) and others stand in front of a Saturn rocket launch site under construction at Launch Complex 37, during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Saturn Project Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Rocco Petrone; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
ST-A16-46-62. President John F. Kennedy Arrives in Huntsville, Alabama
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) speaks with Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (center left), following his arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Left to right: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (in back, partially hidden); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Dr. von Braun; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); President Kennedy; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, Lieutenant General Frank S. Besson, Jr.; Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow. Air Force One sits in background. The President traveled to Huntsville as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
ST-A16-44-62. President John F. Kennedy Views Saturn C-1 Rocket at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama
President John F. Kennedy (lower left, with back to camera) views the Saturn C-1 rocket, during a tour of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (back to camera), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Vice Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Dr. Leonard Carmichael; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, Roy Kellerman, Toby Chandler, and Dave Grant. Photographers and members of the press stand at right in foreground. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
ST-A16-41-62. President John F. Kennedy Tours Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama
President John F. Kennedy tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun, walks left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Vice Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Dr. Leonard Carmichael; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn and Roy Kellerman. Photographers and members of the press observe at right. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
ST-387-14-62. President John F. Kennedy Tours Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama
President John F. Kennedy (center, facing away) tours the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (center left), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Representative George P. Miller (California); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Vice Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Dr. Leonard Carmichael; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and Dave Powers; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn and Roy Kellerman. Photographers and members of the press observe at right. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
KN-C23678. President John F. Kennedy Tours Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama
President John F. Kennedy (right, facing away) views Saturn engine displays, during a tour of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (partially hidden, with arm raised), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Representative George P. Miller (California). The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
KN-23120. President John F. Kennedy Presents President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service
Presentation ceremony of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones, laughing) presents the award to Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon, Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory). Looking on (L-R): Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (very back, partially hidden on edge of frame); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (mostly hidden on edge of frame). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
KN-23117. President John F. Kennedy Presents President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service to Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey
Presentation ceremony of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy presents the award to Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (center). Looking on (L-R): Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the HHFA, J. Stanley Baughman; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts of Alabama (mostly hidden); Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee (mostly hidden); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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(-)Shepard, Tazewell (Tazewell Taylor), 1921-2013 (47)
(-)Webb, James E. (James Edwin), 1906-1992 (47)
Gilruth, Robert R. (Robert Rowe), 1913-2000 (27)
Vance, Cyrus Roberts, 1917-2002 (25)
Carroll, John A. (John Albert), 1901-1983 (21)
Kefauver, Estes, (Carey Estes), 1903-1963 (20)
Baughman, J. S. (James Stanley), 1898-1980 (19)
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 (19)
Weaver, Robert C. (Robert Clifton), 1907-1997 (18)
Brown, Harold, 1927- (16)
Gregg, Donald Eaton, 1902-1983 (16)
Macy, John W. (John Williams), 1917-1986 (15)
Roberts, Kenneth A. (Kenneth Allison), 1912-1989 (14)
Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998 (14)
Glenn, John Herschel, 1921-2016 (13)
Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 (12)
Burroughs, Henry D. (Henry Dashiell), 1918-2000 (11)
Kelsey, Frances Kathleen Oldham, 1914-2015 (11)
Seamans, Robert C. (Robert Channing), 1918-2008 (11)
Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994 (11)
Zuckert, Eugene M. (Eugene Martin), 1911-2000 (11)
Carlson, Frank, 1893-1987 (10)
Clark, Ramsey (William Ramsey), 1927- (10)
Korth, Fred (Frederick H.), 1909-1998 (10)
Wiley, Alexander, 1884-1967 (9)
Williams, Walter (Walter Charles), 1919-1995 (9)
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Kelsey Parker
Kelsey has been dancing, singing and acting since the age of 5. Obtaining high grades in ballet, tap, modern, singing, acting, musical theatre, ballroom and Latin. At age 11 Kelsey auditioned and was accepted into Italia Conti as a full time student. Kelsey graduated at 19 with a diploma in Performing Arts. During her time at Italia Conti she took part in all school performances and many auditions alongside her academic subjects. Since leaving school Kelsey has continued to pursue her dream of becoming a full time actress. All of this alongside creating and running K2K Stars and a local ladies clothing boutique "Hey Dolly" where Kelsey not only sources stock but also models for the website.
Achievements to date:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie) – 2004
Hands free music video - 2010
Bullies (short film) – 2010
Eastenders (TV) – 2012
Dead Beats (pilot) – 2012
The Wanted Life (TV) - 2013
Abducted (movie) – 2014
FA Advert – 2014
He Who Dares: Downing Street Siege (movie) - 2014
Legacy – (movie ) – 2015
7 Days with (TV) – 2015
Mr and Mrs (TV) - 2015
Plus many other adverts, music videos and stage shows
Kelsey Gallagher
Kelsey has been dancing since she could walk. Growing up studying N.A.T.D and I.S.T.D syllabus in Ballet, Tap, Modern, Disco, National Dance, Singing and Acting. At age 13 Kelsey won a coveted scholarship to Italia Conti Stage School. Up until leaving at age 19, alongside her academic subjects Kelsey studied all forms of dance, theatre arts and singing, taking part in all school productions and auditions. Kelsey has worked hard since leaving school and is following her dream to be an actress alongside running K2K and helping others achieve their dreams.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (movie) – 2002
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (movie) - 2005
Call the Midwife (TV) – 2013
Devils Dosh (TV) – 2013
Midsummer Nights Dream
Abducted (movie ) – 2014
7 Days with (TV) - 2015
Annie Boggans
Began ballet age 2 then progressed to tap, modern & jazz
Studied Performing Arts at Italia Conti
Graduated with a National Diploma
Dance captain in Tenerife, creating and choreographing all shows in many hotels for Thomson Holidays
Performed in musicals and shows in Ibiza
Singing Teacher
Meg McCall
Studied at Tech Music School
Winner of song writer of the year 2013
Solo artist with many performances at venues like O2 Shepherds Bush, O2 Academy Islington, Hyde Park etc
Written and produced her debut EP
Loretta Hines
Started dance age 3 and performed in numerous pantomimes
Competed in the British Arts Awards and was awarded all round performer 3 times
Won a scholarship to study at Sylvia Young Theatre School
Began teaching at age 16
Has been in TV adverts, Eastenders, Blue Peter etc
Danced in many music videos and alongside professional singers at live shows
Acting Teacher
Zoe Peters
Started dancing at the age of 3
At 16 years of age was awarded a DaDa to attend Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts
Began teaching at the age of 15
Has been in Hollyoaks, Waterloo Road, backing dancer on BGT and various music videos, also played a principle role in various pantomimes over the last 10 years.
Alex Roots
Studied Performing Arts at Italia Conti & Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Co-Wrote and recorded her own album
Performed in support for the likes of McFly, Sugababes, Clavin Harris etc
Presented on live radio for the BBC
Performed in "Tommy" plus many other amateur productions
Alex Ellison
Studied at the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Directed class projects at both BRIT and Mountview
Recorded and released his own EP on iTunes
Jen Farrell
Jen trained at The Dance School Of Scotland before furthering her training at Bird College where she gained a BA Hons degree in Dance and Theatre Performance. Her theatre and T.V credits include Dancer for Rita Ora, XFactor, ITV, Mayors wife and understudy Molokova in "Chess"at The Union Theatre, Business women in Green Flag commercial, Kate in "The Sword and the Dope" at The Greenwhich Playhouse, , Lorraine in the Scottish premiere of" Batboy the musical", Ensemble in the UK premiere of "Suessical The Musical" , Dance captain in "The Rat Pack", Showgirl in the "Craig McMurdo Cabaret", UK tour
Director credits include: "The 8th Fold" at The Duchess Theatre, Assistant director
"The Sword and the Dope" at The Courtyard theatre, "Guys and Dolls" and "High School Musical" for Beverly Marks Stage School at The Queens Theatre.
Choreography credits include: "Twelfth night" for the Oxfordshire Shakespeare Company, "The Sword and The Dope", Courtyard Theatre. Various productions for Beverly Marks Stage school at The Queens Theatre.
Holly Dedman
Started ballet aged 3 and progressed to tap, modern & jazz
Performed in Billy Elliott
Trained at the Centre of Performing Arts College
Graduated with a Diploma and DDI teaching qualification
Danced in music videos and on cruise ships

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María Luisa Ávila Agüero (born 30 January 1961) is a Costa Rican pediatric infectious disease specialist who was  during the administrations of Óscar Arias Sánchez (2006–2010) and Laura Chinchilla Miranda (2010–2014).

Biography
The daughter of Claudio Ávila Quirós and Evelia Agüero Garro, María Luisa Ávila Agüero studied at the Escuela República de Paraguay and the Colegio Anastasio Alfaro. She graduated as a pediatrician from the University of Costa Rica and specialized in infectious disease. She became the Chief of Infectious Disease at the National Children's Hospital. In 2006, President Óscar Arias Sánchez appointed her Minister of Public Health, and in the following administration, Laura Chinchilla Miranda retained her in the post.
She was a member of the research committee at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas from 1998 to 2002.

Arias Sánchez administration
Through the publication of Executive Decree No. 34510-S "Organic Regulation of the Ministry of Health", a new institutional structure and development of the organizational model was implemented.

In July 2008, through the Executive Decree, the Costa Rica Solid Waste Plan was made official. In 2009, the country achieved the lowest infant mortality rate in its history, ranking third in Latin America, behind only Chile and Cuba.

The basic vaccination scheme for the entire population was extended, through the incorporation of four new vaccines for children: chickenpox, pneumococcus, pertussis, and rotavirus. In April 2010, Law 8809 was passed, creating the  and providing it with an organizational and managerial structure, as well as resources to be able to advance the coverage of comprehensive care for the country's children.

Ávila resumed the program of vector-borne disease control, giving special emphasis to the fight against malaria, which had been abandoned by previous administrations and left in the hands of local levels of the Ministry of Health. Thanks to Dr. Ávila's management, Matina's Area of Health team was able to obtain support to control the increasing incidence of malaria which had been taking place in that canton of Limón since the early 2000s, and with that, avoid its spread to the rest of the country's low areas.

At the end of the administration in 2010, Costa Rica reported its lowest incidence of dengue fever in nine years, and mortality from hemorrhagic dengue remained at 0.

At the end of July 2009, at the Ministry's request, the Catholic Church canceled the pilgrimage of the faithful to the city of Cartago for the August 2 festival at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels, due to the H1N1 flu pandemic.

In February 2010, the Ministry's audit questioned a series of agreements and contracts that it had made with the University of Costa Rica (UCR) to implement an organizational development process at the institution, for a sum of close to 900 million colones (approximately US$1.5 million).

On 20 March 2010, Ávila was part of a group of five ministers – together with Leonardo Garnier (Education),  (Planning), Marco Vinicio Ruiz (Foreign Trade), and María Elena Carballo – to ask President Arias Sánchez to promote Bill 16.390 on "civil unions between people of the same sex".

Chinchilla Miranda administration
At the beginning of the Chinchilla Miranda administration, due to a lack of foresight and administrative problems at the Ministry of Public Health, a total of 135,000 children and mothers in poverty did not receive milk normally provided by the government. This caused Ávila to be called to appear before the Legislative Assembly, where some confrontations took place.

In June 2010, members of the PAC and PUSC filed a motion of censure against the Minister of Public Health for friction created after she ordered the closure of 40 offices in the Legislative Assembly's facilities that did not meet appropriate conditions.

María Luisa Ávila presented her resignation from the Ministry of Public Health in July 2011 for differences with President Laura Chinchilla on the intervention process to seek solutions to various problems in the Department of Social Security. The resignation became effective on September 1.

See also
 Politics of Costa Rica

References

Further reading

1961 births
Costa Rican pediatricians
Government ministers of Costa Rica
Living people
National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) politicians
People from San José, Costa Rica
University of Costa Rica alumni
Women government ministers of Costa Rica
Women pediatricians
21st-century Costa Rican women politicians

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Matchbox Pictures boss to head up FremantleMedia Australia
March 20th, 2018 By David Knox 2 commentsFiled under: News,
Chris Oliver-Taylor will depart as Managing Director of Matchbox Pictures to become CEO of FremantleMedia Australia.
He replaces Ian Hogg, who departed in January.
Previously ABC's Head of Business and Operations, he has been MD at Matchbox Pictures since 2011, overseeing output including The Slap, Glitch, Secret City, Barracuda, The Family Law, Safe Harbour, Nowhere Boys, The Real Housewives of Melbourne and Wanted. He has also been actively involved with industry groups including Screen Producers Australia and Screenrights.
Oliver-Taylor will oversee both Australian & New Zealand businesses from later this year, reporting to FremantleMedia Group CEO, Cécile Frot-Coutaz.
Cécile Frot-Coutaz, FremantleMedia's Group CEO, said: "Chris is one of Australia's most admired and dynamic television executives, with an outstanding reputation for delivering impactful scripted and un-scripted entertainment that plays brilliantly in Australia and around the world. I am delighted to have attracted someone of his calibre and passion to lead our Australian operation and I can't wait to welcome him to the global Fremantle family."
Chris Oliver-Taylor said: "Leading Matchbox Pictures has been the most creatively rewarding chapter of my career so far, but the opportunity to lead FremantleMedia Australia and join the outstanding global team is one I couldn't resist. From the world's biggest entertainment formats to some of the most ambitious dramas on television, Fremantle is an absolute powerhouse – and I couldn't be more excited about the many creative partnerships and possibilities that lie ahead across Australia, New Zealand and internationally."
Oliver-Taylor joins FMA from NBCUniversal-owned Matchbox Pictures where, since 2011, he has led the company through a sustained period of growth, generating significant production output across all Australian networks as well as a number of international co-productions.
Standout programmes commissioned during his tenure at Matchbox include Secret City, Devils Play-ground and The Real Housewives franchise for Foxtel; Glitch, 7 Types of Ambiguity and Barracuda for the ABC; Wanted and Formal Wars for Network 7; Hyde & Seek for Network 9; Underground for Network 10; and Safe Harbour, The Family Law and Date My Race for SBS. Under his leadership, Matchbox won 20 AACTA awards, an International Emmy, 3 Kidscreen Awards, 9 Logies, 4 Australian Director's Guild Awards, 6 Australian Writers Guild Awards, and 9 Screen Producers of Australia Awards, including winning Production Company of the Year three times, most recently last year.
Oliver-Taylor began his career at the BBC in London, working on shows ranging from Top of the Pops and The Generation Game to Match of the Day and Westminster Live. He emigrated to Australia in 2000, working at the ABC in a number of roles across drama, entertainment and comedy. In 2005 he became ABC's Head of Production, with overall responsibility for the production and delivery of the entire ABC TV slate as well as the financial management, business affairs, scheduling and broadcast operations of ABC TV. He is a Board Director of Screenrights and the former President and Board Director of Screen Producers Australia.
FMA is the home of Family Feud, Great Australian Bake Off, Grand Designs Australia, Escape from the City, The X Factor, Australia's Got Talent and Australian Idol. It is also the company behind original dramas such as Wentworth, Neighbours and the upcoming Picnic at Hanging Rock, which has sold around the world.
Tags: Barracuda, Glitch, Nowhere Boys, overseeing output including The Slap, Safe Harbour, Secret City, The Family Law, The former ABC exec has been MD at Matchbox Pictures since 2011, The Real Housewives of Melbourne, Wanted
Eyespy March 20, 2018 2:34 pm
FremantleMedia Australia is very lucky to have wooed Chris away from Matchbox. He's a class act and a rarity in this business – someone who is great to deal with, honest and just a lovely person.
David Knox March 20, 2018 3:52 pm
I don't often do this, but second that. Top bloke.


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Phantom Couriers, Vancouver BC
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Mark: Pretty good, excellent, thank you.
Mark: So we're going to talk a little bit about the history of Phantom, kind of our first broadcast on talking about the Phantom. What's the history and what do you guys do?
Mark: Well the history is that I started off as an independent bike messenger, it was like a part time temporary thing and after about eight hours I's hey this is better than anything I've ever done before so I was obviously working for another company called International Parcel Service, the owner was a cool guy and I said I'm going to quit, I've got to start may own company and he said well that's fine, then he called me up half an hour later and said let me be your biggest client so I'm just zooming around making friends, walking through doors and that's like it just took off and I want, it was super simple, I went to a Kinko's one day, put out a flyer and the pagers started ringing and just everywhere I went people seemed to have a need to get things done quick and fast, no confusion so I found a niche, it kept it busy, it was super creative and I had a lot of fun so that's the basic start of it. It started in 1996 and I haven't looked back since, it's been full bore since we started, got a huge awesome crew now and everybody likes it.
Mark: So what's different about what you guys do right now?
Mark: I just think that all courier companies are the same and it's just each company's a different flavour and I think our flavours, people like it more, it's a lot, it's really simple to join up as a client and basically nobody wants to let anybody down, that's the basic thing, nobody likes being in trouble and everyone likes it when you solve a problem so if you're a problem solver you're always getting a pat on the back and a thank you and I think our crew's made up of problem solvers and it's almost like everybody who works at that is an entrepreneur and they're always in startup mode and they're always wanted to please and they're like I can do this, so I think maybe that's our, our secret right now.
Mark: And what kind of plans do you have for the future?
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CANTO: Iotunn, Summoning The Lich, Culted, and More
January 7, 2021 January 7, 2021 Corey
Oh look, America broke. Who could have EVER seen this coming?? Anyway. 2/26 seems to be a popular date in today's announcements…
Summoning The Lich just signed on to a deal with Prosthetic Records back in October, and today have announced details surrounding their debut album. The fantasy-themed death metal crew out of St. Louis will release United In Chaos on February 26th. Check out that clip for "The Nightmare Begins" while you're at it.
Iotunn, the progressive metal band out of Denmark, have unveiled new album details. Access All Worlds will also be out on February 26th, through Metal Blade Records. Today, they released a new single for "Voyage of the Garganey I", which can be heard at that link as well.
We're still paying tribute to Alexi Laiho at Nine Circles, so let's pause here and take a few minutes to watch this cover of "Downfall". That clip includes members of Immortal Guardian, Helion Prime, and Oceans Of Slumber.
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Care Educational & Welfare Society will be working for the social welfare and education in the surroundings rural area in all the states of the country. After mobilizing requisite resources, it has decided to provide the education in the skill development sector for which it's has arranged a team of Technical education experts which would be guiding the running of the program.
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Setsquare draws up acquisitions at the double
Setsquare Staging has acquired print and interior design specialists Enigma Visual Solutions, as well as event and print production company GTMS.
Both acquisitions are part of a strategic development that has helped transform Setsquare into a £20m (US$25.48m) company.
Creative Director and founder of Setsquare, John O'Gorman, says: "We are extremely excited to embark on this new venture. Both Enigma and GTMS are specialists within the print, build and staging industries, delivering creative solutions to clients on an international level. We will combine our services to produce industry leading solutions. We will be building branded environments second to none."
Reno Macri, founder of Enigma Visual Solutions, which has grown from a sign and graphics business to producing modular and custom exhibition stands, as well as interior design and installations, adds: "Over the last 10 years Setsquare has been an invaluable partner, helping us expand into new and exciting sectors. To secure the future of Enigma and its continuous growth, the opportunity to be part of Setsquare has not come at a better time for us and our clients. With the amazing resources now on offer, we can satisfy our clients with the added expertise of Setsquare and GTMS."
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How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of - download pdf or read online
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Amid the phobia following 11th of September and different fresh terror assaults, you could disregard crucial truth approximately terrorist campaigns: they continuously come to an end--and usually way more speedy than anticipated. opposite to what many think, in terms of facing terrorism it can be extra vital to appreciate the way it ends than the way it starts. in simple terms by means of figuring out the typical ways that terrorist hobbies have died out or been eliminated some time past will we desire to determine tips on how to pace the decline of trendy terrorist teams, whereas warding off pointless fears and expensive overreactions. In How Terrorism Ends, Audrey Kurth Cronin examines how terrorist campaigns have met their dying during the last centuries, and applies those enduring classes to stipulate a brand new approach opposed to al-Qaeda. This ebook solutions questions resembling: How lengthy do terrorist campaigns final? whilst does focusing on the management end a gaggle? whilst do negotiations result in the tip? lower than what stipulations do teams transition to other kinds of violence, similar to insurgency or civil struggle? How and while do they prevail or fail, after which disappear? studying quite a lot of historic examples--including the anti-tsarist Narodnaya Volya, the Provisional IRA, Peru's Shining direction, Japan's Aum Shinrikyo, and numerous Palestinian groups--Cronin identifies the ways that just about all terrorist teams die out, together with decapitation (catching or killing the leader), negotiation, repression, and implosion. How Terrorism Ends is the single finished e-book on its topic and a rarity between the entire books on terrorism--at as soon as functional, positive, rigorous, and historic. learn more... Decapitation : catching or killing the chief -- Negotiations : transition towards a valid political technique -- good fortune : attaining the target -- Failure : imploding, frightening a backlash, or turning into marginalized -- Repression : crushing terrorism with strength -- Reorientation : transitioning to a different modus operandi -- How Al-Qaeda ends : the relevance and irrelevance of background
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The Culprits - download pdf or read online
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I'm first going to give a general overview of the phenomenon and then trace its roots by introducing the concept of probability masses and probability densities. Though the first part is going to be fairly intuitive, the second part is going to be a bit heavy on the math side.
There are only 2 possible outcomes. One of them is heads. Therefore, the probability of heads is 1 out of 2, or 1/2.
By the same logic, the probability of rolling a 4 with a 6-sided die is 1/6. The probability of drawing the jack of diamonds from a standard 52-card deck is 1/52. You get the idea.
The logic here is simply to divide the number of outcomes that satisfy an event by the total number of possible outcomes.
If an outcome isn't in the set of possible outcomes, by definition it can't occur. For example, you can't roll an 8 with a 6-sided die. This means that P("Roll 8") = 0.
The zero in the numerator comes from the fact that exactly 0 of the six possible outcomes are 8.
Have you noticed a contradiction so far? In the beginning I said that a probability of zero doesn't imply an outcome is impossible to occur. But just now I implied that impossible outcomes always have a probability of 0. What's going on?
The apparent contradiction is resolved by noticing that I approached the question from two different directions. It's still true that impossible outcomes have a probability of zero. What is not true is that zero probability outcomes are necessarily impossible.
So, how can an outcome be possible, yet have a probability of zero? You can't come up with any examples while staying in the realm of finite sample spaces. On the other hand, in infinite sample spaces, possible zero probability outcomes are abundant.
A sample space is simply the set of all possible outcomes of some randomness or uncertainty. A finite sample space is one which has a finite number of possible outcomes. An infinite sample space has an infinite number of possible outcomes.
The simplest example of an infinite sample space I can think of is that of randomly drawing a number between 0 and 1. This sample space is infinite because there's an infinite number of real numbers in the interval [0, 1].
So, what is the probability of drawing any specific number from this interval?
Do you already see a problem with applying the probability calculation logic from the previous section to answering this question? Because there is only one of each specific number in the interval, the numerator in the formula is still 1 . But when you try to divide this by the total number of possible outcomes, you suddenly find yourself in the situation of dividing by infinity.
Clearly the answer to the last expression can't be any positive real number. That would imply that the denominator was actually a finite positive number too, but we know it's infinity.
But you can see that, as the denominator approaches infinity, the entire expression approaches zero. Therefore, if we're going to attach a number to the last expression, zero seems like the most natural choice.
Notice, we have a probability of a possible outcome and it's equal to zero. Voilà!
Of course, this is an informal explanation and you're not truly satisfied with it.
You can't really divide a real number by infinity and this was only meant to give basic intuition. Furthermore, it still doesn't really explain why possible and impossible events can both have a probability of zero.
I'm going to address these questions in the rest of this post. But before that, here's a small intermezzo to clarify something that might be bugging you.
Why are we considering specific values?
Remember, we're talking about drawing this very exact number. If you draw 0.38750001, it doesn't count. If you draw 0.387500000000000000000001, it still doesn't count. It has to be exactly 0.3875 (with the optional infinite trail of zeros).
You might think I'm being picky. If the drawn number is close enough to the original number, shouldn't we consider that a success? You can do that, of course. You can still count it as the same number if it's less than or greater than the original number by a very small amount. But then you would essentially be dealing with intervals, not exact numbers.
If you break down the the entire [0, 1] interval into sub-intervals, no matter how small, you will transform the problem to one with a finite sample space. And we already know how to calculate probabilities for those.
To understand infinite sample spaces, one needs to be familiar with the concept of density. Here I'm going to define it with physical examples and later use it to explain probability densities.
In physics, the average density of an object is the total mass of the object divided by its volume. So, if you have a metal cube whose mass is 1000 kilograms and whose volume is 2 cubic meters, its average density is going to be equal to 1000 kg / 2 m3 (or 500 kg/m3).
Because it's easier to visualize, instead of a cube, imagine a metal rod whose mass is 1 kilogram and whose length is 1 meter. If you want to push your imagination even further, think of it as having no width or height… It's simply a 1 meter long infinitely thin rod.
Keep this in mind, as it's going to be very useful in a bit.
If the mass is uniformly (equally) distributed along the rod, then each of the 100 pieces will have 1/100th of the mass (10 grams). But it could also be that some pieces are more densely packed and have a higher percentage of the mass. For example, the first 20 pieces could be 25 grams each, and the remaining 80 could be 6.25 grams each.
In other words, by multiplying each piece's length times its density and summing over all pieces, you obtain the total mass of the rod. This should be pretty intuitive.
Now each piece has an even smaller fraction of the total mass and length. But we can just as easily calculate the density at any piece or the total mass by summing the density*length products over all pieces.
No matter how small non-overlapping pieces we break the rod into, their number is always going to be finite. But what if we break it down to points?
You will remember that points are idealized zero-dimensional objects. This means they have 0 length, height, and depth. If that's the case, what would we get if we tried to calculate a point's mass with the formula length*density? Multiplying any density by 0 will always give 0. Hence, summing all points' masses will give 0 as the total mass. But we know the rod's mass is 1 kg, so there's clearly something wrong here.
Those of you familiar with integrals are probably already nodding with a half-smile. Unfortunately, a detailed introduction of integrals is also beyond the scope of this post, so we'll suffice only with the general intuition.
The thin S-like symbol is the integral sign. The 0 subscript and 1 superscript mean that we're integrating ("summing") from 0 all the way to 1 (from the first to the last point of the rod). The term density(x) represents the density at a particular point x and dx is the infinitely small interval in x I mentioned above.
Another way to think about integrals is as the area under the curve that represents the function you're integrating. The reason is that summing all these infinite products is like adding up an infinite number of rectangles whose witdhs are dx and whose heights are the values of the function at each point.
The important (and counter-intuitive) thing to get out of integrals is that you end up getting a finite number by summing an infinite number of such products. Taken individually, each of the infinite terms contributes 0 by itself, but together they amount to a finite number.
And with all this in mind, let's go back to the domain of probabilities.
In probability theory, the term probability mass refers to the familiar notion of probability. The entire sample space has a probability mass of 1 and the amount of probability mass of a subset of the sample space corresponds to the probability that an outcome of that subset will occur.
In infinite sample spaces, probability density is the probability mass divided by unit length of the sample space (I'm using the term length here very loosely). Similar to physical densities, probability densities can be defined at every point of the sample space.
This function gives the probability density at each point in the sample space. Notice that each point's density is equal to 1.
A common beginner's mistake is to read probability density functions like one would read probability mass functions. Namely, to interpret the number corresponding to a point as that point's probability. Just from this example you can see that this interpretation is wrong: it's certainly not true that every point has a probability of 1 of being randomly selected!
To get probability mass out of a probability density, you need to multiply the latter by some interval from the sample space. As we saw in the previous section, if you take the density at any particular point and multiply it by the point's length, you would get zero, since points don't have length.
You obtain this probability mass by integrating over the probability density function from 0.34 to 0.59. As I said in the previous section, you can think of an integral as an area under a curve. In this case, the curve is a straight line. The probability that the random number is in [0.34, 0.59] is the area under that line bound between these two values. Well, that area is equal to a rectangle of height 1 and width 0.25, hence the final probability.
Bottom line is that, when dealing with infinite sample spaces, it makes sense to talk about probabilities (probability masses) only for intervals, rather than exact values. For most real-world applications, a small enough interval around an exact value could be considered identical to the value itself (for all practical purposes). But still, know that exact values always have probabilities of 0.
There is still some element of discomfort in the notion that zero probability outcomes occur in the world. After all, outcomes are concrete values, not intervals. And why do we say the probability is 0 if the outcome can occur, after all?
What can we make out of the fact that something that just occurred had a probability of zero just an instant before it occurred?
Here the probability theory notions of of almost surely and almost never come to the rescue. An event happens almost surely if it has a probability of 1. And it happens almost never if it has a probability of zero. The "almost" is there precisely to acknowledge the fact that, in infinite sample spaces, 0 doesn't imply impossibility and 1 doesn't imply absolute certainty. It implies that, for all practical purposes, in any individual "trial", a zero probability event will not happen and an event with probability 1 will always happen.
I focused most of my attention to "almost never" events. But "almost surely" events are very similar. For example, if you exclude any specific number from the set [0, 1], the probability of drawing a number from the newly created set is 1, even though it's still theoretically possible to draw exactly the excluded number. As you can see, the two notions are tightly connected.
Unless you decide to specialize in certain theoretical fields, this post doesn't have too many practical implications for whatever purposes you have in life. My main goal was to give an intuitive explanation for the curious cases of possible events that have zero probabilities and events with probabilities of 1 that may still not happen.
In finite sample spaces, zero probability events are impossible and impossible events have zero probabilities.
Impossible events have zero probabilities AND zero probability densities in infinite sample spaces.
In infinite sample spaces, a probability of 0 by itself doesn't imply an event is impossible to happen. It implies it will happen almost never.
In infinite sample spaces, a probability of 1 by itself doesn't imply an event will happen with absolute certainty. It implies it will happen almost surely.
I also gave a short introduction on probability masses and probability densities and their relationship through integration, in order to give the intuitive reasons why the 4 statements above are true. These concepts are extremely useful in virtually all fields that use probabilities, not just for explaining curious cases like the ones here. If you have more clarity on them now than before you read this post, then you have gained valuable insights in probability theory you will find helpful while trying to understand more complicated concepts.
Hi Tuan, thanks for writing!
The density function isn't necessarily equal to 1. In fact, most of the time it isn't. The "sum" (integral) of all probability densities is equal to 1 because the sample space must have a probability equal to one. Does this partly answer your question?
I'm not entirely sure which part of the post you're referring to. Could you cite the paragraph you're struggling to understand?


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