https://twitter.com/ng_ukraine/status/1497924614865002497
Azov fighters of the National Guard greased the bullets with lard against the Kadyrov orcs👊
>yellow identification arm bands
concrete
>concrete
https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1498079039235502081
Also had a phone conversation with @vonderleyen. Talked about concrete decisions on strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities, macro-financial assistance and Ukraine's membership in the #EU.
A page from a 15th-century Selçukname, listing Oghuz tamgas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sel%C3%A7ukname
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siglas_poveiras
The siglas poveiras is a proto-writing system that has been used by the local community of Póvoa de Varzim in Portugal for many generations.
The siglas were primarily used as a signature for family coat-of-arms in order to mark family belongings. The symbols were normally written using a razor on wood, but painting on boats and beach sheds was also a common practice.
The purpose of the siglas was to record history and thus they have been ascribed as comprising Póvoa's "writing system". However, the siglas do not record sounds or specific words, and so are not considered true writing. The reason for their prominence has been ascertained to be due to a common ignorance of the Latin alphabet among the local population.
English: Tamga of King Tiberius Julius Eupator of the Bosporan Kingdom, crowned by two winged victories. Photo taken in a temporary exhibition at Bonn, Germany.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siglas_poveiras
Only very rarely did siglas have magical value or were used as religious symbols.
The sanselimão sigla was used as a protective symbol.
>Oh thank Christ the Brazilians aren't getting involved. The whole world was waiting with bated breath.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%26_Veatch
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/black-veatch-llp-history/
In the late 1970s Black & Veatch continued to grow and diversify through acquisitions. In 1977 it acquired Trotter-Yoder & Associates, a consulting engineering firm located in San Francisco, California, that would become the basis for Black & Veatch's West Coast division. That same year it also acquired Southern Science Applications, Inc., of Dunedin, Florida, which specialized in nuclear engineering consulting.
The theme of Black & Veatch's 1996 annual report was "Expect Success." With more than 3,000 projects underway in 1997 and a long list of awards to its credit, the company's clients could count on Black & Veatch for the engineering services they needed for successful projects. The company's plans for global expansion were given a boost in mid-1996 when the General Electric-led consortium that included Black & Veatch won a highly competitive $1.8 billion contract to build two nuclear reactors for the Taiwan Power Company. Together with the 1995 merger with Binnie & Partners and the 1996 acquisitions of PWT Projects Ltd. and PROWA Consulting, Black & Veatch appeared to have the resources and organizational skills to become an international leader in its field.
https://www.bv.com/projects/state-art-diagnostics-laboratory-helps-make-world-safer
https://www.bv.com/projects/state-art-diagnostics-laboratory-helps-make-world-safer
State-of-the-Art Diagnostics Laboratory Helps Make the World Safer
Black & Veatch completed Ukraine’s first Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory in Odessa on time and under budget. The new facility enhances the government’s existing disease surveillance systems to detect, report and respond to bioterrorism attacks, epidemics and potential pandemics.
The BSL-3 laboratory in Odessa was designed and constructed by Black & Veatch. It is the first BSL-3 laboratory in the region and the first to be commissioned, accredited and operational under the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP).
“Completing the construction effort under budget definitely exceeded our expectations,” said Doug Gorsline, DTRA BTRP Ukraine Project Manager.
Bradley Karn, DTRA BTRP Program Manager, added, “More important was the quality of the effort. Black & Veatch was able to renovate a decades-old facility into a state-of-the-art diagnostics laboratory that will become the nexus of Ukraine’s biosurveillance network.”
The BSL-3 laboratory was specifically designed and constructed to support work with especially dangerous pathogens that can be naturally occurring or introduced through a bioterrorism attack. It serves as a central location for research, consolidation and training on the proper handling of dangerous pathogens. The lab also provides the Ukrainian Ministry of Health a safe environment to confirm diagnosis of suspected dangerous pathogens, enhancing public health while deterring bioterrorism.
As integrating contractor, Black & Veatch is responsible to DTRA and the Ministry of Health for the full rollout of the BTRP in Ukraine. Black & Veatch is ensuring the mission’s success by training Ukrainian personnel in molecular diagnostics, biosafety, operations and maintenance, and laboratory management techniques. This training, along with three years of gradually decreasing sustainment and transition support, will provide Ukrainian scientists with the necessary resources to manage the BSL-3 laboratory and the Ukrainian biosurveillance system going forward.
https://www.bv.com/perspectives/eidss-and-pacs-program-prevents-wmd-proliferation-former-soviet-states
>https://www.bv.com/perspectives/eidss-and-pacs-program-prevents-wmd-proliferation-former-soviet-states
EIDSS and PACS Program Prevents WMD Proliferation in Former Soviet States
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – be it nuclear or biological – falls under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, it has placed a strong focus on working with former Soviet states to make sure these threats do not fall into the wrong hands.
Since 2003, Black & Veatch has been working closely with the DoD’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to develop the Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System (EIDSS) and Pathogen Asset Control System (PACS) programs. The goals of these programs are to:
Consolidate and secure dangerous biological agents, materials and related technology;
Support defense and military cooperation to prevent the production of weapons of mass destruction; and
Increase transparency and encourage higher standards of conduct.
“Weapons of mass destruction are mostly chemical, biological or radioactive and are capable of causing widespread death and destruction,” said Tom Wahl, Black & Veatch Associate Vice President, Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP). “The EIDSS and PACS systems are intended to be used as tools for disease surveillance and biological material control. EIDSS can help provide early detection of a disease outbreak and assist in an effective response. PACS provides better control and accounting of biological materials in laboratories.”
EIDSS is a computer-based disease surveillance tool that links together the different levels of a country’s disease surveillance; and PACS is a system that maintains control over biological agent stocks stored in repositories in multiple countries. EIDSS and PACS have been deployed into Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and most recently began deployment in Armenia.
“One of DTRA’s main objectives for EIDSS was to create and provide a system with an integrated database that tracks both human and veterinary information that contains both clinical and laboratory data on cases,” Wahl said. “We believe EIDSS is a unique system that has good potential to help identify disease outbreaks that affect both human and animal populations.”
Taking Ownership of the Program
Since December 2010, Black & Veatch has provided training in about 25 locations – geographically spread throughout five countries – on how to use the EIDSS and PACS systems. According to Wahl, there is the possibility that EIDSS and PACS will continue to expand into other nations, with interest from countries such as Uganda, Kenya, Iraq, India and even the United States.
When introducing the EIDSS and PACS into a country, Black & Veatch is responsible for designing the software based on the individual needs of the country; providing training programs for professionals in that particular country; installing system infrastructure and ongoing operations; and maintaining the program with the ultimate goal of complete transition and sustainment by the partner country.
“We don’t just hand off the program and say ‘good luck,’” Wahl said. “This is a long-term relationship that includes comprehensive communications and information technology services with an area of the world that Black & Veatch already has a significant presence in. Ultimately, the goal is for these countries to safely and effectively run this program on their own without being dependent on the United States government or Black & Veatch. Currently, we are achieving good results in that regard as the partner countries take on more and more of the daily responsibility and provide their own internal resources to keep the systems operational.”
As the EIDSS and PACS programs continue to expand, so too has the credibility of the programs and the value they bring to the countries involved.
“Not only is it a success if EIDSS helps provide early detection and more effective response to a disease event, or if PACS prevents biological material from going missing or getting misplaced, but the notion that these partner countries accept these tools, see their value and agree to implement the program in the country is a huge success,” Wahl said. “We are at the point where acceptance at the national levels and full-scale usage is growing, and that only adds to the credibility and accreditation of what we’ve done for other countries so far."
https://www.bv.com/resources/cultured-meat-and-future-food-podcast-aleph-farms
>https://www.bv.com/resources/cultured-meat-and-future-food-podcast-aleph-farms
Cultured Meat and Future Food Podcast: Aleph Farms
Cultured Meat and Future Food is a short-form podcast series discussing the role of plant based food, cultivated meat and food technology. The show is focused on asking industry leaders questions for an audience with a non-scientific background. Cultured Meat and Future Food is targeted towards entrepreneurs interested in the food technology space. Tune into this episode of the Cultured Meat and Future Food podcast, sponsored by Black & Veatch's NextGen Ag team.
This episode features Didier Toubia of Aleph Farms. Didier Toubia is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aleph Farms, a cultivated meat company that is shaping the future of food by growing slaughter-free beef steaks directly from cow cells, preserving natural resources, and avoiding the use of antibiotics. Prior to Aleph Farms, Didier co-founded and led IceCure, which went public in 2010, and served as the CEO of NLT Spine, which was acquired by SeaSpine in 2016. Didier was trained as a Food Engineer and Biologist at Agrusup (Dijon, France) and holds a joint executive MBA from Kellogg (IL, US) and Recanati (Israel).
https://www.bv.com/projects/black-veatch-provides-monitoring-radioactive-confinement-sarcophagus-chernobyl
Black & Veatch Provides Monitoring of the Radioactive Confinement Sarcophagus at Chernobyl
https://www.bv.com/projects/btric-ukraine
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) competitively awarded Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp. (Black & Veatch) one of its Biological Threat Reduction Integrating Contracts (BTRIC) in 2008. The 5-year IDIQ contract (with a 5-year option) has a collective ceiling of $4B among the five selected contractors. DTRA also competitively awarded Black & Veatch (Integrating Contractor) the first task order under BTRIC, BTRIC TO1 in Ukraine in 2008. BTRIC TO1 is a vital part of the Cooperative and Biological Threat Reduction (CTR and BTR) program of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) / DTRA and Implementing (Executive) Agents of the Ukraine - Ministry of Health (MoH), Academy of Agrarian Sciences (AAS) and State Committee for Veterinary Medicine (SCVM).
>Black & Veatch Provides Monitoring of the Radioactive Confinement Sarcophagus at Chernobyl