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Man with a Stop Sign at the construction site near the West Side Rail Yards at the Highline Park.
Olympus E-M5 with a Lumix 12-35mm f2.8 Lens
So I have been working on this for a week. I have now figure out how to add the rig, make the animation, add the mesh modifier upload the mesh, and script it to work. There is a crazy limitation on distance, and I developed a hack to get more distance on the animations. I'm sure I know someone thinking, "how is he getting the distance so far"
Trade and Investment for Climate Action
Rachel Kyte, Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA; Laurence Breton Moyet, Managing Director, European Climate Foundation, Netherlands; Arunabha Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), India; Jakob Kiefer, Group Head, Public Affairs, ABB, Sweden; Page Motes, Head, Global Sustainability, Dell Technologies, USA; Sarah Thorn, Senior Director, Global Government Affairs, Walmart, USA; Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum; Mafalda Duarte, Chief Executive Officer, Climate Investment Funds, Washington DC; Khalid Al-Falih, Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia; Reta Jo Lewis, President, Export-Import Bank of the United States, USA
Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jeffery Jones
Sustainable Development Impact Meetings, New York, USA 19 - 23 September
Kristina is an 18 years old ballet dancer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the ballet hall of the Sarajevo Music School closed due to COVID-19, she had to practice in the confines of her little room for 5 months.
Now Kristina has received some good news. The school building, which is protected as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been given a face-lift, as part of UNDP’s effort in partnership with the Embassy of Sweden to contribute to environmental protection and economic development of the country. When she returned, she was pleasantly surprised:. The building where she has been going for the past seven years is no longer drab and dilapidated. She now gets to do all the spins her heart desires!
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Photos: I.Kapetanovvić, S.Omerbašić, D.Ruvić/ UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina
The last weekend of August took place the yearly World Statues Festival in the city centre of Arnhem (Netherlands) with more then 250 participants and over 300.000 visitors.
The 5th anniversary of World Statues is on the 29th and 30th of August 2009.
Here the act "Edukans".
The Dutch organisation "Edukans Foundation" supports underprivileged children in developing countries to go to school, without distinguishing between ethnicity, creed or political conviction. Edukans supports small-scale educational projects by reliable private local organisations, in situations where local authorities fail to deliver.
Edukans chooses for projects which improve the accessibility, the flexibility and the relevance of education in general for underprivileged children.
I had a successful molding run yesterday, and as a result there are now two different versions of the BrightScreen: the original microprism style on the left and a new one with a diagonal split image spot inside a microprism collar, shown on the right. This was I think the fourth molding run since the spring of 2018, and we seem to learn something on each run. We're actually getting pretty good at this now......
Makes for a long day, though, as the molding shop is a bit of a drive from home. I left the house at 7:30 yesterday morning and got back home at 9:30 last night. But I have enough screens on hand now that I won't have to do it again for a while.
In an exclusive interview with China.org.cn on March 3, Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Karunatilaka Amunugama discussed his travels within the country and his expectations in attending the annual sessions of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People's Congress (NPC).
One of the most important issues to be discussed at this year's sessions was regional imbalances, Amunugama said. On a recent tour of Qinghai and Gansu provinces in northwest China, the ambassador observed that the government has been looking for ways to accelerate growth in underdeveloped regions. The ambassador noted that in his travels, he noticed various factors can contribute to urban development.
"Inner Mongolia is one of the largest provinces in China with a very small population. Its Erdos is a newly emerging city with its per-capita GDP reaching as high as US$30,000. It is a very rich city because they have a lot of coal and minerals," Amunugama said. Gansu, he said in comparison, "has well-established schools and hospitals, but it doesn't have many [natural] resources. So the development of those particular counties or cities doesn't necessarily reflect people's incomes." The ambassador said he believed that this point would be brought up during this week's sessions.
"We would like to see China become more global and work with the international community on common issues," Amunugama said.
China has had the tradition of allowing foreign ambassadors to observe its CPPCC and NPC sessions to promote understanding of the country's policy deliberations in the international community.
The CPPCC is a very important part of people's lives, Amunugama said, because it discusses "what the country needs at the village level and also the national level."
"We can listen to what Chinese leaders think of the past as well as the future. These [issues] are not only important to Chinese people, they are also important to the international community, particularly Asian countries," Amunugama said.
"We are looking forward to seeing the opening ceremony," Amunugama told China.org.cn prior to the start of this year's CPPCC session.
This year saw the 63rd celebration of Sri Lanka's Independence, which fell on February 4, and it will also mark the 54th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Sri Lanka. On March 10, the Sri Lankan embassy will hold its National Day celebrations in Beijing.
This is a digital rescue of a severely overexposed holga shot at the Yakama Tribal Center campgrounds in Toppenish, Washington.
26-27 November 2019
2019 Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum - GGSD
OECD Headquarters, Paris, France
Photo: OECD/Andrew Wheeler
For some reason I always had a bit of an affinity towards these cars, largely due to the fact that they seemed to be smiling with those light clusters. But much like the Maestro, it had purpose, it was innovative, and it was a car that refused to die!
The Austin Montego first started development life way back in 1977 under project code LC10 (Leyland Cars 10), as an intended replacement for the Morris Marina and the Princess. However, like many of the company's promising projects, such as the Maestro and the Metro, it was shelved for years on account of the fact that British Leyland ran out of money! After a corporate bailout by the British Government, the company chose instead to prolong the development of these cars and instead simply give the existing Marina and Princess a facelift, resulting in the Morris Ital and Austin Ambassador, both cars notable for being unimpressively bland masterpieces.
However, this delay did give British Leyland a chance to tie up with Honda, and in 1980 launched the Triumph Acclaim as both the first Japanese/British hybrid car, but also British Leyland's first consistently reliable product! The result was that both the simultaneously developed Austin Maestro and Montego could take some leaves out of Honda's book and therefore improve the reliability. Styling came from David Bache, who had previously had a hand in penning the Rover P4, the Rover SD1 and the Range Rover, and Roy Axe, who would later go on to style the Rover 800 and the Rolls Royce Silver Seraph. The lengthy development time of the car however clearly showed as the first sketches of the car were done back in 1975. Apparently when Roy Axe, who took over as Director of Design in 1982, saw the first prototype with the original design, he was so horrified that he suggested they scrap the whole thing and start over!
However, their combined design talent truly shows through with the Montego as in essence these are very handsome cars, with a long smooth body, a pleasing frontal alignment and design, and internally very capable and comfortable. Some novel features included were the colour coordinated bumpers that matched the rest of the car, and the wiper spindles hiding under the bonnet when parked.
Although many consider the Maestro just to be a hatchback version of the Montego, there were many features the Montego had that made it an all around better car. These included a new S-Series engine in place of the A-Series engine that dated back to the 1950's, and a more practical and robust dashboard. Variations of the car included the stylish and luxury Vanden Plas, which was styled internally by the world renowned coachbuilder with lavish wood veneer and seating (thankfully not given a chrome nose, that would have been insane!), the sporty MG Montego which featured a higher performance O-Series Turob Engine and a revolutionary synthesised computer voice that announced problems and warnings, and finally the Estate versions which were by far the most popular and received almost unanimous acclaim for their spacious interior.
The Montego was launched on April 25th 1984, being available at first as a 4-door saloon to replace the standard Morris Ital, but the Ital in estate form continued on until August, bringing an end to the 11 year old Morris Marina family. In October the Estate version was launched at the British International Motor Show. Initially things were looking up for the Montego, as mentioned the Estate version was lauded for its practicality, the MG Montego became the fastest MG ever built with 115hp to rocket it up to a top speed of 126mph at a rate of 0-60 in 7.1 seconds, and the Vanden Plas was a modest success for the business executive, as well as finding a home in the company car market.
Promotion for the car also helped to seal the deal with a fantastically choreographed advert where professional stunt driver Russ Swift, pretty much danced around a crowded car park in a Montego, doing reverse 180's in gaps only a few feet wide, and driving the car on two wheels through a gap only a ruler's length apart! Jeremy Clarkson would attempt to do the same thing 14 years later on one of his DVD's in another Montego, again with the help of Russ Swift, which went well the first time, but not so well the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh time. Eventually the Montego was smashed in half by a large truck in a fiery explosion.
Sadly though, the honeymoon like with all good British Leyland cars was short lived, and soon afterwards the various faults and build quality problems became once again apparent. Although many of the features fitted to these cars such as the synthesised voice, the computer engine management and the redesigned dashboard were endearing, the main fault that these cars had were in the electrics, which would frequently go wrong. Some examples I've heard from early Montego owners have included the car failing to start, pressing the indicator switch only to blow the horn, or the synthesised talking lady never, ever, ever shutting up! Because of these problems the cars built up a very quick and poor reputation, added to by the poor construction of the actual car, with the colour coded bumpers being particularly problematic as they'd crack in cold weather.
But British Leyland didn't give up on the Montego, and in the background designers continued to tinker with the idea of further additions and changes to the car. Throughout the period following its introduction, British Leyland began to be broken up by the Thatcher Government, with Jaguar being made independent, the various parts manufacturers such as UNIPART being sold off, Leyland Trucks and Buses being sold to Volvo and DAF, and eventually the whole outfit being reduced to just MG and Rover. The Montego has been credited with being the last car to carry the Austin name, the badge being dropped in 1988 with future cars simply being dubbed the Montego. This coincided with a facelift in 1989 and the re-engineering of the car to be fitted with a Perkins Diesel. In 1989 a new seven-seater estate model was created called the Montego Countryman, built to combat the rising trend of People-Carriers such as the Renault Espace, but still being able to perform as well as a regular car. This, much like the original estate, proved immensely popular, especially in France for some reason, which went on to be one of the Montego's major markets.
In the early 90's the Montego did start getting back some reputation, winning the CAR Magazine's 'Giant Test' (all technical names I'm sure) when competing against the likes of the Citroen BX and the Audi 80. In fact the Rover Montego Turbo became a favourite with the RAF, and was used to whisk Officers across airfields as a personal transport. The Montego may have failed to outdo the Volkswagen Passat, but as for the British mob such as the Ford Sierra and the Vauxhall Cavalier, it was able competition. In fact when I was young in the 90's a lot of kids I'd see dropped off to school would be in then new Montego's because by this point the reliability issues had been ironed out following Rover Group's return to private ownership under British Aerospace.
But by 1992 the car was very much looking its age and was in desperate need of a replacement. In 1993 the Rover 600 was launched which pretty much ended the Montego for mass-production then and there, but special orders for the car continued until 1995. The machines continued to be a favourite among Company Car firms, and a lot of the developments made in the Montego lived on in later Rover cars, primarily the 600 and the 75, which inherited its rear suspension which was often held in high regard. But the curtain did eventually fall for the official Montego production in 1995 as new owners BMW desired nothing more than to be out with the old and in with the new, with facelifts all around including a new Rover 25 to replace the 200, a new Rover 45 to replace the 400, and a new Rover 75 to replace the 800, and the original Range Rover was revamped into the absolutely magnificent Range Rover P38 in 1995. The Maestro too was axed and the Metro followed not long afterwards in 1999, with the classic Mini being killed off in 2000, only to be brought back to life the same year under BMW management after the breakup of Rover that year.
But like the Maestro, the Montego simply wouldn't die, but unlike the Maestro, attempts to revive the car under bootlegged brands weren't as prosperous. In India, the company Sipani Automobiles, notable for attempting to recreate British cars such as the Reliant Kitten but instead consistently turning out garbage, attempted to built a few, but folded soon afterwards. In Trinidad & Tobago, a small firm attempted to sell their own copycat versions of the Montego, which were notable for their exceptional poor quality. But most famously was the attempt to recreate the car in China with the Lubao CA 6410, which yoked the nose of a Montego onto the back of a Maestro using a Maestro platform. Today that car is technically still in production as the Jiefang CA 6440 UA Van, but owes more to the Maestro than the Montego.
Today the Montego is a very rare car to find. Of the 571,000 cars built, only 296 remain, making it Britain's 8th most scrapped car. Contributing to this, areas of the bodywork that were to be covered by plastic trim (such as the front and rear bumpers) were left unpainted and thus unprotected. In addition, pre-1989 models cannot run on unleaded petrol without the cylinder head being converted or needing fuel additives.
However, as mentioned, the Montego estate was a huge hit in France, and chances are you'll find a fair number ambling about the countryside there. Malta too was another popular locale for the Montego, as well as many other British Leyland cars, including Marina's, Allegros and even Princesses!
My opinion on the Montego? Like most British Leyland cars it had prospects and purpose, but lacked the desire to build good, honest cars. It was comfortable, it was handsome, it performed as well as a family saloon car should, it was spacious and very well equipped, and like many British Leyland cars, such as the Princess with its Hydragas suspension, it was innovative. If these cars had been built better and had some of the teething problems ironed out with the electrical systems, then British Leyland could have easily gone on to make the family car of the 1980's. But like all pathfinders in the world of technology, they will suffer the full brunt of the problems they are most likely to experience.
People rarely remember the originals, only the one's that perfected it...
This nine-screen composite video (a winner in the 2017 FASEB BioArt competition) captures the first 24 hours of life for nine different animal species (from left to right, starting at the top row):
Zebrafish (Danio rerio), a popular model organism for studying development
Sea urchin (Lytechinus variegatus), a spiky marine relative of the starfish
Black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans), I think it’s safe to say this one needs no explanation!
Tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini), an eight-legged micro-animal that lives in water, mosses, and lichens
Sea squirt (Ciona intestinalis), an immobile, filter-feeding organism that lives on the ocean floor
Comb jelly (Ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi), an ancient, water-dwelling invertebrate that looks like a tiny, transparent jellyfish
Parchment tube worm (Chaetopterus variopedatus), a spiny marine worm
Roundworm (Caenorhabditis elegans), a soil-dwelling worm, the first multicellular organism to have its genome sequenced, and a popular model for studying development
Slipper snail (Crepidula fornicate), a medium-sized sea snail
Credit: Credit: Tessa Montague, Harvard University, and Zuzka Vavrušová, University of California, San Francisco
NIH support from: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Microscopy of induced stem cells. Neuron precursors typically form a "rosette" structure that is seen here. Learn more: go.usa.gov/c7pmA.
Credit: K. Francis, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
The Norfolk Tank Museum is very proud to take ownership of what is believed to be the only surviving example of a 3 Ton Crossley Halftrack, built in 1926. The Crossley was originally restored by an enthusiast, Ian Simpson, who had rescued it from a scrap dealer. Sadly, Ian passed away in 1994 before completing the restoration and left the Crossley to the Museum Service, eventually the Crossley ended up at the Royal Logistic Corps Museum who carried on the renovation but, unfortunately due to moving from its current location at Deep Cut will no longer be able to display it.
The Norfolk Tank Museum intends to carry on the excellent restoration work that Ian and the volunteers at the Royal Logistics Corps Museum have already started, with the completion of various items including the Bonnet, Mudguards, Engine Covers, and hopefully the purchase of a set of Tracks. Originally the Crossley would have had a ‘Bikini Roof’ over the Driver’s Cabin and possibly a full Canvas over the rear section, this is something the Museum will also be particularly investigating when researching the Vehicle.
The Crossley Brothers came into being in Manchester in 1867, they manufactured pumps, presses, and small steam engines. In 1906 Crossley Brothers became Crossley Motors and began building cars, by World War One they were producing Cars and Trucks for the British Army. In 1948 Crossley Motors was bought-out by Associated Equipment Company (AEC) who then carried on production of the Vehicle for many years.
In 1925 following World War One, the British Army ran a competition for manufacturers to produce a 'Halftrack' Vehicle with good Off-Road Capabilities as well as On-Road Performance. Crossley signed a licence agreement with Citroen-Kégresse to produce a 15/20 CWT Halftrack using the Kégresse Track System. The new Crossley Halftrack performed very favourably in the competition and the order was given for 115 vehicles to be built and to be shared between the Army and the Royal Air Force. In 1926 Crossley produced the 20/30 CWT unfortunately, the production numbers are not known.
The Crossley is powered by a 4.5 litre four-cylinder, water-cooled petrol engine producing 65hp, with a 4-speed gearbox and a 2-speed transfer box and the weight is approximately 5 tons. There were possibly three versions produced, a General Service Vehicle, a Staff Car, and an Artillery Tractor.
The Crossley’s Track System is credited to Adolphe Kégresse a French Military Engineer who had managed the Russian Tsar’s cars before the revolution of 1917. Adolphe had converted the Tsar’s cars to Halftracks to improve their off-road ability. The system utilised a rubber or canvas track stretched between a drive wheel at the back and an adjuster wheel at the front, with a series of four sprung bogies in the middle. The rubber track was driven by friction, unlike other Tacked Vehicles which have a sprocket and teeth that engage with the track to produce drive.
The original concept for a Halftrack Vehicle was conceived by Alvin Orlando Lombard, an American blacksmith, he devised the 'Lombard Steam Log Hauler' which used tracks to disperse the weight of the vehicle and its load over a greater area. He built 83 between 1901 and 1917 in order to pull logs through the snow and ice of the New England mountains. During World War One the most famous Halftrack was the 'Holt Tractor' a further development of the Lombard Steam Log Hauler with a gasoline engine. Holt had purchased Lombard’s patent in 1907. In the late 1920's the US Army purchased several Citroen-Kégresse Vehicles along with a licence to develop their own M3 and M4 Halftrack versions which were then used during World War Two. The Germans also developed their own range of Halftracks using the Citroen-Kégresse design.
If you have any information about this vehicle, or parts to complete the build, please contact the Norfolk Tank Museum on 07703337714 or email info@norfolktankmuseum.co.uk
Agriculture women worker
Solomon Islands
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"There's always money in the banana stand."
Not Balboa Island, Orange County. Rather, Marina Del Rey which is about 50 miles north of Balboa. The patio of this landmark snack shack used for the filming of Arrested Development (top) is in the Fisherman's Village that is located about 10 minutes South of LAX, for you travelers.
Workers plucking chillies from the fields at Gabbur, Raichur district, Karnataka, India.
Project Result: Private Enterprises Spice Up India's Rural Incomes
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Ingic has hard core skills inAndroid Mobile App Development. We not only create apps also promote and get most out of it.
The MTA and Accessibility Advocates Agree on Historic Plan for Expanding Accessibility in the New York City Subway System.
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The picture shows the rampage of mining and industrial activities on nature, in the name of development.
Possibly an entry for a competition themed 'Sustainable Development'. In the distance is Wylfa, a nuclear power station, and the shot was taken from Cemlyn beach, a nature reserve, Site of Special Scientific Interest and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
In two minds over this shot, possibly a re-take is in order when the skies are clearer as the clouds did mess up the trails a little :)
At the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas recently I was also able to experience a test drive in the Vision EQXX ultra EV. Engineered in just 18 months and representing the most efficient Mercedes-Benz ever built, this experimental unit acts as a barometer for production EQ models, which may eventually inherit deviations from its technology, energy storage capabilities, and driving range. The development intention of the vehicle was to produce a battery with 100 kW capacity, lightweight construction, increased aero, and extreme efficiency. The result is an EV that achieves an extensive range of more than 745 miles on a single charge.
The follow-up to the Flintstones special. This was amazingly funny and was never made. Quickdraw falls in love with a woman in New York.
USAID hosted a Signature Event —Shared Progress: Modernizing Development Finance on September 22, 2016 in New York City, NY. Running concurrently to the United Nations General Asembly, the event highlighted the challenges and opportunities for financing current and future development goals.
During the event, UAID Administrator Gayle Smith and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, discussed how to foster an enabling environment for private investment and increasing domestic resource mobilization. A panel of speakers also offered recommendations on how to make better use of the three streams of finance in order to improve development outcomes.
Photo by Ellie Van Houtte/USAID
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General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon of the Naval Air Warfare Development Center (NAWDC) providing Adversary training at NAS Fallon during Carrier Air Wing 3's (CVW-3) work-up before deploying on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in February, 2016.