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A workshop held in Guatemala City brought together a broad group of stakeholders to refine the initial list of practices, validate the overall objectives and then evaluating the criteria of the three pillars of climate-smart agriculture (adaptation, mitigation and productivity). Photos: J.L.Urrea (CCAFS)
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Post-processed B&W in PS CS4; added vignette and further burned the edges.
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Every year, I go to Burma/Myanmar and I only take a carry on and a hand bag. Taking a large camera like the 5DMk2 (even a T2i size camera) with a lens or two is not an option for me since I like to go travel light (especially to Myanmar). I wanted a small camera that could produce great quality images, good bokeh when needed, and good colors; l knew not to prioritize it based on high ISO quality. I'll have to give that up for a small camera.
I bought/sold/tried shooting with several cameras--from small, point and shoot size sensor to micro-four thirds. Among the ones I tried, my favorite was the E-PL1 with Panasonic 20/1.7. I wanted to see if I could find something even SMALLER than the Oly/Panny combo without giving up too much on image quality.
I debated between the Samsung TL500 / EX1 and the Leica Dlux4. I was impressed with the quality of Samsung's images I saw on the web (and also the cheaper price). But, I ended up getting the Dlux4 because it had been around longer (RAW files supported by most software), and knew I could get good quality images out of it.
By the time I got the Dlux4, I was already inflicted with Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS)--I wanted another camera of that size that could produce images with even BETTER image quality. Since I couldn't afford a Leica X1, I wanted to try out the Sigma DP2s.
---SIGMA DP2s---
It's "different."
The user interface isn't bad, but not as intuitive as others I have tried. I got used it in a couple of days and I find no issues.
LCD screen is so-so. I can still view images on the LCD under a bright sun--better than E-P2. Image quality could be better, but with low-res screen, it's hard to see whether I've nailed the focus point. I also have the external optical viewfinder. It's small, with nice bright frame lines, but it's not really that accurate. If the camera could auto focus well, it'd be more useful.
The build seems fine. It's similar in size to the DLux4 but a little thicker but lighter. The battery life is average for small cameras (not great but not bad).
Performance-wise, it's a hit or miss. In good light, focus is quick but not instant-quick. In lower light, it takes its time locking focus--I'd say average of about a second or sometimes even two. As a range finder camera user, I don't mind taking a little time to shoot since I'm just looking for a good composition and good image quality. This is perfectly fine for stills but not the best for fast paced kids in action. These days, I shoot mostly my kids but I still find DP2s more than usable. I accept and forgive all the quirkiness of the camera since I know I'll get a few really good shots with it. Maybe it's a personal thing--I prefer it over the Oly E-PL1 because it's a little more "challenging" to use and the reward is much more satisfying.
The software that came with it works amazingly well. In fact, if I try to process the DP2s RAW files in Lightroom, my results won't be as good--or at least, it would take me a lot of time to get it right like SIGMA Pro Photo 4.1 software. Simga Pro Photo processing speed is fast--about 3-4 seconds on my 17" Macbook Pro 2.8Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM laptop. I can see why many people go goo goo over the FOVEON sensor. The colors are, indeed, rich and the POP of the focused subject is quite similar to what I would get with a Leica Summicron 50/2 lens.
All in all, I'm glad I found the DP2s.
Volunteers hosted an event to raise awareness about SDGs and discuss with youth activists how to prioritize global goals.
Reorganized and re-prioritized the projects: Tied for top is the prep of the 2000 Honda CBR600F4 for the track/race school and road racing season along with the frame swap of the 1975 Honda CB400F. Of course I'll ride as much as possible on the Specialized Tri Cross.
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WASHINGTON - Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and China Customs Minister Yu Guangzhou discuss progress on a number of customs and law enforcement issues since Secretary Johnson visited Beijing in April 2015 in a meeting in Washington D.C., June 23, 2015. During the meeting, Secretary Johnson and Minister Yu signed a Declaration of Principles that will expand the Container Security Initiative in China to better adapt to and prioritize threats and customs violations, including intellectual property enforcement, narcotics, and precursor chemicals. Official DHS photo by Barry Bahler.
The Second Lady of Ghana, Mrs. Samira Bawumia, has charged the World Health Organization (WHO) to .....Read more www.ghanalive.tv/2018/10/31/prioritize-clean-cooking-solu...
Prioritizing against value and complexity. Note that the complexity high-low scale is inverted.
Orchestrating Experiences: Collaborative Design for Complexity, Risdon, Quattlebaum, 2018, New York: Rosenfeld Media
UC Townhomes residents and supporters disrupted a meeting of developers on Feb 8 to demand city leaders stop prioritizing billionaire developers over the housing needs of Black and working class residents.
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I've sort of made a tradition to do a self-portrait on the last day of the year. Gabe was behind the lens this time: The Fujifilm X-T2 w/60mm on a tripod. The camera can apparently detect faces and prioritize which eye is closer to the face and adjust focus accordingly. I'm impressed.
Alex decided to photobomb.
Thus marks the end of another Project 365 (+1 for Leap Year). Thank you, all, for following my photographic meanderings. I'm going to switch it up for 2017 and work on the 52 Week Photography Challenge (dogwood.photography/52weekchallenge2017.html).
A portrait of mothers, as they have fun with one another in their community in Ndienne, Senegal on July 11, 2016. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
Dr. Babatunde Ostimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA call on leaders in the room to prioritize three important points Africa must prioritize and invest in for success--- prepare by providing quality education for young people and children so they will have the essential skill sets they need to enter the workforce and contribute to Africa's growth, women's equality--especially access to health care and family planning services, and good governance which hold leaders accountable for providing its citizens these basics on the roadmap to Agenda 2068 and Agenda 2030.
© Credit: Lei Phyu / UNDP
Rush Oak Park administered its first COVID-19 vaccines to frontline employees in the Tier 1 vaccine group, identified in accordance with CDC criteria prioritizing staff from areas where COVID-19 patients are treated.
Dr. Babatunde Ostimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA call on leaders in the room to prioritize three important points Africa must prioritize and invest in for success--- prepare by providing quality education for young people and children so they will have the essential skill sets they need to enter the workforce and contribute to Africa's growth, women's equality--especially access to health care and family planning services, and good governance which hold leaders accountable for providing its citizens these basics on the roadmap to Agenda 2068 and Agenda 2030.
© Credit: Lei Phyu / UNDP
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The EAF-Nansen project with the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane run a three-week International Training Course on EAF from 14 to 31 October 2013.
The course was intended to provide participants with the opportunity to:
•understand the importance of looking at all components of the ecosystem to better understand the complexity of fishery systems;
•master EAF concepts, practices and tools related to the design and implementation of fisheries management plans, policies and projects;
•appreciate the fact that management of marine resources should ensure both human and ecosystem well-being and equity.
It is essential for us all to #Prioritize our life and business. Spend more of your time doing what gets the most and best results. That's one of the keys to #Winning.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf answers questions from the press. As the General Assembly convenes for a new legislative session, Governor Tom Wolf today outlined his agenda, in which he continues to prioritize ensuring that Pennsylvania businesses and workers have a path toward recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic, building on bipartisan progress by removing barriers to help everyday Pennsylvanians succeed, and demanding accountability through government reform. Harrisburg, PA – January 28, 2021
Members of the Maryland Air National Guard 175th Logistics Readiness Squadron work with members of the Maryland Office of Preparedness and Response March 19, 2020, to prepare and load medical supplies and equipment at the Maryland Strategic National Stockpile location. All assets provided were prioritized for health care workers and hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers)
Changing and prioritizing content and experience based on what we know about the user's context. A fascinating talk!
Cheich Diop, 37 years old helps feed his children in Balol Elimane village, Senegal on July 12, 2016. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
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McKinsey Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
15:10–15:30
PRIORITIZING THE PATHWAY TO SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
The combined impacts of COVID-19 and net-zero commitments have resulted in an unprecedented disruption of the $11.6 trillion global infrastructure industry. Meeting net-zero targets will require the industry to transform project development and delivery to deliver a global portfolio of projects at an unprecedented scale and pace. What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?
Facilitators:
Tip Huizenga, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
Detlev Mohr, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-chair, GII
In this interactive session, Detlev and Tip will briefly frame the topic with a few slides to set the context. This will be followed by them asking the question to the audience, “What are the pivotal actions we need to take now to enable sustainable infrastructure for the decades to come?” The audience will be requested to discuss the question for ~7 minutes in their pods, submitting their ideas through the GII app to form a Word Cloud on the screen.
Photograph by McKinsey Global Infrastructure/Stuart Isett
Arame Diaw, 30 years old (left) watches over her children in Balol Elimane village, Senegal on July 12, 2016. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf answers questions from the press. As the General Assembly convenes for a new legislative session, Governor Tom Wolf today outlined his agenda, in which he continues to prioritize ensuring that Pennsylvania businesses and workers have a path toward recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic, building on bipartisan progress by removing barriers to help everyday Pennsylvanians succeed, and demanding accountability through government reform. Harrisburg, PA – January 28, 2021
Even before the time a unit moves from a FOB to turn in equipment, the G-8 prioritizes the equipment to return home. Here, the deconstruction of FOB Hadrian, the last FOB manned by the International Security Assistance Force in Uruzgan province, is now complete, as shown in this June 22 photo. (Photo by OR-6 Mark Doran, Combined Team Uruzgan)
From the Altimeter report State of Social Business 2013, by Brian Solis and Charlene Li. Download the report at: bit.ly/ssb-2013
UC Townhomes residents and supporters disrupted a meeting of developers on Feb 8 to demand city leaders stop prioritizing billionaire developers over the housing needs of Black and working class residents.
Pakistan, Nowshera, August 2010
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up emergency relief to victims of catastrophic flooding in Pakistan, prioritizing the worst-affected areas of Peshawar, Mardan, Charsadda and Nowshera, as it continues to identify stricken communities across the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.
Further food distributions are planned to start in Swat and Dera Ismail Khan in the coming days, in conjunction with an extensive network of national and international partner NGOs.
“We are now into the third day of delivering food to hungry families in Peshawar, Mardan, Charsadda and Nowshera, and have reached more than 40, 000 people with life-saving rations,” said WFP Executive Director, Josette Sheeran.
“We are prioritising the worst-affected areas. More distributions are due to start as WFP mobilises staff to overcome immense logistical challenges.”
“Operations are being mounted on both sides of the border – in Pakistan and in Afghanistan – in these heartbreaking days of loss and suffering,” Sheeran added.
Photo: WFP/Amjad Jamal
Military Police from across Humphreys and the 718th Ordnance Company, 23rd Chemical Battalion, conducted a joint training exercise replicating a real-life emergency response at Humphreys, Feb. 11. The thorough cooperation between the MP and EOD teams ensures an agile response which reflects Humphreys' continued prioritization of community health and safety. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Marcellus)
Although there is a bird feeder that is regularly refilled, right nearby, the little nuthatch prioritizes hiding seeds for worse times instead of eating them now.
Brotorp, Sweden, in January 2026.
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LEADING THROUGH VOLATILITY: WHERE SHOULD COOs FOCUS THEIR
ENERGY AND TIME?
Hosted by Boston Consulting Group
COOs require actionable strategies for prioritizing today's unique operational
challenges, from shifting trade policies, to recession indicators, and the potential fallout
of lagging consumer sentiment and spending. Through data-driven insights, real-world
case studies, and practical frameworks, this session will tackle best practices for how
operations leaders can address cost structures, prioritize talent development, and
leverage AI capabilities to build sustainable and resilient competitive advantages during
volatile times.
Brett Bruggeman, Executive Vice President and COO, Land O’Lakes Gina Goetter, Chief
Financial Officer and COO, Hasbro Sonya Huffman, Chief Administrative Officer, Link
Logistics Laura Juliano, Managing Director and Senior Partner; North America
Operations Practice Leader, Boston Consulting Group
9:30 - 9:35 AM
WELCOME BACK
Diane Brady, Fortune
Photograph by Kristy Walker/Fortune
A workshop held in Guatemala City brought together a broad group of stakeholders to refine the initial list of practices, validate the overall objectives and then evaluating the criteria of the three pillars of climate-smart agriculture (adaptation, mitigation and productivity). Photos: J.L.Urrea (CCAFS)
For most of us, our prime objective is to be satisfied. Everything that we do in our daily life is motivated by that desire. But are our actions really leading to the satisfaction that we crave? If life were a game of checkers, just thinking about the next source of temporary satisfaction would probably give a us a reasonable chance of success. However, the reality is that these short-term gains are just that, fleeting.
We’re much better off looking at life as a game of chess where we need to strategically position ourselves to take advantage of opportunities that actually make us satisfied over the very long-term. This kind of positioning is achieved by training in mindfulness so that we are able to respond quickly and correctly to life’s difficulties when they arise. This likely means a degree of sacrifice along the way but if we’ve prioritized correctly, those sacrifices will be what’s fleeting and the happiness we gain will endure.
The house aims to prioritize the clients’ well-being and incorporate their interests of ancestral cultures into architecture. The core of the house is where the most important activities take place. The protruding part of the façade highlights this core from the exterior. The façade material (Prosolve 370E) cleans the air from outside and also gives a level of privacy for the interiors.
Search and Extraction Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard’s 206th Military Police Company prioritize and prepare simulated casualties for evacuation of a contaminated incident site at the New York State Preparedness Training Center in Oriskany, N.Y. June 15. The Soldiers are part of the National Guard’s FEMA Region II Homeland Response Force conducting readiness training to better respond to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear incidents. The unit, comprised of about 570 Soldiers and Airmen from the New York and New Jersey National Guard, provide extraction, decontamination and medical triage in support of first responders during a CBRN incident. U.S. National Guard photo by Col. Richard Goldenberg, New York Army National Guard Joint Force Headquarters / RELEASED.
Changing and prioritizing content and experience based on what we know about the user's context. A fascinating talk!
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India signals it will continue to buy oil from Russia
NEW DELHI (AP) — India will prioritize its own energy needs and continue to buy oil from Russia, its foreign minister signaled Monday, as Western governments press Moscow with a price cap to squeeze its earnings from oil exports.
Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar made the comments after holding talks with his visiting German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, in which they discussed bilateral relations and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Jaishankar said it isn't right for European countries to prioritize their energy needs but “ask India to do something else.”
“Europe will make the choices it will make. It is their right,” he told reporters.
India has so far not committed to the $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil set by the Group of Seven major industrialized countries and European Union that is expected to come into effect Monday. The move is an attempt by Western governments to limit fossil fuel earnings that support Moscow’s budget, its military and its invasion of Ukraine, while also avoiding a possible sharp price spike if Russia’s oil is suddenly taken off the global market.
Jaishankar did not make any direct reference to the price cap but said the European Union was importing more fossil fuel from Russia than India. Indian officials have defended buying oil from Russia, saying the lower price benefits India.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, India has steadily increased its purchases of discounted Russian oil. Indian imports of Russian oil hit a record high in October, with Russia becoming India’s top oil supplier in terms of barrels per day, the Press Trust of India news agency said, quoting data from energy tracker Vortexa.
India and Russia have close relations and New Delhi has not supported Western sanctions on Moscow, even though it has repeatedly urged an “immediate cessation of violence” in Ukraine. India, also a major market for Russian-made weapons, has so far abstained from U.N. resolutions critical of Moscow's war.
Jaishankar and Baerbock, who is in India on a two-day visit, also discussed a diversification of trade between the two countries, global consequences of the Russian war on Ukraine and cooperation in the energy transition away from fossil fuels.
The two countries also signed a migration and mobility partnership which will make it easier for people to study, do research and work in each other’s country.
Germany is India’s largest trading partner in Europe and more than 1,700 German companies are operating in India. German investments in India are mainly in transportation, electrical equipment, construction, trading and automobiles.
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Netherlands proposes EU gas price cap for state-backed buyers - document
BRUSSELS, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The Netherlands has weighed into the European Union's debate on whether to cap gas prices with an alternative proposal that would cap gas prices but only for government-owned or state-supported buyers.
EU countries are negotiating a European Commission proposal for a cap to limit gas price spikes as countries attempt to pull down high energy costs in their economies, and are racing to reach a deal by Dec. 13.
The Dutch proposal, shared with EU countries and seen by Reuters, said government-backed gas buyers and companies obliged by law to buy gas to fill storage had contributed to surging gas prices in Europe this summer, as countries raced to replace dwindling Russian gas deliveries and were willing to pay sky-high prices to do so.
The Netherlands therefore proposed capping gas transactions by those buyers at a level below the cap proposed by the EU, and which would be reviewed each month.
Europe's energy crunch has driven countries including the Netherlands to subsidise storage filling, while Germany is nationalising gas importers Uniper SE (UN01.DE) and Sefe. State-owned gas buyers in Poland, Italy and Austria could also be affected by the proposed Dutch cap.
The lower price cap - which the proposal did not specify - could help the idea win support from Belgium, Poland, Italy and other countries who want an EU cap but criticised the EU proposal for having too high a price and conditions so strict that it was unlikely to be triggered.
However, the Dutch cap would not directly intervene in the EU's exchange-traded gas markets, which some pro-cap countries say they want. The Commission had proposed capping trades on the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) gas hub's front-month contract.
The Netherlands' proposal said the cap could be enforced either by the EU refusing to approve state aid support for gas buying schemes if prices are above the cap, or by countries reporting to the EU their government-backed gas buying and prices each month.
EU gas prices surged after Russia cut deliveries following its February invasion of Ukraine, but prices peaked in August, coinciding with Russia taking the Nord Stream 1 pipeline offline and a drive among EU countries to fill up storage ahead of winter.