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earlier today i was in the apple store in covent garden and needed to make my way to liverpool street. i checked out the journey on google maps and saw it wasn't that far or complicated to walk, head along the river, hang a left and you're there. it was all going fine until i got to st pauls cathedral and found my route was blocked by the lord mayor's show. i tried to take a long detour around this parade, which took around 45 minutes and somehow managed to both start and finish at the exact same spot near st pauls. if only there was some kind of system of underground tunnels where i could have avoided the crowded streets. i couldn't tell you whereabouts in london i took this as i was lost for most of my urban trek, but it's a safe bet to say it was somewhere in the st pauls area
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Small Group Discussion: Preparing Reliable and Secure Energy Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation
Energy producers, suppliers, and distributors deliver life-sustaining and life-saving energy services every minute of every day. As the world experiences climate-related shifts, including changing weather patterns and rising sea levels, energy resources and infrastructure are often severely impacted. Although not traditionally considered part of emergency response teams, energy companies are changing the paradigm by exploring ways to shore up energy infrastructure and secure energy resources. Many utilities and power producers have already invested in innovative improvements that ensure continual power delivery and rapid power recovery during and after extreme weather and damaging geologic events. In addition, in places where power grids are most vulnerable or non-existent, distributed and renewable energy technology companies are poised to provide back-up and off-grid energy solutions.
In this session, participants will:
• Explore opportunities for collaboration on the design and transfer of simple, scalable energy solutions that address climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness.
• Discuss how to develop new solutions and adapt existing technologies for specific climates and geographies in order to increase secure, transportable, and back-up energy solutions around the world.
• Share lessons learned from existing efforts and methods for their application across the energy industry.
PARTICIPANTS:
Meagan Fallone, Chief Executive Officer, Barefoot College International
Stephan Ouaknine, Managing Partner, Inerjys Ventures
Andrea Valcalda, Head of Sustainability, Enel
Reliable water supply, provided by the solar-powered pumps, has expanded production and land use, and allowed the introduction or expansion of higher-value, water-intensive crops like cotton and watermelon.
© UNDP Sudan/Muhanad Sameer
In 2019, the government of India started the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide adequate, safe and reliable drinking water to all rural households in India by 2024, through the installation of functional household tap connections.
UNOPS has partnered with the government of Denmark to provide strategic technical support to the Jal Jeevan Mission in 137 villages across 11 of the most water-scarce districts in the Bundelkhand and Vindhya regions of Uttar Pradesh. The efforts prioritize active community participation, with a special focus on gender equality.
To support longer-term sustainability, local communities are mobilized with knowledge and skills to take ownership of the water connections in their villages.
“We realized how much water is wasted by us every day, which could be saved and reused in kitchen gardens. Now we save water and have started using grey water more efficiently,” explains Savita Kaushik.
© UNOPS/John Rae
-RPO Z-11 Original 427/430 HP V-8 engine
-Driven by Dave Stickler
-Delivered new to Ammon R. Smith Auto Co. 12/21/62 from Flint, Michigan Assembly Plant
-Two-piece intake manifold
Hurst T-shifter
-Aluminum inner fenders, bumpers, brackets, sheet metal, fan shroud RC bell housing
-Tachometer
-Cowl induction
-Vented metallic brakes
-Stahl Engineering headers
-Vented metallic brakes
-Jenkins Competition original modifications
-Positraction rear end
-1 of 57 Built
You'll never forgive yourself if you don't see the ultimate Impala.
1:64 Johnny Lightning:
1963 Chevy Impala SS Z11
'Old Reliable IV'
Cover Cars Release 4
Race Daze 2021
Drive-Thru Car Show
Drive-IN Grille
Conservation Rd.
City of Mystic Beach
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
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UK Gov MOD Service Tug
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The 271grt Harbour Tug SD Reliable came on the Clyde scene in 2009. Pictured making her way east passing Greenock Waterfront whilst making for Inchgreen on a sunny March day after being call in to assist with a huge bulker.
VESSEL BUILDER
Constructed in Gdansk Poland 2009
by Damen Crist
Outsourced Contractor Serco Group
Hence the prefix 'SD'
IMO 9533402
Pentacon Six TL, Biometar 2.8, Ilford HP5plus 400 in Rodinal 1:100, stand semi-development, 75 min (one rotation after 30 min).
When in doubt, seek out the nearest Cholla and shoot! The clouds wouldn't cooperate and the shot I've been dying to get was no more. Fortunately there's always a trusty Cholla nearby to save the day. At least I came home with something besides dusty boots.
Faces of Safeguards
The utilisation of modern and reliable software is critical for the IAEA to perform its work. “We develop tailored software for all safeguards inspectors and evaluators at the IAEA to help them do their job more efficiently and effectively,” says Vinit Pandya, Systems Analyst. The IAEA is overhauling some of its information technology architecture under the Modernization in Safeguards Information Technology (MOSAIC) programme. “We work towards developing sustainable applications that can be easily maintained for years to come as technology evolves,” Pandya says. “We keep finding better technical solutions so that we can provide greater support to the work of the IAEA.”
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Reliable removals of liverpool operate this ageing mercedes 308 removals van.Now 15 years old this is a classic mercedes workhorse.Still goin strong.
We ship all orders by reliable air courier services with tracking services like USPS, UPS, DHL, TNT, etc with many of these couriers 48-72 hours shipping available across USA, Canada, Europe and all Major cities of Middle and Far East. Shipping cost is not part of the price displayed at our website. Due to technologies available to us, we can locate the most inexpensive shipper and most reliable shipper to your location. You get the benefit of reduced shipping on each additional item.
We're taking a new approach to how we perform critical inspection and maintenance of subway components that are necessary to providing reliable service -- FASTRACK. The third implementation of FASTRACK is taking place on the Sixth Avenue B/D/F/M Line from 57 Street to W 4 Street from Feb. 27 to March 2, 2012. Because a section of the subway is closed to trains for seven consecutive hours, FASTRACK is a safer and more efficient way to maintain and clean New York City's sprawling subway — a system that never closes.
With no trains running along Sixth Avenue, 800 MTA employees are able to inspect signals, replace rails and cross ties, scrape track floors, clean stations and paint areas that are not reachable during normal train operation. Workers also took the opportunity to clean lighting fixtures, change bulbs and repair platform edges while performing high-intensity station cleaning.
Photo by Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Leonard Wiggins.
It's Freight Car Friday and here's a poor quality shot that was just too cool not to pass up. It's deep into the blue hour and I had to crank my ISO WAY up so don't mind the noise and just enjoy the subject.
While waiting for a table at the Steaming Tender to have dinner with a friend at the start of 'Train Show Weekend' I found this gem sitting on the connection track from the NECR to CSXT's yard right at CP83 along the old Boston and Albany. The warm glow from the windows of the depot/restaurant cast weird and challenging shadows so this was the best I could manage.
I can't remember when or if I've seen an original Louisville and Nashville car in revenue service and still carrying its unpatched or renumbered reporting marks and with minimal tagging to boot! L&N 242332 is a 3 bay 100 ton hopper built by Pullman-Standard in Jan. 1981 as part of Lot 110B, a 750 car order. A quick search online reveals many of these have been repainted or at least renumbered and I do wonder how many like this are still out there rolling and why they have escaped any changes more than four decades on.
Here is one full car view and then a close up of the reporting marks on the A end and another of the Family Lines logo on the B end. Pretty neat that a car from 'The Old Reliable' can still be relied upon to move tonnage and earn its keep.
Palmer, Massachusetts
Thursday January 25, 2023
Reliable but nothing else going for them, scheduled to be re-placed by just slightly younger other cast-offs!
Sidewalk chalk at 1:00 pm , playing pretend restaurant at the back yard swing set at 1:30. Freeze tag with Rowan at 1:45. And perhaps tracking down Gizmo the cat and putting doll cloths on him at 2:00. With so many places to be a girl needs reliable transportation.
Granddaughter Fiona 4, and tricycle at the front porch of her home in Logan Ohio.
This ad for the Triumph Cycle Co., Ltd., Coventry, appeared in the 19 December, 1917 issue of The Bystander.
34/365 - August 2, 2009
My Nikon SB-600 is my workhorse speedlight. I've had this flash for a few years, and it has been dropped, bashed, rained on, tossed around, beaten up, and just plain punished.
There's electrical tape holding things together. I have a shredded Honl Speedstrap semi-permanently attached. There's red tape on there as an identifing mark for when I'm at group shoots. There are dents and scratches around the body. Despite the punishment I've inflicted upon it, the flash has continued to work flawlessly.
I also have another SB-600 and a Vivitar 285HV, and neither of them have been as reliable. The other SB-600 is a refurbished unit, and, after just over a year of use, it completely drains a fresh set of batteries after only a few pops even at 1/4 power. The 285HV is ok, but it is slow to recharge, bulky, and doesn't work with most of my light modifiers. Those two flashes end up staying at home most of the time, while my main SB-600 is in my bag every single day.
Sure, it's not as powerful or full-featured as an SB-900, but it is solid and reliable. I plan on using it until it completely dies or falls apart beyond repair.
Shooting info:
Panasonic LX3 | ƒ/4 | 1/1000 | ISO 80
Canon 430EXII in a Lumiquest Softbox III at camera left.
White paper at camera right providing bounce light.
Triggered by Cactus V4.
Setup shot here.
Brakes
Already famous, the new sedan combines style and comfort with a dynamic and reliable road behavior. Part of this captivating feeling stems from an innovative Continental braking system, which we will closely examine in the following article
Nicodemo Angì
The new D-segment Alfa sedan has a respectable and sophisticated technical outfit which stems from the fact that the car was designed starting from a blank sheet, or almost. The technical features borrowed from the Group's other brands are prestigious indeed, such as the Quadrifoglio V6 engine created through a collaboration with Ferrari and the front end which greatly resembles that of a Maserati. Not to mention the carbon fiber transmission shaft and, in fact, the integrated MK C1 braking system by Continental. The German group, as we well know, has recently started to add to its traditional activity as a tire manufacturer, a well-diversified portfolio of sophisticated components, such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and sophisticated braking systems.
Simulating the system
The MK C1 appears truly innovative and was designed to perfectly equip hybrid traction systems fulfilling the requirements for a regenerative braking system without any additional measures, likely to become more and more necessary to meet the already stringent – but more so in the future - emissions regulations.
This integrated component allows in fact to implement, with relative ease, a drive-by-wire braking system where the pedal is decoupled from the hydraulic circuit, which allows other interesting advantages, such as actuation speed and pedal feeling adjustable via software.
The MK C1 braking system from Continental combines the brake actuation, booster, and control systems into a single braking unit; connections are therefore limited to the vehicle's wiring system, its data network and the pipes that carry the brake fluid to the brake calipers.
Gone, as already anticipated, the vacuum brake booster and its vacuum pump, replaced by an electric pump driven by a brushless DC motor (BLDC). The traditional tandem pump connected to the pedal is still present but, under normal conditions, will intervene only to transfer to the pedal - and therefore to the driver - the load simulator which reproduces the sensations of a more traditional system. The movement of the piston is read by sensors, and the signals are used to drive the working cylinder, operated by the above mentioned brushless DC motor. The conversion of the motor’s rotation into the linear movement of the piston takes place via a ball-and-screw system, a screw-nut screw system perfected by placing steel balls between the two threads: the rolling friction thus obtained guarantees a smooth and fluid movement with reduced resistance.
Failure free
The load on the nut comes from a single direction - from the piston side of the working pump - making it possible to calculate with great precision the relative piston position.
This ball-and-screw actuator is designed to be maintenance-free, but in case of failure (however unlikely) braking is guaranteed by the pump connected to the pedal and the same would happen even in the event of a complete power supply failure. The size of the pump connected to the tandem brake pedal ensures in any event the minimum braking efficiency prescribed by law (6.43 m/s2 with a pedal pressure of 500 N) even if the vehicle should weigh 2 tons or more.
Furthermore, the absence of the bulky shell of a conventional brake booster makes it possible to gain a further 10 cm in the front end of the vehicle, which can be used to increase the depth of the crumple zone in front of the occupant compartment. The system’s compatibility with ABS and ESC systems, which have a flow and return valve for each wheel, is guaranteed and, as far as the MK C1 is concerned, the valve system has been perfected further, just as its sensors.
Tailor-made braking
Decoupling the pressure on the pedal from the wheels has several advantages, such as no reaction to the pedal when the ABS or ESC systems are activated, or the type of braking intervention set by software and therefore easily adaptable to different brands and models. The sensors can even perceive the load the driver puts on the pedal: if it corresponds to a slight braking, which statistically represents about 80% of all braking, the modulation of the force occurs through the pedal stroke. If the driver, on the other hand, suddenly needs much more braking power, direct pressure on the pedal will provide what is needed.
Additionally, this system is ideal also on hybrid vehicles (so probably we will soon see a hybrid versions of the Giulia and the SUV Stelvio), where braking energy recovery is possible only at a certain speed range. The MK C1 system can effectively manage this function, producing the desired deceleration even when the energy recovery system "hands over" things to the more traditional brakes. The system efficiently works on principles of power on demand and, even if the maximum absorption is almost 100 A, it is only for short moments and then falls; if the system is not activated at all, then it will all be reduced to a slight consumption of the electronic part.
The system has shown remarkable readiness, which is essential if the automatic emergency braking system is to function properly and avoid possible collisions and pedestrians suddenly appearing in front of the car. Tests performed at a speed of 66 km / h saw a car equipped with the MK C1 stop after 18 meters while a more "traditional" car stopped after 23 meters and after 18 meters was still moving at 36 km/h.
“Future and complication proof”
This system so compact and efficient has proved so interesting that we wanted to learn more; therefore, taking advantage of Continental’s efficient press office, we forwarded a few questions to the specialists who deal with it.
Asked if the MK C1 was compatible without further modification with existing driver assistance systems (Adaptive Cruise Control, Emergency Brake and the like) we were given an affirmative answer. Not only no modifications are required, but the dynamic pressure is 3 times higher compared to current ESC systems; meaning that the system is also ready for autonomous driving!
Power absorption is not a problem too, since other onboard systems absorb more than the peak 80 amps of this system; Alfa Romeo came up with an electrical system that easily meets the needs with minimal voltage fluctuation.
The last question revolved around the necessary data for the system to function: are changes to bus on-board systems (CAN, Flexray and the like) required to manage the MK C1? The answer was that the system works with commonly available data on both cars and busses and not only; the system is in fact simplified, since the vacuum pump, the switch on the brake pedal and the various piping and assorted ESC support systems have been eliminated.