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DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 23JAN13 - Daniel Kahneman, Professor Emeritus, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, USA speaks during the session 'Improving Decision-Making - Thinking, Fast and Slow' at the Annual Meeting 2013 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2013..
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swiss-image.ch/Photo Remy Steinegger
On 21 July 2016, UNAMID’s Police Commissioner, Ms. Priscilla Makotose, handed over bicycles, reflective jackets, mobile phones,rechargeable torches, and whistles to 30 Community Policing Volunteers at Ardamata camp for internally displaced, West Darfur. The UNDP sponsored equipment will be used for daily patrolling to improve security in the camp. Photo by Elsadig Daud, UNAMID
Ambassador Roemer promotes improved cook stoves in India. "The United States and India are committed to working together to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable members of society have access to the best and most cost effective cook stove technology. This technology will improve the health and lives of Indians while paving the way for a brighter and more environmentally safe future." December 19, 2009
T189 Photo-A-Week 2013, Fortnightly Alphabet Challenge, weeks 17 & 18, the letter I
I is for Improve - trying to improve a picture of a view over the Firth of Forth
Treatment: Photomatix HDR painterly 2 setting, then adding first a sepia, then a golden gradient filter in a low opacity, adding a deckchair with shadow from last week's pictures at the Jubelpark, because I had to upsize the chair it looked very out of place sharpness-wise, so another Photomatix treatment, this time Photographic setting, and finally toning it down a bit.
This is the new almost-completely-studless version. You can see the old one here:
The new and improved engine area.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with its local partner Zenab for Women in Development recently launched a project for improving the lives of female inmates in Gedarif, Kassala, and Red Sea states in East Sudan.
The project is funded by the Embassy of Finland in Cairo and has a duration of nine months. It targets the female inmates and their accompanying children in East Sudan with support and oversight of UNDP Governance and Rule of Law Unit.
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Improved view of the Jewel labelscar facing Dixie Hwy; last-photographed a little over three years ago.
Dixie Square Mall -- Harvey, IL -- 3/19/12
very similar to the last year boxes...
I love this paper, it's very strong and excelent for sturdy but festive boxes
(this is wrapping paper bought in tesco some years ago... it's consumed now)
Improved security is essential to reinvigorating what has been called the bread basket of South Sudan, the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, has said.
Mr Shearer was making his first field trip to the town of Yambio in the Western Equatoria region of South Sudan, on February 22, 2017. The region is an agricultural area, which has typically provided a wide range of food products for the rest of the country.
Production has slowed because farmers are no longer able to plant crops due to ongoing insecurity and displacement.
“Security is the key to getting famers back to their land,” Mr Shearer said after meeting Gbudwe State officials in Yambio. He said that security was also essential on the road network to allow trade and the distribution of agricultural products.
He praised the State authorities for their commitment to boosting agricultural production and moving towards self-sufficiency.
The UNMISS head is also encouraging reconciliation efforts by the State authorities, especially the efforts to reintegrate young people into the community who had joined armed groups active in the area.
Photo:UNMISS/Daniel Dickinson, editor:Isaac Billy
How one handles improving their home can say a lot about how they handle a lot of situations. An endeavor that focuses on creativity and attention to detail is what makes home improvement so popular. That can sound intimidating to a new improver, which is why they should read the list of tips below.
When you are a seller wanting to make your home look its very best for buyers, one of the most common things that you can do is to work on your yard and outside appearance. Check your light fixtures to make sure that they are clean and working and replace them if you need to. Maybe try making a small vegetable garden in your backyard since most people enjoy some type of gardening.
Make sure that you keep an eye out for all types of contractors. You want to make sure that you get a contractor with a good reputation, as well as, an affordable price before you have them improve your home. You don't want to be stuck with paying a bill that you can't afford or a project that's half finished because the contractor decided to stop coming, half-way through the project.
The kitchen is a great place to start with home improvements. Use a solution of 2-to-one TSP and water to get rid on grease stains on the walls. The grease stains, and often paint, will be removed. Use tan colors in your kitchen and you will see a drastic difference in the appearance of the room.
If you just purchased your home or are renovating it, you know that wallpaper borders can be a pesky item to remove. If you have the time and don't want to invest a lot of money in removing it, you can easily remove it with the following steps: 1. Get a small spray flask and fill it with water. 2. Grab a towel for the next step. Repeatedly spray the wallpaper border until it is thoroughly wet. The water activates the glue on the back and makes it slimy, which in turn makes it easier to remove. 3. Simply rub the towel over it in a circular fashion and it will start peeling off the wallpaper.
If you're thinking about putting down carpeting for your home, make sure to choose carpeting in dark colors only. Light colors such as beige, white, or light brown tend to pick up dirt and stains, making your carpeting appear cheap and used. Opt for colors like dark green or dark brown to hide what shouldn't be seen and prolong the life of your carpet.
During your next home improvement project, make sure to cover any exposed surfaces. For example, cover the floor with a tarp if you are painting or protect your counter tops if you are demolishing cabinets. If you fail to take the time to do this step, you may wind up spending a lot of money fixing scratched or damaged items.
You will get what you paid for when you buy a good door. Your guests will be seeing your door whenever they enter and leave your home. Insulate your door properly to save on energy bills. A door can also be a real security concern if the frame or the locks are not recent.
Copper is by far the most attractive building material for thieves, so exercise care when installing copper pipe and wiring. Whenever possible these installations should not be done until the house, ideally the entire property, can be protected by lock and key. Thieves are talented at stripping copper from a building site very quickly. Protect your copper supplies, so you don't wind up buying it twice.
Home improvement really is a creative endeavor, but that does not mean it is only for professional or serious home improvers. This creative endeavor can be enjoyed by anyone of any improvement skill level. These tips were constructed to help those of all levels find their way into home improvement. rubbishremovalservicesydney.com.au/household-rubbish-remo...
I’ve been wanting to take a city break in summer, rather than in the cold months for a while, so rather than heading for the Lake District for a week of toil on the fells when Jayne could get a week off, we took off from Liverpool for Paris. Flight times were nice and sociable but it meant we were on the M62 car park at a busy time in both directions – it’s a shambles! I’ve stopped over in Paris a dozen times – on my way to cycling in the Etape du Tour in the Alps or Pyrenees – and had a few nights out there. Come to think about it and we’ve spent the day on the Champs Elysees watching the final day of the Tour de France with Mark Cavendish winning. We hadn’t been for a holiday there though and it was a bit of a spur of the moment decision. Six nights gave us five and a half days to explore Paris on foot. I had a good selection of (heavy) kit with me, not wanting to make the usual mistake of leaving something behind and regretting it. In the end I carried the kit in my backpack – an ordinary rucksack – to keep the weight down, for 103 miles, all recorded on the cycling Garmin – and took 3500 photos. The little Garmin is light and will do about 15 hours, it expired towards the end of a couple of 16 hour days but I had the info I wanted by then. This also keeps the phone battery free for research and route finding – I managed to flatten that once though.
What can I say – Paris was fantastic! The weather varied from OK to fantastic, windy for a few days, the dreaded grey white dullness for a while but I couldn’t complain really. We were out around 8.30 in shorts and tee shirt, which I would swap for a vest when it warmed up, hitting 30 degrees at times, we stayed out until around midnight most nights. It was a pretty full on trip. The security at some destinations could have been a problem as there is a bag size limit to save room in the lifts etc. I found the French to be very pragmatic about it, a bag search was a cursory glance, accepting that I was lugging camera gear, not bombs around, and they weren’t going to stop a paying customer from passing because his bag was a bit over size.
We didn’t have a plan, as usual we made it up as we went along, a loose itinerary for the day would always end up changing owing to discoveries along the way. Many times we would visit something a few times, weighing the crowds and light etc. up and deciding to come back later. I waited patiently to go up the Eiffel Tower, we arrived on Tuesday and finally went up on Friday evening. It was a late decision but the weather was good, the light was good and importantly I reckoned that we would get a sunset. Previous evenings the sun had just slid behind distant westerly clouds without any golden glory. It was a good choice. We went up the steps at 7.30 pm, short queue and cheaper – and just to say that we had. The steps are at an easy angle and were nowhere near as bad as expected, even with the heavy pack. We stayed up there, on a mad and busy Friday night, until 11.30, the light changed a lot and once we had stayed a couple of hours we decided to wait for the lights to come on. This was a downside to travelling at this time of year, to do any night photography we had to stay out late as it was light until 10.30. The Eiffel Tower is incredible and very well run, they are quite efficient at moving people around it from level to level. It was still buzzing at midnight with thousands of people around. The sunset on Saturday was probably better but we spent the evening around the base of the Tower, watching the light change, people watching and soaking the party atmosphere up.
Some days our first destination was five miles away, this is a lot of road junctions in a city, the roads in Paris are wide so you generally have to wait for the green man to cross. This made progress steady but when you are on holiday it doesn’t matter too much. Needless to say we walked through some dodgy places, with graffiti on anything that stays still long enough. We were ultra-cautious with our belongings having heard the pickpocket horror stories. At every Café/bar stop the bags were clipped to the table leg out of sight and never left alone. I carried the camera in my hand all day and everywhere I went, I only popped it in my bag to eat. I would guess that there were easier people to rob than us, some people were openly careless with phones and wallets.
We didn’t enter the big attractions, it was too nice to be in a museum or church and quite a few have a photography ban. These bans make me laugh, they are totally ignored by many ( Japanese particularly) people. Having travelled around the world to see something, no one is going to stop them getting their selfies. Selfies? Everywhere people pointed their cameras at their own face, walking around videoing – their self! I do like to have a few photos of us for posterity but these people are self-obsessed.
Paris has obviously got a problem with homeless (mostly) migrants. Walk a distance along the River Seine and you will find tented villages, there is a powerful smell of urine in every corner, with the no alcohol restrictions ignored, empty cans and bottles stacked around the bins as evidence. There are families, woman living on mattresses with as many as four small children, on the main boulevards. They beg by day and at midnight they are all huddled asleep on the pavement. The men in the tents seem to be selling plastic Eiffel Tower models to the tourists or bottled water – even bottles of wine. Love locks and selfy sticks were also top sellers. There must be millions of locks fastened to railings around the city, mostly brass, so removing them will be self-funding as brass is £2.20 a kilo.
As for the sights we saw, well if it was on the map we tried to walk to it. We crossed the Periphique ring road to get to the outer reaches of Paris. La Defense – the financial area with dozens of modern office blocks – was impressive, and still expanding. The Bois de Boulogne park, with the horse racing track and the Louis Vuitton Centre was part of a 20 mile loop that day. Another day saw us in the north east. We had the dome of the Sacre Couer to ourselves, with thousands of tourists wandering below us oblivious of the entrance and ticket office under the church. Again the light was fantastic for us. We read that Pere Lachaise Cemetery or Cimitiere du Pere Lachaise was one of the most visited destinations, a five mile walk but we went. It is massive, you need a map, but for me one massive tomb is much the same as another, it does have highlights but we didn’t stay long. Fortunately we were now closer to the Canal St Martin which would lead us to Parc de la Villette. This was a Sunday and everywhere was both buzzing and chilled at the same time. Where ever we went people were sat watching the world go by, socializing and picnicking, soaking the sun up. As ever I wanted to go up on the roof of anything I could as I love taking cityscapes. Most of these were expensive compared with many places we’ve been to before but up we went. The Tour Montparnasse, a single tower block with 59 floors, 690 foot high and extremely fast lifts has incredible views although it was a touch hazy on our ascent. The Arc de Triomphe was just up the road from our hotel, we went up it within hours of arriving, well worth the visit.
At the time of writing I have no idea how many images will make the cut but it will be a lot. If I have ten subtly different shots of something, I find it hard to consign nine to the dark depths of my hard drive never to be seen again – and I’m not very good at ruthless selection – so if the photo is OK it will get uploaded. My view is that it’s my photostream, I like to be able to browse my own work at my leisure at a later date, it’s more or less free and stats tell me these images will get looked at. I’m not aiming for single stunning shots, more of a comprehensive overview of an interesting place, presented to the best of my current capabilities. I am my own biggest critic, another reason for looking at my older stuff is to critique it and look to improve on previous mistakes. I do get regular requests from both individuals and organisations to use images and I’m obliging unless someone is taking the piss. I’m not bothered about work being published (with my permission) but it is reassuringly nice to be asked. The manipulation of Flickr favourites and views through adding thousands of contacts doesn’t interest me and I do sometimes question the whole point of the Flickr exercise. I do like having access to my own back catalogue though and it gives family and friends the chance to read about the trip and view the photos at their leisure so for the time being I’m sticking with it. I do have over 15 million views at the moment which is a far cry from showing a few people an album, let’s face it, there’s an oversupply of images, many of them superb but all being devalued by the sheer quantity available.
Don’t think that it was all walking and photography, we had a great break and spent plenty of time in pavement bistros having a glass of wine and people watching. I can certainly understand why Paris is top of the travellers list of destinations
Build between 1904 and 1925. I think this one wwas build between 1904 and 1910. It has a (serial?)number (72) that is stamped on the main body and the extension rail. This is a 5X7 camera and includes also the original (at least it's made of the same wood, has the same finish and the same ornaments as the 5X7 back) 4X5 back.
The camera is beautifully ebonized and has a nice "patine". On some places the ebony finish has a patern of cracks like the frame of an old painting. It doesn't look worn out though. I just llove the camera.
In these pictures I mounted a Rapid Rectilinear from B&L in a Kodak ballbearing shutter. It covers 5X7. Lovely little lens.
For anybody who has more info on this camera, please enlight me ;-)
Seneca Improved View 5x7, Bausch & Lomb 5x7 Tessar 1c f/4.5, UVP-X collodion preserved in tannic acid, dry plate collodion negative
f/16, 8 seconds
I'm pretty much done with dry plate collodion until I can take a proper course from the Ostermans. Doing so much work to first prep and later develop these plates only to get these ugly results is not at all worth it; despite the convenience it affords out in the field.
Developer recipe:
Part A:
1.5g pyrogallol
10.5g citric acid
500mL distilled water
(recommended to double this and start with 1000mL of developer so you don't run out)
Part B:
8% silver nitrate solution in dropper bottle
30mL distilled water
2.4g silver nitrate
Fill developer cup with Part A and add 2-3 drops of Part B per 100mL. Pour on & off the plate, developing across all the different edges over and over. Should take 10-20 minutes per plate! Ugh.
Developing time is excruciatingly long and arduous. I had better experience with a different formula from Quinn Jacobson's new book.
It's been over a year since I built my Mk1 coaches, so it's about time they got an upgrade. I've changed the colour to dark red, added some more structure so they're a lot more secure, changed the bogie design to be Commonwealths instead of BR1s and I added some more end detailing such as the doors in the gangways and the Electric Train Supply sockets. I'm pretty happy with the new design, they look classier and have that extra detail.
Improved tools and techniques in forestry occupations: ILO/Netherlands/Department of Forests Project, Abbottabad, Pakistan. © ILO.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/deed.en_US.
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
The Honest John was the first nuclear tipped rocket to be deployed by the United States Army. It was a simple, free-flight rocket capable of delivering a nuclear warhead. This highly mobile system was designed to fire like conventional artillery in battlefield areas. The first Honest John battalions were deployed to Europe in the spring of 1954.
This solid fuel rocket was by far the easiest to operate of all U.S. nuclear weapons in the fifties. It took a six man crew only five minutes to mount the rocket on to its launcher. After that, all that remained was to set the proper azimuth, and then fire the rocket.
It was replaced by the Improved (M50) Honest John in 1961 which reduced the system's weight, shortened its length, and increased its range. In July 1982, all Honest John rocket motors, launchers, and related ground equipment items were classified as obsolete
Length 27 feet, 3 inches
Diameter 30 inches
Weight 5,820 pounds
Range 15.4 Miles
Warheads W7, W31
Stockpiled 1954-1961
Over the next three years, the Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District will work with a number of partners, including the US Fish and Wildlife Service, to remove and sometimes replace culverts that are detrimental to salmon habitat in the Buskin River watershed.
Credit: Lisa Hupp/USFWS
The construction of water pumps, boreholes and reservoirs prevents disputes over water resources between communities and promotes peace and security in Lakes State. UNDP coordinated the development of the Lakes State Stabilization Programme in partnership with UNOPS and WFP under the State Government, with funding from the South Sudan Recovery Fund.
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La construction de pompes à eau, de puits et de réservoirs permet d’éviter les conflits liés au partage de l’eau entre les communautés et favorise la paix et la sécurité dans l’État des Lacs. Le PNUD a coordonné l’élaboration du programme de stabilisation de l’État des Lacs
en partenariat avec l’UNOPS et le PAM avec l’aide du gouvernement central, grâce au financement du Fonds de relèvement pour le Soudan du Sud.
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La construcción de bombas de agua, pozos y depósitos evita disputas sobre los recursos hídricos entre las comunidades y promueve la paz y la seguridad en el estado de Lagos. El PNUD coordinó el desarrollo del Programa de estabilización del estado de Lagos en colaboración con UNOPS y el PMA, bajo el Gobierno estatal y con financiación del Fondo
para la Recuperación de Sudán del Sur.
45 1/2" .22 calibre BSA Improved Model D Sporting pattern with 14 1/4" straight grip walnut stock and steel butt plate. Late pattern breech plug with small locating index plunger and spring. Side button lever release stamped Pat 25783/10. Rearsight stamped RD460143. Retaining plate stamped PATENT 8246-06 and PATD 3/4/06 under the cocking lever. Under the barrel is stamped RD479972 and closer to the breech end the number 795 which corresponds with the number on the end of the loading tap.
Made: March - September 1912, despatch period April - September 1912
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Using Light Therapy to Treat Seasonal Affective Disorder, Jet Lag, Chronic Fatigue, Brain Fog & Depression; Improve Mitochondria ATP Cellular Function and Greatly Boost Energy, Focus & Mood
Light therapy provides lots of interesting and effective options for using simple modern technology to improve our circadian rhythm and get better sleep, improve our cellular energy production and greatly boost our overall energy levels, mood and focus.
Today we are exploring ways to use light frequencies to hack our circadian rhythm during the winter months and when travelling long distances, in order to get deeper sleep, have more energy and greatly improve our cellular functioning.
New research into the way our skin, eyes and even our brain can directly intake different spectrums of light is providing us with lots of options for maintaining optimal sleep cycles and energy levels, from very simple and inexpensive light bulbs to more high tech devices that are still very affordable, especially considering their effectiveness.
Of course, the absolute most effective light therapy of all is free: sunlight. And if we can manage to get more sunlight into our bodies during the winter months, then this is the most effective and most affordable option. But its also the least practical for most people, right?
Sunbathing in the cold is really not most people’s cup of tea, though it combining cold exposure with sunbathing does have amazing health benefits. The amount of sunlight our bodies directly intake is really a major factor in why so many people feel great in the summer, but easily get sick and depressed in the winter.
I used to have these symptoms until I came to understand that these symptoms were really being caused by both the altered circadian rhythm set by the reduced light cycle, as well as the reduction in the amount of light my body was able to intake during the winter.
These highways were last paved in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. WSDOT maintenance crews work to keep these highways in good condition each year but highways should be repaved every 15 years. These roads are overdue for a longer lasting fix.
As part of this project a number of pedestrian crossings will also be improved to meet current standards and approve safety and walkability around Whidbey Island.
A visually lively leaflet, with an area diagram on the reverse, issued by the Western Region of British Railways for the new diesel multiple units that were being introduced on Cardiff and Valley area services with the promise of improved services. The introduction of the DMUs was part of the vast British Transport Commission's Modernisation Programme that sadly, in some ways and areas, was to prove a somewhat misguided affair and, in some ways, loaded the organisation with debt that added to the call for the later reorganisation that included the 'Beeching Axe' in an effort to stem the railways losses.
In many ways the new DMU services were a vast improvement - in terms of passenger comfort - and attempts were made to re-organise services, timetables and fares. In some areas this was successful but in others the impact was still seen as being insufficient to save stations and lines in later culls. The South Wales and Valley services seen here saw much retrenchment in the 1960s closures - much was lost and many stations closed. However, from the 1980s onwards much work has been undertaken to re-open various branch lines and stations to passenger service and, currently, many of the lines are seeing a real renaissance as Transport for Wales are investing heavily to bring new standards of service to the area as part of their Metro system.
The front of the leaflet has quite a variety of typefaces to 'catch' the eye and uses decal based on a scraperboard or Windsor Board illustration of a speeding DMU; this is possibly by A.N. Wolstenholme who did much such work for BR.
www.slideshare.net/BrianGerkan/chocolates-a-tasty-way-to-... Lots of contradictory advice about health abounds. Even scientific research sometimes contradicts each other. Mostly when you talk about healthy food stuff,veggies and other fresh eatables comes to mind.
Framingham 15 --Caption title. Width of road: 30 ft. Traveled way: width 30 ft., grade 4 ft. per 100. Surface: crowned 2 1/2 ft., uneven, soft in centre, hard on sides material: gravel and loam sides: right, slopes down to marsh, left, slopes down to marsh gutters: right, at foot of embankment, left, at foot of embankment sidewalks: right, none, left, none. Remarks: Road is very rough. The crown is so great that a team, unless driving in centre, tips, causing great strains on axles and wheels. Photograph accompanies the Report of the Commission to Improve the Highways of the Commonwealth, 1893.
These highways were last paved in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. WSDOT maintenance crews work to keep these highways in good condition each year but highways should be repaved every 15 years. These roads are overdue for a longer lasting fix.
As part of this project a number of pedestrian crossings will also be improved to meet current standards and approve safety and walkability around Whidbey Island.
Finally got rid of the weird thing at the corner of the lips from all my characters, that's really a improvement over what I got.
These highways were last paved in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. WSDOT maintenance crews work to keep these highways in good condition each year but highways should be repaved every 15 years. These roads are overdue for a longer lasting fix.
As part of this project a number of pedestrian crossings will also be improved to meet current standards and approve safety and walkability around Whidbey Island.
Porsche 356 A (1952)
Designer: Erwin Komenda
Zeithaus Museum
Autostadt Wolfsburg
17 February 2014
Nikon D90/AF Nikkor 1:3.5-4.5 28-105 mm
Karen Hannigan (left to right), of the county’s Aging, Disability and Caregiver Resource Line, and Lucy Gerland of the county’s Family Caregiver Support Program, listen as a resident shares ideas on improving services during the Fairfax 50+ Forum at the Chantilly Regional Library on June 3, 2013. Hannigan and Gerland were co-facilitators for a break out discussion on services for older adults. This was one of 14 forums hosted by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, together with the Fairfax Area Commission on Aging, to hear what residents have to say about creating a more aging-friendly community.
Life has become pretty monotonous for all of us. Young as well as old, everyone is involved in making sure that what lies ahead of them is a secure and happy future. But the question here is – are we really living our lives the way we want? While waiting for the right moment to arrive, we spend several thousands of our life’s precious moments in anticipation. This particularly applies to our professional lives. Having the right job that pays well has become so important for us all that we tend to forget that it is our job that is paying us to be happy and content. Quite contrary to this, we actually believe that our jobs are paying us so that we pay others and this takes away half the joy of working and earning.
While it is important to reach greater heights and conquer our dreams, it is equally important to understand that life is not just about earning and spending. There is a lot more to it and before time slips out of your hands, stop and take a breath. Give yourself time to relax, time to enjoy the fruits of your labor or at least, time to laugh. A lot here depends on how you plan your commitments and create a balanced lifestyle. For women, this is particularly difficult but not impossible. Let’s look at some ways you can improve the quality of your life without making any significant changes to your routine.
Create a work-life balance
This is something you might have heard always but the reality is that there is no one perfect way to balance your personal and professional commitments. Also, it might just not happen sometimes. No matter how much you plan ahead, uncertainties .
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The Highway was upgraded to a 4-lane rural arterial divided roadway with a design speed of 80km/h and concrete median barrier.
For more information - tranbc.ca/2011/12/21/the-sea-to-sky-highway-award-winning...
Kodak Six-16 improved Art Déco Canada Lentille Kod. Anastigmat 126mm f/6.3 Obturateur Diodak No.1 Vitesses B, T, 10-100 Année 1934-36
No. 1A Pocket Kodak Junior 126mm f/6.3 Obturateur Diodak Vitesses T,B, 10-100 Année 1932-34
No. 1A Pocket Kodak Série II Lentille Achromatic Obturateur KodetVitesses T,B, 25-50 Année 1928-32
‘Nafisa’ (name changed), a 42-year-old woman from Zinda Jan district in Herat, remembers the bad old days, when she could not feed herself, her husband, or their seven children.
“Our economic situation was very bad,” she recalls. “We lived in a ruined house, and our only source of income was from shelling pistachio nuts.”
Back then, Nafisa looked after her husband, Rahman, who was suffering from tuberculosis. She was advised to give fruit to her husband regularly.
“Being so poor, I used to give the fresh part of the watermelon to my husband, and my children and I would eat the rind,” she says.
Like many women in Afghanistan, Nafisa desperately needed to find a way out of poverty. Agriculture was the path she found. “I went to the Department of Agriculture in Herat, and asked for some greenhouse facilities. Eventually, they agreed.”
Nafisa and her family are beneficiaries of the Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP), which is implemented by UNDP and Ministry of Agriculture. The project provided her with a greenhouse, seeds for vegetables, as well as the necessary training to become a successful small-scale farmer. To diversify livelihoods and improve women’s economic freedom, UNDP has implemented several other projects in Herat districts. These include: 6 raisin houses, 10 greenhouses, 1 apiary, and kitchen gardens for 30 women.
UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP), is a five-year project, made possible by the Global Environment Facility Least Developed Countries Fund. Over the next three years, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, UNDP will implement more than 100 livelihoods projects, including building more greenhouses and training farmers on food processing and food storage, as well as protecting 800 hectares of land from flooding, irrigate 4,000 hectares of agricultural land and repairing 30 canals.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2017
"As Selected for the Design Centre London" sticker. Yes, in 1971 an award was given to the designer of this turntable. After that some of the last Hydraulic Reference made by the Transcriptors before they moved to Ireland have this sticker on the lid.
30 May 2018 – OECD Forum 2018 – BLI: Improving Healthcare by Empowering Patients
Pedro Oliveira, Founder, Patient
Innovation - Cecilia Rodriguez, Executive Director, Fundación Me Muevo
OECD, Paris
Photo : OECD/Salome Suarez
Improve piecing and cutting with scissors rather than a rotary cutter makes for wonky blocks. This quilt is for Ezra, my grandson, on his 6th birthday.
The A-1H Skyraider began life as the AD-6, itself an improved version of the AD-4B. This variant of the Skyraider was designed to serve as a tactical nuclear bomber, with a strengthened airframe to carry the heavy atomic weapons of the day. Gun armament was increased to four 20mm cannon. In theory, the AD-4B was to drop a nuclear bomb by “over-the-shoulder toss bombing,” which involved a sudden pitch up into a climb, using the kinetic energy to toss the bomb as far as possible; as soon as the weapon was released, the Skyraider pilot was to roll over in a split-S, using energy built up in a dive to get as far as possible from the nuclear shockwave. This theory was never tested operationally, and it remained in question whether or not a Skyraider would actually be able to survive the detonation of its own weapon. Nonetheless, a significant number of AD-4Bs were built or converted, which led to the follow-on AD-6. Unlike the AD-4B, the AD-6 was developed for low-altitude conventional bombing and used the larger hardpoints of the AD-5. In 1962, the AD-6 was redesignated A-1H.
By the time American involvement in the Vietnam War officially began in 1965, the US Navy was phasing out the A-1E and A-1H in favor of the A-4 Skyhawk, consolidating its remaining Skyraider squadrons on the A-1J, though some A-1H squadrons continued to serve until around 1968. As a result, large numbers of the over 700 A-1Hs built were available for the US Air Force to purchase. The A-1E had proven the worth of the type, and the USAF lacked a slow-moving attack aircraft: the A-1H had an even higher bombload than the E model, was newer, and was a single-place aircraft. As the A-1Es were handed over to the South Vietnamese Air Force, the A-1H took over its role in the various Air Commando squadrons assigned to Southeast Asia.
After over 20 years of dedicated service, the last US Navy A-1s left the fleet in 1968, replaced by the A-7A Corsair II. Today, 41 A-1s survive in museums, with a few in flyable condition, out of a total of 3180 aircraft built.
Built as Bureau Number 126997, this AD-4N arrived with the US Navy in 1950, and likely saw action in Korea, as it was converted to an AD-4NA with cannon armament and ground attack, as opposed to the nightfighter role the AD-4N was originally developed for. Details of 126997's service with the Navy are sparse, and in 1961, it was transferred to the French Armee de l'Air for service in the Algerian War; it may have served with EC 20. After the French withdrawal from Algeria, 126997 was stored at Chateaudun, France, and eventually sold off in 1977 to an American warbird collector. In 1991, it made its way to Planes of Fame in Chino, California.
Though 126997 is indeed an AD-4N (or A-1D after 1962), it's painted as an A-1H of VA-176 ("Thunderbolts") during that squadron's deployment aboard USS Intrepid (CVS-11) off Vietnam. (It oddly carries the "JC" tailcode of VX-3.) An A-1 flown by Lieutenant (jg) William Patton shot down a MiG-17 during this cruise. VA-176 would remain in Skyraiders until 1969, when it reequipped with A-6A Intruders.
The fact that it's painted as an A-1H really threw me off--first I misidentified it as an A-1J, and triple-checked that 126997 is indeed an AD-4NA. Normally, it has a simulated warload of Mk 82 bombs and rockets, but with the airshow circuit just starting to come out from under the coronavirus pandemic, 126997 was having some maintenance done when we saw it in May 2021--it is very much still flyable.
The top-seeded Army West Point Women’s Basketball team won its third Patriot League title with a 69-51 victory over No. 3 Loyola on Saturday evening at Christl Arena. Army secures the Patriot League’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and will make its third appearance in the dance, following trips in 2006 and 2014.
Army extends its winning streak to 19 games and improves to 29-2. The Black Knights’ 29 win tie the 2009-10 Lehigh squad for the most total wins in Patriot League history. Loyola finishes the year 16-16 after the setback.
Senior Kelsey Minato earned Patriot League Tournament MVP honors for the second time in her career after scoring 25 points and shooting 4-of-8 from beyond the arc. Classmate Aimee Oertner and sophomore Janae McNeal joined Minato on the league’s all-tournament team, as Oertner posted a 14-point, 11-rebound double-double, to go along with four blocks, and McNeal totaled 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
Sophomore Destinee Morris netted eight points off the bench, while classmate Aliyah Murray and freshman Madison Hovren each contributed four points.
Diana Logan led Loyola with 15 points, while Colleen Marshall and Bri Betz-White also scored in double figures, with 12 points and 11 points, respectively.
Minato knocked in a three-pointer 2:28 into the contest to give Army a 5-2 advantage before sinking all three free-throws after being fouled on a long-range attempt with 5:03 to play in the first quarter. Her three foul shots made the score 10-4.
Oertner registered three blocks in the first 2:19 of the evening to limit Loyola’s offense early, as the Greyhounds were held to nine points in the opening frame.
McNeal converted lay-ups on consecutive possessions to cap a 9-0 Army run and extend the margin to 10 points, 14-4, with 3:41 remaining in the first period. The Black Knights went on to outscore the Greyhounds, 13-5, over the final 6:48 of the opening frame, as the hosts led, 20-9, at the end of one.
Logan scored the first seven points of the second quarter to begin a 9-0 run that brought Loyola back to within two, 20-18, with 6:45 left until halftime. Logan buried her second triple of the half to extend the scoring run to 12-0 and give the Greyhounds their first lead of the game, 21-20, with 6:12 remaining in the second period.
Army answered back with 10 straight points of its own, including three-pointers from Minato and Morris, to build the advantage to nine points, 30-21, by the 2:39 mark. Morris drained her second three-pointer of the quarter with 19 seconds remaining in the half to make the score 33-23 heading into the break.
The Black Knights maintained a 10-point advantage until building the lead to 14 after a pair of free-throws from Minato and a bucket from Oertner that came with 4:04 on the clock in the third quarter.
McNeal added lay-ins 22 seconds apart to build the hosts’ lead to 17, 47-30, before seven unanswered points from Loyola brought the Greyhounds back to within 10, 47-37, entering the fourth period.
Oertner netted four quick points to begin the fourth quarter and Minato hit a triple at the 7:59 mark to bring the score to 54-41. Loyola didn’t come any closer than 11 for the last 7:59 of the contest.
“This team has never ceased to amaze me this year,” said head coach Dave Magarity. “It’s mind blowing that we are 29-2 and the way we got here, the teams we beat and we thought we put together a pretty tough schedule with Albany, the conference champion in the America East, Quinnipiac won the MAAC regular season and they were huge wins for us and put us in position to get the one-seed as things worked out for us with the tiebreaker over a great Bucknell team.
“This group of young ladies has just accomplished so much with 99 wins over four years at this level is incredible and they just continue to do what it takes. You don’t want it to turn into a cliché with being a team of destiny, but we put together the right pieces. Janae McNeal and the junior class with Aliyah Murray and the Morris twins, as well, and I consider my coaching staff the best in America. It’s the best coaching staff I’ve ever had and I’ve had some pretty good coaches."
Story by Harrison Antognioni/Army Athletic Communications. Photos by Eric S. Bartelt/Pointer View and John Pellino/DPTMS VID
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon launched plans for the Scottish Trauma Network, at Ninewells Hospital.
An additional £5 million will be allocated in 2017, to accelerate progress on the development of the new network.
It will be based around four major trauma centres in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh – with a view to benefiting around 6,000 of Scotland’s seriously injured patients each year
The First Minister met clinical staff from the Hospital who have been involved in the development of the new trauma network,
L-R - Consultant Alison White - Consultant Michael Donald - First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
The first thing that impressed me was the improved BlueTooth support. I can browse the filesystem of my Nokia 6670 without installing any add-on packages, unlike the way you have to do on that Other OS.
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First look at the latest release of Fedora Linux. My first impressions of this release have been excellent. I should be installing it on Marvin in a couple of weeks. As soon as I have tested it for possible issues that I may face with Marvin's hardware, particularly wireless.