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Those who are interested in an entry-level DSLR in a smaller package will be pleased with the Nikon D3500. A successor to the D3400, it improves upon certain factors including a better battery life and a cheaper list price.
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Pizza #1: Pasta sauce base, turkey breast with spices, red bell pepper, parmesan, jalapeno slices and a light sprinkling of red onion and fresh basil.
Improved Seneca View (1906) camera, 5x7, Wollensak Rochester Voltas F8 lens (1912), Ilford FP4 Plus film, Yellow filter
This image shows the improved Lawrence station after major work was finished as part of the Red North Stations Interim Improvements Project.
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A greenhouse supported by 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.
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
Much improved weather forecast for Kendal. Rain will finally stop in about an hour as it goes properly dark ------ and then it will just drizzle.
This guy grabbed my drink when I was not looking. I nicknamed him Magellan.
Olympus Camedia (Images of 2005 Series). Slightly improved with Picasa.
5th IA soldiers clear a room.
KIRKUSH MILITARY TRAINING BASE, Iraq – An Iraqi fire team of 2nd Battalion, 21st Regiment, 5th Iraqi Army Division, enters and clears a room during training at Kirkush Military Training Base, Feb. 8, 2011. Jinood, Arabic for soldiers of 5th IA Div., partnered with U.S. Soldiers assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, as part of Tadreeb Al Shamil, Arabic for All Inclusive Training. U.S. forces are teaching Iraqi Army units modern military techniques to build individual and collective skills in an effort to improve Iraq’s external security and ground force capabilities during Tadreeb al Shamil, a 25-day training cycle for IA battalions.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
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Credit to Verlosser for screws
i might make another with a cheek rest on it so look for it in the pool
By improving the way resources are managed, the Natural Resource Management Project aimed to improve livelihoods and alleviate poverty in conflict-affected communities of East Darfur in Sudan. The project sought to mitigate the potential for violence and improve living conditions by addressing three key areas: access to water, environmental policy and livelihoods.
Funded by the EU, the project was implemented in two phases in partnership with UN Environment (UNEP) and ZOA (an international relief and recovery organization), together with local partners, participating communities, customary institutions and the government.
UNOPS was the lead implementing agency for the project and was also responsible for constructing nine water yards. UNEP helped implement policies to guide the use of natural resources. ZOA, together with local partners, worked on capacity building to improve livelihoods and promote the use of more sustainable techniques for using natural resources.
The project has benefited more than 9,000 households in nine localities across the East Darfur State and has helped shape new legislation for natural resource management. The ‘Council Act for Coordination and Management of Natural Resource Policies for East Darfur State’ (2018), is the first of its kind in Sudan and provides a framework for the shared management of resources by both the state government and local communities.
© UNOPS/Elise Laker
Seneca Improved View 8x10, Kodak 8.5 inch Commercial Ektar f/6.3, New Guy collodion (1 week old), Tintype
f/9, 2 seconds
Continuing misadventures of the Stenopeika 8x10 wet plate holder. The front dark slide is flimsy and will touch the plate if you put any pressure on it. That leads to marks all over the plate. It's a pain to pull the darkslide out or put it back in; it seems to always get jammed. I will be writing them a strongly worded email shortly...
NYC Transit Crews fanned out along segments of 14 subway lines this past weekend to perform heavy duty maintenance and upgrades to signals, stations, tracks and other subway components. This work helps to improve service by increasing the reliability of the subway infrastructure.
Along the Queens Blvd E F M R corridor, crews replaced track and other components that were past their useful life. Among those components were the installation of new track tie blocks with eco-friendly EKKI Hilti ties. Crews also installed Resilient Faster Track Plates which help absorb and disperse the load of the train. These track enhancements will make for a smoother, more reliable ride along the corridor.
This work is funded by the MTA’s Capital Program which helps prioritize the investments that will be essential to renew, enhance, and expand the system to meet the changing needs of the region, its economy, and its residents.
During current 2010-2014 Capital Program we’ve bought new subway cars, new commuter railroad cars, new local buses, and new express buses. We installed more modern signals for faster and better rides. We’re building new rail lines and connections that will serve New York for generations to come. And after Superstorm Sandy ravaged our network, we committed nearly $1 billion to fix the damage and fortify against future storms. With a fully-funded 2015-2019 Capital Program, we’ll continue making our system more resilient against big storms. We’ll bring Positive Train Control—a state-of-the-art signal system—to Metro-North and the LIRR. We’ll continue introducing new routes for Select Bus Service, which uses off-board fare collection, low-floor, high capacity buses, and dedicated bus lanes to cut travel times by nearly 20 percent. We’ll replace 86 miles of subway track with safer, smoother track. And we’ll complete hundreds of similar projects that keep our customers safe and on time. These types of projects may not be glamorous, but together with the normal replacement of our trains and buses, they are the key to moving 8.7 million people every day, safely and reliably.
Since 2016 – in an effort to improve the public health system – UNOPS has been working together with Guatemala's Social Security Institute (IGSS) to improve transparency in public procurement, beginning with the acquisition of medicines and medical supplies, and later supporting wide-range institutional reform for IGSS.
Through this, UNOPS designed policies on sustainable procurement, infrastructure and project management, and trained 600 staff in public procurement and supply chain management.
The project further delivered significant savings for the government of Guatemala. Through 13 public tenders, UNOPS helped stock 114 hospitals and health centres across the country with 568 types of medicines, equaling around 450 million doses of medicine. Through the use of transparent and efficient procurement processes, the government estimated savings of around $270 million, reporting around 57 per cent savings on the purchase of medicines and 34 per cent savings on surgical medical supplies since they began working with UNOPS.
An estimated 3.2 million Guatemalans are benefiting from improved healthcare as a result. Importantly, the project has also left a legacy of transparency in a country with a high risk of corruption in public procurement and has helped lay the foundation for a more efficient and transparent future for procurement by IGSS.
© UNOPS/John Rae
Emilia Hayford, who is a nurse and a Community Health Officer (CHO) weighs and measures babies that mothers have brought to a community health meeting in the village of Akentenchie, Ghana on the 14th January, 2016. PHOTO CREDIT: Kate Holt for JHPIEGO/the USAID/Ghana Maternal and Child Survival Project
The improved Lattice Truss was developed by Brigadier General Herman Haupt (1817-1905) who was Chief of Military Railroads for the Union Army during the Civil War. A Philadelphia born civil and military engineer, author, professor, inventor, and industrialist, Haupt’s improved lattice truss bridge was a response to Ithiel Town’s 1820 and 1835 patents for the plank lattice timber truss. Haupt used the analytical methods he developed in the 1840s to design a more efficient lattice truss which consisted of web members positioned only at locations which required support. Redundant members were removed, resulting in the improved lattice truss as described in his book General Theory of Bridge Construction published in 1851. The Bunker Hill Covered Bridge is the only remaining example in wood of the Improved Lattice Truss by General Herman Haupt. The bridge is a designated National Cvil Engineering Landmark. (The statement presented here was obtained from material produced by the Catawba Ciounty Historical Association)
Participants viewing vitamin A cassava exhibited by HarvestPlus during AASW6 in Accra, Ghana, July 15-19. Photo: HarvestPlus
A greenhouse supported by 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.
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
Thanks to financial assistance from the European Commission, the Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) was able to repair a deep well and build a system to deliver water to several kiosks which have 16 taps each. As a result, a single water source can be used by many people at the same time.
©Jacek Marczewski/Agencja Gazeta
Governor O'Malley Holds Press Conference on Improving the Eastern Shore's Dover Bridge by Tom Nappi at Easton, Maryland
A greenhouse supported by 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.
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
Improved and re-coloured version of my 1/70 scale model.
Modifications include more prototypical wing bracing, slightly re-shaped (slimmer) rear fuselage, additional struts for the main landing gear, transparent cockpit windows, greater structural stability of the whole fuselage and a brand new display stand.
To improve the quality of taxi transport in Ouagadougou, specific promoters have attempted to set up fleets of vehicles with a certain level of comfort. This choice is justified given the dilapidation of the city's green taxi fleet, which, in 2025, is primarily made up of Mercedes-Benz 190Ds from the 1980s and 1990s. Despite the quality of the vehicles and the service (cleanliness, air conditioning, insurance ...), all experiments failed. This is probably due to costs and transport provided by other means by the target clientele (business tourism in particular). Note the nostalgia for Vespa, who parked his vehicle before the advertisement.
Dans le souci d'améliorer la qualité des transports en taxi dans la ville de Ouagadougou, certains promoteurs ont tenté de mettre en place des flottes de véhicules d'un certain confort. Ce choix se justifie au vu de la vétusté du parc de taxis verts de la ville qui, en 2025 est très largement composé de Mercedes-Benz 190D des années 1980 et 1990. Malgré la qualité des véhicules et du service (propreté, climatisation, assurances...), toutes les expériences se sont soldées par des échecs. Probablement en raison des coûts et du transport assuré par d'autres moyens par la clientèle visée (tourisme d'affaires notamment). A noter le nostalgique de la Vespa qui a garé son véhicule devant la publicité.
Left to right: Searle Turton (MLA for Spruce Grove-Stony Plain), Ed Gugenheimer (CEO, Alberta Recycling Management Authority), Christina Seidel (executive director, Recycling Council of Alberta), Minister Jason Nixon.
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Farmers receive improved cassava varieties after a seminar organized by IITA-USAID and Nigeria Cassava Growers Association at Ifon in Osun State, Nigeria.
Empowering Government Schools & Improving Education/Health
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Dr. Richardson Okechukwu (right) presents improved cassava stems to village chief at Ido area, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Improved Production Race at Mount Panorama, Bathurst during the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12hr Endurance Race weekend.
Participants during the Session “Improving Sleep and Nutrition for Healthier Lives with ETH Zurich” at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, People's Republic of China 2018. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Faruk Pinjo
8 March 2016. Conference on improving women’s access to leadership: What works?
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SESSION 1 Policy choices and good practices in the corporate world
Turid Elisabeth Solvang, Chair, European Confederation of Directors’ Associations (ecoDa) Vice-president, European Women on Boards
Photo : Julien DANIEL / OECD
Gillig Phantom 40FT on Alaskan Way - Seattle, Washington
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Web development Surrey wide can help improve the effectiveness of your website in engaging your target audiences and driving up sales. Here, we look at easy ways to improve your reach.
First, ask your web development agency Surrey to tighten up your content. Remove jargon and boring stock photos, plus any slow-to-load animations. Refresh text so it’s snappy, easy-to-read and informative. Next, as any social media agency Surrey based will tell you, if you don’t have social media ‘share’ buttons, you’re missing out. Make it easy for people reading your blog or looking at your products to share info with friends on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Third, check there’s a call-to-action in all the key places, so viewers are enticed to actively engage with your website. Fourth, check navigation throughout the site is clear so it’s simple for users to find what they’re looking for – and fast. Fifth, make sure the site is mobile-responsive, or you’ll lose out on huge numbers of readers.
Finally, remember: white space on your webpages is your friend. Don’t cram your site with too much information. As experts in web development Surrey wide know, this can improve readability.