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This year’s symposium was hosted at Metro Convention Centre, in Toronto | Learn more about Canada’s Best Managed Companies.
Symposium: A range of topics were on the agenda this year– from innovation to leadership to talent strategies and much more. The CEOs and senior management teams of winning companies leveraged this day to learn and connect among one of Canada’s strongest business networks. Over 800 people attended this year’s symposium.
Managed to talk hubby into going out for a runaround and ended up watching these lovely little creatures.
Managed to get rare shot of the outside of the Filmhouse during the Edinburgh International Film Festival when there wasn't a pile of ciggy merchants lighting up between movies! Smoking ban makes it nicer in the bar but outside the doors there can be a veritable smoke screen to cut through as you enter and exit!
The RAC club managed to borrow Jack's famous Ford Galaxie and display it in the clubs rotunda on the day of his talk (25/11/08). They had to rmove the revolving doors to the clubhouse to do it and the car barely had half an inch each side to spare as it came through.
*Video of the talk coming soon on Youtube
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I managed to get an afternoon in London to try and get a few strangers. The afternoon started off a complete wash out. It was chucking it down. Ever hopeful I hung around Carnaby Street for a while and explored the area in the rain. After spending some time in a shop I came out to sunshine - yeah!
The rain however had put a dampner on my spirits and for some reason made me feel very nervous about approaching people. I think it was being on unfamiliar ground. Strange really.
Ramon is a bike (push) courier. I've got a picture in my mind contianing a bike and person so bike courier's are on my list of people to look out for. Whilst Ramon seemed happy to have his picture taken I could tell he wasn't up for direction so I kept things pretty safe and will leave my bike picture for another time.
Ramon does about 70km roughly 45 miles a day! Trust me that's a lot of miles. I'm a keen cyclist and do 100km off road and 90 mile road ride events. When I'm training for these we tend to do a couple of 35mile and 1 80 mile ride a week. So to do that mileage ever day takes some doing. Especially on a fixed gear single speed bike. For those who don't know that means the back wheel and pedals have to keep turning and you've only 1 gear. Ramon cannot free wheel his bike, his legs have to keep pedalling. From what I understand couriers choose these bikes so there is less maintenance on them. Less moving parts to go wrong. I guess London is pretty flat so having 1 gear isn't a problem if it's the right gear.
Of course doing that much exercise means you can eat what you want! Hence that well known energy food the Lion Bar.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L) along with his IMF team meets with Romania's Prime Minister Emil Bloc and Romania's Minister of Public Finance Sebastian Vladescu at the Victoria Palace March 30, 2010 in Bucharest, Romania. Strauss-Kahn will participate in a debate at the Academy of Economic Studies about “After the Global Financial Crisis: the Road Ahead". IMF Photograph/Carmen Mazilu
Found this outside my apartment building the other day, above the buzzers.
Turns out it's a checkpoint where the letter carrier has to scan the barcode so their movements can be tracked. (mudbay.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/managed-service-points/)
Not sure why it has to have a particular apartment number -- MY apartment number -- for a 20-apartment building, but...
67011 slows for the token exchange at Nairn working the diverted Euston - Inverness sleeper on 26th January 2016. The train had been diverted due to flooding on the Highland main line at Kingussie and as I happened to be in the area for work (unlikely but true..!!) I managed to stop for a picture in the somewhat changeable conditions. Given the dire light a black and white conversion seemed appropriate. Note lamp post removed in photoshop.
The Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Philoptochos honored Archon Michael Psaros, Co-Founder
and Co-Managing Partner of KPS Capital Partners at its 64th Annual Chrysanthemum Ball on November
10 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City.
The invocation was delivered by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios assisted by Archdeacon Panteleimon
Papadopoulos. The guests were welcomed by Fr. John Vlahos, Dean of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity, Stella Pantelidis, co-chair of the ball and the Cathedral Philoptochos President Dr. Miranda
Kofinas. This year's honoree Michael Psaros was introduced by Maria Marinakis and Maro Stratakis.
Honored guests included Dr. Konstantinos Koutras, Consul General of Greece to New York, and his wife,
Popita Pavli, Ambassador Maria Theophili, Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN, Ambassador
Vasilios Philippou, Consul General of Cyprus to New York, and his wife Anthea, Jennifer Constantine,
Direct Archdiocesan District Philoptochos President, James Gianakis, Archdiocesan Cathedral Board of
Trustees President and Rev. Robert Stephanopoulos, Dean Emeritus of the Cathedral along with
Presvytera Nikki Stephanopoulos.
The Chrysanthemum Ball is the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Cathedral Philoptochos’ main annual fundraising
event for its charitable activities.
PHOTO: © GOA/GANP/DIMITRIOS PANAGOS-GANP/ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΟΣ
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva facilitates a discussion on Regional Financing Arrangements during the 2020 Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2020. IMF Photo/ Cory Hancock
I managed to pick up some replica VW A+M shoes recently, and compared them to the originals. (The lavender pair are the originals, the other two are the replicas.)
MOLD - Same
SIZE - Same
LABEL - different, but close
SIZE STAMP - different on the soles
COLORS - incorrect combo v what was offered in any season I believe
SMELL - They lack that Melissa plastic bubblegum scent. (My originals still smell sweet after three years of use.)
QUALITY - overall very similar, hard to distinguish if you don't know what you are looking for. The logo looks legit. Some of the plastic seams aren't quite as smooth as they ought to be, but still it's very close to original quality.
A surprisingly good replica. Beware!
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (C) is joined by IMF's African Director Antioinette Sayeh (L) and External Relations Advisor Gerry Rice (R) at a press conference at the Birchwood Hotel March 10, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Strauss-Kahn is on his second leg of a three country visit to Africa. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e BENI CULTURALI: SITAR Web-GIS: A Tool for Managing Archeological Data in the Cultural Heritage Conservation and Town Planing, SSBAR (2013).
The SITAR geospatial databank is a project of the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma that draws on the talents of a team consisting of archaeologists, topographers, and computer experts. SITAR uses RDBMS architecture to record the archeological data that enter the data base directly, analytically and without interpretation. The logic of the system is designed to organize, within one single databank, data deriving from bibliographic and archival research, as well as data from the entirety of the various territorial investigations (including remote sensing, boreholes, geophysical surveys, preventive excavations, etc.).The system is structured on three logical levels of detail which enable data deriving from a given number of corresponding conceptual categories to be archived and also allow very heterogeneous types of data sets to be organized.
The cognitive and analytical path works either bottom-up or top-down, and has as its primary goal the description of any given archaeological context. In order to acquire and use the geo-topographical information, an optimal procedure for the digitization of archive materials has been developed. This consists of successive steps of rasterizing, georeferencing within the cartographic system shared by the other offices that deal with town planning, vectorizing and entry into the databank. This procedure produces an archaeological GeoDatabase that can be used both internally by the Soprintendenza and externally through sharing and exchange with other offices and universities.
Fonte / source:
-- ROME, SITAR Web-GIS: A Tool for Managing Archeological Data in the Cultural Heritage Conservation and Town Planing, SSBAR (2013).
s.v.,
C. Häuber, "Digitale Topographie der Stadt Rom" (2012); A. Carandini & P. Carafa, "Atlante di Roma Antica" (2012); SITAR: "Sistema informativo Territoriale Archeologico Roma" (2011-12); A. Carandini - Progetto: "Imago Urbis" (2008-09).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/sets/72157615...
Mr Raj Menda, Co-owner & Managing Director, RMZ corp-Millennia Realtors Pvt Ltd addressing the delegates at Estate South 2011 on 22-23, March 2011 at Chennai L-R : Mr Jiji Thomas, Vice President, Asset Management, RMZ corp-Millennia Realtors Pvt Ltd; Mr Arunjot Singh Bhalla, Executive Director, RSP Design Consultants (India) Pvt Ltd; Mr Raj Menda, Co-owner & Managing Director, RMZ corp-Millennia Realtors Pvt Ltd; Lt Col P M Sree Kumar (Retd), Vice President-Property Management, Prestige Property Management Services; Mr Ravi Bhattaram, Senior Associate Director, CB Richard Ellis
International Monetary Fund Mangaing Director Christine Lagarde speaks at the University of Maryland Samuel Riggs Alumni Center February 4, 2016 in Maryland. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
The Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Philoptochos honored Archon Michael Psaros, Co-Founder
and Co-Managing Partner of KPS Capital Partners at its 64th Annual Chrysanthemum Ball on November
10 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City.
The invocation was delivered by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios assisted by Archdeacon Panteleimon
Papadopoulos. The guests were welcomed by Fr. John Vlahos, Dean of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity, Stella Pantelidis, co-chair of the ball and the Cathedral Philoptochos President Dr. Miranda
Kofinas. This year's honoree Michael Psaros was introduced by Maria Marinakis and Maro Stratakis.
Honored guests included Dr. Konstantinos Koutras, Consul General of Greece to New York, and his wife,
Popita Pavli, Ambassador Maria Theophili, Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN, Ambassador
Vasilios Philippou, Consul General of Cyprus to New York, and his wife Anthea, Jennifer Constantine,
Direct Archdiocesan District Philoptochos President, James Gianakis, Archdiocesan Cathedral Board of
Trustees President and Rev. Robert Stephanopoulos, Dean Emeritus of the Cathedral along with
Presvytera Nikki Stephanopoulos.
The Chrysanthemum Ball is the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Cathedral Philoptochos’ main annual fundraising
event for its charitable activities.
PHOTO: © GOA/GANP/DIMITRIOS PANAGOS-GANP/ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΟΣ
We made our annual trip to London in November. We travel down by coach from Slaithwaite and stay at The Cumberland Hotel at Marble Arch. It’s actually a weekend ladies shopping trip that is run as a fundraiser for Slaithwaite Brass Band – I’m the only bloke that goes every year! We decided ( the two of us) to stay down in London until Thursday this time as we wanted to see weekday London and be able to explore a bit further afield on foot. We covered up to 16 miles a day, which is tough going on crowded pavements with hundreds of busy roads to cross. I photographed anything that looked interesting but I bent a contact in the CF card slot, fortunately I had quite a few SD cards with me and the 5D has dual slots so I was able to carry on using it. It’s currently at Lehmann’s getting fixed.
With it being close to Christmas the decorations are up everywhere so there was plenty of colour at night. In Hyde Park the Winter Wonderland was in full swing, we’ve never bothered going to it before but I went twice at night this time. It is massive this year, I couldn’t get over how big it is and the quality of some of the attractions. The cost and effort involved must be phenomenal – it was quite expensive though. It was very difficult to photograph, with extremes of light (LED’s) and darkness and fast moving rides into the bargain. I think I have some decent usable stuff but at the time of writing I am only part way through the editing process so I don’t know for sure.
We set off at around 8.15 am every day and stayed out for at least 12 hours. The weather was poor for a day and a half with drizzle and very dull grey conditions, fortunately we had some pleasant weather (and light) along the way as well. Being based at the end of Oxford Street – Europe’s busiest shopping street – meant that I did quite a bit of night shooting on there. Although I carried a tripod everywhere I only used it once and that was during the day! Because there is always a moving element in almost every shot it seemed pointless using a tripod. I would have got some shots free of movement – or I could have gone for ultra-long exposures to eliminate people and traffic but it would have been problematic I felt. In the end I wound the ISO up and hand held – fingers crossed.
We walked out to Camden Market and Locks but it had been raining and we were a bit early as many were only just setting up for the day. We tried to follow routes that we hadn’t used before and visit new places. We paid a fortune to get in St Pauls but you can’t use cameras. This something that I fail to see the point of, ban flash if you want but if you are going to encourage tourism why ban cameras when there is nothing in particular happening in there. It’s a rule that seems to be applied arbitrarily in cities around the world. Fortunately we could take photos from the outside of the dome, which was real reason for visiting, and we had some great light. Expensive compared with a couple of euros in some famous cathedrals. I’ve wanted to walk to Canary Wharf for a number of years and this year we did. We crisscrossed the Thames a few times and tried to follow the Thames path at other times. We covered around ten miles but it was an interesting day. It was also very quiet for the last four or five miles. We got there about 12.00 and managed to get a sandwich in a café in the shopping centre at the foot of the high rise office blocks before tens of thousands of office workers descended from above. It was mayhem, packed, with snaking queues for anywhere that sold food. We crossed to the other side of The Isle of Dogs and looked across to the O2 Arena and the cable car, unfortunately there isn’t a way across for pedestrians and it was around 3.00 pm. With darkness falling at around 4.30 we decide it was too late to bother. We made our way back to the Thames Clipper pier to check the sailing times. They sail every twenty minutes so we had a couple of glasses of wine and a rest before catching the Clipper. Sailing on the Thames was a first in 15 trips to London. The Clipper is fast and smooth, the lights had come on in the city and there was a fantastic moon rise. It was nigh on impossible to get good shots at the speed we were traveling though and there were times that I wished I could be suspended motionless above the boat. Again, hopefully I will have some usable shots.
We felt that the shopping streets were a little quieter, following the Paris massacre it was to be expected, I might be wrong as we were out and about at later times than previous trips. I think I have heard that footfall is down though. It was good to get into some of the quieter backstreets and conversely to be stuck in the city business district – The Square Mile- at home time. A mass exodus of people running and speed walking to bus stops and the rail and tube stations. It was difficult to move against or across the flow of bodies rushing home.
Whilst the Northern(manufacturing) economy is collapsing, London is a giant development site, it must be the tower crane capital of Europe at the moment. It was difficult to take a shot of any landmark free of cranes, it was easier to make the cranes a feature of the photo. It’s easy to see where the wealth is concentrated – not that there was ever any doubt about it. The morons with too much money are still driving their Lambo’s and Ferraris etc. like clowns in streets that are packed with cars , cyclists and pedestrians, accelerating viciously and noisily for 50 yards. They are just sad attention seekers. From Battersea to Canary Wharf we walked the Thames Embankment, the difference between high and low tide on the river is massive, but the water was the colour of mud – brown! Not very attractive in colour. We caught a Virgin Train from Kings Cross for £14.00 each – a bargain!. We had quite a bit of time to kill around midday at Kings Cross so I checked with security that I was OK to wander around taking photos, without fear of getting jumped by armed security, and set off to photograph the station and St Pancras International Station across the road. I haven’t even looked at the results as I type this but I’ll find out if they are any good shortly. Talking of security, following Paris, there was certainly plenty of private security at most attractions, I don’t know if it was terrorism related though, I can’t say I noticed an increased police presence on the streets. It took us three hours and five minutes from Kings Cross to being back home, not bad for a journey of 200 miles. I can’t imagine that spending countless billions on HS2 or HS3 is going to make a meaningful (cost effective) difference to our journey. Improving what we have, a little faster, would be good. There are some bumpy bits along the route for a mainline and Wakefield to Huddersfield is the equivalent of a cart track – and takes over 30 minutes – it’s only a stone’s throw.
Cynthia Sweeney Barnes - Managing Director and Global Head of Sovereigns and Supranationals, HSBC Asset Management
Presenting during the session on The Context for Leadership: Globalization, Talent and Opportunities for Women.
Womensphere Pan-European Summit on Creating the Future: Leadership. Innovation. Ventures. Economy. Sustainability. Hosted by the Said Business School, University of Oxford. October 21, 2011.
A policemen who tries to bring the traffic under control. A giant traffic jam was build up after a fight was going on between a bus driver and a motor scooter driver on a crossing in the old quarter in Hanoi
Photo taken for college course on "movement"
Exposure: 13 sec (13)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
Exposure Program: Shutter priority
© Sheila Morris. All Rights Reserved. Do not use without permission.
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva participates in a call with the G24 and Bank Governors during the 2020 Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2020. IMF Photo/ Cory Hancock
Managed to dig this image out from my old HDD - taken in 2007.
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Gloomy early morning in Cayo Coco, Cuba.
This was taken from one of the beaches at NH Krystal Laguna resort.
Canon Digital IXUS 60, f/2.8, 1/1000
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva participates in a virtual signing ceremony with Erbolat Dosayev, Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, to sign a Letter of Understanding between the International Monetary Fund and the National Bank of Kazakhstan at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/ Cory Hancock
14 December, 2020
Washington, DC, United States of America
Photo Reference: CH201214016
This year’s gala dinner was hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos and Heather Hiscox who guided almost 2,000 guests through a celebration as we honoured the best. Burton Cummings set the stage with some of his high voltage hits throughout the night.
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I managed to make a short video showing how they fly, here - http://lawsie.blogspot.com/2009/03/proof-my-cats-can-fly.html
Managed by the Nature Conservancy, this 1,600-acre nature preserve is located in Preston County, West Virginia and Garrett County, Maryland. From the Nature Conservancy site - "A window into ice ages past, Cranesville Swamp is located in a "frost pocket," an area where the surrounding hills capture moisture and cold air that conspire to create a landscape more reminiscent of habitat found much further north in Canada. Given Cranesville Swamp’s lush forest and wetland, it’s not surprising that it is home to an exceptional variety of animals. In total, more than 50 rare plants and animals live at Cranesville." Did not see a ton of birds, mostly they were high up in the trees - along with the squirrels. But I did see a hairy woodpecker and a few butterflies. Still, it was a nice day to be in the preserve on my visit, Thursday August 10th, 2017.
My first aurora of the season! I had been an keeping eye on the geomagnetic activity as there was a stream of solar wind from a coronal hole heading our way. At around 20:30 it was starting to look likely that aurora could probably be picked up on camera so I headed down to Loch Lomond. I could see a faint glow by eye, but after the moon had set it really started to get dark. There was a good 15 minute burst of activity at around 23:40 and I managed to grab these shots (colours could be seen but structure was very faint to the eye). By around midnight activity started to die off and the temperature dropped down to 1C so I didn't hang about to see what happened in the small hours if anything?
Aurora Details (for my ref)
Cause: Coronal Hole
Moonrise 15:23
Moonset 22:15
Solar Wind Speed 422 KM/Sec
Interplanetary Mag. Field
Btotal: 4.8 nT
Bz: -0.7 nT South
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The Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Philoptochos honored Archon Michael Psaros, Co-Founder
and Co-Managing Partner of KPS Capital Partners at its 64th Annual Chrysanthemum Ball on November
10 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City.
The invocation was delivered by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios assisted by Archdeacon Panteleimon
Papadopoulos. The guests were welcomed by Fr. John Vlahos, Dean of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity, Stella Pantelidis, co-chair of the ball and the Cathedral Philoptochos President Dr. Miranda
Kofinas. This year's honoree Michael Psaros was introduced by Maria Marinakis and Maro Stratakis.
Honored guests included Dr. Konstantinos Koutras, Consul General of Greece to New York, and his wife,
Popita Pavli, Ambassador Maria Theophili, Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN, Ambassador
Vasilios Philippou, Consul General of Cyprus to New York, and his wife Anthea, Jennifer Constantine,
Direct Archdiocesan District Philoptochos President, James Gianakis, Archdiocesan Cathedral Board of
Trustees President and Rev. Robert Stephanopoulos, Dean Emeritus of the Cathedral along with
Presvytera Nikki Stephanopoulos.
The Chrysanthemum Ball is the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Cathedral Philoptochos’ main annual fundraising
event for its charitable activities.
PHOTO: © GOA/GANP/DIMITRIOS PANAGOS-GANP/ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΟΣ
On the opposite bank to Rye Farm, the Daffs certainly offered a glimmer of hope amongst the flooding fields.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde meeting with Minister of Finance Jun Azumi, Nov. 12 (Photo by Ken Katsurayama)
Doppelter Donnerbalken 29/06/2023 11h32
Doppelter Donnerbalken (English: Double Thunderbeams) are a set of drop towers manufactured by BEAR. Opened in the year 2003. The ride tilts riders before the final drop. It only operates 1 tower on quiet days. The two towers face each other. The seating: 2 towers with 1 vehicle per tower. In each vehicle, riders are arranged 6 across in 2 rows, for a total of 12 riders per tower..
Erlebnispark Tripsdrill
Erlebnispark Tripsdrill is a wildlife and theme park near Cleebronn in Southern Germany. Covering 77 hectares in total, the park offers 29 attractions, including museums, animal petting and feeding, roller coasters, playgrounds, and a theatre. Opened in 1929, it is Germany's oldest amusement park and is still owned and managed by the same family.
Eugen Fischer built a windmill on the site in 1929 and opened a restaurant there. He called the mill "Old Women's Mill" and included a slide for playing on. After Eugen's death in the Second World War, his son Kurt carried on the restaurant, expanding the catering to a park. The windmill was destroyed by fire in 1946 following a lightning strike, and rebuilt by Kurt in 1950.
Over the following years attractions were added to the park. In 1957, a zoo opened with approximately 300 animals. A mechanical attraction arrived in 1960 in the form of pedal-driven locomotives. The zoo was transformed into a wildlife park and petting zoo in 1972, which was expanded in 1976 to include over 1,000 animals. The wine museum ‘Vinarium’ contains the largest collection of wood-spindle presses in Germany..
In 2013, the park opened a new launched coaster called Karacho.
For the 2020 season, the park added two new roller coasters by Vekoma. These coasters were Volldampf and Hals-über-Kopf.
Approximately 600,000 people visit Tripsdrill each year and the park employs about 150 people. The theme park area opens from late March to early November, but the wildlife park is open all year. The parking lot directly in front of the main entrance is free of charge.
Originality, attention to detail, and a preference for local building firms and materials is an important emphasis at Tripsdrill. The park was one of the first to install the now-ubiquitous "teacups" ride and its Bathtub Flume Ride is the tallest in Europe.
Its largest installation to date, Mammut, built in 2008, is an entirely wooden roller coaster, the first of its kind in Southern Germany, and themed as a sawmill. Nearly 860 metres (2,820 ft) long and costing approximately 6 million euros.
FACTS & FIGURES
Opened: 1929
Area: 77 ha
Attractions: over 100|
Rollercoasters: 6
Waterrides: 3
Visitors per year: 765.000 (2018)
Managing local expectations about future benefits of biofuel investments is critical to fostering responsible investment practices, Zambia.
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Karen Macours, Professor, Paris School of Economics and Chair, Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the ISPC
In 2015-16, the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment commissioned a set of studies to document the adoption and impact of five well-recognized natural resource practices that were developed, adapted, and promoted by CGIAR centers, research programs and its partners. The practices—conservation agriculture, fertilizer tree systems, alternate wetting and drying (AWD), integrated soil fertility management (ISFM), and micro-dosing of fertilizer—were all expected to enjoy large-scale acceptance among smallholder farmers where they were promoted in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Results have landed and they are sobering. The low adoption rates reported by these studies provide an important reality check on the returns to some natural resources management (NRM) research investments, and suggests the need to rethink the impact pathways through which NRM research is expected to contribute to sustainable development outcomes—outcomes that nonetheless depend acutely on changes in the way we manage scarce natural resources.
This policy seminar provides insights from economics, integrated landscape strategies, and geospatial analytics to recommend ways forward for NRM research that most effectively contribute to the development of sustainable production systems, while also highlighting innovative methods and tools to evaluate adoption and impact more precisely.
Photo credit: Jessica Thomas/IFPRI
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva addresses the G20 Leaders Summit meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia from the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
21 November 2020
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Photo Reference: CH201121001
Pictured is, Managing Director of Eirtech Aviation [Dublin] Ltd, Niall Cunningham, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Batt O'Keeffe with Frank Ryan CEO Enterprise Ireland who announced that aircraft maintenance firm, Eirtech Aviation, is to create 71 jobs in Dublin Airport over the next three years. The project is supported by Enterprise Ireland. Eirtech Aviation a Shannon Based company , will provide aircraft refurbishment, painting and engineering to commercial airlines, as well as private and business class aircraft operators and aircraft leasing companies.
UN disaster risk reduction chief Margareta Wahlström speaking at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Republic of Korea, said that managing risk is crucial to safeguard investments in poverty-stricken Africa and Asia, where countries can lose as much as a fifth of their GDP to disasters each year.
She said aid helps to transform the lives of millions each year and cited the example of the host country, the Republic of Korea which rose from a poor nation earning less than $100 per capita per day, to become one of the world’s richest countries and an aid donor contributing over $1.2 billion in development assistance worldwide.
Read more: www.unisdr.org/archive/23893
This year’s symposium was hosted at Metro Convention Centre, in Toronto | Learn more about Canada’s Best Managed Companies.
Symposium: A range of topics were on the agenda this year– from innovation to leadership to talent strategies and much more. The CEOs and senior management teams of winning companies leveraged this day to learn and connect among one of Canada’s strongest business networks. Over 800 people attended this year’s symposium.
Dublin City Marathon - October 2011 - held in Dublin City Center Ireland. We managed to get a very large selection of photographs at the start of the race - for the 3 wave starts - and then a selection of photographs from the winners back to approximately 3 hours 8 minutes
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