deliv 'Just for the camera?': Jimmy Kimmel deletes viral video that shows Pence delivering empty PPE boxes By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:50:32 +0000 Jimmy Kimmel tweeted and deleted a video clip that purportedly showed Vice President Mike Pence delivering empty PPE boxes to a health care center Full Article
deliv Domino’s will start delivering pizzas via an autonomous robot this fall By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:53:05 +0000 Domino's plans to start delivering pizzas using an autonomous, unmanned vehicle. The announcement is the latest example of technology companies using robots to deliver food. Full Article
deliv This seafood restaurant’s latest catch: Chinese robots that greet customers and deliver food By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:00:36 +0000 A newly opened Delaware seafood restaurant has a unique item on its menu: robot servers. The machines are the latest example of intelligent machines working in the restaurant industry. Full Article
deliv A new autonomous delivery vehicle is designed to operate like a bicycle By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 18:18:41 +0000 In Ann Arbor, Mich., the creators of a new autonomous vehicle have designed their robot to operate on local streets — but more so like a bicycle than a car. Full Article
deliv Amazon’s autonomous robots have started delivering packages in a new location: Southern California By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 19:30:22 +0000 After nearly eight months of knowledge-gathering street tests and thousands of successful deliveries, Amazon has announced that its delivery robots have begun delivering packages to customers in Irvine, Calif. Full Article
deliv The future of autonomous delivery may be unfolding in an unlikely place: Suburban Houston By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 12:00:57 +0000 For months now, Nuro’s robotically piloted vehicles have been quietly delivering groceries to restaurants and homes around Houston, the vehicles’ sensors mapping the city as they go. Full Article
deliv Walmart teams with Nuro’s robot cars to deliver groceries in Houston By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:34:08 +0000 Walmart, the nation's largest employer, announced a partnership with Nuro, a Silicon Valley startup called this week. The two companies will begin delivering groceries to customers in Houston this year using autonomous vehicles. Full Article
deliv Softbank-backed delivery startup Rappi is testing out robots for contactless delivery — take a look By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:40:00 -0400 Colombian delivery app Rappi is testing pilot robot deliveries in Colombia. Rappi operates in several Latin American countries, and last year SoftBank invested one billion dollars into the startup. Deliveries are made using Kiwibot, a delivery robot from a Colombian owned company in California. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Colombian delivery app Rappi is yet another company turning to robots to reduce reliance on human workers during the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to Colombia, Rappi operates in Mexico, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. Last spring, SoftBank invested $1 billion — one-fifth of its Innovation Fund for Latin America — in the startup. It was founded in 2015, and other investors include Sequoia Capital, Andreesen Horowitz, and Y Combinator. Colombia is currently under a lockdown set to end in May, though it may be extended again. Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported on the lack of coronavirus testing throughout Latin America, making it difficult to assess how widespread the virus is in the region. Like in other countries, the Colombian delivery app is using robots to complete orders at a time when people are at risk of catching the virus from interacting with others. So far, the robots are part of a pilot in Medellin, with potential to expand. Here's what it looks like. SEE ALSO: Nonprofits, truck drivers, food banks, and others are turning to a little-known Google Maps feature to navigate life amid the coronavirus pandemic Rappi is using robots for deliveries in Medellin, the capital of Colombia. Typically, Rappi works similarly to GrubHub or DoorDash, with delivery drivers picking up orders and bringing them to customers' doors. As the coronavirus spread between people, options for contactless delivery became more popular. Deliveries in the pilot program use Kiwibot robots, from a California company with a Medellin office. The four-wheeled delivery robots have orange flags to call attention from walkers, drivers, and bikers. Customers stuck at home because of the coronavirus can order and pay for meals digitally, and then last mile delivery is completed by the robots. Robots can carry deliveries up to five square inches in size, and are disinfected between orders. Source: The Star Kiwibots have a stereo camera system to sense its surroundings as it moves. The sensor system allows it to react to lights and obstacles. Kiwibots are equipped with corner recognition, which allows them to create safe paths on sidewalks. Kiwibot emphasized its robots ability to "seamlessly mesh into the fabric of urban landscapes," with technology like street crossing mode. Source: Kiwibot Rappi says it completes about 120 deliveries each day with the 15 robots in the pilot area. Source: The Star It plans to run the program until July, and then potentially expand to other cities. Kiwibots have previously been used for deliveries at colleges including UC Berkeley, and Kiwibot says it has made more than 30,000 deliveries since it started in 2017. Source: The New York Times Full Article
deliv Dune HD And Beenius Partner To Deliver Best Of Breed IPTV Solution To Operators By www.tvover.net Published On :: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:52:38 GMT Operators looking to deploy IPTV and Video on Demand will benefit from faster, lower-risk implementations that enable them to offer more services to users through a major partnership between Dune HD and Beenius announced today at TelcoTV2012. This will be demonstrated on the Beenius booth (number 105) at TelcoTV. As part of the partnership, Dune HD’s advanced set-top boxes have been certified by Beenius and are now integrated with Beenius’ Beesmart open, flexible, and feature-rich interactive TV middleware platform. Together this provides an adaptable, integrated and best of breed solution to operators and system integrators, backed by the engineering expertise of both partners. Full Article IPTV Events;IPTV Middleware;IPTV Set-Top Boxes
deliv News24.com | Bleak future for young people if Ramaphosa can't deliver on his promises By www.news24.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 18:19:26 +0200 With the working class resorting to online vouchers for groceries and the poor eating less bread than before, is it not impractical for the president to expect ordinary citizens to tighten their belts when MPs, Ministers and government officials' well-fed bellies belie the trouble the economy is in? Full Article
deliv Hurricane Harvey: Delivering Managed IT Services During a Catastrophe By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:00:00 +0000 Full Article Manage North America Uptime
deliv Watch The Delivery Man Online | Season 1 Full Episodes Video Streaming & Torrent Search By www.webtvwire.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 04:38:08 +0000 The Delivery Man Synopsis The Delivery Man is a comedy television series produced by ITV that premiered in April of 2015. The Delivery Man follows the story of Matthew (played by Darren Boyd – Spy), a police officer who decides to switch careers in his mid-thirties and becomes a midwife. The Delivery Man is currently […] Full Article TV Shows
deliv Interested in Building a Food Delivery App? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 11:30:11 +0000 Today, there is a mobile application for every task we do daily. For this reason, the mobile app industry has witnessed enormous growth over the last couple of years, with billions of apps downloaded every year. Businesses of all kinds have certainly benefited from the emergence of mobile applications. One of the apps that’s seen […] The post Interested in Building a Food Delivery App? appeared first on Dumb Little Man. Full Article Food Mobile Technology
deliv Will restaurants be allowed to offer alcohol for take-out and delivery after pandemic? By bc.ctvnews.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 09:32:56 -0700 Restaurants have been struggling to stay afloat since the pandemic hit, but there has been a silver lining: relaxed liquor laws mean customers can get their booze delivered along with their meals. Full Article
deliv Global health system needs reform to help deliver SDGs, says new report By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:31:11 +0000 24 September 2015 20150922RethinkingGlobalHealthArchitecture.jpg A Pakistani health worker gives polio vaccines to children in the suburbs of Lahore, Pakistan, February 2015. Photo: Associated Press. The global health system has contributed significantly to improved health and life expectancy in recent decades. However, the existing architecture needs to be reformed in order to address future challenges and meet the health targets in the Sustainable Development Goals. Rethinking the Global Health System, a new Chatham House report, analyses how fit for purpose the current system is and identifies priority areas for reform. The Ebola crisis has shown that weak systems make individual countries more vulnerable and that strong, resilient and equitable systems at country level are needed to protect global health security. There is a pressing need for enhanced global disease surveillance and detection capacity, as well as improved international coordination in responding to emerging health threats.In addition, addressing determinants of health outside the health sector requires cross-sectoral collaboration and linkages to other policy domains. Historically, the focus has rested on directly reducing illness and death, but the need to address other influences on health outcomes – safe drinking water, proper sewage treatment, good education – is now well recognized.The report says that stronger leadership in global health is therefore required and the report lends support to calls for the creation of a new organization that would bring together United Nations agencies with health-related mandates – UN-HEALTH. Just as UNAIDS created a more coherent response for HIV, a UN-HEALTH organization could achieve a similar but more wide-reaching effect by bringing together and streamlining all UN agencies working on global health issues.Professor David Harper, who led the Chatham House project that resulted in the report, said: 'This report is intended to make a substantial contribution to the international debate on what the world will require of the health architecture of the future. It offers some options for political leaders to consider, but it is just a starting point. More work is urgently needed to develop the ideas introduced in this project and to help generate the high-level political traction that is so vital in any change process.' Editor's notes Read the report Rethinking the Global Health System from the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House. For all enquiries, including requests to speak with the authors of this paper, please contact the press office. Contacts Press Office +44 (0)20 7957 5739 Email Full Article
deliv Advancing the 2014 NATO Summit Deliverables By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:45:02 +0000 Invitation Only Research Event 30 October 2014 - 1:15pm to 31 October 2014 - 5:00pm Chatham House, London Meeting Summarypdf | 88.25 KB Event participants Xenia Wickett, Project Director, US; Dean, Academy for Leadership in International Affairs, Chatham HouseDr Christian Moelling, International Security Division Associate, SWP-Berlin The NATO Summit, held in September in Newport, Wales, was a way point in the larger strategic vision for NATO over the coming decade. The deliverables that the leaders laid out must now been acted upon. NATO and its member states must find ways to more effectively harness their significant resources to meet the challenges ahead, from the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, to the longer term threats posed by cyber-attack and energy insecurity.The event will bring together senior representatives from a number of the NATO member states, NATO partners and external experts from industry, the media and the think-tank and academic communities, to discuss how best to move the deliverables forward, and how to most effectively work together in so doing.This is the first of two workshops being held in collaboration with SWP-Berlin. Department/project NATO: Charting the Way Forward Richard Gowing Programme Administrator +44 (0)20 7389 3270 Email Full Article
deliv CBD News: State of Parana delivers on its Commitment to offset Carbon Emissions of the Operations of the CBD Secretariat. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv CBD News: "The United States and the Convention on Biological Diversity": Statement Delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention, at George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., on 12 November 2008. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv CBD News: Statement delivered on behalf of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Thirtieth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change under Agenda Item 3: Na By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv CBD News: Statement delivered on behalf of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Thirtieth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change under Agenda Item 10: C By www.cbd.int Published On :: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv CBD News: Summary results and conclusions of the Airbus-commissioned survey referred to in the address of the Executive Secretary delivered at the Royal Geographical Society, London, on 3 September 2009. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv CBD News: Statement Delivered by Ms. Gabrielle Obermayr, Member of the Bureau of CBD SBSTTA-14, on the occasion of the UNFCCC SBSTA-32 on 31 May 2010, Bonn, Germany. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv CBD News: Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Conference on Delivering Global Food Security: Global Biological Diversity for Development in the Post-2010 Era, 13 September 2010, Cordoba, Spain. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv CBD News: A group of scientists and policymakers delivered a declaration to the Minister of the Environment of Peru, Manuel Pulgar Vidal, the president of UNFCCC Cop-20,that calls for integrated research on biodiversity and climate change and increased re By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv CBD News: Wetlands are among our most valuable ecosystems. The values of benefits provided by wetlands, per unit area, have been consistently shown to be orders of magnitude higher than for other ecosystems, with the major benefit delivered through improv By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv CBD News: Biodiversity and the ecosystem services it underpins can be the basis for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies as they can deliver benefits that will, according to the outcomes of a recent technical workshop on ecosys By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv CBD News: Montreal/Nairobi, 3 June 2016 - Biodiversity and ecosystem services are at the heart of many solutions to sustainable increase in agricultural productivity. They not only deliver better outcomes for food and nutrition security but also reduce n By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv CBD News: First 23 validated checklists from the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species highlighted in paper, signaling major step in delivering information to support national action against biological invasions. By www.gbif.org Published On :: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
deliv Drug delivery scheme examined By www.news.gov.hk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 +0800 Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang today visited the temporary operation centre for the special scheme for delivering urgently needed prescription medication to Hong Kong people in Guangdong and Fujian. Under the compulsory quarantine arrangements, many Hong Kong people who are staying in Guangdong and Fujian provinces are unable to attend follow-up consultations in Hong Kong to replenish their prescription medication and return to the Mainland on the same day. The Government introduced a special scheme on February 24 to deliver medicine to them, with priority given to those who would run out of prescription medication by end-April. Mr Tsang was pleased to learn that as of April 29, prescription medication deliveries had been made to more than 7,600 Hong Kong residents in need. He thanked the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions for offering voluntary services for the drug delivery scheme with its well-established service networks on the Mainland. Mr Tsang also thanked the Pharmaceutical Society of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Pharmaceutical Care Foundation for deploying pharmacists to the temporary operation centre to help verify drug records and patients' information. During his visit, he gave encouragement to participating volunteers and thanked them for their support for the scheme. Mr Tsang said as the expiry date for the Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation has been extended to June 7, the special scheme will be extended and give priority to cases in which prescription drugs will run out on or before that date. Call 2343 2255 for enquiries about the scheme. Full Article
deliv New technique delivers complete DNA sequences of chromosomes inherited from mother and father By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT (University of Adelaide) An international team of scientists led by the University of Adelaide's Davies Research Centre has shown that it is possible to disentangle the DNA sequences of the chromosomes inherited from the mother and the father, to create true diploid genomes from a single individual. Full Article
deliv NotNice delivers star-studded, uplifting track By jamaica-star.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 05:01:29 -0500 Imagine some of your favourite artistes on one song, offering up messages of encouragement and upliftment. Well, that is the concept behind the latest track from Billboard-charting producer NotNice. Dubbed We Are, the song features vocals from... Full Article
deliv Tandem Mass Tag Approach Utilizing Pervanadate BOOST Channels Delivers Deeper Quantitative Characterization of the Tyrosine Phosphoproteome By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-01 Xien Yu ChuaApr 1, 2020; 19:730-743Technological Innovation and Resources Full Article
deliv Microsoft delivers fixes for 110 bugs in April, 2020 Patch Tuesday By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:43:55 +0000 For the April edition of Patch Tuesday, Microsoft repaired a total of 110 security vulnerabilities across their product line. Included in this count are 37 remote code execution bugs, and 33 elevation of privilege bugs. The company rated eighteen of the vulnerabilities “Critical.” This release’s most notable item is the follow-up to last month’s announcement, […] Full Article SophosLabs Uncut Elevation of Privilege Exploits font Microsoft Patch Tuesday SharePoint updates vulnerability Windows
deliv Can the New European Commission Deliver on Its Promises to Africa? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:27:00 +0000 4 December 2019 Fergus Kell Projects Assistant, Africa Programme LinkedIn Damir Kurtagic Former Academy Robert Bosch Fellow, Africa Programme @kurtagic_damir LinkedIn Familiar promises of equal partnership must be backed by bolder action, including an expanded budget, internal reform and a rethink of its approach to trade negotiations. 2019-12-03-Urpilainen.jpg Jutta Urpilainen, new EU commissioner for international partnerships, at the European Parliament in Brussels in October. Photo: Getty Images. The new European Commission, headed by Ursula von der Leyen, assumed office on 1 December, and there are early signs that Africa will begin near the top of their foreign policy priorities. Policy towards Africa under the new EU administration is yet to be fully defined, but its contours are already visible in the selection of commissioners and assignment of portfolios. Although rumours of a dedicated commissioner for Africa were unfounded, the appointment of Jutta Urpilainen to the new role of commissioner for international partnerships – replacing the former post of development commissioner – is a strong signal of ongoing change in EU development thinking, away from bilateral aid towards trade and investment, including by the private sector. This may have significant consequences for the EU’s relationship with Africa. In her mission letter to Urpilainen in September, von der Leyen listed the first objective as a new ‘comprehensive strategy for Africa’. Urpilainen, Finland’s finance minister before being posted to Ethiopia as special representative on mediation, has also described her appointment as an opportunity to move on from traditional measures of aid delivery. Ambition or incoherence? However, this ambition may be at odds with other EU priorities and practices, notably managing migration and institutions and instruments for governing EU–Africa relations that remain rooted in a ‘traditional’ model of North–South development cooperation rather than equitable partnership.Another newly created post will see Margaritis Schinas assume the role of vice-president for promoting the European way of life – formerly ‘protecting our European way of life’ before a backlash saw it changed – a reminder that migration will remain high on the EU’s foreign policy agenda. The new high representative for foreign and security policy and chief EU diplomat, Josep Borrell, has highlighted the need for bilateral partnership with countries of origin and transit, mainly in Africa. Negotiations also continue to stall on a replacement to the Cotonou Agreement, the 20-year partnership framework between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of states, which now looks certain to be extended for at least 12 months beyond its expiry in February 2020.Ambiguities in the EU’s negotiating approach have certainly contributed to the delay: having pushed initially for a separate regional pillar for Africa that would be opened to the North African countries (who are not ACP members) and include a loosely defined role for the African Union, this would later be abandoned in favour of a dual-track process on separate new agreements with the AU and ACP respectively.The EU also continues to pursue controversial economic partnership agreements under the aegis of Cotonou, despite their increasing appearance of incompatibility with the pathbreaking African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – one of the clearest expressions to date of African agency.The EU has so far attempted to gloss over this incoherence, claiming that EPAs can somehow act as the ‘building blocks’ for Africa-wide economic integration. But tensions are appearing between EU departments and within the commission, with the European External Action Service inclined to prioritize a more strategic continental relationship with the AU, while the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development remains committed to the ACP as the conduit for financial support and aid delivery.And it is unlikely to get away with such incoherence for much longer. Change is now urgent, as numerous countries in sub-Saharan Africa continue to attract the strategic and commercial interests of the EU’s competitors: from established players such as China and potentially in future the UK, which is intent on remodelling its Africa ties post-Brexit, to emerging actors such as Turkey or Russia, which held its first Africa summit in October. The need for deliveryIf the EU is serious about its rhetoric on equal partnership, it must therefore move beyond convoluted hybrid proposals. Delivering on the Juncker administration’s proposal to increase funding for external action by 30 per cent for 2021–27 would mark an important first step, particularly as this involves streamlining that would see the European Development Fund – the financial instrument for EU-ACP relations – incorporated into the main EU budget.The new commission should therefore continue to exert pressure on the European Council and European Parliament to adopt this proposal, as negotiations on this financial framework have been repeatedly subject to delay and may not be resolved before the end of the year. Beyond this, proactive support for the AfCFTA and for structural transformation more broadly must be prioritized ahead of vague promises for a continent-to-continent free trade agreement, as held out by Juncker in his final State of the Union address in 2018. The significance of internal EU reforms for Africa should also not be discounted. The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, for instance, has placed the African sector at a particular disadvantage and has made it harder to compete even in domestic markets, let alone in the distant EU export markets. EU efforts to stimulate inflows of private investments into the African agricultural sector, abolish import tariffs and offer technical support for African producers to satisfy EU health and safety regulations will be of little use if they are undermined by heavy subsidies across Europe.Ultimately, changes to job titles alone will be insufficient. The new commission’s rhetoric, while ambitious, differs little from that of the previous decade – Africa has heard the promise of a ‘partnership of equals’ and of ‘shared ownership’ since before the advent of the Joint Africa–EU Strategy in 2007. Now is the time for truly bold steps to implement this vision. Full Article
deliv Tandem Mass Tag Approach Utilizing Pervanadate BOOST Channels Delivers Deeper Quantitative Characterization of the Tyrosine Phosphoproteome [Technological Innovation and Resources] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-01T00:05:32-07:00 Dynamic tyrosine phosphorylation is fundamental to a myriad of cellular processes. However, the inherently low abundance of tyrosine phosphorylation in the proteome and the inefficient enrichment of phosphotyrosine(pTyr)-containing peptides has led to poor pTyr peptide identification and quantitation, critically hindering researchers' ability to elucidate signaling pathways regulated by tyrosine phosphorylation in systems where cellular material is limited. The most popular approaches to wide-scale characterization of the tyrosine phosphoproteome use pTyr enrichment with pan-specific, anti-pTyr antibodies from a large amount of starting material. Methods that decrease the amount of starting material and increase the characterization depth of the tyrosine phosphoproteome while maintaining quantitative accuracy and precision would enable the discovery of tyrosine phosphorylation networks in rarer cell populations. To achieve these goals, the BOOST (Broad-spectrum Optimization Of Selective Triggering) method leveraging the multiplexing capability of tandem mass tags (TMT) and the use of pervanadate (PV) boost channels (cells treated with the broad-spectrum tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor PV) selectively increased the relative abundance of pTyr-containing peptides. After PV boost channels facilitated selective fragmentation of pTyr-containing peptides, TMT reporter ions delivered accurate quantitation of each peptide for the experimental samples while the quantitation from PV boost channels was ignored. This method yielded up to 6.3-fold boost in pTyr quantification depth of statistically significant data derived from contrived ratios, compared with TMT without PV boost channels or intensity-based label-free (LF) quantitation while maintaining quantitative accuracy and precision, allowing quantitation of over 2300 unique pTyr peptides from only 1 mg of T cell receptor-stimulated Jurkat T cells. The BOOST strategy can potentially be applied in analyses of other post-translational modifications where treatments that broadly elevate the levels of those modifications across the proteome are available. Full Article
deliv Sydney start-up Suppertime acquired by food delivery giant By www.smh.com.au Published On :: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 06:29:04 GMT Australian premium restaurant delivery service Suppertime has been snapped by a major international company, as the local food delivery market continues to heat up. Full Article
deliv Governments should hack less, deliver better online services: Harvard IT expert By www.smh.com.au Published On :: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 13:30:00 GMT Western governments have established the international norm of online hacking and should not be surprised when foreign governments do the same. Full Article
deliv Episode 29 - The Internet of Wildcats (IoW) Android Nougat, Deliveroo strikes & Playstation rumours By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:30:46 GMT Henry Burrell is the master of ceremonies this week, dropping beats on the hottest tech topics. First up, producer Chris joins to chat about the latest Android OS: Nougat. Then staff writer at Techworld.com Scott Carey jumps in to chat about the Deliveroo strikes this week and what this means for sharing economy companies like Uber and Airbnb in general (15:30). Finally, staff writer at Tech Advisor Lewis Painter has some Playstation console rumours to discuss (27:00). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
deliv Episode 83 - The Internet of White Rings (IoWR) HomePod, Kingdom Come: Deliverance and no spoiler Black Panther chat By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT Scott Carey assembles half the Tech Advisor squad to chat about the HomePod's great audio and then all the things that make it a tabloid headline. Jim Martin lets us know if Apple ruined his oak and/or pine.Lewis Painter chats us through Kingdom Come: Deliverance and all the wacky things you can do in its slow paced but huge world. Dom Preston then lets us know - without spoilers - just how good Black Panther is, Marvel's latest marvel (hopefully). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
deliv Glasnow working to quicken delivery By mlb.mlb.com Published On :: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 15:35:57 EDT Tyler Glasnow is hoping to build off a positive 2018, but his delivery is going to look a little different this season. Full Article
deliv Delivering Concrete Climate Change Action By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 14 May 2013 11:06:32 +0000 Conference Towards 2015 21 October 2013 - 9:30am to 22 October 2013 - 3:30pm Chatham House, London Overview Speakers Press registration Sponsors Media partners Venue and accommodation Agenda Audience profile Over the past five years, the political conditions for a global agreement on climate change have shifted. There is today growing consensus that responding to a changing climate will require multi-level collaboration and new alliances. In the run-up to the deadline for a new international climate change agreement in 2015, the 17th Annual Chatham House Conference on Climate Change will focus on workable solutions that will help accelerate global decarbonization. This conference will ask:What will a global deal in 2015 look like? What are the key components of a shared vision? What elements do developing and developed countries need in order to reach agreement?How can the emerging international climate change regime – comprising voluntary partnerships, formal negotiations and business coalitions – deliver the necessary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions?To what extent will new energy realities affect the politics of climate change?What practical lessons can be learned from existing carbon mitigation and adaptation policies?How can the international community harness progressive leadership?Registration Michael AndersonChief Executive OfficerThe Rt Hon Gregory Barker MPMinister of State for Energy and Climate ChangeFrances BeineckePresidentTim BentonUK Champion for Global Food Security and Professor of Population EcologySam BickerstethChief ExecutiveTony De BrumMinister-in-Assistance to the PresidentGiles DicksonVP Environmental Policies and Global AdvocacyReid DetchonVice President, Energy and ClimateAlfred EvansChief Executive OfficerChristiana FigueresExecutive SecretaryMarcin KorolecMinister of Environment, PolandKate HamptonExecutive Director, Climate ChangeCameron HepburnProfessor of environmental economics, Smith School and INET at Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, andDavid HoneClimate Change AdvisorPa Ousman JarjuSpecial Envoy for Climate ChangeSir David KingForeign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate ChangeMartin KhorDirectorJohan KuylenstiernaDeputy-Director, Stockholm Environment InstituteJames LeatonProject DirectorBernice LeeResearch Director, Energy, Environment and ResourcesNick MabeyChief Executive OfficerAmina MohammedSpecial Adviser on Post-2015 Development PlanningJennifer MorganDirector of the Climate and Energy ProgramAdmiral Neil MorisettiForeign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate ChangeMutsuyoshi NishimuraVisiting Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International affairsDr Atiur RahmanGovernorJohn SchellnhuberFounding DirectorTodd SternSpecial Envoy for Climate ChangeKelly RiggExecutive DirectorLaurence TubianaDirectorFraser ThompsonSenior FellowDominic WaughraySenior Director and Head of Environmental InitiativesFarhana YaminAssociate Fellow This conference will be held under the Chatham House Rule. Information for journalists Press can request a press pass using the form below. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for this event, please contact George Woodhams on +44 (0)20 7957 5732 or email gwoodhams@chathamhouse.org. VenueChatham House conferences@chathamhouse.org Telephone: +44 (0)20 7957 5729 Fax: +44 (0)20 7957 5710 If you wish to book the venue for your event please phone +44 (0)20 7314 2764 Conference Unit Chatham House 10 St James's Square London SW1Y 4LE UKAccommodationAlthough we cannot book accommodation for delegates, we have arranged a reduced rate at some nearby hotels, where you can book your own accommodation. Please inform the hotel that you will be attending a conference at Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) to qualify for the Institute's reduced rate.Please note all rates are subject to availability.Flemings MayfairHalf Moon Street Mayfair London W1Y 7RA Tel: + 44 (0)20 7499 2964 Fax: + 44 (0)20 7499 1817 Standard Single £190 + VATThe Cavendish London81 Jermyn Street London SW1U 6JF Tel: + 44 (0)20 7930 2111 Fax: + 44 (0)20 7839 2125 Standard Single £205 + VATTo book The Cavendish onlineThe Stafford London by KempinskiSt James's PlaceLondonSW1A 1NJTel: 020 7518 1125Fax: 020 7493 7121Standard Single £230 +VAT Monday 21 October 2013Session OneBridging the Gap Between Science and Policy09:00 - 10:10What are the latest findings from climate science and the IPCC? Is the world on track for global decarbonisation? Is dangerous anthropogenic climate change avoidable?To what extent are future climate risks sufficiently incorporated into policy thinking or investment strategies?Welcome AddressBernice Lee, Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham HouseChairMichael Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation Keynote AddressProfessor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Founding Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)SpeakersProfessor Tim Benton, UK Champion for Global Food Security and Professor of Population Ecology, Leeds UniversitySir David King, Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate ChangeQuestions and Discussion10:10 - 10:40 RefreshmentsSession TwoGlobal Deal in 2015: Challenges and Prospects10:40 - 12:40What will a global deal in 2015 look like? Will there be specific targets or non-binding sets of approaches? What are the building blocks?What is the value and track record of different kind of climate initiatives? For example, how successful are formal agreements compared to voluntary partnerships; climate-driven aid; or business coalitions? What are the main functions and institutions of the evolving international climate regime? What is the role of the UNFCCC? Is reform an option given the timeframe? What is the role for groupings like the G20 or the G8?ChairBernice Lee, Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham House Keynote AddressesChristiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (on the record)Marcin Korolec, Minister of Environment, Poland and President, COP 19, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)Questions and DiscussionSpeakersNick Mabey, Chief Executive Officer, E3GFarhana Yamin, Associate Fellow, Chatham House Laurence Tubiana, Director, The Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)Questions and Discussion1240 - 14:00 LunchChairBernice Lee, Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham HouseKeynote AddressGregory Barker, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom (on the record)Questions and DiscussionSession ThreeClimate-Resilient Development: Views from Developing Countries14:30 - 16:10What are the drivers of domestic climate action in developing countries?What do developing countries need from the international climate regime: e.g. with respect to finance, ‘loss and damage’ and disaster preparedness? How will the politics among developing countries evolve? Has the G77 been eclipsed by the emergence of BASIC and other developing country alliances?ChairSam Bickersteth, Chief Executive, The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)Keynote AddressesDr Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh BankSenator Tony deBrum, Minister-in-Assistance to the President, Republic of Marshall IslandsQuestions and DiscussionSpeakersMartin Khor, Director, South Centre Pa Ousman Jarju, Special Envoy for Climate Change, Republic of the GambiaQuestions and Discussion16:10 - 16:30 RefreshmentsSession Four Preparing for 2015: The Role of Major Economies16:30 - 17:30Do countries have clear understandings of how climate risks will reshape their national interests? How will these risks affect other agendas e.g. future economic competitiveness, resource security, public health, foreign policy, or disaster preparedness?How will major countries manage competing domestic priorities when preparing their national positions in the run-up to 2015? What is the evolving trilateral US-China-EU dynamic? Can the EU provide the necessary leadership?Are national investment systems capable of scaling up financing to deliver climate action in key countries like US, EU, China and India?Chair Bernice Lee, Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham HouseSpeakersDavid Hone, Climate Change Adviser, ShellJennifer Morgan, Director of the Climate and Energy Program, World Resources Institute Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change, United KingdonMutsuyoshi Nishimura, Visiting Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International affairs and Former Special Adviser to the Cabinet in charge of Climate Change, Japan Questions and Discussion17:30 End of day one and drinks reception hosted by Chatham HouseDAY TWOTuesday 22 October 09:30 - 15:10Session FiveThe Changing Global Energy Landscape: Implications for Decarbonization09:30 - 10:45What are the implications of the ‘golden age of gas’? What will growing coal use in many developing economies mean for climate politics?What is the prospect for scaling up renewable investments – given the lessons learned vis-à-vis the scale, speed and cost of low carbon technologies over the past five years?What are the contributions of off-grid, distributive generation and other demand side measures like efficiency?ChairDavid Hone, Climate Change Adviser, ShellModerated Panel Discussion Reid Detchon, Vice President for Energy and Climate, United Nations FoundationGiles Dickson, Vice President, Environmental Policies & Global Advocacy, Alstom Antony Froggatt, Senior Research Fellow, Chatham HouseQuestions and Discussion10:45 - 11:15 RefreshmentsSession Six Climate Policy and Finance: The Emerging Toolkit11:15 - 12:30What is the track record of policies and measures to tackle CO2 emissions – from carbon markets, standards and subsidies removal to taxation? What is the progress on tackling non-CO2 greenhouse gases? The cost of climate impacts has been escalating. What are the emerging tools (e.g. disaster preparedness, climate-proof aid or insurance) for managing the impacts? What is the role of public versus private finance for different countries? What is the role of multilateral financing institutions in facilitating the increasingly large finance flows required?ChairCameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics, Smith School and INET at Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, and Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at the LSESpeakersDr Johan Kuylenstierna, Deputy- Director, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York Cameron Hepburn, Professor of environmental economics, Smith School and INET at Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, and Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at the LSEJames Leaton, Project Director, Carbon Tracker Fraser Thompson, Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global InstituteQuestions and Discussion12:30 -13:30 Lunch13.:30 -14:00ChairBernice Lee, Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham HouseKeynote AddressTodd Stern, Special Envoy for Climate Change, United States Department of StateQuestions and DiscussionSession SevenBuilding the Progressive Conditions for 201514:00 - 15:10Can the international community harness progressive leadership – through coalitions of governments, businesses and/or NGOs? What are the political or mobilisation strategies needed to tackle domestic climate scepticism, build progressive coalitions and neutralise vested interests at different levels? What are the implications of the post-2015 development discussions for climate change? ChairDominic Waughray, Senior Director, Head of Environmental Initiatives, World Economic ForumModerated Panel DiscussionFrances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Alfred Evans, Chief Executive Officer, Climate Change CapitalKate Hampton, Executive Director, Climate Change, Children's Investment Fund Foundation Amina Mohammed, Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning, United NationsQuestions and Discussion15:10 Close of Conference© The Royal Institute of International Affairs 2013 This conference will offer a unique opportunity to network with senior officials from businesses, government, NGO's and academic institutions.Our previous Climate Change conferences saw delegates from companies and institutions such as:AccentureAEA Energy & EnvironmentAgulhasArcelorMittalAssociation of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA)Atkins LtdBASF plcBayerngas Norge ASBeetle CapitalBG Group plcBHP BillitonBIRA-IASBBooz & CoBP plcBritish CouncilBT Group plcCairn Energy plcCambridge 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deliv Climate Change: Raising Ambition, Delivering Results By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:08:33 +0000 Conference 3 November 2014 - 9:30am to 4 November 2014 - 1:15pm Chatham House, London Overview Agenda Speakers Pricing Media partners Sponsors Audience profile Venue and accommodation Press registration Climate change is climbing the political agenda. Extreme weather has raised questions in public discourse about the role of anthropogenic warming and concerns about its future impacts; slowdowns in emerging economies and sluggish recoveries in the developed world mean debates about the impact of climate policies on energy bills and competitiveness have assumed particular significance. Against this background, governments are gearing up for a crucial series of agreements in 2015 with climate change at their core. The international community must agree new global sustainable development goals, a new framework on disaster risk reduction and, at the 21st UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 21) in Paris, a new global deal on climate change. The 18th Annual Chatham House Conference on Climate Change will take stock of developments in 2014, including the latest science, the findings of high-level commissions, initiatives from the business community and the UN Secretary-General’s High Level Summit at the end of September. Looking forward to COP 20 in Lima and beyond, this conference will examine opportunities to raise ambition and convert this into results.In particular, it will:Review the latest science on climate risk and the implications for business, society and politics Examine the benefits of a low carbon economy, and assess the costs of climate action and where they fall Discuss concrete measures to decarbonize key sectors and the barriers to action Identify the critical path to the UNFCCC’s Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in 2015, and look at whether, and how, support for ambitious action can be built among publics, business and politiciansThe Chatham House Rule To enable as open a debate as possible, this conference will be held under the Chatham House Rule.Twitter Suggested hashtag: #CHclimate DAY ONEMonday 3 NovemberSession One Taking Stock and Mapping the Road Ahead09:30-11:15What was achieved at the UN Secretary General’s High Level Summit in September? What is the outlook for COP 20 in Lima, and how can ambition be increased?How will success at COP 21 in Paris be defined?ChairRob Bailey, Acting Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham HouseKeynote AddressManuel Pulgar-Vidal, Minister of State for the Environment, Peru; President, COP 20, UN Framework for the Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (on the record)Amber Rudd MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom (on the record)Questions and DiscussionChairJennifer Morgan, Director, Climate and Energy Programme, World Resources Institute (WRI) SpeakersSelwin Hart, Director, Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team, United NationsDr Halldór Thorgeirsson, Director for Strategy, UN Framework for the Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) Paul Watkinson, Head of Climate Negotiation Team, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, FranceQuestions and Discussion11:15-11:45 RefreshmentsSession TwoLow Carbon Economy: Costs and Benefits11:45-13:00 What are the economic and social opportunities and benefits of a low carbon economy? Where do these occur? How much are they worth?What are examples of leadership among governments and business? What is needed to accelerate the transition and translate ambition into results?What has been the impact of climate policies on economic competitiveness? Which economies and sectors have been most affected? How has this influenced national and international climate politics?Chair's Opening RemarksMarianne Fay, Chief Economist, Climate Change Group, The World BankKeynote Panel DiscussionJeremy Oppenheim, Programme Director, New Climate Economy, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate Jos Delbeke, Director General for Climate Action, European Commission Dr Qi Ye, Director, Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy; Professor of Environmental Policy and Management at Tsinghua University’s School of Public Policy and ManagementJeremy Bentham, Vice President, Global Business Environment, ShellQuestions and Discussion13:00-14:00 LunchSession Three Concrete Steps to Action: Finance and Achieving Net Zero There is growing interest in the concept of net zero carbon emissions, for businesses, sectors and even countries. This session will examine the feasibility of net zero for the power and transport sectors, and for buildings and cities.ChairShane Tomlinson, Senior Research Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham House Opening DiscussionManfred Konukiewitz, Co-Chair, the Green Climate Fund Matthew Kotchen, Professor of Economics, Yale University Farhana Yamin, Associate Fellow, Chatham HousePower and Transport14:45-15:45What do decarbonization roadmaps for the power and transport sectors look like? Is net zero feasible? If so, by when and how? What are the challenges posed by increasing renewable penetration, and how can they be managed? What are the implications of vehicle electrification for the power sector?What are the implications for infrastructure and investment?ChairShane Tomlinson, Senior Research Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham House SpeakersAbyd Karmali, Managing Director, Climate Finance, Bank of America Merrill LynchDries Acke, Policy Manager, European Climate Foundation (Belgium) Olivier Paturet, General Manager, Zero Emissions Strategy, Nissan EuropeStefan Raubenheimer, Co-Founder and Director, South South North; Co-Director, MAPS Programme Questions and Discussion15:45-16:15 RefreshmentsBuildings and Cities16:15-17:15What is the state of the art for low carbon building; how can this be rolled out at scale? How can decarbonization objectives be incorporated into urban planning and regulation?How are the challenges and needs different for developed and developing countries? ChairFarhana Yamin, Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham HouseSpeakersEd Mazria, Founder and CEO, Architecture 2030Tony Mallows, Director, Masdar City Questions and Discussion17:15 Close of day and drinks receptionDAY TWOTuesday 4 NovemberSession Four Climate Impacts9:30-11:15 ChairSir David King, Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change, United KingdomKeynote AddressesHE Belete Tafere, Minister, Ministry of Environment Protection and Forestry, Ethiopia (on the record)Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Founding Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (on the record)What climate impacts are already being witnessed? Are these in line with expectations? What is the current state of attribution analysis?What are the implications for climate politics?What are the expected social, economic and environmental impacts under different climate scenarios? What is the most recent science since the deadline for Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report? Which countries and sectors are most vulnerable? What are governments and businesses doing to adapt?ChairSir David King, Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change, United KingdomSpeakersChris Field, Founding Director, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Science, Co-Chair of Working Group II of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report Professor Myles Allen, Leader of ECI Climate Research Programme and Professor of Geosystem Science, University of Oxford Nick Mabey, Director, E3G Oilver Bettis, Chair, Resource and Environment Board, Institute and Faculty of ActuariesQuestions and Discussion11:15 - 11.45 RefreshmentsSession FiveThe Conditions for Action 11:45 - 13:00What is the current state of public support for climate action? What shapes attitudes and beliefs? How does this vary by country? What can create political ambition, nationally and internationally?What role can different stakeholders play in catalysing climate action?What immediate obstacles need to be overcome and what lessons can be learned from recent success? ChairSimon Maxwell, Executive Chair, Climate Development Knowledge NetworkKeynote AddressBill McKibben, President and Co-Founder, 350.org (on the record)Panel DiscussionAntonio Hill, Executive Director, Global Campaign for Climate ActionMichael Jacobs, Senior Adviser on International Climate Policy, The Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations Jennifer Morgan, Director, Climate and Energy Programme, World Resources Institute (WRI) Sergio Margulis, National Secretary of Sustainable Development, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of Brazil Sir David King, Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change, United KingdomQuestions and DiscussionClosing remarksRob Bailey, Acting Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham House 13:10 End of conference and lunch © The Royal Institute of International Affairs 2014 Keynote Speakers Jeremy Bentham Vice President, Global Business Environment, Shell Jos Delbeke Director General for Climate Action, European Commission Bill McKibben President and Co-Founder, 350.org Jeremy Oppenheim Programme Director, New Climate Economy, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate Manuel Pulgar-Vidal Minister of State for Environment, Peru; President COP20 Amber Rudd MP* Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom Professor Hans Joachim Schnellnhuber Founding Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Belete Tafere Minister of Environment Protection and Forestry, Ethiopia Dr Qi Ye Director, Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy and Professor of Environmental Policy; Management at Tsinghua University’s School of Public Policy and Management Speakers Dries Acke Policy Manager, European Climate Foundation (Belgium) Myles Allen Coordinating Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C; Professor of Geosystem Science, University of Oxford Oliver Bettis Chair, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' Resource and Environment Board Marianne Fay Chief Economist, Climate Change Group, The World Bank Chris Field Founding Director, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Science Selwin Hart Director, Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team, United Nations Antonio Hill Executive Director, Global Campaign for Climate Action Michael Hogan Senior Adviser, Regulatory Assistance Project Professor Michael Jacobs Senior Adviser on International Climate Policy, The Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations Abyd Karmali Managing Director, Climate Finance, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Sir David King Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change Manfred Konukiewitz Co-Chair, The Green Climate Fund Matthew Kotchen Professor of Economics, Yale University Nick Mabey Co-Founding Director and Chief Executive, E3G Antony Mallows Director, Masdar City Sergio Margulis National Secretary of Sustainable Development, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency, Brazil Simon Maxwell Executive Chairman, Climate and Development Knowledge Network Edward Mazria Founder and CEO, Architecture 2030 Jennifer Morgan Executive Director, Greenpeace International Olivier Paturet General Manager, Zero Emissions Strategy, Nissan Europe Stefan Raubenheimer Co-Founder and Director, South South North; Co-Director, MAPS Programme Jose-Manuel Sanoval Coordinator, Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy (CLCDS) and Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) Leena Srivastava Hony. 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deliv "Women deliver, and not only babies" By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Mon, 16 May 2016 10:34:24 +0000 Katja Iversen, CEO of Women Deliver, joins Rebecca Coombes to explain why the UN sustainable development goals are unachievable if we don't empower women and girls to take control of their health, wellbeing, and reproductive rights. http://womendeliver.org/ Full Article
deliv Downswell reaches out to Central Village - Carry Me singer delivers care packages to community By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:05:37 -0500 The wet weather last Saturday (May 2) could not dampen the spirits of award-winning gospel artiste and ordained evangelist Kevin Downswell as he ventured into the St Catherine community of Central Village, where he spent some of his formative years... Full Article
deliv Can the New European Commission Deliver on Its Promises to Africa? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:27:00 +0000 4 December 2019 Fergus Kell Projects Assistant, Africa Programme LinkedIn Damir Kurtagic Former Academy Robert Bosch Fellow, Africa Programme @kurtagic_damir LinkedIn Familiar promises of equal partnership must be backed by bolder action, including an expanded budget, internal reform and a rethink of its approach to trade negotiations. 2019-12-03-Urpilainen.jpg Jutta Urpilainen, new EU commissioner for international partnerships, at the European Parliament in Brussels in October. Photo: Getty Images. The new European Commission, headed by Ursula von der Leyen, assumed office on 1 December, and there are early signs that Africa will begin near the top of their foreign policy priorities. Policy towards Africa under the new EU administration is yet to be fully defined, but its contours are already visible in the selection of commissioners and assignment of portfolios. Although rumours of a dedicated commissioner for Africa were unfounded, the appointment of Jutta Urpilainen to the new role of commissioner for international partnerships – replacing the former post of development commissioner – is a strong signal of ongoing change in EU development thinking, away from bilateral aid towards trade and investment, including by the private sector. This may have significant consequences for the EU’s relationship with Africa. In her mission letter to Urpilainen in September, von der Leyen listed the first objective as a new ‘comprehensive strategy for Africa’. Urpilainen, Finland’s finance minister before being posted to Ethiopia as special representative on mediation, has also described her appointment as an opportunity to move on from traditional measures of aid delivery. Ambition or incoherence? However, this ambition may be at odds with other EU priorities and practices, notably managing migration and institutions and instruments for governing EU–Africa relations that remain rooted in a ‘traditional’ model of North–South development cooperation rather than equitable partnership.Another newly created post will see Margaritis Schinas assume the role of vice-president for promoting the European way of life – formerly ‘protecting our European way of life’ before a backlash saw it changed – a reminder that migration will remain high on the EU’s foreign policy agenda. The new high representative for foreign and security policy and chief EU diplomat, Josep Borrell, has highlighted the need for bilateral partnership with countries of origin and transit, mainly in Africa. Negotiations also continue to stall on a replacement to the Cotonou Agreement, the 20-year partnership framework between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of states, which now looks certain to be extended for at least 12 months beyond its expiry in February 2020.Ambiguities in the EU’s negotiating approach have certainly contributed to the delay: having pushed initially for a separate regional pillar for Africa that would be opened to the North African countries (who are not ACP members) and include a loosely defined role for the African Union, this would later be abandoned in favour of a dual-track process on separate new agreements with the AU and ACP respectively.The EU also continues to pursue controversial economic partnership agreements under the aegis of Cotonou, despite their increasing appearance of incompatibility with the pathbreaking African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – one of the clearest expressions to date of African agency.The EU has so far attempted to gloss over this incoherence, claiming that EPAs can somehow act as the ‘building blocks’ for Africa-wide economic integration. But tensions are appearing between EU departments and within the commission, with the European External Action Service inclined to prioritize a more strategic continental relationship with the AU, while the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development remains committed to the ACP as the conduit for financial support and aid delivery.And it is unlikely to get away with such incoherence for much longer. Change is now urgent, as numerous countries in sub-Saharan Africa continue to attract the strategic and commercial interests of the EU’s competitors: from established players such as China and potentially in future the UK, which is intent on remodelling its Africa ties post-Brexit, to emerging actors such as Turkey or Russia, which held its first Africa summit in October. The need for deliveryIf the EU is serious about its rhetoric on equal partnership, it must therefore move beyond convoluted hybrid proposals. Delivering on the Juncker administration’s proposal to increase funding for external action by 30 per cent for 2021–27 would mark an important first step, particularly as this involves streamlining that would see the European Development Fund – the financial instrument for EU-ACP relations – incorporated into the main EU budget.The new commission should therefore continue to exert pressure on the European Council and European Parliament to adopt this proposal, as negotiations on this financial framework have been repeatedly subject to delay and may not be resolved before the end of the year. Beyond this, proactive support for the AfCFTA and for structural transformation more broadly must be prioritized ahead of vague promises for a continent-to-continent free trade agreement, as held out by Juncker in his final State of the Union address in 2018. The significance of internal EU reforms for Africa should also not be discounted. The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, for instance, has placed the African sector at a particular disadvantage and has made it harder to compete even in domestic markets, let alone in the distant EU export markets. EU efforts to stimulate inflows of private investments into the African agricultural sector, abolish import tariffs and offer technical support for African producers to satisfy EU health and safety regulations will be of little use if they are undermined by heavy subsidies across Europe.Ultimately, changes to job titles alone will be insufficient. The new commission’s rhetoric, while ambitious, differs little from that of the previous decade – Africa has heard the promise of a ‘partnership of equals’ and of ‘shared ownership’ since before the advent of the Joint Africa–EU Strategy in 2007. Now is the time for truly bold steps to implement this vision. Full Article
deliv Delivering Sustainable Food and Land Use Systems: The Role of International Trade By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:03:21 +0000 20 September 2019 This paper explores a set of core trade-related issues affecting the food and land use system, and proposes constructive ways forward in reconfiguring the global trading system towards delivering a more sustainable and healthy diet for all. Download PDF Bernice Lee OBE Research Director; Executive Director, Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy @BerniceWLee Christophe Bellmann Associate Fellow, Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy, Chatham House Jonathan Hepburn Senior Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development 2019-09-20-China-Port.jpg Aerial view of containers sitting stacked at Qingdao Port in the Shandong province of China. Photo by Han Jiajun/Visual China Group via Getty Images. Meeting future global food security requirements is not just about quantity; it is also about meeting growing needs in a way that safeguards human as well as planetary health. But national priorities and policies often remain out of sync with aspirations for more sustainable and healthy food systems.International trade and trade policies play an ambiguous role in the current food system. With 80 per cent of the world’s population depending on imports to meet at least part of their food and nutritional requirements, trade has a unique function in offsetting imbalances between supply and demand. However, in the absence of effective regulatory frameworks or pricing frameworks that internalize environmental, social or health costs, trade can exacerbate and globalize challenges associated with food production and land use trends such as deforestation, land degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss and the shift to unhealthy diets.Over the last two decades, trade in agricultural products (excluding intra-EU flows) has more than tripled in value, to reach $1.33 trillion. The geography of global food trade flows has also shifted, primarily towards South–South trade, which now accounts for roughly a quarter of total agricultural trade flows. The nature of global trade has changed drastically, with traditional exports such as wheat and coffee growing slowly at around 2 per cent per year, while products such as palm oil, fruit juice, soft drinks and other processed products have grown at 8 per cent or more annually.This overall increase in trade in agricultural products raises questions about the growing utilization of resources, such as water or soil nutrients, that are embedded in those products through production and processing. Trade itself also causes negative environmental impacts, starting with greenhouse gas emissions associated with transport and storage. If the environmental cost associated with production and trade is not reflected in the final price of goods, trade may accelerate the depletion of resources or their unsustainable use.It is critical to ensure that trade policy options pursued by producing and consuming countries alike will support a transition to more sustainable and healthier food and land use systems. The first step in addressing trade-related food systems challenges must involve rebuilding trust among policy actors. There is a need for new spaces for informal dialogue among actors, and ‘soft’ governance mechanisms that can help rebuild consensus on the best ways forward. Meeting these challenges also requires an appreciation of the complex interactions between sectoral policies (e.g. on water, land, food, etc.) and their multiple interfaces with trade policies. Conditioning the use of subsidies on their sustainability and/or health impacts encourages the delivery of essential public goods in ways that are consistent with sustainability and health goals. A first step therefore is the removal of perverse incentives (e.g. subsidies encouraging the overuse of fertilizers or pesticides or the overproduction of certain commodities, as well as certain biofuels subsidies) and replacing them with market-correcting subsidies.Trade facilitation measures for fruits and vegetables that are aimed at easing transit at the border, by cutting unnecessary bureaucracy and reducing waiting times, can improve their availability, reduce costs and improve food quality and safety for consumers. Similarly, measures aimed at improving sustainable cold storage and upgrading value chains can support better diets and consumption by increasing the availability of fresh produce on markets, especially in developing countries.A global food stamps programme developed through the G20 and facilitated by the UN’s food agencies could address purchasing power imbalances and tackle malnutrition in developing countries. If carefully designed, such ‘safety net’ schemes can not only contribute to improving calorific intakes but also help deliver more balanced and healthier diets. Careful attention must be given to how such a scheme would work in practice, building on experience to date with similar initiatives.Integrating the notion of sustainable food and inputs trade in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework can help to deliver more sustainable and healthier food and land use systems. This could be achieved by likeminded countries introducing a set of goals or targets aimed at mitigating the role of trade in placing indirect pressure on biodiversity, and to encourage trade in biodiversity-based products including natural ingredients produced ethically and following sustainability principles and criteria.An SDG-oriented agenda for agricultural trade is needed. It could be formed by countries seeking to remove perverse incentives, guaranteeing a safe harbour for market-correcting measures, clarifying existing rules and establishing plurilateral negotiations among subsets of the WTO membership, or sectoral approaches, to address specific challenges.Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from trade need to be addressed. Governments could seek to achieve this through ensuring the carbon neutrality of existing and new trade deals, either by connecting carbon markets among contracting parties or by developing joint initiatives to tax international maritime and air transport emissions. Department/project Energy, Environment and Resources Programme Full Article
deliv Day and Night Home Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Three-Center Randomized Crossover Study By care.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2014-07-01 Lalantha LeelarathnaJul 1, 2014; 37:1931-1937Emerging Technologies and Therapeutics Full Article
deliv Overnight Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery in Young People With Type 1 Diabetes: A Free-Living, Randomized Clinical Trial By care.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2014-05-01 Roman HovorkaMay 1, 2014; 37:1204-1211Advances in Artificial Pancreas Development Full Article
deliv New compendium summarizes best practices in oral health service delivery By www.ada.org Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 07:44:00 -0600 Titled “Compendium of Innovations in Oral Health Service Delivery,” the 64-page digital booklet features organizations from across the country that have found success through varied measures in expanding oral care to underserved populations. Full Article
deliv The Miniseries ‘Devs’ Delivers a Delicious Dose of Heroism and Villainy By blog.richmond.edu Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:06:15 +0000 By Scott T. Allison Devs is the ideal TV mini-series for people to sink their teeth into, for many reasons: (1) It’s both science and science-fiction; (2) it’s brilliant mix of psychology, philosophy, religion, and technology; (3) it tantalizes us with the mysteries of love, life, death, time, and space; and (4) it features a … Continue reading The Miniseries ‘Devs’ Delivers a Delicious Dose of Heroism and Villainy → Full Article Commentary and Analysis
