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PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 25, 2020) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Archangels of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 Detachment 6 takes off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, flagship of Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew Cavenaile)
The Labour Party in Ireland is a social-democratic political party. The Party was founded in 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin and William X. O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress. Unlike the other main Irish political parties, Labour does not trace its origins to the original Sinn Féin. In the 2011 general election it gained 37 of the 166 seats in Dáil Éireann, almost double its total of 20 in the 2007 election, making it the second largest political party in the 31st Dáil. The Labour Party has served in government for a total of nineteen years, six times in coalition either with Fine Gael alone or with Fine Gael and other smaller parties, and once with Fianna Fáil, giving it the second-longest time in government of Irish parties, next to Fianna Fáil. As of 9 March 2011 it is the junior partner in a coalition with Fine Gael for the period of the 31st Dáil.
The current party leader is Eamon Gilmore, elected in October 2007 alongside Joan Burton as deputy leader. Gilmore is the current Tánaiste (deputy prime minister).
The Labour Party is a member of the Socialist International and the Party of European Socialists, whilst the party's MEPs sit in the European Parliament group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. Through these bodies Labour is linked with the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland.
One of the most successful medium bombers ever produced, the B-25 Mitchell began as the bomber nobody wanted. North American Aviation had begun the NA-40, designed by North American’s chief designer, James “Dutch” Kindleberger, as a private venture to compete with the Douglas A-20 Havoc. The NA-40 had a very narrow fuselage in which the pilot and copilot sat in tandem, with two Wright Cyclone engines on a shoulder-mounted wing, tricycle landing gear, and high speed that made defensive armament, it was thought, unnecessary. To increase stability, Kindleberger used endplate tailfins rather than the single tail of other contemporary aircraft.
The first NA-40 flew in April 1939, but promptly crashed during a competition with the A-20, which won the US Army Air Corps’ contract. Kindleberger refused to give up, however, and redesigned the NA-40 by expanding the fuselage to carry more bombs and allow the flight crew to sit next to each other. This revised NA-40 showed even more promise, but once more it lost, this time to the Martin B-26 Marauder. Because the Martin company could only produce a few Marauders a month and only at high expense, the USAAF went ahead and placed an order for the NA-40 as well in August 1940, as the B-25 Mitchell—named for William “Billy” Mitchell, who had lobbied so hard for an independent, bomber-heavy air force in the 1930s it had resulted in his court martial. To cure instability noticed in the first flights, the NA-62 prototype was given a slight gull wing which would be retained on all B-25s afterwards.
The B-25B was the first variant to enter combat service, with the 17th Bombardment Squadron based at McChord Field, Washington; a Mitchell from this unit scored the USAAF’s first submarine kill in late December 1941, when it sank a Japanese I-Boat off the Washington coast. Its viceless performance led the USAAF to expand production of Mitchells, and these were soon pressed into urgently needed antisubmarine patrols on both coasts. B-25s taking off and landing for these missions inspired a US Navy officer, Francis Low, to consider if they could be flown off of aircraft carriers in a strike against Japan. Both the USAAF and Navy agreed to collaborate on the project as a morale boost for the home front, in desperate need for good news after a steady diet of disaster following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. James Doolittle was chosen to lead a group of 16 B-25Bs taking off from USS Hornet on a strike against Japan itself on 18 April 1942: the Doolittle Raid, as it was known, was marred by a forced early launch that caused the attack to happen in broad daylight and recovery in China to happen at night, with the loss of 15 out of 16 aircraft, though all but six men survived. However, the psychological damage to Japan was so great that it changed the course of the war.
It also proved the B-25 to be a superb aircraft. Its ease of handling and bomb carrying capability put it in high demand; though the British Royal Air Force would use Lend-Lease Mitchells extensively in Europe, USAAF units preferred faster aircraft such as the A-20 and B-26, though B-25s would see quite a bit of service in North Africa and Italy. The Mitchell was also found to be very resilient: the B-25D introduced crew armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, and even earlier less-armored variants were found to be able to take a great deal of punishment. B-25s were still fully capable of flying missions with one engine out, with the only problem being slightly heavy on the controls and the loss of speed. One B-25D in North Africa was hit no less than 400 times and had taken so much damage that it required special flap and rudder settings—but it was still operational. Indeed, the only real complaint aircrew had about the B-25 was the extremely loud noise its engines produced, which could cause hearing loss.
The success of the gunship role with A-20s in the Southwest Pacific led to successive versions of the B-25: the B-25G/H, which were given solid noses equipped either with as many as 12 machine guns, or a lesser number of machine guns supplemented by a 75mm antitank gun. These aircraft, operated by the famous "New Guinea Strafers," proved deadly to Japanese shipping during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea in 1943. So successful was the B-25G/H series that North American switched production to the most common variant, the B-25J, with interchangeable solid noses for gunships, or glass noses for bomber roles. The dorsal turret was also moved forward. B-25s would be used in every theater in World War II. After the war, most were retired, though a few persisted in USAF service as executive transports until the late 1950s; B-25s were used operationally by Indonesia until 1979. Because the Mitchell remained in service for so long, quite a few survive as warbirds and in museums; of 9800 built, about 100 are still around.
Since the Doolittle Raid was arguably the most influential bomber attack of the war, and one of the most daring, the National Museum of the USAF went to great lengths to commemorate this amazing mission. By the time the USAF got around to working on a museum, there were no B-25Bs left, and the majority of surviving Mitchells were the significantly different B-25J version.
In 1956, the USAF located a former B-25D that had been used as a reconnaissance trainer, in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. As it would be much easier to modify a B-25D back to a B model, the aircraft (43-3374) was removed from the scrapyard and handed over to North American Aviation. 43-3374 was backdated to a B-25B and went on display at the NMUSAF in 1957 as 40-2344, the aircraft flown by Jimmy Doolittle during the raid named for him.
Today, the NMUSAF has created an entire life-sized diorama commemorating the Raid. Placed on a carrier deck simulating that of the USS Hornet, mannequins representing ground crew and Doolittle's crew are shown loading the bombs, while two more are placed near the nose, as Doolittle and then-Captain Marc Mitscher, the CO of the Hornet. The engines and dorsal turret are covered in canvas, which they were aboard the carrier to protect from saltwater corrosion.
This display is impressive enough, but surrounding the rear of the aircraft is memorabilia related to the Doolittle Raid. The most bittersweet piece of the collection is the Raiders' cup collection: each Raider that survived the raid were presented with a sterling silver cup with their name inscribed on it. When the Raider died, the cup would be turned over; when there were only two Raiders left, they would open a 19th Century-vintage bottle of champagne and drink a toast. When I saw the cups in 1977, about half were still upright, but in 2017, only one was--that of Colonel Richard Cole, Doolittle's copilot, who is (as of this writing) 102 years old. The champagne bottle is still on display, but the toast has been drunk.
International Monetary Fund's Financial Counsellor and Director Jose Vinals (R) and Advisor Matthew Jones (L) walk to their seats for the Global Financial Stability Report press conference Ocotber 9, 2013 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Labour Party Deputy Leader and Director of Elections, Joan Burton today launched “Vote YES for Stability”, the party’s animated video on the Stability Treaty.
Speaking at the launch, Minister Burton said: “This animated video is a short and simple guide to the main issues that arise from the Stability Treaty and it outlines some of the reasons why we believe that a YES vote is crucial for Ireland.
“We hope that the use of simple visualisations and key messages in the video will make the YES arguments accessible to an online audience who may be more accustomed to using online platforms to inform themselves on various issues.
“This Treaty is about ensuring a stable currency which will increase investor confidence in Ireland which will in turn bring about economic recovery. This is why it is vital that we vote YES on May 31st.”
IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton (center), moderates a panel including Miguel Castilla (left to right), Former Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru, Joaquin Levy, Minister of Finance, Brazil, Nathan Sheets, Treasury Under Secretary, United States and Carmen Reinhart, Harvard University at the 2015 High Level Conference on Latin America - Rising Challenges to Growth and Stability in a Shifting Global Environment on Monday, June 1 at IMF Headquarters in Washington, D.C. IMF Photo/Ryan Rayburn
(L-R) Former Governor of the Central Bank of Argentina Mario Blejer; Former Governor of the Central Bank of Mexico Guillermo Ortiz; IMF Western Hemisphere Department Director, Alejandro Werner; Former President Central Bank of Brazil Arminio Fraga; and Chief Economist and Managing Director, IIF Charles Collyns attend the High Level Conference on Latin America “Rising Challenges to Growth and Stability in a Shifting Global Environment” on June 1, 2015 at International Monetary Fund Headquarters in Washington, DC. ©IMF Photo
Labour Party Deputy Leader and Director of Elections, Joan Burton today launched “Vote YES for Stability”, the party’s animated video on the Stability Treaty.
Speaking at the launch, Minister Burton said: “This animated video is a short and simple guide to the main issues that arise from the Stability Treaty and it outlines some of the reasons why we believe that a YES vote is crucial for Ireland.
“We hope that the use of simple visualisations and key messages in the video will make the YES arguments accessible to an online audience who may be more accustomed to using online platforms to inform themselves on various issues.
“This Treaty is about ensuring a stable currency which will increase investor confidence in Ireland which will in turn bring about economic recovery. This is why it is vital that we vote YES on May 31st.”
190314-N-AZ866-0005 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (March 14, 2019) The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) arrives in Souda Bay, Greece for a scheduled port visit March 14, 2019. NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to be where they are needed and when they are needed to ensure security and stability in Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelly M. Agee/Released)
Almost two years after the presentation of the EU Global Strategy and more than a year after Jean Claude Juncker’s white book on the future of Europe, the European Union still struggles with major challenges and threats that seem to undermine the stability of the security environment within its borders and in its neighbourhood. In the aftermath of Brexit and with the proximity of to the European Parliament elections in 2019, the third International Conference Europe as a Global Actor (Lisbon, May 24 & 25, 2018) will discuss the role the EU can play in the current global transformations, as well as the domestic and external obstacles it faces as a global actor.
The Center for International Studies of ISCTE-IUL organized the third edition of the International Conference “Europe as a global actor”, on 24 and 25 May.
The opening lecture was given by the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Augusto Santos Silva, on May 24, at 09:30 am.
The Conference Program also included a debate on the state of the Union with the presence of Portuguese MEPs, panels and round-tables on the challenges of the Common Security and Defense Policy, the future of European security and defense, the EU’s relationship with other global players and the future of the European Union as a global player. In addition to the presence of several invited scholars, in plenary sessions moderated by Portuguese journalists, the program also included the presentation of communications by around 40 international researchers in this area of knowledge.
May 25th
10h00-12h00 | Roundtable III
Roundtable: State of the Union – Portuguese Members of the European Parliament (Aud. B203) – session in Portuguese
Moderator: Ricardo Alexandre (CEI-IUL; Journalist TSF)
Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar (EPP)
Carlos Zorrinho (S&D)
António Marinho e Pinto (ALDE)
João Ferreira (GUE / NGL)
Pedro Mota Soares (CDS-PP) (tbc)
12h00 – 14h00 – Lunch Break
14h00 – 15h45 |Parallel Sessions III
Panel 7 – Economy, Energy and Geopolitics (Room C201)
Moderator: Timea Pal (CEI-IUL)
Simon Schlegel (ISG) & Allison Nathan Araujo de Miranda (ISCSP): “EU Global Strategy 2020-2030: the Revival of the Franco-German Consensus-Engine in face of the EU-Lusophone Trade Relations”
Paloma Diaz Topete (College of Europe): “In Varietate Concordia or Divide et Impera? The Security Implications of Chinese FDI in EU Member States”
Natallia Tsiareshchanka (College of Europe; University of Kent): “Nord Stream 2: when geopolitical and commercial interests are at stake”
Zuzanna Gulczyńska (Adam Mickiewicz University, College of Europe, University Lille 2): “The energy cooperation between the EU and Algeria – what legal future?”
Panel 8 – Soft & Normative Power (Room C302)
Moderator: Ana Mónica Fonseca (CEI-IUL)
Idalina Conde (ISCTE-IUL): “Tables as metaphors. Europe in the World and cultural diplomacy”
Andrea Perilli (College of Europe): “Erasmus student or EU ambassador? People-to-people contact in the European Neighbourhood policy: the cases of Georgia, Ukraine and Tunisia”
Osman Sabri Kiratli (Bogazici University): “When do Voters Choose to Delegate?: Europeans’ Attitudes on Multilateral Aid”
João Espada Rodrigues (CEI-IUL): “EU and Democracy Promotion”
Nezka Figelj (University of Trieste): “EU not only a payer but also a player in the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA)”
15h45 – 16h15 – Coffee Break
16h15 – 17h45 | Parallel Sessions IV
Panel 9 – EU and Crisis Management (Room C201)
Moderator: Diogo Lemos (CEI-IUL)
Csaba Toro (Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church in Hungary): “External institutional partnerships as vehicles of implementation in pursuit of effective and adaptive EU contribution to international crisis management”
Inês Marques Ribeiro (CEI-IUL): “A critical discourse analysis of the normative justification of the EU’s crisis management actorness”
Pablo Arconada Ledesma (Universidad de Valladolid): “European Union’s Missions In Somalia: Ten Years Of Successes And Failures (2008-2018)”
Panel 10 – Political Parties, Populism, Euroscepticism (Room C301)
Moderator: Riccardo Marchi (CEI-IUL)
Ewa Szczepankiewicz-Rudzka (Jagiellonian University, Krakow): “From Consensus to Skepticism?: Attitudes of Polish Society towards European Integration”
Ana Mónica Fonseca (CEI-IUL): “The SPD in government: a party in crisis”
Pedro Ponte e Sousa (FCSH-UNL & IPRI): “Portuguese foreign relations with the United States in the age of Trump: aligning with the superpower or supporting a European global stance?”
Teona Lavrelashvili (European Commission, KU Leuven) & Alex Andrione-Moylan (KU Leuven): “The populist playbook in the Western Balkans: Case of Serbia and Montenegro”
18h00 – 20h00 | Roundtable IV
Closing Roundtable The Future of Transatlantic Relations (Aud. B203):
Moderator: Bárbara Reis (Público)
Sven Biscop (Egmont Royal Institute for Foreign Relations, Brussels)
Mike Haltzel (Center for Transatlantic Relations; Johns Hopkins University SAIS)
Carlos Gaspar (IPRI-NOVA)
Susana Pedro
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International Monetary Fund Financial Counsellor and Director Tobias Adrian (2nd R), Advisor Paul Hiebert (L), Deputy Director Peter Dattels (2nd L) and Assistant Director Matthew Jones (2nd R) hold a joint press conference on the Global Financial Stability Report at the IMF Headquarters April 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Spring meetings of the IMF/World Bank are through April 23rd. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
What move me? a car maybe, but what is thing that you love about a car? The look of a car perhaps but for me, the engine performance and stability are those thing that i seek. I don't really know why but this particular little 2L turbo engine excite me the most, i tried the new 4B11 but it doesn't really have the same feel and it doesn't has the x factor as the 4G63( perhaps is only me, other might thing is better), this classic little engine had once roared in every major rally events, unfortunately Mitsubishi had stop using this amazing little marvel and replace it with the new 4B11 in the new evolution production . Long live the 4G63!
I did this shot for the 4th assignment of strobist, i really enjoyed doing each of them but this is the hardest and i almost gave it up.This is my second attempt for shooting a car, i want to do something different from what i had done www.flickr.com/photos/esari/3620586568/in/set-72157618149... I spend a whole week just practicing and i finally come out with this. I feel pretty happy and satisfied since i completed all four assignment although yet to win any but really enjoyed the whole process hopefully DH can make this a monthly or weekly event.
Lighting Info:430exii @ full power reflective umbrella camera left and right. 580exii snooted behind subject @full power aim at camera to create flare. 430ex@ 1/2 power cto geled inside car aim at ceiling. Hand held 430ex @ 1/4 power snooted aim at engine. Trigger with elinchrom skyport in my hand.
This shot was done in one go, the shutter speed is set at 8sec, before activating the auto timer i pre open the hood and cover the interior of the hood with black cloth(To prevent reflection while exposing the engine), once the shutter is release i painted the engine with a snooted 430ex then i quickly closed the hood and get out of the way then i press the skyport trigger to expose the rest of the car. Doing this is pretty tiring, since i only had 8 sec to get it right and this is the first time in my life i really wish i had a Nikon camera in my hand(Multiple exposure function).
verification shot www.flickr.com/photos/esari/3934783843/
International Monetary Fund's Financial Counsellor and Director Jose Vinals (C), Assistant Director Peter Dattels (2nd R), Advisor Matthew Jones (2nd L), Deputy Division Chief Anna Ilyina (L) and Senior Communications Officer Olga Stankova( R) attend the Global Financial Stability Report press conference Ocotber 9, 2013 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund's Financial Counsellor and Director Jose Vinals (R), Advisor Matthew Jones (C), and Deputy Division Chief Anna Ilyina attend the Global Financial Stability Report press conference Ocotber 9, 2013 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Mrs. Robin Smith ,political advisor to the U.S. Army Africa Commanding General ,addresses dignitaries and guests from Europe, Africa, Italy and the U.S. during the graduation ceremony of the 14th Protection of Civilians Course at the CoESPU in Vicenza, Italy, Feb. 21, 2017. (U.S. Army Photo by Visual Information Specialist Paolo Bovo/released)
200922-N-NJ919-1264 (Sept. 22, 2020) PHILIPPINE SEA Lieutenant Vanica Smith, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), fires an M240B machine gun from an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. America, flagship of Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter Estrada)
International Monetary Fund Deputy Director Peter Dattels answers a question at a joint press conference on the Global Financial Stability Report at the IMF Headquarters April 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Spring meetings of the IMF/World Bank are through April 23rd. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund Financial Counsellor and Director Tobias Adrian answers a question after a joint press conference on the Global Financial Stability Report at the IMF Headquarters April 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Spring meetings of the IMF/World Bank are through April 23rd. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund's Financial Counsellor and Director Jose Vinals answers a questions in the lobby of IMF HQ2 after the Global Financial Stability Report press conference October 9, 2013 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Technical specifications
DIMENSIONS/WEIGHT
Overall length.................................................... 4665 mm (183.7 in)
Overall width.................................................... 1962 mm (77.2 in)
Height................................................................ 1336 mm (52.6 in)
Wheelbase..........................................................2750 mm (108.3 in)
Front track......................................................... 1690 mm (66.5 in)
Rear track.......................................................... 1618 mm (63.7 in)
Dry weight........................................................ 1580 kg* (3482 lb*)
Kerb weight........................................................ 1690 kg* (3722 lb*)
Boot (trunk) capacity ....................................... 320 l (11.3 cu ft)
Fuel tank capacity............................................. 105 l (27.7 US gal; 23.1 UK gal)
Weight distribution ........................................ 47% front/53% rear
BRAKES
Front................................................................ 355 x 32 mm (13.9 x 1.3 in)
Rear ................................................................ 330 x 28 mm (12.9 x 1.1 in)
ENGINE
Type ............................................................... 65° V12
Bore & stroke................................................... 92 x 75.2 mm (3.62 x 2.96 in)
Unit displacement............................................ 499 cm3 (30.51 cu in)
Total displacement............................................. 5,999 cm3 (366.08 cu in)
Compression ratio.............................................. 11.2:1
Maximum power................................................ 456 kW** (620 CV*) at 7,600 rpm
Maximum torque............................................... 608 Nm (62 kgm/448 lbs/ft) at 5,600 rpm
Maximum revs per minute................................ 8,400 rpm (with limiter)
Specific output................................................ 103 hp/l
ELECTRONICS
Tyre Pressure and Temperature Monitoring System TPTMS
CST Stability and Traction Control with F1-Trac
TYRES
Front ............................................................... 245/40 19’’
Rear ................................................................ 305/35 20’’
TRANSMISSION
Gearbox .......................................................... (six gears + reverse) Manual/F1
SUSPENSION
Magnetoreological damping Control (SCM)
PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed............................................... over 330 km/h (205 mph)
0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) .................................. 3.70 sec.
0-200 km/h (0-124 mph) ................................ 11 sec.
FUEL CONSUMPTION
Urban cycle ...................................................... 32.7 l/100 km; CO2: 750 g/km
Extra urban cycle .............................................. 14.7 l/100 km; CO2: 337 g/km
Combined ........................................................ 21.3 l/100 km; CO2: 490 g/km
Jeong Joon Yu (SK Group), Olga Algayerova (UNECE), Mark Harper (Secretary of State for Transport, UK), Volker Wissing (Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Germany), Hee-ryong Won (Minster of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Korea), Kris Peeters (European Investment Bank, EIB) and Carlos Monje (Under Secretary for Transportation Policy, US explore the role of transport in promoting economic co-operation, peace and stability in the Open Plenary "Transport as an enabler of sustainable economies, peace and stability in time of crisis". The event takes place during the International Transport Forum's 2023 Summit on "Transport Enabling Sustainable Economies" in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2023.
I don’t know what it is about this view… probably a number of things. Perhaps the stability and cycle of nature; maybe those neat furrows that appeal to my designer’s brain; or the fact that this old railway-line view was once reserved only for those aboard a steam train heading into North Wales. But I ‘bookmark’ it every time I cycle past (usually listening to a Vaughan Williams symphony or some J S Bach organ music). A beautiful, heartwarming feel.
(FLTR) Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Europe, Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Alexander Stubb, Prime Minister of Finland; Young Global Leader, Enda Kenny, Taoiseach of Ireland, Laimdota Straujuma, Prime Minister of Latvia and Sigmar Gabriel, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany are captured during the session 'Europe's Twin Challenges: Growth and Stability' in the congress centre at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 22, 2015.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Remy Steinegger
International Monetary Fund Financial Deputy Director Peter Dattels answers questions at the Global Financial Stability Report press conference October 11, 2017 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 19, 2016) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) and USS Benfold (DDG 65) fire a standard missile (SM 2) at a target drone as part of a surface-to-air-missile exercise (SAMEX) during Valiant Shield 2016. Valiant Shield is a biennial, U.S. only, field-training exercise with a focus on integration of joint training among U.S. forces. This is the sixth exercise in the Valiant Shield series that began in 2006. McCain and Benfold are on patrol with Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG 5) in the Philippine Sea supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Schneider/Released)
International Monetary Fund Financial Counsellor and Director Tobias Adrian (L) and Advisor Paul Hiebert (R) walk into their joint press conference on the Global Financial Stability Report at the IMF Headquarters April 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Spring meetings of the IMF/World Bank are through April 23rd. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund Advisor Matthew Jones talks to members of the media after the Global Financial Stability Report press conference Ocotber 9, 2013 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
World Bank Group President David Malpass delivered the 2022 Spring Meetings Positioning Speech at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics in an event titled "Addressing Challenges to Growth, Security, and Stability" on 12 April 2022.
Photo: Jacek Waszkiewicz / World Bank Group
2021 Morning Zeus - Wisdom & Knowledge Shall Be The Stability Of Thy Times - Art Deco Zeus Like Figure - 30 Rock - Rockefeller Plaza Center Fountain with fish riders off 5th Ave near 49th and 50th Streets Entrance sea creature tentacles NYC 03/03/21 New York City Octopus tentacles arms wrapping around rock statue sculpture March 2021 Winter Wintertime
200922-N-NJ919-1257 (Sept. 22, 2020) PHILIPPINE SEA Lieutenant Vanica Smith, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), fires an M240B machine gun from an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. America, flagship of Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter Estrada)
International Monetary Fund Financial Counsellor and Director Tobias Adrian (2nd R), Advisor Paul Hiebert (L), Deputy Director Peter Dattels (2nd L) and Assistant Director Matthew Jones (2nd R) hold a joint press conference on the Global Financial Stability Report at the IMF Headquarters April 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Spring meetings of the IMF/World Bank are through April 23rd. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund's Financial Counsellor and Director Jose Vinals (C), Assistant Director Peter Dattels (2nd R), Advisor Matthew Jones (2nd L), Deputy Division Chief Anna Ilyina (L) and Senior Communications Officer Olga Stankova( R) attend the Global Financial Stability Report press conference Ocotber 9, 2013 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Tobias Adrian, IMF Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, Fabio Natalucci, Deputy Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, and Evan Papageorgiou, Deputy Division Chief of the Monetary and Capital Markets department, provide the Global Financial Stability Report during the 2021 Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Cliff Owen
6 April 2021
Washington, DC, United States
Photo ref: CO101046.ARW
Labour Party Deputy Leader and Director of Elections, Joan Burton today launched “Vote YES for Stability”, the party’s animated video on the Stability Treaty.
Speaking at the launch, Minister Burton said: “This animated video is a short and simple guide to the main issues that arise from the Stability Treaty and it outlines some of the reasons why we believe that a YES vote is crucial for Ireland.
“We hope that the use of simple visualisations and key messages in the video will make the YES arguments accessible to an online audience who may be more accustomed to using online platforms to inform themselves on various issues.
“This Treaty is about ensuring a stable currency which will increase investor confidence in Ireland which will in turn bring about economic recovery. This is why it is vital that we vote YES on May 31st.”
International Monetary Fund Financial Counsellor and Director Tobias Adrian answers a question at a joint press conference on the Global Financial Stability Report at the IMF Headquarters April 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Spring meetings of the IMF/World Bank are through April 23rd. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund Financial Counsellor and Director Tobias Adrian (2nd R) answers a question after a joint press conference on the Global Financial Stability Report at the IMF Headquarters April 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Spring meetings of the IMF/World Bank are through April 23rd. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
As construction crews prepare for the float-out of SR 520 cycle 2 pontoons from Aberdeen on April 28, 2013, two birds soar above the site.
Progress continues on the SR 520 Pontoon Construction Project, as the second cycle of new pontoons left the Aberdeen casting basin overnight April 28 and 29, 2013. The late-night timing coincided with the favorable high tide needed for float-out.
In the second cycle, crews built three longitudinal pontoons, two supplemental stability pontoons and one cross pontoon. The 360-foot-long longitudinal pontoons are the backbone of the new SR 520 floating bridge being built on Lake Washington; the supplemental pontoons provide stability and flotation, and the cross pontoons cap the bridge on the east and west ends. Crews will build a total of six cycles of new pontoons in Aberdeen.
International Monetary Fund Financial Counsellor and Director Tobias Adrian answers a question at a joint press conference on the Global Financial Stability Report at the IMF Headquarters April 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Spring meetings of the IMF/World Bank are through April 23rd. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund Financial Counsellor and Director Tobias Adrian (2nd R), Advisor Paul Hiebert (L), Deputy Director Peter Dattels (2nd L),and Assistant Director Matthew Jones (2nd R) hold a joint press conference on the Global Financial Stability Report at the IMF Headquarters April 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Spring meetings of the IMF/World Bank are through April 23rd. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Almost two years after the presentation of the EU Global Strategy and more than a year after Jean Claude Juncker’s white book on the future of Europe, the European Union still struggles with major challenges and threats that seem to undermine the stability of the security environment within its borders and in its neighbourhood. In the aftermath of Brexit and with the proximity of to the European Parliament elections in 2019, the third International Conference Europe as a Global Actor (Lisbon, May 24 & 25, 2018) will discuss the role the EU can play in the current global transformations, as well as the domestic and external obstacles it faces as a global actor.
The Center for International Studies of ISCTE-IUL organized the third edition of the International Conference “Europe as a global actor”, on 24 and 25 May.
The opening lecture was given by the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Augusto Santos Silva, on May 24, at 09:30 am.
The Conference Program also included a debate on the state of the Union with the presence of Portuguese MEPs, panels and round-tables on the challenges of the Common Security and Defense Policy, the future of European security and defense, the EU’s relationship with other global players and the future of the European Union as a global player. In addition to the presence of several invited scholars, in plenary sessions moderated by Portuguese journalists, the program also included the presentation of communications by around 40 international researchers in this area of knowledge.
May 25th
10h00-12h00 | Roundtable III
Roundtable: State of the Union – Portuguese Members of the European Parliament (Aud. B203) – session in Portuguese
Moderator: Ricardo Alexandre (CEI-IUL; Journalist TSF)
Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar (EPP)
Carlos Zorrinho (S&D)
António Marinho e Pinto (ALDE)
João Ferreira (GUE / NGL)
Pedro Mota Soares (CDS-PP) (tbc)
12h00 – 14h00 – Lunch Break
14h00 – 15h45 |Parallel Sessions III
Panel 7 – Economy, Energy and Geopolitics (Room C201)
Moderator: Timea Pal (CEI-IUL)
Simon Schlegel (ISG) & Allison Nathan Araujo de Miranda (ISCSP): “EU Global Strategy 2020-2030: the Revival of the Franco-German Consensus-Engine in face of the EU-Lusophone Trade Relations”
Paloma Diaz Topete (College of Europe): “In Varietate Concordia or Divide et Impera? The Security Implications of Chinese FDI in EU Member States”
Natallia Tsiareshchanka (College of Europe; University of Kent): “Nord Stream 2: when geopolitical and commercial interests are at stake”
Zuzanna Gulczyńska (Adam Mickiewicz University, College of Europe, University Lille 2): “The energy cooperation between the EU and Algeria – what legal future?”
Panel 8 – Soft & Normative Power (Room C302)
Moderator: Ana Mónica Fonseca (CEI-IUL)
Idalina Conde (ISCTE-IUL): “Tables as metaphors. Europe in the World and cultural diplomacy”
Andrea Perilli (College of Europe): “Erasmus student or EU ambassador? People-to-people contact in the European Neighbourhood policy: the cases of Georgia, Ukraine and Tunisia”
Osman Sabri Kiratli (Bogazici University): “When do Voters Choose to Delegate?: Europeans’ Attitudes on Multilateral Aid”
João Espada Rodrigues (CEI-IUL): “EU and Democracy Promotion”
Nezka Figelj (University of Trieste): “EU not only a payer but also a player in the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA)”
15h45 – 16h15 – Coffee Break
16h15 – 17h45 | Parallel Sessions IV
Panel 9 – EU and Crisis Management (Room C201)
Moderator: Diogo Lemos (CEI-IUL)
Csaba Toro (Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church in Hungary): “External institutional partnerships as vehicles of implementation in pursuit of effective and adaptive EU contribution to international crisis management”
Inês Marques Ribeiro (CEI-IUL): “A critical discourse analysis of the normative justification of the EU’s crisis management actorness”
Pablo Arconada Ledesma (Universidad de Valladolid): “European Union’s Missions In Somalia: Ten Years Of Successes And Failures (2008-2018)”
Panel 10 – Political Parties, Populism, Euroscepticism (Room C301)
Moderator: Riccardo Marchi (CEI-IUL)
Ewa Szczepankiewicz-Rudzka (Jagiellonian University, Krakow): “From Consensus to Skepticism?: Attitudes of Polish Society towards European Integration”
Ana Mónica Fonseca (CEI-IUL): “The SPD in government: a party in crisis”
Pedro Ponte e Sousa (FCSH-UNL & IPRI): “Portuguese foreign relations with the United States in the age of Trump: aligning with the superpower or supporting a European global stance?”
Teona Lavrelashvili (European Commission, KU Leuven) & Alex Andrione-Moylan (KU Leuven): “The populist playbook in the Western Balkans: Case of Serbia and Montenegro”
18h00 – 20h00 | Roundtable IV
Closing Roundtable The Future of Transatlantic Relations (Aud. B203):
Moderator: Bárbara Reis (Público)
Sven Biscop (Egmont Royal Institute for Foreign Relations, Brussels)
Mike Haltzel (Center for Transatlantic Relations; Johns Hopkins University SAIS)
Carlos Gaspar (IPRI-NOVA)
Susana Pedro
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Douglas TB-26H "Invader" ("Variable Stability simulator") (27444)(USAF 44-34165) (N9146H)(Calspan Flight Research)(Variable Stability System (VSS)the basic flight characteristics of such an aircraft could be altered by a stability-augmentation system, so that a wide range of static and dynamic characteristics, representing the flying qualities of a different aircraft, could be safely simulated and evaluated in flight. Initially, only the pitch axis was converted into the variable stability mode. In 1963 variable stability roll and yaw to the VSS and finally A closed-loop throttle servo was added to the B-26 in the mid 1960s for a Supersonic Transport simulation. This was the first application of a four degree-of- freedom simulation system.
International Monetary Fund Financial Counsellor and Director Jose Vinals walks to the stage to hold a joint press conference on the Global Financial Stability Report April 9, 2014 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund Financial Counsellor and Director Jose Vinals (C), Deputy Division Chief Chris Walker (L), and Deputy Director Peter Dattels (R) hold the joint press conference on the Global Financial Stability Report April 9, 2014 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
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