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Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde speaks with Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati the Development Committee meeting at the 2017 World Bank-IMF Spring Meeting in Washington on April 22, 2017.
Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde speaks with Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati the Development Committee meeting at the 2017 World Bank-IMF Spring Meeting in Washington on April 22, 2017.
Director General of Revenue of Somalia Jafar Mohamed Ahmed, Senior Economist Vincent de Paul Koukpaizan, and Deputy Division Chief of the IMF Statistics Department Zaijin Zhan participate in a Capacity Development Talk titled Building Capacity in Fragile States at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
12 April 2022
Washington, DC, United States
Photo ref: CH202626.ARW
Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde speaks with Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati the Development Committee meeting at the 2017 World Bank-IMF Spring Meeting in Washington on April 22, 2017.
Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde speaks with Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati the Development Committee meeting at the 2017 World Bank-IMF Spring Meeting in Washington on April 22, 2017.
During World War II, Western Allied tank development tended to lag behind their German enemies and Soviet counterparts: the British split their armored forces into infantry support tanks like the Matilda and Churchill, and exploitation tanks such as the Cruiser series. The former were tough but very slow; the latter were fast but thinly armored. None of them carried a large gun, as they were not meant to duel other tanks.
Experience in North Africa, where the British tanks were regularly outgunned by German Panzers and blown apart by 88mm antitank guns, led to a major change in British tank design. The success of the Germans with the Panther and the Russians with the T-34/85 led the British to begin designing a new main battle tank, the Comet--the Comet combined the speed of a Cruiser tank with the superb 17 pounder (76mm) gun of the Sherman Firefly. The Comet's armor was still considered to be too thin to resist a direct hit from an 88, so a heavier tank was ordered. This would become the Centurion.
Whereas the Comet was the answer to the Panther, the Centurion was meant to take on the German heavies: the Tiger and King Tiger. The design specification called for armor thick enough to take multiple 88mm hits, yet retain the mobility (if not the top speed) of the Comet. It would also be equipped with the 17 pounder main gun. The designers were able to meet these requirements by using sloped armor: though the Centurion's armor was actually thinner than that of the Churchill, the sloped design made it more resistant to hits. Although the Centurion was larger than the Comet, it was just as mobile. Design changes (such as dropping the 17 pounder in favor of a more powerful 20 pounder main gun) meant that the first Centurions did not reach the British Armoured Corps until after the end of World War II, but crews were enthusiastic about the design all the same: the Centurion was a winner.
They were right. The Centurion might not have ever dueled a Tiger, but it would prove to be one of the most successful postwar tank designs, equal to (and in some cases superior to) the American M48 Patton series and the Soviet T-55. Centurions quickly replaced all other British tank designs, and was heavily exported.
It would also be combat proven. The British used their Centurions to superb effect in Korea, where Centurion regiments reinvented tank doctrine in mountainous terrain; the Australians would use them in Vietnam, where only six out of 58 were lost. India used Centurions against Pakistan, while South Africa used theirs in Angola. By far, however, the most experienced Centurion users were the Israelis. The IDF Armored Corps began to receive ex-British and Canadian Centurions just before the Six-Day War of 1968; during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, about 80 IDF Centurions destroyed 500 Syrian T-55s in the Battle of the Valley of Tears. In Israeli service, the Centurion was known as the Sho't (Scourge), and most were upgunned with American 105mm main guns.
Centurions would be replaced by the Chieftain in British Army units, but hundreds of Centurions would persist in service well into the 1990s; South Africa still uses heavily modified Centurions as the Olifant. The Centurion also underwent several dozen variants as engineering vehicles, self-propelled artillery, and even heavily modified in Israeli as turretless armored personnel carriers.
Tracing tanks is not as easy as tracing aircraft, simply because there are usually more of them, and they are usually rather anonymous. This former Canadian Army Centurion is preserved outside the Military Museums of Calgary (formerly the Museum of the Regiments), and is painted in standard overall green. It's rather faded and rusty compared to its appearance the last time I saw this tank in 2006; given the excellent condition of the Churchill next to it, more than likely the museum will restore it in the near future.
I have another picture of this Centurion, displayed alongside the Churchill and a Sherman: www.flickr.com/photos/31469080@N07/19166427321/in/photoli.... That picture was taken in 2006, whereas this one was in August 2017.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 | Olympus M.60mm f2.8 Macro
Taking a break from an overwhelming load of marking to process a couple of recent images. Vancouver train yard captured on a photo walk with Warren06.
My alternative title, given the pending Hallowe’en, was open wide say ahh.
12th regiment, confidence course, July 15 2013, Leadership Development Assessment Course, Warrior Forge, Joint Base Fort Lewis McChord, WA
A 1st Regiment, Basic Camp Cadet traverses a rope as part of a TDC obstacle during CST at Fort Knox, Ky., on June 4, 2017. (Photo by Nicholas Bafia)
Meeting of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG). Geneva, 29 September to 1 October 2014.
International Development Secretary Priti Patel meets a mother and baby at the immunisation clinic at New Maforki in Port Loko.
Ms Patel is in Sierra Leone this week to mark the one year anniversary since the end of the Ebola outbreak. She met nurses and mothers to discuss how UK support is helping to reduce very high levels of maternal and infant deaths, in partnership with the government.
Picture: Tanya Holden/DFID
Development Impact and the PhD scholarship - Road Map training, December 2013
Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
in my ongoing exploration of photography. 4x5 film hanging to dry, the first I have ever shot. Not sure if I didn't quite load the film all the way in on the first of these, or didn't quite load the holder all the way into the camera, but that's too much margin at the top. Negs look rather dense, maybe because I decided to dive right in to processing multiple sheets at once, and maybe over-agitated the soup while shuffling. I figured doing one sheet at a time wouldn't help me learn how to shuffle. Anyway I'm thrilled to have images and am really looking forward to scanning these, fingers crossed.
In Basoko I again stayed in the Procure. It gave me the chance to attend the joyful Mass in Basokos outsized church, which bears a curious resemblance to Notre Dame in Paris. Over dinner I had the very good fortune to speak with the three charming and dedicated priests working there. They were led by Father Marc whose tales of village life bore a resemblance to Don Camillo. We talked over how African theology differs from Liberation theology, the rise of the evangelist churches in Congo, squabbles with the local authorities and the challenges of keeping a football pitch green.
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Development Impact and the PhD scholarship - Road Map training, December 2013
Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
A large drainage outlet and cascade off the Wren’s Nest phase of the development, immediately behind Brookside bungalow.
Friends! In the childrens paddling pool.
Taken in the summer of 1981 these scenes from the now defunct Tottenham Lido, which was situated in Lordship Lane, Tottenham, London N17.
The site is now occupied by a council housing estate (what else!!!) - Lido Square N17
Opened 5 June 1937 by Mayor J H Morrell and officially called "The Tottenham Lido" from the start, cost £30,000. Replaced "Old Marshes Bath" after a long process begun in 1930 and delayed by the 1931 financial crisis and difficulty in getting Ministry of Health approval.
The earlier `lido` pool at Tottenham marshes had been opened in 1905 but was finally demolished in July 1939 just two years after the Tottenham Lido had opened. The new Tottenham Lido was a very popular amenity that gave many residents of Tottenham some very happy times. From the diving boards it allowed some excellent views across the whole of Lordship Rec. Construction on the pool was apparently started in the early 1930’s but due to financial problems was halted (things do not change!).
The focal point was a large clock tower that could easily be seen from Lordship rec. It being an open-air pool it would be closed for the winter months.
Size: 165 x 75 ft, double shallow end 3 to 6 ft deep, with a diving recess in middle of 10 by 60 ft recess up to 10 ft deep (thus eight-sided), 490,000 gallons. There were also extensive buildings to house the changing areas (424 lockers & 96 cubicles for each sex) and a two-storey main block with a clock tower. There was also a paddling pool, shaped like half of a polo mint. Designed & supervised by H F Wilkinson, Borough Engineer & Supervisor.
This pool was also heated from the outset to maintain 70F and was the 6th pre-war lido in London to be originally heated. (The others are Croydon Purley Way, Danson Park, Finchley, Martens Grove & Southbury Rd, Enfield).
Around 1980 the local council - Haringey - removed the diving boards from the centre of the pool. (Early health and safety?).
Unfortunately, during the winter closure in 1984, some Travellers broke in to the facility and used it as a Travellers site and promptly pulled it to pieces. Many Tottenham residents were up in arms at this being allowed to happen. Following this level of wilful damage and destruction, the Lido never recovered and was eventually demolished for the new housing development that occupies the site today. It is sad that such a wonderful facility should be lost in this way. Although it had been closed for the duration of WWII between 1939-45, it had served the residents of Tottenham very well in the 42 years it had been open to the public.
The pool closed in 1985 and all buildings demolished. The site has now been redeveloped for housing, together with a significant part of the original Recreation Ground, as the appropriately named "Lido Square" estate. There is no trace of any of the original architecture, but the new estate respects its heritage by having its layout around a rectangular square.
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At the ‘Mainstreaming gender in Myanmar aquaculture and fisheries sector’ workshop held on International Women’s Day on 8 March. The event was hosted by WorldFish together with the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT), the Department of Fisheries (DoF) and the Gender Equality Network (GEN).
Andrew Sisson, Acting Executive Director of U.S. Global Development Lab and Mission Director for Indonesia, USAID, gives an introduction to Innovation Marketplace
Susan Bitter Smith supported John McCain's bid for the presidency. She took pictures of projects her company would have worked on if there had been finance available.
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Formerly a gas station and sketchy donut shop, the corner of Wellesley and Sherbourne may soon be home to what appears to be a rather colourful 38-storey condo.
(L-R) International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Christine Lagarde, Kingdom of Bahrain Minister of Finance and Development Committee Chairman Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Director of Corporate Communications at The World Bank Richard Mills, and World Bank President Robert Zoellick at the Development Committee Press Conference held during the 2011 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings at IMF Headquarters September 24, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
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