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Town Hall Hilversum, the Netherlands
In the Town Hall of Hilversum, architect Dudok language manages the vertical and horizontal volumes, the set of masses against hollow, flat roofs floating and monumentality. This remarkable and in many ways unique structure, whose first sketches were made in 1924, is considered the masterpiece of brilliant but anti avant-garde architect’s career. When the building was completed in 1931, the public embraced this example of modern architecture, for its balance between form and function, and it seemed traditional in composition, fine craftsmen and high quality finishes and materials used. But above all, it was praised for its monumentality. Some critics, however, felt that the building had an anti – structural arrangement, which was proportionally irresponsible in their ways and accused of diluting Dudok modernist designs or be halfway modernism, playing another contemporary, rather than create a formal language itself. By insisting that its architecture lacked a specific style, critics suggested that their designs were not fluent, thus limited to a strict formula for the entire architecture. However, the end result becomes a sculptural expression of a subject composition. It is a testament to the consistent harmonic form, function, art and human need. Hilversum City Council is not only the magnum opus Dudok ‘s career, but also one of the most successful buildings in the history of the modern movement.
The structure consists of load-bearing walls, reinforced concrete floors and concrete lintels above the horizontal windows, while the roof structure in the council chamber is steel. Its balanced masses make a synthesis of functionality and romanticism. Has been criticized, however the arrangement and construction irresponsible proportions addition forms. The use of overhanging eaves, an unusual feature to the Netherlands, and a simple tree -dimensional asymmetric geometry arranged around a square courtyard provide a modern structure while reflecting the medieval municipalities historicism by the presence of a large and a tower room. It is a masonry construction, using, in addition to reinforced concrete and steel beams, yellow bricks specially made for this project, including all facades. Dudok, who also designed the furniture and interior decoration, yellow bricks ordered in special sizes. Some decorative touches were made with blue and green glazed tiles, red tiles strips, black and gold, as the wall facing the columns of the gallery entrance, covered with light blue tiles or dark details on the bases of columns and red in the upper parts. Blue was also used in other decorative details, particularly in the outer columns coating. In the thin elongated interior columns were used and refined golden tiles, highlighting the dark colour of some soils, covered with marbles combinations, like some of the walls in the lobby or the stairwell. Glass is another recurring element in the sophisticated decoration, not only in window openings where clear glass was used, semitransparent, bevelled and stained glass in some gaps, but also excels in the decorative lighting, also designed by the architect.
The building was restored between 1989-1995 by Dutch Van Hoogevest Architects. Restoration costs caused some scandal, as it was at the time the proposal to sell a Mondrian painting from the collection of the city to pay for the restoration.
Managed to find the owner of this pristine looking Bayside Blue R34 GTR in it's stock condition, apart from the rims. Joining it is the R32 GTR that has the stock spoiler back on , looks way better than the GT Wing.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) greets Somalia's Minister of Finance Mohamud Hassan Suleiman (R) as Somalia's Bank Governor Abdusalam Omer (C) looks on during a meeting with members of MENA, Middle East and North Africa, April 21, 2013 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. The IMF/World Bank Meetings are being held in Washington, DC. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
The Tripartite Action to Protect and Promote the Rights of Migrant Workers within and from the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS TRIANGLE) project aims to reduce the exploitation of labour migrants by contributing to the development of legal and safe recruitment channels and improved labour protection mechanisms.
Funded by AusAID, one specific mechanism of the GMS TRIANGLE project is managed cross-border migration services, as shown here in Lao PDR.
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May 11, 2015 - Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer Sri Mulyani Indrawati meets with Democratic Republic of Congo Minister of Finance Henri Yav Mulang.
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva meets with the Executive Director of China Jin Zhongxia at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. on February 3, 2020. IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
Our house was once the local ranger station, and this gigantic spruce was probably planted 100 rears ago. But with Xpruce Budworm sap the neighbors were being doused with pitchy drops, so our handy tree monkey, with USFS and BLM experience helped knock of about 30 branches from the first 30 or so feet from the trunck. An Idaho Raised young man.
Jon Poelma, Managing Director of APM Terminals Los Angeles since February 2022, was formerly MD of APM Terminals Port Elizabeth since November 1, 2019. He succeeded David Gledhill who retired September 30, 2019. Jon Poelma has extensive transportation industry experience and success in transforming operations and improving the customer experience.
A BLM-managed stretch of the Molalla River set to receive 5-year-long habitat restoration project starting most likely in 2021, Oct. 17, 2019 . BLM photo: Peter Kauss
Freshwater mussels are easy to miss.
They look like small rocks and often hide under bigger ones at the bottom of rivers.
“They’re somewhat cryptic,” said BLM fisheries biologist Cory Sipher, “they don’t move around and skirt like little fish do.”
And because they aren’t as visible as other aquatic species, the value of the freshwater mussel can be overlooked.
These mollusks can live to be 100 years old and are filter feeders, cycling nutrients in and out as they eat, which improves water quality and habitat diversity, said Emilie Blevins, a freshwater mussel expert with The Xerces Society.
“These benefits extend to native fish populations and to downstream human communities,” said Blevins, who helped with a recent mussel survey on the Molalla River.
Earlier in the summer, Sipher was working on a different habitat project on the Molalla when he stumbled upon a bed of western pearlshell mussels hidden among some boulders.
”All of a sudden, you see one and know what to look for,” recounted Sipher.
While freshwater mussels are found in many Oregon rivers, there was no previous recording or study documenting their existence in the Molalla, said Blevins.
Freshwater mussels are considered one of the most endangered groups of animals in North America, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Of the 300 freshwater mussel species known to exist in North America, 73% are endangered, threatened or a species of concern, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). About 12% are assumed extinct.
After his initial discovery, Sipher was eager to return last month with collaborators for a more formal mussel survey in the BLM-managed stretch of the Molalla River, near the Table Rock Wilderness.
The research group, representing the BLM, Xerces Society and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, used special aquascopes to peer into the riverbed, systematically locating several freshwater mussel beds containing 30 to 50 mussels each.
The most positive finding, the scientists said, was the age diversity in the mussel beds, ranging from 10 years old to over 30.
“That’s a really encouraging thing to find, it means the population is healthy and reproducing,” said Blevins.
Other mussel surveys in western Oregon, like in the Willamette River, have found only older animals, a troubling health sign for the species and the overall river habitat.
“Freshwater mussels are an indicator and foundation of a healthy ecosystem,” said Sipher.
The good news is about to get better for mussels and the Molalla River fish they attach their microscopic offspring to for reproduction.
The BLM is about to begin a massive 5-year-long river restoration project along the Molalla, including where the recent mussel survey took place.
The ”salmon-forward project” will add as many as 500 logs to different stretches of river, creating log jams that can slow water down and divert some to historic side channel habitat, said BLM hydrologist Peter Kauss.
All of these river improvements will be good for all of the aquatic animals that live there, even the ones that are hard to see.
“They’re in these rivers and they’re kind of fundamental parts of rivers,” said Blevins of the underappreciated freshwater mussel.
-- by Toshio Suzuki, tsuzuki@blm.gov
More fisheries stories:
🆕 Saving a native wetland in southeast Oregon: bit.ly/31W3oRe
💚 Oregon minnow removed from Endangered Species Act: bit.ly/2kGRiv8
👏 Borax Lake chub may be removed from ESA: goo.gl/FmB3tV
A decade of stream restoration on the Salmon River: goo.gl/4qXCsT
🐟 Steelhead recovery in the Sandy River Basin: goo.gl/VgEZw3
Fisheries archive: goo.gl/bgPpTk
Rajat M. Nag, Managing Director-General, Asian Development Bank, Manila,
Mallika Sarabhai, Director, Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, India; Global Agenda Council on the Role of the Arts in Society, Anuradha Koirala, Founder, Maiti Nepal, Nepal,
Krishna Tirath, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Women and Child Development, India,
Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International, United Kingdom; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum on India; Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership,
Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch of Soda, Village Council of Soda, India; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum on India; Young Global Leader and
Rajendra Singh Pawar, Chairman, NIIT Group, India
at the World Economic Forum on India 2012. Copyright World Economic Forum / Photo by Benedikt von Loebell
BLM California manages nearly 600 producing oil and gas leases covering more than 200,000 acres and 7,900 usable wells. Between 80% and 90% of all surface-disturbing activities related to oil and gas activities occur in the San Joaquin Valley on public lands administered by Central California District, Bakersfield Field Office. More than 95% of all Federal drilling occurs in established fields within the Kern County area of the San Joaquin Valley.
The oil and gas program in California is one of the more active in all of the western states, with 2013 onshore oil production figures ranking the State as the 3rd most productive state in the United States. In 2012, California was ranked as the 13th most productive natural gas producing state. BLM California is responsible for managing one of the most productive individual onshore leases in the lower 48 states, and four of the nation’s top seven producing oil fields are located in Kern County. As a general rule, California’s Federal production totals average approximately 8% -10% of California’s total oil and natural gas production.
Photo by Bob Wick, BLM.
A bit noisy but it was the best I could manage in the horrible lighting conditions. I know the sun is up there somewhere ...
Bald Eagles Nesting in New Jersey
“The Rebound in the Garden State”
New Jersey was once home to more than 20 pairs of nesting Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). As a result of the use of the pesticide DDT, the number of nesting pairs of Bald eagles in the state declined to only one by 1970 and remained at one into the early 1980's. Use of DDT was banned in 1972. That ban combined with restoration efforts by biologists within the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife's Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP) acted to increase the number of New Jersey Bald eagles to 119 active pairs in 2013 and 177 young produced.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) walks with Jeffrey Sachs (L), Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University
to the Plenary session of the IMF conference at the Sheraton San Cristobal Hotel December 6, 2014 in Santiago, Chile. The International Monetary Fund and the Ministry of Finance, Republic of Chile, will hold a high-level conference in Santiago, Chile on December 5 and 6, 2014, to discuss with Latin American and Caribbean counterparts the short- and long-term economic issues impacting the region. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde answers questions during her press conference Ocotber 6, 2016 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. The IMF/World Bank Annual meetings are being held in Washington this week. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde visit recent earthquake damaged areas of Lombok, Indonesia on Monday, October 8. IMF Photo
(FLTR) Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC; World Economic Forum Foundation Board Member; Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank, Washington DC; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015; Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda; A. Michael Spence, William R. Berkley Professor in Economics and Business, NYU Stern School of Business, Italy; Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever, United Kingdom; Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations, New York are captured at the 'Tackling Climate, Development and Growth' session at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the World Economic Forum at the congress centre in Davos, January 23, 2015.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Monika Flueckiger
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva meets with President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Joshua Roberts
15 December 2022
Washington, DC, United States
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (R) meets with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) on June 10, 2015 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC.
© IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
This image is excerpted from a U.S. GAO report:
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-145
MEDICAID MANAGED CARE: Improved Oversight Needed of Payment Rates for Long-Term Services and Supports
Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura speaks during an interview at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Joshua Roberts
13 December 2021
Washington, DC, United States
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Agenda, Wednesday, June 5
0830 Registration of Participants
0900 Welcoming Remarks
Mr. Ernest Z. Bower
Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
0915 Presentation: "The South China Sea in Focus"
Mr. Gregory Poling
Research Associate, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
0945 Break
1015 Significance of the South China Sea Dispute
Speakers:
Dr. Patrick M. Cronin
Senior Advisor and Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program
Center for a New American Security
Mr. Alexander Metelitsa
Economist
Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Murray Hiebert
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Moderator:
Mr. Ernest Z. Bower
Senior Advisor and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1145 Break for Lunch
1200 Luncheon & Keynote Speech
Keynote Address:
Mr. Joseph Y. Yun
Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Moderator:
Mr. Ernest Z. Bower
Senior Advisor and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1315 Break
1330 Recent Developments in the South China Sea
Speakers:
Dr. Wu Shicun
President
National Institute for South China Sea Studies
Dr. Renato C. De Castro
Professor
De La Salle University
Dr. Yann-Huei Song
Research Fellow
Institute of European American Studies
Dr. Tran Truong Thuy
Director, South China Sea Studies Program
Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
Moderator:
Mr. Murray Hiebert
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1500 Break
1515 South China Sea in Regional Politics
Speakers:
Amb. Hemant Krishan Singh
Wadhwani Chair in India-U.S. Policy Studies
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Vice Admiral Hideaki Kaneda, JMSDF (ret.)
Director, The Okazaki Institute
The Japan Institute for International Affairs
Dr. Carlyle A. Thayer
Emeritus Professor
University of New South Wales, Australian Defense Force Academy
Dr. Donald K. Emmerson
Director, Southeast Asia Forum
Stanford University
Moderator:
Mr. Murray Hiebert
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1700 End of Day One
Agenda, Thursday, June 6
0800 Registration of Participants
0900 Role of International Law in Managing the Disputes
Dr. Xinjung Zhang
Associate Professor of Public International Law
Tsinghua University Law School
Mr. Henry S. Bensurto, Jr.
Secretary General, Commission on Maritime and Ocean Affairs Secretariat
Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippines
Dr. Peter Dutton
Professor and Director, China Maritime Studies Institute
U.S. Naval War College
Dr. Nguyen Dang Thang
Vietnam Lawyer’s Association
Moderator:
Mr. Ernest Z. Bower
Senior Advisor and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1030 Coffee Break
1045 Policy Recommendations to Boost Cooperation in the South China Sea
Ms. Bonnie S. Glaser
Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Mr. Leonardo Bernard
Research Fellow, Centre for International Law
National University of Singapore
Mr. Christian Le Miere
Senior Research Fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime Security, Defense and Military Analysis Program
International Institute for Strategic Studies
Moderator:
Mr. Ernest Z. Bower
Senior Advisor and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1215 End of Conference
I have managed to corral a nice variety of Argoflex twin-lens cameras. To the left is the fairly common Argoflex Seventy-Five with 75mm Lumar lens in a shutter with I and T settings. To the right is the Argoflex 40, basically the same plastic body as the Seventy-Five, but with a focusing mount 75mm Varex Coated Anastigmat lens in an Argus shutter with 4 speeds plus a B setting and apertures from f:4.5 to f:22. In the middle is a metal bodied Argus Beastie that is just named Argoflex with no other designation. The lens is a 75mm f:4.5 Coated Varex Anastigmat in a 5 speed shutter with both B & T settings. This model gives you a viewing lens that focuses along with the taking lens thanks to a set of interlocking gears ala the Kodak Reflex cameras. The viewing lens is also equipped with a handy focus scale that aligns with a depth of field scale on the lens barrel. The folding hood has a pop-out magnifier and converts to a sports finder just like a real TLR. The body even has a hot shoe mount on the side. I can't wait to try this puppy out with some film!
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) Forest Service Wild Horse and Burro Coordinator Dr. Tolani Francisco, DVM MPH, observes feral horses in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, where the Heber Wild Horse Territory is home for them in central Arizona, on Sept. 26, 2019. Work has begun to draft proposed actions that balances feral horse, wildlife, and land management of the forest and private cattle operations. The wildlife in this area also includes elk, mule deer, pronghorn sheep, javelina, mountain lions, and black bear. Of these, horse are the only ones who are not prey to the mountain lion and black bears, and cannot currently be culled as are elk. Also, cattle, elk and horses graze on the same type of grass, a challenge to manage the animals who feed on it, and also for the grass which also needs water in an increasingly drought prone area. In several areas, ranchers have build tin roofed structures that capture water in tanks that feed watering sites surrounding it. The horse population has increased the demand for water from these sites that did not originally account for them. For more information about the Wild Horse and Burro program, please go to fs.fed.us/wild-horse-burro.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Managed to actually get a photo today with the new camera, despite the rain starting as soon as I arrived, and having a 6 year old in tow, who, having said they were really interested in going out photographafizing (our made up word) with their Dad, got bored just around the time the rain started...
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on visit to District Administration, School, and SCT (Social Cash transfer) Household in Chongwe, Zambia
IMF Photo/Kim Haughton
23 January 2023
Lusaka, Zambia
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Deputy Managing Director Bo Li poses for a photo at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
23 August 2021
Washington, DC, United States
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The annual Oregon AAPA Printer's Picnic was in Eugene so I proposed to Matthew that we take a long bike ride down the coast to get there from Portland.
Our bike trip was Wed-Sat. Day 1: Tillamook Bus from Portland, plus the connecting bus 1 hour south to Neskowin just north of Lincoln City. We biked 35 miles to Beverly Beach 3 mi N of Newport. Since we started biking about 2:45pm arriving 6:30/7pm we missed a glorious sunset (reserved for RV campers) as we were stuck up in an isolated hiker biker camp (pen!) with bear notices. No one else camped that night but we did have an excellent dinner (thanks Matthew). Matthew hung all our food in a tree just in case. And we made endless jokes about being bikers in the zoo.
Next morning it was raining and we were kicking ourselves for setting up our tent in the wide open. A little coast squirrel threw nuts on us as we made breakfast. We set out in the rain, and rode 3 miles with rain pelting our faces. My Gore-Tex booties also failed. Soggy in Newport we decided to get a motel and stay the night -- it stopped raining then, but we enjoyed a full day in Newport -- county museum with toothpick bridge, thrift shops, and Nye Beach -- awesome exhibit made from plastic washed up on the beach. Plus we made a new kitty friend. We enjoyed a beer in an old pub on Bay street, and while I didn’t go (I’d been before) I paid a visit to my beloved Ripley’s Museum chain. Our motel however was... bad... it was cheap, but we never stopped finding something to b*tch about -- the long-term neighbors 2am “you love the bottle more than me”, the smell. the smell, did I mention the smell.. and other icky details. The good news is we really got to explore Newport. By the way the bike shop in Newport, has showers, and a bikers lounge for travelers if you are passing through and need a break.
The third day we left first thing the morning and headed to the very awesome Salvation Army (meeting some lovely Canadian travelers going from Alaska to Central America! Matthew found a $60-80 fishing reel for $10) before catching the Lincoln county bus south.. to catch up on our miles. We got off in Yachats. Great town - we made sandwiches in a park down by the ocean, and hundreds of dragonflies flew overhead. The Log Church Museum was a treat, plus we met another Portland bike tourist while getting coffee.. and the Lions Thrift shop – sweet I got two printer’s rollers for $2!
Finally.. again about 2pm we started to bike south. Wonderful sunny day and great coastal views through Cape Perpetua. We planned to bike at least to Florence, but when we stopped at the Carl Washburne Campground/Beach access, we took a long beach walk, and decided to camp and do more miles the next day. For over an hour we had the beach to ourselves except for a sea lion who was dying. He/she popped her head up when we went by.. but on our return didn't even lift her/his head. We also saw a dead pup and another sea lion in pieces. With the Sea Lions cave nearby.. this beach must be where they go to die. The hiker/biker campground was great.. a group of 5 Canadian 18-20 somethings were there as well who we invited to our fire... they enthusiastically said they'd love to join us.. but we ended up having the fire to ourselves as they never did join us (kids! I managed to bitch about being snubbed for at least 24 hours).
On the fourth day we got up early to get going on miles. Right before Sea Lion caves there were 30-50 Sea Lions in the waves, surfing up and down the biggish waves together! I made a poor decision of looking while riding up a hill with bad side surface road, and my bike and I fell over into the road. Bruised I carried on, glad that no car passed as I fell right into the lane. Lovely day again, but cooler and foggy. In Florence we dilly dallied. We went to yard sales in the retirement community area off the 101, also thanks Linda's Thrift for being awesome ... again! Than some sass and grease at the Dunes Cafe. Finally at 2pm.. we got to biking again. We were heading to Eugene via the 126. 50-60 miles depending on the sign. But 15 miles before Eugene there is a bus we could catch in Veneta. The route was a little hillier than expected, but overall really nice -- except the long tunnel going uphill -- Matthew and I both sweated profusely through the entire thing and hugged each other afterwards. We then realized that I was looking at the weekday bus schedule, and we missed the last bus in Veneta. Luckily Matthew's friend Cameron in Eugene picked us up with a pickup truck. Immediately we took showers at Cameron's bike shop before meeting up with my printer friend Kirstin and her posse at Pizza Research Institute, which was followed by sweets. Cameron pedaled Matthew and me around in one of his pedicabs! we loved it! We had a cross Eugene dark ride through Amazon park off street paths to get to Kristen’s where we stayed the night.
On Sunday Matthew and I attended the Printer's Picnic at Dean and Lou Rea's house. It was good to see Ivan and Shannon, my printer Portland friends, but also other printers I see once a year at this picnic. After lunch, we printed a page on Dean's press. Matthew rode off to spend a few days in Eugene working on bikes with Cameron and his brother Reed, and I got a ride north back to Portland.
Vienna Business School
Legal form - funds
Seat Wien 4, Schwarzenbergplatz 14
Head Dr. Rainer Trefelik (chairman), Mr. Martin Göbel (managing director)
Business school operators
Website www.vienna -business school.at
The Vienna Businnes School is a term for educational institutions with an economic focus, which are operated by the Fund of the Viennese Merchants (Wiener Kaufmannschaft) in Vienna and Mödling.
Overview
Under the umbrella brand name Vienna Business School, by the Funds Wiener Kaufmannschaft six commercial colleges and six trade schools are operated . Furthermore, commercial colleges , an advanced course as well as the in cooperation with the Vienna Chamber of Commerce founded higher educationals courses of the Vienna Economy (Wiener Wirtschaft) are offered. The minority interest in the Humboldt institutions is a further commitment in the field of education.
According to the statutes of the Funds of the Wiener Kaufmannschaft these educational institutions are expressly operated with the aim to educate economically competent junior staff for the Viennese economy. The establishment of the graduate network the Vienna Business Circle serves the members even after the conclusion as an information and communication platform.
The Funds of the Wiener Kaufmannschaft began in 1954 in the area of the schools with a building and renovation program that is consistently continued in the following years. The 3-year economic education of the business school offers the best basis for professional practice in all branches of business and management. English as a foreign language is part of the curriculum, a second modern foreign language can be chosen freely. Here, too, the focus is put on key course elements such as entrepreneurship or information technology. Practical experiences in practice firms and communication and presentation training are integrated into the teaching. Another part of the education are voluntary work placements, accredited IT and language certificates can be obtained separately.
As biggest private school holder next to the Catholic Church, the funds with its offers and services in the field of business-oriented education and training is a leading operator in Austria. Under the umbrella branch name Vienna Business School six commercial colleges, three colleges, two advanced courses, two HAK Plus as well as six business schools in Vienna and Lower Austria are operated, all of which offering a robust economic formation and continuing education with different focal points.
Educational offering
Currently priorily commercial colleges and trade schools are run. In detail, these are:
HAK/HAK I Akademiestraße
HAK II/II HAS Hamerlingplatz
III HAK/HAS III Schönborngasse
HAK/HAS Augarten
HAK/HAS Floridsdorf
HAK/HAS Mödling
College of Arts Management at the VBS Akademiestraße
Commercial College - City Tourism & Event Management
HAK Plus - Schönborngasse & Mödling
History
The Business Academy Vienna (after Prague) was founded in 1857 as the second commercial academy in Austria-Hungary, in the following year, the class began with 5 teachers and 59 students. The first president of the Academy of Commerce was Friedrich Schey of Koromla. The building of the Commercial Academy in the Akademiestraße near the Karlsplatz was designed by the architect Ferdinand Fellner the Elder and completed in 1862.
The New Vienna Commercial Academy was founded by the Vienna Mercantile Association in 1905. The school building was built 1906-1907 at Hamerlingplatz after the design of Julius and Wunibald Deininger. Also in 1907, by the physicist Dr. Olga Ehrenhaft-Steindler the first Viennese Commercial Academy for Girls was established in the Schönborngasse. In the other business schools girls were not taught until 1921 and in separate classes.
The Vienna Commercial academies were taken over by the Board of the Vienna merchants in the 1920s, in the period 1940 to 1954 the city of Vienna took over the sponsorship. All Vienna Commercial Academies were introduced after 1952 in the newly established funds of the Wiener Kaufmannschaft and received in doing so new names: Trading Academy was renamed HAK I, the New Business Academy in HAK II, the Vienna Commercial Academy for Girls in HAK III. 1957 was set up in what was then the district of Vienna Mödling (it now belongs to Lower Austria) another commercial academy in a former trade school, the HAK IV.
Since 1997, trade academies operate under the name Vienna Business School.
Prominent students and graduates
Listed are prominent graduates (main factor is the prominence), with completion date if known.
Graduates of the Commercial Academy in Vienna before the First World War
Ekkehard Arendt (actor)
Franz Josef Brakl (opera singer and theater director)
Hugo Breitner (finance politician), 1893
Richard Eybner (actor)
Walther Federn (economist, economic journalist )
Franz Gallent (politician, SDAP )
Andre Gassner (Industrial)
Josef Hellauer (forerunner for the establishment of business economics as a science), 1894
Emil Justitz (actor)
Leo Lania (writer )
Henry Lehrman (actor and producer)
Julius Linder (politician, SDAP )
Georg Luger (inventor)
Leopold Mayer (economist)
Josip Murn (lyricist)
Hans Schürff (politician)
Hanus Schwaiger (painter and educator)
Ernst Stern (set designer)
Arthur von Scala (engineer, economist)
Karl Weller (politician, VF)
Graduates of business colleges of Vienna after the First World War
If known, the number of the business academy is included.
Otto Basil (writer)
Carlo Böhm (actor)
Otto Broschek (founder Gebro Pharma), 1921 at the Business Academy I
Fritz Hungerleider (religious scholar, Buddhist) - nomen est omen - starveling!
Eduard Klein (writer)
Leo Kofler (philosopher)
Hans Lang (composer)
Otto Sagmeister (politician, SPÖ)
Otto Schweda (politician, SPÖ ), 1937
Graduates of business colleges of Vienna after the Second World War
If known, the number of the business academy is included.
Fritz Aichinger (politician, ÖVP)
Michael Amon (writer), at the Business Academy I
Helga Braunsrath (politician), 1962 at the Business Academy III
Bernhard Dworak (politician, ÖVP), 1969 at the Business Academy I
Herbert Eisenstein, 1962 ( politician, FPÖ)
Christine Heindl (politician, Green)
Herbert Hufnagl (journalist)
Radek Knapp (writer)
Heinz Fischer (politician SPÖ, since 2004 President)
Andrea Kuntzl , 1977 (politician, SPÖ)
Michael Ludwig, 1980 ( politician, SPÖ)
Ferdinand Maier (politician, ÖVP), 1971
Lukas Mandl (politician, ÖVP), at the Business Academy III
Michaela Mojzis (politician, ÖVP)
Detlev Neudeck, 1974 (politician, FPÖ/AAF)
Sieghardt Rupp (actor)
Karl Schneider (politician, ÖVP)
Gabriele Tamandl, 1986 (politician, ÖVP)
Desirée Treichl-Stürgkh (publisher), at the Business Academy I
Monika Vana (politician, Green ), 1988 at the Business Academy I
Graduates of the Vienna Business School(s)
Desirée Treichl- Stürgkh journalist
Ingrid Thurnher (ORF ZIB journalist and presenter)
Elisabeth Colditz (cabaret)
Martin Essl (BauMax AG)
Brigitte Jank (Chamber President)
Heinz Kammerer (Wein & Co)
Alexandra Reinprecht (opera singer)
Rudolf Tucek (Vienna International Hotel Management)
Gerhard Weber (anthropologist at the University of Vienna)
Prominent professors and lecturers
(sorted by time)
Adolph Wagner (1858-1863)
Adolf Beer (1858-1868)
Franz Xaver von Neumann Spallart (from 1863)
Rudolf Sonndorfer (from 1872)
Heinrich Friedjung (1873-1879)
Emil Steinbach
Karl Zehden
Otto Neurath (1907-1914)
Wladimir Eliasberg (1928-1937)
Ernst Robetschek (1936-1938)
Erik Arnberger (1946/1947)
Franz Richter
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde meeting with Minister of Finance Jun Azumi, Nov. 12 (Photo by Ken Katsurayama)
Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura arrives to meet with President of Moldova Maia Sandu.
IMF Photo
13 June 2022
Chișinău, Moldova
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Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, IMFC Chair Magdalena Andersson, and Communications Director Gerry Rice participate in a press briefing during the 2021 Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Allison Shelley
14 October 2021
Washington, DC, United States
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Ever since I managed a large national chain bookstore, I have always kept a couple different books around to read at night (just because of having so much to chose from). Note some of the are remainders, sometimes you can get a great book at a bargain price! I am almost done with the Bill Bryson and the Cormac McCarthy books. Both are favorite authors.. The Shakesepeare book I am about a third through and the newest book, I just bought yesterday, is the book about the 1906 earthquake by Simon Winchester, whom I have read before. The Dangerous book, was just something I wanted and probably will end up on the cofee table and not bedside reading!
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva meets with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Government handout
6 November 2022
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
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We managed to get up to The Lake District for a few days at Easter. We got away from work on Good Friday afternoon and spent three hours covering 110 miles, the M61 and M6 were very slow or stopped. As ever once there we soon left the hassle behind. We were using a B&B that we used very regularly for ten years until the owner passed away quite suddenly. Now under new ownership it has been totally gutted and refurbished, it’s very nice but twice as expensive.
We were out in good time on Saturday, it was dull and cool but very calm. I’d deliberated for ages as to where to walk, wanting to avoid the worst of the Easter crowds. It was the busiest I’d seen the Lakes for a long time amd the North Lakes in particular had stunning weather, the South Lakes had dense fog in places until the afternoon and was much cooler – but not cold. Parking in Patterdale we headed up Arnison Crag, on to Birks aiming for St Sunday Crag. This was where it started to go wrong. I got a sudden pain in my right ankle, near a previous serious ankle injury, it’s not unusual to get a bit of pain in this ankle but it got worse. My ankle felt like it was in a vice. On the plus side the cloud which was very low initially was clearing higher at the same speed that we were climbing. We scrambled over Cofa Pike through some snow on to Fairfield and for a change the summit was clear with glorious views. I had to undo my gaiter and slacken my boot, my ankle was swelling and bruising. I took paracetemol and carried on – I didn’t have much choice really. We walked to Hart Crag out to Dove Crag, back to Hart Crag as we wanted to head down over Hartsop above How. We stopped for a quick sandwich and pot of lemon tea before heading down the rocky path. By now I was suffering but still able to walk fairly fast. The yomp back along the road to Patterdale was tough. We covered 11.5 miles in around five hours, which was OK for a first walk in the mountains for a while. We drove to Keswick wanting to get to Brysons tearooms for cake and coffee. Keswick was packed and sunny and we had to walk in half a mile, that was painful, my ankle was agony until I got it loosened up. Toasted Plum Bread, apple pie and ice cream and coffee made up for the grief.
On Sunday I knew I couldn’t walk much. I was applying Ibuprofen Gel regularly but it was going to be a car and camera day. There was dense fog when we set off so I decided we needed to be somewhere attractive when it started to clear, I just didn’t know when that was going to be. We drove into Langdale and the fog broke to reveal Blue sky and the top of the Langdale Pikes, it was fantastic. I immediately thought of Blea Tarn and drove up the pass out of Langdale. I expected to find, as is usual, tripods in a row, with photographers clicking away. There wasn’t a soul, it was so calm and peaceful – and beautiful – I couldn’t believe my luck. I limped as fast as I could to the Tarn, unfortunately an overnight camper, who I chatted with about the beauty, reflections and the camera I was carrying, did her best to encourage her dog into the water and she got in to get washed. It was so calm that the ripples would cross the entire tarn and spoil the photos. I shot as quick as I could, moving away from her all the time. I think I had around 15 minutes at the most before a breeze – that I couldn’t feel – started to ripple the water. The reflections disappeared and it was over. Without the bad ankle I would have missed this tranquillity as we would have been toiling up out first climb of the day. The fog stayed put in the South Lakes but we headed north over Dunmail Raise to blue sky and 17 degrees.
On Monday after 36 hours of Ibuprofen I felt that my ankle would stand a six or seven miler – but where? We had very thick fog in Ambleside so again I drove over Dunmail Raise and again it was fantastic. I could see the chance of some good photos around Thirlmere but I had to get waterside at a point where the view wasn’t obstructed with saplings and bushes growing out of the water. This was easier said than done, it took three attempts to get a decent location. I had reflections, hanging mist, water and mountains – and wet feet again, fortunately I had my walking boots and socks to put on for the walk ahead. After my photo chase we parked at Steel End and headed up the steep nose of Steel Fell. It’s a tough climb but the view over Thirlmere was great. We could see the wall of fog to the south and I was looking forward to getting to the top, hoping that we would be able to see over it with mountains poking out of a sea of white. This was exactly as it was, the Lion and the Lamb on Helm Crag looked like an island in the sea of mist. We walked along the ridge to Calf Crag with clear views to the north and a sea on mist to the south, it looked like the right choice again. We were going to head down Wythburn back to Thirlmere. Wyth Burn runs through a secluded hanging valley through an area called The Bog. I’ve walked down here a few times and at first glance it looks dry – they didn’t name it The Bog for nothing – it is extremely wet. It doesn’t matter how high you walk to avoid it – you can’t! We were wet above the gaiters by the time we got back and it was tough on the ankle. Brysons here we come, another beautiful hot day in Keswick but back to work tomorrow.
We managed to get up to The Lake District for a few days at Easter. We got away from work on Good Friday afternoon and spent three hours covering 110 miles, the M61 and M6 were very slow or stopped. As ever once there we soon left the hassle behind. We were using a B&B that we used very regularly for ten years until the owner passed away quite suddenly. Now under new ownership it has been totally gutted and refurbished, it’s very nice but twice as expensive.
We were out in good time on Saturday, it was dull and cool but very calm. I’d deliberated for ages as to where to walk, wanting to avoid the worst of the Easter crowds. It was the busiest I’d seen the Lakes for a long time amd the North Lakes in particular had stunning weather, the South Lakes had dense fog in places until the afternoon and was much cooler – but not cold. Parking in Patterdale we headed up Arnison Crag, on to Birks aiming for St Sunday Crag. This was where it started to go wrong. I got a sudden pain in my right ankle, near a previous serious ankle injury, it’s not unusual to get a bit of pain in this ankle but it got worse. My ankle felt like it was in a vice. On the plus side the cloud which was very low initially was clearing higher at the same speed that we were climbing. We scrambled over Cofa Pike through some snow on to Fairfield and for a change the summit was clear with glorious views. I had to undo my gaiter and slacken my boot, my ankle was swelling and bruising. I took paracetemol and carried on – I didn’t have much choice really. We walked to Hart Crag out to Dove Crag, back to Hart Crag as we wanted to head down over Hartsop above How. We stopped for a quick sandwich and pot of lemon tea before heading down the rocky path. By now I was suffering but still able to walk fairly fast. The yomp back along the road to Patterdale was tough. We covered 11.5 miles in around five hours, which was OK for a first walk in the mountains for a while. We drove to Keswick wanting to get to Brysons tearooms for cake and coffee. Keswick was packed and sunny and we had to walk in half a mile, that was painful, my ankle was agony until I got it loosened up. Toasted Plum Bread, apple pie and ice cream and coffee made up for the grief.
On Sunday I knew I couldn’t walk much. I was applying Ibuprofen Gel regularly but it was going to be a car and camera day. There was dense fog when we set off so I decided we needed to be somewhere attractive when it started to clear, I just didn’t know when that was going to be. We drove into Langdale and the fog broke to reveal Blue sky and the top of the Langdale Pikes, it was fantastic. I immediately thought of Blea Tarn and drove up the pass out of Langdale. I expected to find, as is usual, tripods in a row, with photographers clicking away. There wasn’t a soul, it was so calm and peaceful – and beautiful – I couldn’t believe my luck. I limped as fast as I could to the Tarn, unfortunately an overnight camper, who I chatted with about the beauty, reflections and the camera I was carrying, did her best to encourage her dog into the water and she got in to get washed. It was so calm that the ripples would cross the entire tarn and spoil the photos. I shot as quick as I could, moving away from her all the time. I think I had around 15 minutes at the most before a breeze – that I couldn’t feel – started to ripple the water. The reflections disappeared and it was over. Without the bad ankle I would have missed this tranquillity as we would have been toiling up out first climb of the day. The fog stayed put in the South Lakes but we headed north over Dunmail Raise to blue sky and 17 degrees.
On Monday after 36 hours of Ibuprofen I felt that my ankle would stand a six or seven miler – but where? We had very thick fog in Ambleside so again I drove over Dunmail Raise and again it was fantastic. I could see the chance of some good photos around Thirlmere but I had to get waterside at a point where the view wasn’t obstructed with saplings and bushes growing out of the water. This was easier said than done, it took three attempts to get a decent location. I had reflections, hanging mist, water and mountains – and wet feet again, fortunately I had my walking boots and socks to put on for the walk ahead. After my photo chase we parked at Steel End and headed up the steep nose of Steel Fell. It’s a tough climb but the view over Thirlmere was great. We could see the wall of fog to the south and I was looking forward to getting to the top, hoping that we would be able to see over it with mountains poking out of a sea of white. This was exactly as it was, the Lion and the Lamb on Helm Crag looked like an island in the sea of mist. We walked along the ridge to Calf Crag with clear views to the north and a sea on mist to the south, it looked like the right choice again. We were going to head down Wythburn back to Thirlmere. Wyth Burn runs through a secluded hanging valley through an area called The Bog. I’ve walked down here a few times and at first glance it looks dry – they didn’t name it The Bog for nothing – it is extremely wet. It doesn’t matter how high you walk to avoid it – you can’t! We were wet above the gaiters by the time we got back and it was tough on the ankle. Brysons here we come, another beautiful hot day in Keswick but back to work tomorrow.
All these shots were taken in a local storage yard in Tadine. No one around, deserted, so I just clicked away. I managed to send Mrs hilifta back to the ship whilst i explored!
Mare 18 May 2014
End of the road for this baby.
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We managed to get to the Lake District for the Easter weekend. We were open at work on Good Friday so I had to be in at work for a couple of hours and didn’t set off until 9.00am. We had a quick café stop and then jumped on the M62. It took us until 2.00pm to get to Langdale. We crawled up the M61 and M6, reminding me why we used to avoid Bank Holiday traffic. Although staying in Ambleside we drove to Langdale to get a couple of hours walking in. Langdale was packed but we found a place to park at the foot of the pass up to Blea Tarn. We headed up Pike of Blisco – against a steady stream of walkers descending at this time in the afternoon. I didn’t bother taking photos to any great extent, it wasn’t great light, windy and the appalling weekend forecast had depressed me – this was supposed to be the best day and it was nearly over. After a nice settled spell, possibly the first in the north of England this winter (now officially British Summertime) heavy rain and gales were coming our way apparently.
Each morning I studied the maps trying to second guess the light, wind and crowds. On Saturday it was initially dry, much to our surprise, we parked in Coniston and set off up Walna Scar Road. It’s a long steep drag to the top of the pass, the cloud was down and thick, the wind was getting extreme as we got higher – and we didn’t see a soul! We were heading over Brown Pike onto Dow Crag, we weren’t likely to get lost on a ridge. By now it was raining hard and the wind was making staying upright difficult. We slid off the rocky summit of Dow Crag on our backsides, the safest way. We dropped on to Goats Hause, the wind was screaming through and but I guessed there would be some shelter if we headed for the Old Man of Coniston. We met the first person of the day here, arriving at the summit just before him. There was still winter snow on north facing slopes but the wind wasn’t as bad as Dow Crag. It was grim, 30 metre visibility and there was very little point in staying on the tops as originally planned. Jayne was up for heading straight down the tourist track through the quarries. We have only ever ascended it before but we set off down at a trot, passing some fell runners along the way. There was a steady stream of Easter trippers heading up and judging by the questions we were asked on the way down they had little idea of what they were heading in to or how far they were from the summit, and all in appalling conditions. Lower down it was quite calm and many had little idea of the severity of the conditions on the tops. The countryside was rapidly waterlogging again after the belated dry spell.
Sunday brought more very heavy rain and gales on the tops. What looked like snow had accumulated on high ground overnight. It was actually several inches of hail and was horrible underfoot, like small wet marbles but trapping a lot of water on the lower slopes below the freezing line. We parked at Patterdale and walked across slopes that the recent floods had wreaked havoc on, with a lot of remedial work to be done this summer. The plan was to get to Boardale Hause and decide whether to go high – over Place Fell – or head in to Boardale and stay low by doing a circuit of Place Fell. It was raining hard and there was a howling gale but it was behind us, the cloud had lifted a bit so we went high. The summit plateau was a nightmare, covered in slippy, wet, slushy hail with the wind nearly blowing us over. We went north straight over the top and down the other side, the top was in thick cloud but the lower slopes were clear and we legged it off the fell, descending by Scalehow Force waterfall, which was in fine form with the heavy rain. We followed the path above the shores of Ullswater back to Patterdale. Another wet walk.
Monday saw us parked a mile or so south of yesterday’s parking place in Patterdale at Bridgend. With the weather being bad people weren’t out early, even on a bank holiday, so we didn’t have a problem parking. There wasn’t a plan, we were just making it up. Today looked promising, Storm Katie was battering the rest of the country but missed the north for a change. The tops were wintry, again it was hail accumulations not snow, on the high ground it was on very old lying snow and very difficult on steep descents. We decided to take the steady slopes of Hartsop above How to Hart Crag, on to Fairfield and then hopefully over Cofa Pike on to St Sunday Crag, Birks and finally Arnison Crag. This was just less than ten miles and it turned out to be a very tough five hours, exhausting, particularly after the three previous days. A large coastguard helicopter circled us repeatedly and finally landed on the path we were following to Hart Crag, we assumed it was on an exercise. The ground was frozen above 2500 feet and walking was easier as the snow/hail was load bearing and we could yomp on a bit. It was like midwinter with frequent squally whiteouts blasting in. The wind would pick up first lifting the frozen hail in a frozen spindrift that bounced along several feet high blasting our faces, this was followed by, what was more like frozen drizzle than snow, fine, but hard, we could feel it through our clothes it came at us that hard. I decided that we would head straight over Cofa Pike to St Sunday. A mistake with hindsight. The lake of footprints was the first bad sign but we were committed. We lived to tell the tale but Jayne had a bit of a near miss. The crag down to Cofa is steep and it was covered in hail on old snow, the layer of hail was shearing away from the underlying snow and we had to go down on out backsides, keeping a tight grip as we went. At one point Jayne failed to arrest a slide that was above a steep and deep drop. I had hold of her from a position in front of her and to her left and I was fairly well anchored so I felt in control and was sure of the outcome. From her point of view it was frightening and it subdued her for the rest of the walk. She had also ripped the outer lining of her Paramo waterproof trousers as well. Considering that we were going downhill it was hard going, every step a slip or a slide, with the underlying grass saturated and a thin layer of hail it was an unpleasant walk off the fell. At the end of Arnison Crag we took a pathless shortcut – that we swore we would never use again years ago – to save around twenty minutes of walking. This was the only day I had the camera out all day and had to cover it with a dryliner bag whenever a heavy shower came in. I also broke the lens hood. We drove to Keswick for afternoon coffee and toast at Brysons. The new Paramo store across the square was the next stop for new trousers. These Paramos had cost £85 14 years ago and they have just brought a new model out. We had two choices, The old model was reduced to…..£85 – after 14 years we could pay the same price or we could return the old trousers - cleaned – and get a £50 voucher towards the new model, which are £135, or £85 with the voucher. The old ones were ¾ of a mile away in the car – unwashed – so we bought the old model. Needless to say we had a couple of drinks in the Golden Rule in Ambleside every night before our tea.