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I'd been to Oxford on previous trips, but had never managed to spend much time inside most of its main colleges so this past May I made sure I saved an afternoon to do this. The light was gray and dull, but I still went around Balliol (a separate set to be posted later) and Magdalen, and especially appreciated the views from the leafy water meadows of Addison's Walk.
"Regarded by some as one of the most beautiful of the Oxford and Cambridge colleges, Magdalen is also one of the most visited. It stands next to the River Cherwell and has within its grounds a deer park and Addison's Walk. Magdalen College School also lies nearby. The large, square Magdalen Tower is a famous Oxford landmark, and it is a tradition since the days of Henry VII that the college choir sings from the top of it at 6 a.m. on May Morning.
The Grove or Deer Park is a large meadow occupies most of the north west of the college's grounds, from the New Buildings and the Grove Quad up to Holywell Ford. During the winter and spring, it is the home of a herd of deer. It is possible to view the meadow (and also the deer) from the path between New Buildings and Grove Quad, and also from the archway in New Buildings.
In the 16th century, long before the introduction of the deer, the grove consisted of gardens, orchards, and bowling greens. During the Civil War, it was used to house a regiment of soldiers. At one point in the 19th century it was home to three traction engines belonging to the works department of the college. By the 20th century it had become well-wooded with many large trees, but most of them were lost to Dutch Elm Disease in the 1970s.
The Meadow lies to the east of the college, bounded on all sides by the River Cherwell. In the spring, it is filled with the flower Fritillaria meleagris (commonly known as Snakeshead Fritillary), which gives it an attractive green-purple colour. These flowers grow in very few places, and have been recorded growing in the meadow since around 1785. Once the flowering has finished, the deer are moved in for the Summer and Autumn. In wet winters, some or all of the meadow may flood, as the meadow is lower lying than the surrounding path. All around the edge of the meadow is a tree-lined path, Addison's Walk. It is a beautiful and tranquil walk, favoured by students, dons, and visitors alike.
The Fellows' Garden is located to the north east of the Meadow, directly behind the new building of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. This long and (fairly) narrow garden follows the Cherwell to the edge of the University Parks . In spring, the ground is covered with flowers. In summer, there are some flowers, many different shrubs, and the varied trees provide dappled cover from the sun. It is linked to Addison's Walk by a bridge."
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Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during the COP26 Leaders Summit “Building Resilience in a Changing Climate” at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.
IMF Photo/Crispin Rodwell
1 November 2021
Glasgow, Scotland
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Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva participates in a Presidential Panel at the Three Seas Initiative Summit in Sofia, Bulgaria.
IMF Photo/Hristo Rusev
08 July 2021
Sofia, Bulgaria
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Managed to get down to the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Surf Ironwoman Series at Newcastle Beach for an hour today.
Shoot with the Canon 7S + 70-200mm f/4 IS + 1.4 extender.
View a slideshow of the entire set here.
Left to Right Governor Martowardojo, Bank of Indonesia, Allen Harai, Chairman AICC, Dr.Basri, Minister of Finance, Indonesia, Deputy Chairman Kurniadi, BKPM, Ian Lifshitz, NA Director of Sustainability, Asia Pulp Paper.
Sometimes you just have to take what the evening sky offers up. Had hoped that the sun would get under the clouds and light them up, but it was not to be. It managed to peek through for a few moments, but it just couldn’t sustain that brilliance. It was still a nice display and loved watching the colors change.
I would also like to add a footnote here to my posts. Even though I may post several photos at a time I in NO WAY expect people to leave more than one comment or expect comments on each capture. I take a number of shots and just like to show how the colors change as the sun works its magic on the clouds.
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Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva leaves the Arsenale to take part in a G20 cultural program and dinner at Teatro La Fenice
IMF Photo/Silvia Longhi
10 July 2021
Venice, Italy
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Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva transfers between meetings during the 2022 Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
12 October 2022
Washington, DC, United States
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Managed to capture this railway track just before it was dismantled 2 months ago.
PP: Mild HDR.
Camera used: Sony DSLR Alpha 850.
Lens: SAL 50mm F1.4.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) is greeted by Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung (R) of Vietnam at the Ministry’s office March 16, 2016 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Lagarde is on a three day visit to Vietnam. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva meets with the delegation from Ghana at the Global Center on Adaptation.
IMF Photo/Eric Kampherbeek
5 September 2022
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C) is greeted by Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung (L) as Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Hong (R) looks on at the Prime Minister's Meeting Room March 16, 2016 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Lagarde is spending three days in Vietnam. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
Managed to snap a few images early hours this morning of the comet, with the Canon 60D on my ED80. Not entirely happy but better than cloud which is what we have had! ;)
The Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Philoptochos honored Archon Michael Psaros, Co-Founder
and Co-Managing Partner of KPS Capital Partners at its 64th Annual Chrysanthemum Ball on November
10 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City.
The invocation was delivered by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios assisted by Archdeacon Panteleimon
Papadopoulos. The guests were welcomed by Fr. John Vlahos, Dean of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity, Stella Pantelidis, co-chair of the ball and the Cathedral Philoptochos President Dr. Miranda
Kofinas. This year's honoree Michael Psaros was introduced by Maria Marinakis and Maro Stratakis.
Honored guests included Dr. Konstantinos Koutras, Consul General of Greece to New York, and his wife,
Popita Pavli, Ambassador Maria Theophili, Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN, Ambassador
Vasilios Philippou, Consul General of Cyprus to New York, and his wife Anthea, Jennifer Constantine,
Direct Archdiocesan District Philoptochos President, James Gianakis, Archdiocesan Cathedral Board of
Trustees President and Rev. Robert Stephanopoulos, Dean Emeritus of the Cathedral along with
Presvytera Nikki Stephanopoulos.
The Chrysanthemum Ball is the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Cathedral Philoptochos’ main annual fundraising
event for its charitable activities.
PHOTO: © GOA/GANP/DIMITRIOS PANAGOS-GANP/ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΟΣ
I managed to get a few shots of Thomas learning to walk. This is the X100s shooting into a very backlit scene. Exp Comp was on +2. The AF worked much better than I was expecting and the hit rate was pretty impressive.
Photo by John A. Kelley, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service If this photo is used in a publication, on a web site, or as part of any other project, please use the provided photo credit. This photo may not be used to infer or imply USDA-NRCS endorsement of any product, company, or position. Please do not distort or alter the images the photos portray.
Just managed to catch the feed this morning, it gets earlier and earlier but a happy group of Fallow Deer tucking into breakfast whilst the wardens attempted to do a head count.
Kyle on the bow of Pinball tidying things up as we finish up a beautiful day of sailing on Mobile Bay, while my dog Peanut looks on.
Shot by my friend Mairi.
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British Award for African Development (BRAAD) Award Nominations Event and Launch of Africa Entrepreneurship Week at the prestigious London Waldorf Hilton Hotel London with Lexy Owusu-Boahene Managing Director LXHR Solutions HR Consultancy Recruitment Accra Ghana
Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C) visits the Pisac Artisan Market with the Minister of Economy and Finance Alonso Arturo Segura Vasi (R) and the Deputy Minister of Trade and Tourism Maria del Carmen de Reparas (L) October 4, 2015 in Pisac, Peru. Lagarde is in Peru to attend 2015 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings held in Lima, Peru. IMF Photo/Stephen Jaffe
(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.
IMF Staff Photo
Managed to get one last shot on a roll of film - you can see the edge :). Seems the last shot to finish a roll somehow becomes unexpected favorites of mine. This was shot with my 1957 Kodak Retina IIIc using Fuji Press 400 film
I managed to get out for a good cycle this Sunday 8/11/14. The route took me through Richmond park, over the Clyde into Glasgow green, through the Barras to the Merchant city then up to Dobbies loan. From there through Cowcaddens and over the motorway and up to thecanal at Spiers warf. I then followed the canal to Maryhill and due to a toss of a coin I found myself following the canal to Clydebank. At Clydebank I turned round and followed the Clyde back to Glasgow and then home through Pollok park. 33 miles in the sun.....Nice.
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva participates in a panel discussion with NYC Climate Week from the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2020. IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
International Symposium on Managing Land and Water for Climate-Smart Agriculture held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 25 July 2022
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
The Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Philoptochos honored Archon Michael Psaros, Co-Founder
and Co-Managing Partner of KPS Capital Partners at its 64th Annual Chrysanthemum Ball on November
10 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City.
The invocation was delivered by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios assisted by Archdeacon Panteleimon
Papadopoulos. The guests were welcomed by Fr. John Vlahos, Dean of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity, Stella Pantelidis, co-chair of the ball and the Cathedral Philoptochos President Dr. Miranda
Kofinas. This year's honoree Michael Psaros was introduced by Maria Marinakis and Maro Stratakis.
Honored guests included Dr. Konstantinos Koutras, Consul General of Greece to New York, and his wife,
Popita Pavli, Ambassador Maria Theophili, Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN, Ambassador
Vasilios Philippou, Consul General of Cyprus to New York, and his wife Anthea, Jennifer Constantine,
Direct Archdiocesan District Philoptochos President, James Gianakis, Archdiocesan Cathedral Board of
Trustees President and Rev. Robert Stephanopoulos, Dean Emeritus of the Cathedral along with
Presvytera Nikki Stephanopoulos.
The Chrysanthemum Ball is the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Cathedral Philoptochos’ main annual fundraising
event for its charitable activities.
PHOTO: © GOA/GANP/DIMITRIOS PANAGOS-GANP/ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΟΣ
Photo by John A. Kelley, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service If this photo is used in a publication, on a web site, or as part of any other project, please use the provided photo credit. This photo may not be used to infer or imply USDA-NRCS endorsement of any product, company, or position. Please do not distort or alter the images the photos portray.
Managed to catch a few shots of this spectacular double rainbow over Kingswood shortly before it faded.
Managed to see CN 421 which was stopped before the signal bridge at Snake. A few minutes later it starts to move as CN 2990, CN 3938 (Ex. CREX), and CN 5410 head to Hamilton.
I managed to get a photo on the wall for the show. Mine is the AWARE whole car with the light wood frame. The photo is also mounted on wood, custom framed by my husband. The show is still going for the rest of the week.
Managed to catch the last hour of the chrysanthemum show at the Lyman Conservatory yesterday. If you live in the area, it generally takes a week or so for the show to be dismantled, so it's still worth a visit. Almost everything is still in full bloom. Have a great week! :)
Managed to get a couple photos off the dreaded bad card. It sux when you have to toss a 16 Gigger. But I'm not chancing that again.
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva listens to French President Emmanuel Macron during a zoom call on Mobilizing with Africa during the 2020 Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/ Cory Hancock
9 October 2020
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Photo Reference: CH201009068
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Magdalena Andersson, Chairman for the International Monetary Fund and Financial Committee, participate in the IMFC Press Conference during the 2021 Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
8 April 2021
Washington, DC, United States
Photo ref: CH210408798.arw
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks to the press ahead of a meeting with the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal.
IMF Photo/Kim Haughton
20 September 2022
New York, New York, United States
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Ali bin Masoud bin Ali Al Sunaidy, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Planning and Special Envoy of Oman speaking during the Session "Managing Cyber-Risks" at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre before World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa 2019. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Jakob Polacsek
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 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.