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Managed to get four out of five instruments visible, sadly don't have name of group. They were taking photos and recording.
Participants captured during the Session: Managing Cyber-Risks: Equipping CEOs at the World Economic Forum - Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People's Republic of China, July 2, 2019. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Ciaran McCrickard
IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn meets Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff [and Finance Minister Guido Mantega] in Brasilia, Brazil. Photo: Roberto Stuckert Filho
Managed to get myself an old Nikkor lens for £20 because there was a slight fungus on it.
It's not noticable
and has now been killed by a short stint in the the freezer
and takes pretty nice sharp pictures.
=)
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva poses in a group photo after global leaders gathered today for the Global Center on Adaptation High-Level Dialogue: An Adaptation Acceleration Imperative for COP26.
IMF Photo/Eric Kampherbeek
6 September 2021
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photo ref: 210906_0629_ Kristalina Georgieva_LR.jpg
I managed to sneak in a visit to Hardwick Hall before it was forced to close for the November lockdown. Wednesday 4th November 2020. It’s one of the grandest and most important Elizabethan country houses and it’s actually changed very little since that period.
Hardwick Hall was built between 1590 and 1597 (while the adjacent Hardwick Old Hall was still being constructed!) for Bess of Hardwick, and was designed by the architect Robert Smythson. Bess was born in 1527 and through a series of well-made marriages, she rose to the highest levels of English nobility and became enormously wealthy. She was a shrewd business woman, increasing her assets with business interests including mines and glass-making workshops. Already owning Chatsworth House, Bess of Hardwick was the richest woman in England after Queen Elizabeth I and she wanted a grander house to reflect that (it contains one of the largest long galleries in any English house - pictures of that to follow!). The house was very modern for its time and contained a lot of glass windows in a period when glass was seen as something of a luxury.
After Bess's death in 1608, the house passed to her son William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, and subsequent Dukes preferred Chatsworth over Hardwick. As a secondary home, Hardwick escaped the attention of modernisers and thankfully received few alterations after its completion. In 1950, the unexpected death of the 10th Duke of Devonshire, with the subsequent death duties (rated at 80%), caused the sale of many of the Devonshire assets and estates. Hardwick was handed over to HM Treasury in lieu of Estate Duty in 1956 and the estate was transferred to the National Trust in 1959.
In recent years Hardwick Hall was used to film the exterior scenes and interior scenes of Malfoy Manor in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!
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
Managed to get the new 100W solar panel set up the day before the build. It's kinda jerry rigged, but it works...
2 August 2012 - The vast reserves of minerals buried throughout Afghanistan, including large deposits of copper, gold, and gas could greatly improve the country’s economy and provide funds to develop the country for years to come. But all that wealth might also create a crisis. While some estimates put Afghanistan’s mineral wealth at about $1 trillion, for these minerals to be extracted in a way that benefits all Afghans and promotes sustainable development the industry needs to be managed transparently.
That was the key message at a conference recently held in Kabul to coincide with the release of a report called the Afghanistan Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (AEITI). The report contains details of all payments of taxes, royalties and fees the Afghan Government has received from companies operating in the extractive sector. The report equally publishes details of payments made by mining companies to the Afghan Government in order ensure transparency.
“The Afghan Government is committed to share publically all the information related to the extractive sector in the country,” said Dr. Omar Zakhilwal Zakhilwal, Afghanistan’s Afghan Finance Minister.
This kind of transparency is important because sudden new wealth from mining and gas have had a way of undermining many economies. Rather than using that wealth as a blessing that can improve the lives of citizens and improve a country’s infrastructure, it can cause Afghanistan’s currency to appreciate and lead to increased corruption. This well-studied phenomenon is called the “resource curse”, whereby countries with vast oil and mineral wealth don’t see an improvement in the living standards of citizens. For instance Nigeria, which has one of the world’s largest oil reserves, has seen no improvement in its real gross domestic product per person in 30 years. The GDP per capita of Venezuela, another mineral rich country, is lower today than it was in 1977.
Afghanistan joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in 2010 to help beat the “resource curse”. That Initiative sets international standards for good governance and has established accountability mechanisms for the extractive industries sector. Before a country can join the EITI it has to has to agree to some governance and transparency inidicators.
With funds from the World Bank and the Harakat-Afghanistan Investment Climate Facility Organization (HAICFO), the Ministry of Finance established a secretariat for Afghanistan Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (AEITI) to take lead of EITI implementation in Afghanistan.
Speaking at the conference, the Minister for Mines, Waheedullah Shahrani said the government has devised effective policies to better allocate royalties and taxes collected from this industries to make sure that industry can thrive.
“Transparency means that the process is clean, defendable and the information from the process of negotiation up to awarding contracts and exploration and exploitation of mineral resources are shared publically,” said Shahrani.
Shahrani said oil production from Afghanistan’s first ever oil extraction contract at the Amu-River basin will start soon. This will generate $400-$500 million in revenue for Afghan government each year.
Also underway is the Hajigak Iron project, which is already the biggest project in the history of Afghanistan not just from economic perspective but also from the scale of its operations. Hajigak will produce approximately 25 to 30 million tons of iron annually.
Proposals to develop five other mines, of gold and copper, have been tendered. Evaluations of these proposals are underway.
Eight renowned international companies have expressed interest in investing in oil extraction in Tajik-Afghan basins and currently work is in progress on preparing financial model of this project.
The Afghan government is also bringing reforms in the Mining Law of the country to make it more in line with international standards for broader investment attraction.
“Afghanistan’s commitment to EITI for transparency will be integrated into the law and licensing system will be simplified along with ensuring a legal framework for protection of the rights of investors,” said Waheedullah Shahrani.
Minister Shahrani hoped that mining sector will constitute 45 to 50 percent of Afghan economy by 2024.
The Director of World Bank in Afghanistan, Bob Sam said AEITI is an important tool to increase knowledge and information about Afghanistan’s natural resources and help increase accountability and transparency.
“The AEITI is moving ahead well; specifically it is reaching out towards the producer regions where people who are directly affected by mining activities live. It is essential that this initiative is not only supported by Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Mines but also by the grassroots movements across the country and private sector,” said Bob Sam.
Photo: UNAMA / Fardin Waezi
Finally managed to find some time to finish a long standing order - EDC Wharnie.
Steel: S30V
Overall length: 15cm/ 5.9"
Cutting edge: 8cm/ 3"
Handle: Purple C-Tek, yellow liners and ss tubes
Thank you for taking the time to view my work.
Dmitriy
Managed to image the comet through a gap in the UK clouds.
Seestar30 in equatorial mode.
98 x 20s subs.
Processed with APP and Photoshop.
Over the past four years, Bebnine tented settlement in Akkar North Lebanon, has become home to many Syrian Refugees- many from war-ravaged Syrian districts.
As culturally and ethnically diverse as the community is, there’s one thing that unites all disadvantaged youth from this camp: Soccer. Having a leading program in sports as tool for development, peace building, and conflict resolution, ANERA managed to rehabilitate a playground located two steps away from the camp. ANERA saw an opportunity to offer children a space for recreational activities.
On this Thursday morning, Zainab el Kheshen, came from Cairo, to teach young girls and boys soccer skills and to organize several games. Zainab, aged 31, holder of Bachelor degrees in Law, management and early childhood education, is a football trainer, who roamed around the Arab world to unite youth around her love for soccer, “I believe that soccer is a great tool for development, especially for young girls in conservative communities, who don’t even get the chance to go play outside, soccer offer them the opportunity to meet, to work out and to break gender boundaries.” Zainab Says.
39 girls and 11 boys were waiting for Zainab to arrive; they were already divided into teams, chose their team names carefully and started chanting cheerful songs.
Lina Amer, aged 12, heard the news about a volunteer coming from Egypt, and she didn’t hesitate joining the girl’s team. Lina who fled Kousseir area in Syria two years ago, has been sharing a tent in Akkar Lebanon with her family of 6 members, “we used to see the boys playing here and wishing we had a chance to play, we came every morning, stayed at the fence and watched them play,” Said Lina, adding “our parents don’t let us play soccer, they say it is a manly game, and girls should not play sports, but when they knew that a woman is going to train us, they agreed on letting us join the event.”
Patrick O'Keefe knows a thing or two about managing online communities, in fact he wrote a book on it. Here is Patrick at the Modern Media Man Summit 2010. Here is my recap of Day 2 of the M3 Summit - www.benspark.com/i-talked-about-photos.html
Paso de Jesús del Rescate, el Señor de Granada, en la Passio Granatensis. Sábado Santo de 2009
The "capataz", in charge of managing the float of "Jesús del Rescate", in a procession in the Holy Week of Granada
Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa poses for a photo at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Kim Haughton
30 July 2020
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Photo ref: KH200730001
The Ueno Zoo (恩賜上野動物園 Onshi Ueno Dōbutsuen?) is a zoo, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and located in Taito, Tokyo, Japan. It is Japan's oldest and most famous zoo, opened on March 20, 1882. It is a five-minute walk from the Park Exit of Ueno Station, with convenient access from Tokyo's public-transportation network. The Ueno Zoo Monorail, the first monorail in the country, connects the eastern and western parts of the grounds.
The zoo is located within Ueno Park, a large urban park that is home to several museums, a small amusement park, and other attractions.
As of March, 2003, the zoo has 422 species. The Sumatran tiger, and western lowland gorilla head the list of the zoo's population. Ueno has most variety of species on exhibition than any other zoo in Japan.
At some point, redistribution of the animals among Tokyo's other zoos (including Tama Zoo and Inokashira Nature Park) left Ueno without a lion. However, in response to public demand, Ueno borrowed a female from the Yokohama Municipal Zoo
As of 2008, recent animals at the Ueno Zoo included:
Giant panda (Ling Ling, Ueno's only giant panda, died of chronic heart failure on April 30, 2008, leaving Ueno Zoo without a panda for the first time since 1972.)[1] China has agreed to lend a male and female to Ueno[2].
A Lesser panda (also known as the Red Panda)
Other animals have included the Sumatran tiger the Asiatic lion, the Western lowland gorilla, the Polar bear, the Asian elephant, the Reticulated Giraffe. and the White rhinoceros
[edit]Other animals
The zoo is also often home to zebras, Japanese macaques, red-crowned cranes, White-tailed eagles and King Penguins, along with goats, sheep, pigs, ostriches, and rabbits.
Managing Director of Ingénue Consultancy Ms. Kayt Watts highlights the latest development trends of international certification schemes.
Britain's most inland port is Gloucester docks, located at the northern junction of the River Severn with the Gloucester and Sharpness canal. The docks were formed when the canal from Sharpness opened in 1827 bypassing a difficult stretch of the Severn.
The docks is a conservation area and the Grade II listed warehouses have been renovated to create flats, offices, bars and restaurants. The dock area includes the National Waterways Museum and the Soldiers of Gloucester Museum.
www.visitgloucester.co.uk/things-to-do/gloucester-docks
The docks is owned by Gloucester City Council and managed by the Gloucester Docks Estate company. glosdocks.co.uk/
Map of the warehouses and mills: www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/gloucester/warehousemap.htm
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva poses for a portrait at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
22 December, 2020
Washington, DC, United States of America
Photo Reference: CH201222008
IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn meets Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff [and Finance Minister Guido Mantega] in Brasilia, Brazil. Photo: Humberto Pradera
Conference co-organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI) and sponsored by CNI
Managed to pull even more out of the exhaust this morning....
This is the fourth lot of " artificial hair-extensions " that have come out of it !
Where it all comes from is a Mystery... as they used to say in Peckham.
BAKU/AZERBAIJAN, 8APRIL13 - Alan Rousso, Managing Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London
Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Majid Aliyev
Bigger corn crops call for beefed-up infrastructure and service delivery.
To read articles and view full magazine content, visit: c.chsinc.com/2010August/Main.aspx
Chilled mini raspberry panna cotta, tiny gateau opera, honey-hazelnut semifreddo with Nutella twist - Chef's Dinner
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L) greets Bob Geldof (R) at the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel September 20, 2010 in New York City. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
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Managed to grab a photo of the 2nd of the 3 new coasters, the other example being 763 YY25 HZZ heading towards the Sealife Centre stop, having just come from Eastbourne on the 12A
Bigger corn crops call for beefed-up infrastructure and service delivery.
To read articles and view full magazine content, visit: c.chsinc.com/2010August/Main.aspx
The Ueno Zoo (恩賜上野動物園 Onshi Ueno Dōbutsuen?) is a zoo, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and located in Taito, Tokyo, Japan. It is Japan's oldest and most famous zoo, opened on March 20, 1882. It is a five-minute walk from the Park Exit of Ueno Station, with convenient access from Tokyo's public-transportation network. The Ueno Zoo Monorail, the first monorail in the country, connects the eastern and western parts of the grounds.
The zoo is located within Ueno Park, a large urban park that is home to several museums, a small amusement park, and other attractions.
As of March, 2003, the zoo has 422 species. The Sumatran tiger, and western lowland gorilla head the list of the zoo's population. Ueno has most variety of species on exhibition than any other zoo in Japan.
At some point, redistribution of the animals among Tokyo's other zoos (including Tama Zoo and Inokashira Nature Park) left Ueno without a lion. However, in response to public demand, Ueno borrowed a female from the Yokohama Municipal Zoo
As of 2008, recent animals at the Ueno Zoo included:
Giant panda (Ling Ling, Ueno's only giant panda, died of chronic heart failure on April 30, 2008, leaving Ueno Zoo without a panda for the first time since 1972.)[1] China has agreed to lend a male and female to Ueno[2].
A Lesser panda (also known as the Red Panda)
Other animals have included the Sumatran tiger the Asiatic lion, the Western lowland gorilla, the Polar bear, the Asian elephant, the Reticulated Giraffe. and the White rhinoceros
[edit]Other animals
The zoo is also often home to zebras, Japanese macaques, red-crowned cranes, White-tailed eagles and King Penguins, along with goats, sheep, pigs, ostriches, and rabbits.
Managed to get my hands on these all thanks to a friend in America! All I need now is the Bred XI's and I'm done!...
...With that number at least!
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde answers a question during her press conference April 20, 2017 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe