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I wasn't satisfied with my Tiphona's lolita style. The girl needed a big change. So here she is; she even changed her name: goodbye Candi, welcome Tiffany ^___^
Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, bid farewell to Command Sgt. Maj. Gavin Holmes, and welcomed Command Sgt. Maj. Jerry Heim, the Polar Bear battalion's new senior noncommissioned officer, during a Change of Responsibility ceremony, November 27, 2019, at Fort Drum, New York. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Paige Behringer)
The Himalayas or Himalaya (/ˌhɪməˈleɪ.ə/ or /hɪˈmɑːləjə/) is a mountain range in the Indian subcontinent, which separates the Indo-Gangetic Plain from the Tibetan Plateau. Geopolitically, it covers the Himalayan states and regions. This range is home to nine of the ten highest peaks on Earth, including the highest above sea level, Mount Everest. The Himalayas have profoundly shaped the cultures of South Asia. Many Himalayan peaks are sacred in Dharmic religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.
The Himalayas are bordered on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain, on the northwest by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges and on the east by the Indian states of Sikkim, the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. The Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Himalayas together form the "Hindu Kush Himalayan Region" (HKH). The western anchor of the Himalayas, Nanga Parbat, lies just south of the northernmost bend of the Indus River; the eastern anchor, Namcha Barwa, is just west of the great bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. The Himalayas span five countries: Nepal, India, Bhutan, China (Tibet), and Pakistan, the first three countries having sovereignty over most of the range.
Lifted by the collision of the Indian tectonic plate with the Eurasian Plate, the Himalayan range runs northwest to southeast in a 2,400-kilometre-long arc. The range varies in width from 400 kilometres in the west to 150 kilometres in the east. Besides the Greater Himalayas, there are several parallel lower ranges. The southernmost, along the northern edge of the Indian plains and reaching 1000 m in altitude, is the Sivalik Hills. Further north is a higher range, reaching 2000–3000 m, known as the Lower Himalayan Range.
Three of the world's major rivers (the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra) arise in the Himalayas. While the Indus and the Brahmaputra rise near Mount Kailash in Tibet, the Ganges rises in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Their combined drainage basin is home to some 600 million people.
ETYMOLOGY
The name Himālaya is from Sanskrit: hima (snow) + ālaya (dwelling), and literally means "abode of snow"
ECOLOGY
The flora and fauna of the Himalayas vary with climate, rainfall, altitude, and soils. The climate ranges from tropical at the base of the mountains to permanent ice and snow at the highest elevations. The amount of yearly rainfall increases from west to east along the southern front of the range. This diversity of altitude, rainfall and soil conditions combined with the very high snow line supports a variety of distinct plant and animal communities. The extremes of high altitude (low atmospheric pressure) combined with extreme cold favor extremophile organisms.
The unique floral and faunal wealth of the Himalayas is undergoing structural and compositional changes due to climate change. The increase in temperature is shifting various species to higher elevations. The oak forest is being invaded by pine forests in the Garhwal Himalayan region. There are reports of early flowering and fruiting in some tree species, especially rhododendron, apple and box myrtle. The highest known tree species in the Himalayas is Juniperus tibetica located at 4,900 metres in Southeastern Tibet.
GEOLOGY
The Himalayan range is one of the youngest mountain ranges on the planet and consists mostly of uplifted sedimentary and metamorphic rock. According to the modern theory of plate tectonics, its formation is a result of a continental collision or orogeny along the convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The Arakan Yoma highlands in Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal were also formed as a result of this collision.
During the Upper Cretaceous, about 70 million years ago, the north-moving Indo-Australian plate (which has subsequently broken into the Indian Plate and the Australian plate) was moving at about 15 cm per year. About 50 million years ago this fast moving Indo-Australian plate had completely closed the Tethys Ocean, the existence of which has been determined by sedimentary rocks settled on the ocean floor, and the volcanoes that fringed its edges. Since both plates were composed of low density continental crust, they were thrust faulted and folded into mountain ranges rather than subducting into the mantle along an oceanic trench. An often-cited fact used to illustrate this process is that the summit of Mount Everest is made of marine limestone from this ancient ocean.
Today, the Indian plate continues to be driven horizontally below the Tibetan Plateau, which forces the plateau to continue to move upwards. The Indian plate is still moving at 67 mm per year, and over the next 10 million years it will travel about 1,500 km into Asia. About 20 mm per year of the India-Asia convergence is absorbed by thrusting along the Himalaya southern front. This leads to the Himalayas rising by about 5 mm per year, making them geologically active. The movement of the Indian plate into the Asian plate also makes this region seismically active, leading to earthquakes from time to time.
During the last ice age, there was a connected ice stream of glaciers between Kangchenjunga in the east and Nanga Parbat in the west. In the west, the glaciers joined with the ice stream network in the Karakoram, and in the north, joined with the former Tibetan inland ice. To the south, outflow glaciers came to an end below an elevation of 1,000–2,000 metres. While the current valley glaciers of the Himalaya reach at most 20 to 32 kilometres in length, several of the main valley glaciers were 60 to 112 kilometres long during the ice age. The glacier snowline (the altitude where accumulation and ablation of a glacier are balanced) was about 1,400–1,660 metres lower than it is today. Thus, the climate was at least 7.0 to 8.3 °C colder than it is today.
HYDROLOGY
The Himalayas contain the third-largest deposit of ice and snow in the world, after Antarctica and the Arctic. The Himalayan range encompasses about 15,000 glaciers, which store about 12,000 km3 of fresh water. Its glaciers include the Gangotri and Yamunotri (Uttarakhand) and Khumbu glaciers (Mount Everest region), Langtang glacier (Langtang region) and Zemu (Sikkim).
Owing to the mountains' latitude near the Tropic of Cancer, the permanent snow line is among the highest in the world at typically around 5,500 metres. In contrast, equatorial mountains in New Guinea, the Rwenzoris and Colombia have a snow line some 900 metres lower. The higher regions of the Himalayas are snowbound throughout the year, in spite of their proximity to the tropics, and they form the sources of several large perennial rivers, most of which combine into two large river systems:
- The western rivers, of which the Indus is the largest, combine into the Indus Basin. The Indus begins in Tibet at the confluence of Sengge and Gar rivers and flows southwest through India and then through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. It is fed by the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas, and the Sutlej rivers, among others.
- Most of the other Himalayan rivers drain the Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin. Its main rivers are the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Yamuna, as well as other tributaries. The Brahmaputra originates as the Yarlung Tsangpo River in western Tibet, and flows east through Tibet and west through the plains of Assam. The Ganges and the Brahmaputra meet in Bangladesh, and drain into the Bay of Bengal through the world's largest river delta, the Sunderbans.
The easternmost Himalayan rivers feed the Irrawaddy River, which originates in eastern Tibet and flows south through Myanmar to drain into the Andaman Sea.
The Salween, Mekong, Yangtze and Huang He (Yellow River) all originate from parts of the Tibetan Plateau that are geologically distinct from the Himalaya mountains, and are therefore not considered true Himalayan rivers. Some geologists refer to all the rivers collectively as the circum-Himalayan rivers. In recent years, scientists have monitored a notable increase in the rate of glacier retreat across the region as a result of global climate change. For example, glacial lakes have been forming rapidly on the surface of debris-covered glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya during the last few decades. Although the effect of this will not be known for many years, it potentially could mean disaster for the hundreds of millions of people who rely on the glaciers to feed the rivers during the dry seasons.
LAKES
The Himalayan region is dotted with hundreds of lakes. Most lakes are found at altitudes of less than 5,000 m, with the size of the lakes diminishing with altitude. Tilicho Lake in Nepal in the Annapurna massif is one of the highest lakes in the world. Pangong Tso, which is spread across the border between India and China, and Yamdrok Tso, located in central Tibet, are amongst the largest with surface areas of 700 km², and 638 km², respectively. Other notable lakes include She-Phoksundo Lake in the Shey Phoksundo National Park of Nepal, Gurudongmar Lake, in North Sikkim, Gokyo Lakes in Solukhumbu district of Nepal and Lake Tsongmo, near the Indo-China border in Sikkim.
Some of the lakes present a danger of a glacial lake outburst flood. The Tsho Rolpa glacier lake in the Rowaling Valley, in the Dolakha District of Nepal, is rated as the most dangerous. The lake, which is located at an altitude of 4,580 metres has grown considerably over the last 50 years due to glacial melting.
The mountain lakes are known to geographers as tarns if they are caused by glacial activity. Tarns are found mostly in the upper reaches of the Himalaya, above 5,500 metres.
IMPACT ON CLIMATE
The Himalayas have a profound effect on the climate of the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan Plateau. They prevent frigid, dry winds from blowing south into the subcontinent, which keeps South Asia much warmer than corresponding temperate regions in the other continents. It also forms a barrier for the monsoon winds, keeping them from traveling northwards, and causing heavy rainfall in the Terai region. The Himalayas are also believed to play an important part in the formation of Central Asian deserts, such as the Taklamakan and Gobi.
RELIGIOUS OF THE REGION
In Hinduism, the Himalayas have been personified as the god Himavat, father of Ganga and Parvati.
Several places in the Himalayas are of religious significance in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism. A notable example of a religious site is Paro Taktsang, where Padmasambhava is said to have founded Buddhism in Bhutan. Padmasambhava is also worshipped as the patron saint of Sikkim.
A number of Vajrayana Buddhist sites are situated in the Himalayas, in Tibet, Bhutan and in the Indian regions of Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Spiti and Darjeeling. There were over 6,000 monasteries in Tibet, including the residence of the Dalai Lama. Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh are also dotted with numerous monasteries. The Tibetan Muslims have their own mosques in Lhasa and Shigatse.
RESOURCES
The Himalayas are home to a diversity of medicinal resources. Plants from the forests have been used for millennia to treat conditions ranging from simple coughs to snake bites. Different parts of the plants - root, flower, stem, leaves, and bark - are used as remedies for different ailments. For example, a bark extract from an abies pindrow tree is used to treat coughs and bronchitis. Leaf and stem paste from an arachne cordifolia is used for wounds and as an antidote for snake bites. The bark of a callicarpa arborea is used for skin ailments. Nearly a fifth of the gymnosperms, angiosperms, and pteridophytes in the Himalayas are found to have medicinal properties, and more are likely to be discovered.
Most of the population in some Asian and African countries depend on medicinal plants rather than prescriptions and such (Gupta and Sharma, vii). Since so many people use medicinal plants as their only source of healing in the Himalayas, the plants are an important source of income. This contributes to economic and modern industrial development both inside and outside the region (Gupta and Sharma, 5). The only problem is that locals are rapidly clearing the forests on the Himalayas for wood, often illegally (Earth Island Journal, 2). This means that the number of medicinal plants is declining and that some of them might become rarer or, in some cases, go extinct.
Although locals are clearing out portions of the forests in the Himalayas, there is still a large amount of greenery ranging from the tropical forests to the Alpine forests. These forests provide wood for fuel and other raw materials for use by industries. There are also many pastures for animals to graze upon (Mohita, sec. Forest and Wealth). The many varieties of animals that live in these mountains do so based on the elevation. For example, elephants and rhinoceros live in the lower elevations of the Himalayas, also called the Terai region. Also, found in these mountains are the Kashmiri stag, black bears, musk deer, langur, and snow leopards. The Tibetan yak are also found on these mountains and are often used by the people for transportation. However, the populations of many of these animals and still others are declining and are on the verge of going extinct (Admin, sec. Flora and Fauna).
The Himalayas are also a source of many minerals and precious stones. Amongst the tertiary rocks, are vast potentials of mineral oil. There is coal located in Kashmir, and precious stones located in the Himalayas. There is also gold, silver, copper, zinc, and many other such minerals and metals located in at least 100 different places in these mountains (Mohita, sec. Minerals).
CULTURE
There are many cultural aspects of the Himalayas. For the Hindus, the Himalayas are personified as Himavath, the father of the goddess Parvati (Gupta and Sharma, 4). The Himalayas is also considered to be the father of the river Ganges. The Mountain Kailash is a sacred peak to the Hindus and is where the Lord Shiva is believed to live (Admin, sec. Centre of Religion). Two of the most sacred places of pilgrimage for the Hindus is the temple complex in Pashupatinath and Muktinath, also known as Saligrama because of the presence of the sacred black rocks called saligrams (Zurick, Julsun, Basanta, and Birendra, 153).
The Buddhists also lay a great deal of importance on the mountains of the Himalayas. Paro Taktsang is the holy place where Buddhism started in Bhutan (Admin, sec. Centre of Religion). The Muktinath is also a place of pilgrimage for the Tibetan Buddhists. They believe that the trees in the poplar grove came from the walking sticks of eighty-four ancient Indian Buddhist magicians or mahasiddhas. They consider the saligrams to be representatives of the Tibetan serpent deity known as Gawo Jagpa (Zurick, Julsun, Basanta, and Birendra, 153).
The Himalayan people’s diversity shows in many different ways. It shows through their architecture, their languages and dialects, their beliefs and rituals, as well as their clothing (Zurick, Julsun, Basanta, and Birendra, 78). The shapes and materials of the people’s homes reflect their practical needs and the beliefs. Another example of the diversity amongst the Himalayan peoples is that handwoven textiles display unique colors and patterns that coincide with their ethnic backgrounds. Finally, some people place a great importance on jewelry. The Rai and Limbu women wear big gold earrings and nose rings to show their wealth through their jewelry (Zurick, Julsun, Basanta, and Birendra, 79).
WIKIPEDIA
Us islanders playing Rugby in Japan showing our support on Climate Change #350Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
It has been a million years.
Or maybe it was yesterday.
The photos show how much time has passed
But that nothing has changed.
At the Extinction Rebellion camp, KC (aka Spidy), draws attention to a poster aimed at raising awareness about climate change. Reducing the demand for meat may decrease the environmental impact of meat production by influencing how much meat is produced.
The 2006 report Livestock's Long Shadow, released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, states that "the livestock sector is a major stressor on many ecosystems and on the planet as a whole.” Globally it is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases.
FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Maj. Gen. Paul LaCamera, incoming commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, passes the 4th Inf. Div. colors to Command Sgt. Maj. Brian Stall, command sergeant major, 4th Inf. Div. and Fort Carson, during the 4th Infantry Division change of command at Founders Field, March 14, 2013.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric Glassey, 4th Inf. Div. PAO)
Morning shift change time at Dongchang Yard on the Jixi Coal Railway serving the Chengzihe Colliery. Two 'SY' class 2-8-2s are being serviced in the background by the discharge hoppers on 7th January 2010.
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CAPTION: VICENZA, Italy – Spc. La-Drina Bell stationed in Vicenza Italy performs duty as an usher during the June 10 U.S. Army Africa change of command ceremony at Caserma Ederle’s Hoekstra Field. – US Army photo by SFC Kyle Davis.
Hogg takes command of U.S. Army Africa
10 June 2010 - By Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs
VICENZA, Italy – During a ceremony today at Caserma Ederle’s Hoekstra Field, Maj. Gen. David R. Hogg assumed command of U.S. Army Africa.
Gen. William E. Ward, commanding general of U.S. Africa Command presided over the ceremony, which signaled the departure of outgoing commander, Maj. Gen. William B. Garrett III.
Hogg, who recently served as deputy commanding general of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, said he is delighted to become part of the Vicenza military community.
“After 29 years of service and six overseas assignments to include Germany, Panama and Belgium, this is our first opportunity to be in Italy,” Hogg said. “We are absolutely thrilled to be here.”
Hogg said he is excited to be a part of U.S. Army Africa, the Army's newest service component command, challenged with developing relationships with land forces in Africa and supporting U.S. Army efforts on the African continent.
Ward reminded the crowd that U.S. Army Africa has accomplished some great things since Dec. 2008, when it began its transformation to becoming the Army service component command for U.S. Africa Command.
“In that short time, the command has formed, grown, and matured into an active and effective outfit and has established strong strategic relationships with the ground forces in Africa,” Ward said. “U.S. Army Africa not only succeeded, they excelled. In fact, they thrived on the opportunities they were given.”
Garrett took command of the Southern European Task Force in 2008. He commanded SETAF throughout its transformation to U.S. Army Africa. Garrett now heads to Iraq, where he will serve as the chief of staff, U.S. Forces Iraq.
“We look forward to building upon the systems that Maj. Gen. Garrett and Mrs. Garrett have developed,” Hogg said. “We are truly thankful for the warm welcome that we have received from the community and, especially, the Garretts.”
Photo by SFC Kyle Davis USARAF PAO
a change to the centre bed. pots that edged the centre bed have been moved away from the centre bed and positioned as a collective group on the patio (seen here in the foreground)
jasmine on the far fence is beginning to leaf
honeysuckle and buddleia clambering over the front arch
ivy covers the back arch at the end of the garden
grumps resting on the pillow in his favourite spot
meteorological spring begins 1st march ends 31st may
astonomical spring begins 20th march ends 21st june
www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/seasons/...
for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm flic.kr/p/2gnCyih meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...
www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing
View of Doha Skyline from above with several high rise towers being completed lies in the blanket of fog rising off New District of Doha in Qatar on October 20, 2010. Occurrence of fog at twilight time as early as mid October signals approaching winter season in Gulf regions that will last at times almost 7 months.
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I changed the eyes in my Evening Orchid Resin Evangeline Ghastly doll. Went from purple to blueish green.
Reading Buses revised its Caversham routes from Monday 19th February, in order to put them on a more secure financial footing.
The 23 and 24 have been re-combined to form circular services, with anticlockwise journeys numbered 23 and clockwise journeys 24 - therefore pink Scania OmniCity 1105, seen arriving at Reading Station North Interchange on the first day of the new arrangements, will have travelled outward via Lower Caversham Caversham Park and inbound via Emmer Green and Caversham Centre.
The pink OmniCitys used on the 23 and 24 will disappear from the fleet soon, and will be replaced by refurbished ADL Enviro400s recently displaced from route 17, which will be painted in a new pink-purple two-tone colour scheme to be branded as "berry". Indeed 1102 and 1103 have already been sold to Midland Classic of Burton-on-Trent, who operated one of they type on loan last year; and they entered service still in their pink livery.
To be honest, if my own hair was long and full enough I would style it myself in a feminine manner. But it's not, so I must rely on the alternative. At least I have the option of changing the color/length/style on nothing more than a whim :)
1990 heralded a new decade with momentous change and significant events unfolding internationally and at home in Queensland. German reunification was achieved following the ‘fall’ of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. The Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in turn declared their independence from the Soviet Union. Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa, and Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after more than 11 years in office. British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee created the first web server and web browser, and the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the space shuttle ‘Discovery’.
The Australian Labor Party’s federal election campaign was launched in Brisbane in early March before Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s government was returned later that month for a historic fourth term. Andrew Peacock resigned the leadership of the federal Liberal Party after the election defeat and was replaced by Dr John Hewson. Earlier in March, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) was founded. The inaugural Cape York Aboriginal Land Conference took place at Lockhart River in September, leading to the formation of the Cape York Land Council.
The nation’s first women Premiers were sworn into office this year, firstly Western Australia’s Carmen Lawrence in February followed by Victoria’s Joan Kirner in August. On the day of Kirner’s swearing in, the Hawke government announced Australia would join the international naval blockade of Iraq in the Persian Gulf. A specially convened ALP national conference in September endorsed the privatisation of Qantas and other assets, ahead of deregulation of the domestic aviation market in November. Near that month’s end, Treasurer Paul Keating declared Australia was enduring “the recession we had to have”.
This series consists of photographic colour negatives of many aspects of Queensland geographic features, panoramic views, cities and towns, infrastructure and buildings, industry and agriculture, flora and fauna, shipping, technology, services, recreation, people and significant events, captured by Queensland Government photographers (Ian Williams, D. Grant, I. Podle, Ross Hall, Les Dixon, Kaylene Biggs, Phil Hargraves, Ray Burgess, Robert Thompson, Noela Cerutti, and others).
The Government News and Information Services, Photographic Unit, part of the State Public Relations Bureau was responsible for providing illustrative resources and promotional information relating to Queensland and its economic and cultural development to the Premier and other Government departments, as well as gathering photographs taken by other Government photographic units which were of potential publicity value to the Premier's Department. The subsequent Public Relations Branch provided publication, consultancy and media services, as well as video and photographic services for use in the promotion of the Queensland Government within the State and overseas.
The superseding Public Relations and Media Office Photographic Unit, created in 1987 continued to provide photographic and reprographic services to the Department and pictorial and promotional material on Queensland, its resources, people and lifestyle.
Find this series in the Queensland State Archives Catalogue:
Linköping, Sweden, Oct 10 2010
Community members in Sweden planted a red oak to promote solutions to climate change and to urge politicians to pass clean energy policies.
This was one of over 7,000 climate action events taking place in in 188 countries around the world on 10/10/10 as part of “The Global Work Party.” This synchronized international event is organized by 350.org, and is expected to be the largest day of environmental activism in history.
Photo credit: 350.org/Tim Sirén
Copyright info: This photo is freely available for editorial use and may be reproduced under an Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 license
Inspiration from a tutorial from abduzeedo.com.
abduzeedo.com/awesome-digital-bokeh-effect-photoshop
"2009"
This normal muslim guy was selling DVD's of Holy Quran in the bus. This is his profession i guess. But most of all are quite not interested as we know the modern world is more off from the religion. And in last 10 years, the perspective about muslims have been changed in the world during some phenomenon though some of those were word conspiracy... But people like him are so normal, they lead below average life & strive to struggle...
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh,
BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 19: Ana Beatriz "naxy" Araujo of Team Liquid reacts after elimination by Shopify Rebellion at the VALORANT Game Changers Championship Knockouts Stage on November 19, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adela Sznajder/Riot Games)
Where have all the islands gone? Washed away by rising seas!
This year this bungalow and all the sand in front of was washed away during a large swell and big tide. Power is generated on another island and most local people are unaware of how it is generated, nor the need for renewable energy. How long will it be until all the buildings near the ocean are washed away?
The other problem:
Plastic waste is a huge problem on Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia. We need to work together to reduce and recycle plastic.
Small event organised by Merrilee Baker, photo by a local seaweed farmer with assistance from Juju Yoga for photoshop writing on the wall. (Would love to get some paint and actually write on the wall)
Emacs!
Media Advisory
Get ready for the Community Power Conference 2010
Join Ontario's largest annual gathering of
Community Power producers, proponents and supporters
The Community Power Conference 2010 is hosted by
the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association
(OSEA). Together with the Power Networking
Centre trade show, the conference attracts
industry regulators, commercial and community
power generators, farmers and First Nation and Métis delegations.
The conference offers two full days of meeting
and learning from community power experts, while
the trade show displays the latest innovations in
power generation technologies and services.
WHEN AND WHAT:
- November 14, 2010 (1:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.)
The Green Connection opening reception
co-organized with Green Enterprise Ontario (GEO)
- November 15-16, 2010 (7:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.)
Second Annual Community Power Conference
- November 16 - 17, 2010 (8:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.)
Power Networking Centre trade show co-organized
with the Association of Power Producers of Ontario (APPrO)
- November 15, 2010 (7:00 -9:30 pm)
Presentation of Community Power Awards.
WHERE:
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, 700 and 800 Level
222 Bremner Blvd., Toronto, ON Canada
This year, conference organizers have attracted
the following Ontario-wide and international
experts to speak at seminars and share their thoughts.
Speakers from Ontario include:
- Colin Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Power Authority
- The Honourable Brad Duguid, Ontario Minister of Energy
- Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
- Tom Rand, Advisory and Practice Lead of Cleantech, MaRS
- Michael Lyle, Vice President, Legal,
Aboriginal and Regulatory Affairs, Ontario Power Authority
- Don McCabe, Vice President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
- Jennifer Green, Executive Coordinator,
Agrienergy Producers' Association of Ontario
- Donna Cansfield, MPP and Parliamentary
Assistant to the Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
International speakers include:
- Shaun Chapman, Vote Solar, United States
- Mary Dougherty, Embark, Australia
- Stefan Gsaenger, Ingenieurbüro Henning Holst, Germany
- Johan Lewin, Seeland Development Trust, South Africa
- Preben, Maegaard, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark
- Miguel Mendoca, World Future Council, United Kingdom
- Fabio Rosa, Brazilian engineer who
brought solar power to rural communities of Brazil
The full list of speakers and their biographies can be found at:
cpconference.ca/Page.asp?PageID=924&SiteNodeID=385
For further details, please visit: www.cpconference.ca
The conference schedule can be found at:
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To register for the conference, please visit:
For more information or to schedule interviews
with any of the speakers above, please contact:
Maria Leung, Environmental Communication Options,
mleung@ecostrategy.ca OR 416-972-7401
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OSEA works to initiate, facilitate and support
the work of local sustainable energy organizations through
membership services, province wide capacity
building and non-partisan policy work. They work
to catalyze the efforts of community organizers
and raise awareness of the benefits of community
power and renewable energy through various
communication channels and by offering a variety
of workshops and guidebooks on topics.
this is me diving off a pedalo in a lake with the contrast very high and the sky done as a gradient and again use of the cloulds brush and the water tunrned purple
From left to right:
Cletus Springer, Director of the OAS Department of Sustainable Development
Cecilia Conde, Director of Climate Change Research, Mexican National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change and Member of the IPCC
Omar Ramirez Tejada, Executive Vice-president, National Council on Climate Change, Dominican Republic
Claudia S. de Windt, Chief, Environmental Law, Policy and Good Governance, OAS Department of Sustainable Department
Vicente Barros, Co-Chair of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Date: June 17, 2014
Place: Washington, DC
Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS
U.S. Navy Adm. William H. McRaven presents the "Bull Frog" trophy to Capt. Rico Lenway during McRaven's retirement ceremony, in Tampa, Aug. 28, 2014. The "Bull Frog" title recognizes the active duty Underwater Demolition Team (UDT)/SEAL operator with the greatest amount of cumulative service following completion of UDT Replacement Accession or Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, regardless of rank.
18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey traveled to Tampa to attend several ceremonies, to include; the retirement of U.S. Navy Adm. William H. McRaven, the promotion of U.S. Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel III, and the Special Operations Command change of command, Aug. 28, 2014. DoD photo by SSG Sean K. Harp, USA