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Floating agriculture is not only climate-adaptive, but can also lead to sustainable, large-scale crops. Monika Kirtoniya is one of many who started a floating farm upon receiving training on floating vegetable cultivation. Aquatic plants like water hyacinth are grown on soil-less rafts on water, providing a platform to sow seedlings in. Plants get nutrition from either composted organics or from the water. Field crops often perish during water logging, but floating farms survive.
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U.S. Army photos by Wayne W. Marlow
USAG Humphreys welcomes new senior enlisted Soldier
By W. Wayne Marlow
CAMP HUMPHREYS - Soldiers, civilians and family members welcomed the United States Army Garrison Humphreys’ new senior enlisted Soldier during a ceremony here June 19.
Command Sergeant Major Kristine A. Purnell assumed the duties, taking over for Command Sgt. Maj. Spencer Gray. Gray’s next assignment will be as command sergeant major for the 501st Sustainment Brigade at Camp Carroll.
Colonel Joseph P. Moore, USAG Humphreys commander, said Gray is leaving Humphreys a better place than when he arrived.
“Command Sgt. Maj. Gray epitomizes the noncommissioned officer. His service has been superb,” Moore said. “He has instructed Soldiers, led Soldiers and served as a leader in every enlisted rank.”
Moore then told Purnell, “Welcome to Korea. I trust you’ll embrace this opportunity…and build on what Sgt. Maj. Gray has left for you. You have a great staff and Camp Humphreys is a great place to live.”
Gray noted that prior to coming to Humphreys, he had spent his career in line units, so helping lead a garrison presented new and rewarding challenges.
“Selecting this job was the best decision I’ve ever made in my career,” he said. “It has been a personal transformation. I am a better person, Soldier and leader for having come here. USAG Humphreys has some of the greatest team players I’ve worked with in my 28 years in the Army.”
Purnell said she is looking forward to serving during the period of transformation, as Humphreys triples in size and is home to the largest construction project in the history of the Department of Defense.
“I will continue to build on the strong foundation Col. Moore Command Sgt. Maj. Gray have established, she said. “I am looking forward to a rewarding assignment in the Land of the Morning Calm.”
Purnell enlisted in the Army in 1985. She has served in various leadership positions, to include team chief, section chief, platoon sergeant, first sergeant, battalion operations sergeant major and command sergeant major. Her most recent assignment was as command sergeant major of the 69th Signal Battalion, 2nd Signal Brigade, in Grafenworhr, Germany.
She has deployed in support of Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom.
She has associate’s in general studies from Central Texas College and is pursuing a bachelor’s in liberal arts from Excelsior College.
Her many awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the National Defense Service Medal and the Bronze Order of Mercury.
A higl-level visualization of change management and what happens in a company when the outside environment changes.
Even though baby changing tables can cost as much as $2,000, you don't have to spend nearly that much to get a quality table that will work for you. This article tells you why you need a baby changing table, what to look for in a table and where to find the best deals.
Swan Island Dahlia Festival
About Us
We are dedicating our 2013-2014 season to our beloved family members. Ted Gitts, co owner of Swan Island Dahlias, and his wife Debbie, passed away from a tragic car accident this summer 2013. Our family is devastated by the loss and we have become acutely aware of how life can change in an instant. We will do our best to carry on the values and traditions this family holds dear.
Swan Island Dahlias is the largest and leading dahlia grower in the United States. We are located in the town of Canby, in the rich soil of the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The farm was originally located in Portland, Oregon, with some buildings on Swan Island, which is where the farm’s name was derived from. There was also a roadside stand in Sellwood, a suburb of Portland, so the business was known as both Swan Island Dahlias and Portland Dahlia Gardens at that time. Swan Island Dahlias was moved to Canby, Oregon on rented land in the 1940’s. Around 1953, twenty acres of farmland was purchased in Canby, and the business was relocated to its present site.
Nick and Margaret Gitts purchased Swan Island Dahlias in 1963 and moved their family to Oregon. Previously they owned a dairy farm in Laurel, Washington. Along with their dairy farm, they also owned and operated a small dahlia business on their farm know as Laurel Valley Dahlias. No longer just handling a small acre of dahlias, they were now farming 20 acres of dahlias as well as running the retail mail order and wholesale end of the dahlia business too. Under the Gitts family, the farm has expanded to a little over 40 acres at present. Nicholas and Ted Gitts joined their parents as partners in 1975 and then in 1991, their parents retired from the business. Under Nicholas and Ted, retail sales was expanded, our annual dahlia show became larger, our color catalog became more extensive and all the photography for our catalog is now done by Nicholas Gitts. Next came a computer system to help with our customer base and orders which brought our farming operation and office into a new era.
The family circle continues with Nicholas’ daughters, Jennifer Gitts – Eubanks, and Heather Gitts – Schloe, joining the business, bringing with them more changes and new ideas.
We have lost 3 family members whom we loved dearly. In October of 2007, Nick Sr lost his battle with cancer. Many of our customers had the privilege of meeting him when they visited the farm. He loved hybridizing and creating new varieties from seed and he often referred to his seedlings as "his babies".
This summer, we lost Ted Gitts and his wife Debbie in a tragic car accident. Ted was our "go to" tractor guy. He ran the planter in the spring, and the dahlia digger in the fall. Ted was an avid fisherman and hunter, he loved the outdoors and all it's beauty. They were deeply loved and will be profoundly missed by our family.
Ted and Nick Sr were both very special individuals and the dahlia world has lost two generous people who helped bring much beauty to the world. We are dedicated to continuing the traditions that they both brought to this business.
Swan Island Dahlias has been in operation for over 85 years. The Gitts family has owned and operated the business for over 50 years. We proudly offer the largest full color dahlia catalog in the industry. We hybridize our own new varieties, planting over 10,000 seedlings each year. From those original seedlings, it takes about 4 years to introduce a new seedling for sale. Each season we introduce anywhere from 5 to 15 new varieties which are featured in our catalog and at our farm. We grow over 350 varieties on 40 acres that are open to the public during blooming season, and it is a beautiful sight to behold. We are very proud of Swan Island Dahlias, and the farming tradition our family brings to the business we’ve owned and operated for three generations. We are dedicated to bringing the best and highest quality dahlias the world has to offer now and in future generations to come.
"A beautiful garden is a work of heart"
for more: www.dahlias.com
I was fortunate enough to make a couple of bitter-sweet return trips on the Woodhead Route in its last week of passenger operation in Dec 1969. Breaking my journey each way at Penistone to maximise the experience, I had Tommies for haulage and a 37 (we called them “EE3s” back then) on the Harwich Boat Train. 20 years later in 1989, I took my son to see the remains of the Woodhead at Penistone and stand on the spot beside where I had captured a Tommy on a coal train all those years earlier.
The last time I passed here about 10-15 years ago, large trees and shrubs had overgrown the whole area making a meaningful photo not possible at that time, although Google Maps suggests that the westbound platform may have been cleared of vegetation.
Penistone still provides for the Huddersfield to Sheffield (Midland} service today.
Thanks for your visit, fav, & comment (even short!) :):
Location: Aranaù, Ceara, Brazil
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 14-24 mm f/2.8G ED @ 14mm | 1:2.8 | f/11 | ISO 200
HDR 9 RAW with Exposure bracketed @ +/-1.0 IL
Handheld
Presided by Commander of Allied Maritime Command, Vice Admiral Keith Blount (COM MARCOM), the Change of Command Ceremony for the Standing NATO Maritime Group One take place Haakonshallen in Bergen, Norway, on Monday 9 December 2019. Commander Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1), Rear Admiral lower half edwrd Cashman (US Navy) is relieved by Commodore Yngne Skoglund (Royal NOR Navy).
NATO Photo by WO Stephane Dzioba (FRA N)
Dear Water-Protectors and friends,
As organizer of the NoDAPL Solidarity Event in Vienna I am reaching out to you to report about the event and to send you some pictures of it (attached in the appendix) …here the Facebook event where you find even more pics and videos: www.facebook.com/events/1782578492009468/
Description:
On November 15th from 5 to 7.30pm more than 60 people gathered in front of the US Consulate in Vienna at Theodor-Herzl Platz. Via speakerboxes and microphone I gave a short introduction about the issues at stake for indigenous peoples when faced with the invasive and ignorant (neocolonial) character of extractive industry enterprises, (as can be seen in ND by them building through holy lands and threatening major water sources without free prior consent or consult with people affected according to the UNDRIP) and appealed to the US to engage critically with their history of state formation based on genocide and suppression of Indigenous Peoples (IP) and their cultures and to #HonotTheTreaties and respecting IP sovereign rights for self-determination in their doings and beings. Also I pointed at the numerous negative environmental Impacts of the Pipeline, (also referring to the missing Environmental Impact Assessment of the pipeline) and emphasized how the concept of interrelatedness of all existence found in indigenous ontologies can help us as humans to see beyond the borders of our socialized selves and reestablish a respectful and harmonious relational dynamic with the life-giving nature around us - #noDAPL because #WaterIsLife.
Many others took also the chance to speak about the injustices, police brutality and human rights violations happening in ND, including Peter Schwarzbauer, a spokesman of Arbeitskreis Indianer Nordamerikas (AKIN - a human rights watch specializing on indigenous proples’ struggles, challenges and concerns), Michael Fenz, a representative of the austrian „Idle no more“ Support Group and Roy E. Pete, a Navajo, who also performed a prayer song for the Water-Protectors at the construction sites in ND.
We repeatedly chanted the paroles:
- You can’t drink oil, keep it in the soil
- Water Is Life
- No triumphs for Trump in Standing Rock
Also a lifestream was filmed, lots of pictures were taken and posted on Facebook during or after the event the next day under the following hashtags:
#WATERISLIFE
#ISTANDWITHSTANDINGROCK
#MNIWICONI
#PROTECTMOTHEREARTH
#NODAPL
#STANDWITHSTANDINGROCK
#1N
#SACREDSTONECAMP
#THEWORLDISWATCHING
#BlackSnakeKillaz
#HonorTheTreaties
#Bankexit
#StandingWithStandingRock
Apart from that there was a lot of drumming, singing and discussion going on as people got together, interconnecting and talking about shared values and the struggle.
Also WienTV.org a Viennese TV channel made, posted and screened a 7 minute video of the event. Here a link to watch it (it’s in german):
www.facebook.com/WienTV.org/videos/1133994469970659/
Many blessings and courage to you, the protectors in Standing Rock and all the people fighting for a ecologically sustainable and socially just future for all!
All best,
Georg Bergthaler, BA
MA Student of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Entrepreneur, Mountaineer
service 412 was operated by Stagecoach until 22-10-11, then the contract passed to Yeomans, seen in Commerical rd on there first day of running it
24-10-11
Taken by the good Lady
Within 15 minutes this evening, the sky in Richhill changed in so many ways and into so many different colours! Absolutely fantastic! ☀️
“You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight”
~Jim Rohn
[Day 149/365]
First film through this
This section of the Berlin Wall sits outside Imperial War Museum London. The colourful artwork with the positive Change Your Life message was created by the graffiti artist 'Indiano', and is said to have been inspired by a Rainer Maria Rilke poem. The colourful front of the Wall was on the West side, whereas the reverse side – facing East – is dull and grey and forbidding.
London, UK
- Từ đâi t sẽ thâi đỗi
- Thâi đỗi thành 1 con ngừi khác
- Sẽ ko còn ai xa lánh t
- Sẽ ko còn ai khi dễ t nữa
- T péc t nợ tụi bâi wá nhìu ròi p~ hôg ... :)
- Từ bâi h` t sẽ trả hếc cho tụi bâi
COME BACK
- 1 con ngừi mới hoàn toàn ...
- Bon: Nhữg lúc t bùn mày là ngừi bên t
- Zúp t xua đi nhữg bùn phiền đó
- Còn nhìu nhìu nữa Bon àh ...
- T c.ơn mày rất nhìu :)
- P~ chăg t v' mày là b. thân
- Là zo có duyên v' nhau chăg ? ...
- T mứn nói v' mày 1 đìu thôi ...
- Đừg xa t nhé BUFFALO crazy :)
- T cần mày :)
- Mèo: Nếu thấy mah làm phiền con wá
- Thỳ con cứ nói :) ...
- Nói 1 tiếg mah sẽ ko làm phiền con n~
- Mah th* con lắm Mèo
- Mah chĩ mứn con đc zui ... đc h.p
- Níu như đó h` mah kó làm con bùn
- Thỳ cho mah xin lỗi :)
- Đừg bùn mah nha con :)
- Th* con ... c.gái :)
- Ck` kưn: Có thễ e đã ko mang lại h.p cho a ... E cũg hôg mứn a wen e màh a lại ko kó h.p ...
- Níu z. cứ nói cho e péc nha a :)
- E th* a lắm :)
- YANL Ty ạ ... :)
UCLA Luskin and the UCLA Food Studies Certificate program hosted a Food Month festival and panel discussion on food security issues on Oct. 26, 2017. “Harvesting Change: Fostering Partnerships for Food Security” included Jessica McBride MURP '14, Fatinah Darwish of the L.A. County Department of Public Health, mental health expert Rhea Holler, Rick Nahmias of Food Forward and Frank Tamborello of Hunger Action LA. Photos by Les Dunseith
Local citizens in the Northampton, Massachusetts area have held Climate Dot signs--and one large one saying "No Tar Sands Pipeline--Stop Climate Change!"--every day at morning and evening rush hour from Monday to Friday of this week. These photos were taken Thursday and Friday, at the edge of the largest bridge in the valley with the highest volume of traffic. We'll be there again in even bigger numbers today!!
I feel THAT kind of change is coming. When you hear change, don't you think of the dreaded M word? No, not magical or marvelous but MENOPAUSE. Well, I am only moments away from the next hot flash. So, get a grip! (I am telling myself) For the group, Parallel Vision This week's word is Change.
Another from a sequence shot in September on Gardom's Edge in spectacular stormy lighting conditions.
La vida cambia, y a veces lo hace en segundos. Puedes estar de lo más feliz por algo o alguien, y al medio minuto las lágrimas sustituyen esa magnífica sonrisa que ha brillado en tu rostro durante los días anteriores, ¡o durante esa mismísima mañana!
Las cosas cambian, la vida cambia, y sólo nos queda conformarnos con lo que vendrá y esperar que el futuro nos haga olvidar todo lo desagradable; o quizás no olvidarlo, pero sí suavizarlo.
The Henri usually flies a Dutch flag along with the Jolly Roger, this week they'd changed. I don't recognise the flag though, possibly Andalucia?
HI
Here is my photo for India.
No coal mining in Australia.
Regards,
Catherine and Clive Carlyle
John and Kerry Probert
Mount Gambier and Naracoorte
South Australia
Where I stand today - changing wall art in the house. This quilted O goes up in the entry today. The lighter area inside the O is a silver and black fabric...the light hit it full on, so it looks a bit odd. But I love this piece so much. O for Opal and O for orange....a collaborative piece with #oamyoamy
The giant wall screen in the Crystal Lobby on the cruise ship was used for Wii games throughout the day.
I noticed the "Change Mii" display - is that all it takes - the push of a button to "change mii" ?
We were out at Oneill Park for a day of plein aire painting. After we were done painting, we decided to snap a few shots for some future painting projects. The sad part of this story is that due to the Santiago fires, this area has been severely burned.
This photo (and the following ones) was taken at the Election Night with NC Democratic Party event downtown Raleigh. This specific photo was taken few moments after the announcement of Obama's election.
I don't think I was ever hugged or high fived so much by complete strangers as tonight :>
And so many people were crying and laughing and jumping (including on top of my left foot :P).
After many years in the US, I can definitely say one thing: when this country needs to change, it does. And typically for the better.
Unfortunately, I can't say the same for Italy right now, where change is basically a synonym for "bad".
But it will!
A bluegrass 5-string banjo is typically tuned with the strings at GBGBD, which all happen to be notes in a G chord. To change your key, you can add a capo (like guitar players do), learn some music theory (ugh), or change your "tuning." For example, one of my favorite songs, Texas Barbecue by Bela Fleck, uses a D tuning -- strings at F#DF#AD. It can be a bit tricky to change keys this way -- I'm just glad I didn't have to *CHANGE* a string to complete this assignment!
(Also, the dog was barking at the camera the whole time because I was using the remote & the camera was going off 'all by itself." Very funny!)
I was so disappointed a few days ago when I went to Bowness Park to see if the small, (possibly hybrid) Silver Maple tree had turned red yet. We don't have the glorious reds of fall here in Calgary, but I was told about this single tree last year and managed to get a few photos of the vivid red leaves. However, this fall, almost every leaf is badly damaged, plus they had not yet reached full colour. These were about the only two leaves fit to be photographed : (