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Born in Rutland, Vermont and reared in Chester, Vermont, he attended the University of Vermont for two years. Military service interrupted, however, and on June 27, 1916, Pvt Edson of the First Vermont National Guard Regiment was sent to Eagle Pass, Texas, for duty on the Mexican border. He returned to the University in September 1916, but joined the Marine Corps Reserve on June 26, the following year.
[edit] Early career
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on October 9, 1917. In September of the next year he sailed for France with the 11th Marines. This regiment saw no combat, but during the last six months of his European tour, 2dLt Edson commanded Company D, 15th Separate Marine Battalion, which had been organized for the express purpose of assisting in the holding of a plebiscite in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Owing to the failure of the United States to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, this mission, however, was never carried out.
Following the end of World War I, he began a diversified series of assignments that were to qualify him for the high commands he was to hold in later years. Promoted to first lieutenant on June 4, 1920, he spent the two years at Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, as the Adjutant-Registrar of the fledgling Marine Corps Institute. His efforts greatly contributed to the organization and establishment of this "University for Marines". This was followed by a short tour in Louisiana guarding the mail.
His interest in military aviation then prompted him to apply for flight training in Pensacola, Florida. He earned his gold wings as a Naval Aviator in 1922. Soon after, he was ordered to the Marine Air Station at Guam. Here he had his introduction to the semitropical islands of the Marianas with which his name was later to become so closely linked.
Upon his return to the United States in 1925, 1st Lt Edson first took an extensive course in advanced aviation tactics at Kelly Field, Texas, and then attended the Company Officers'''' Course at Quantico, Virginia. He graduated with the highest grades ever attained by any student up to that time. For physical reasons, however, 1stLt Edson had to give up his flying status in 1927 and continue his career as a ground officer. He was then assigned to duty as Ordnance Officer at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
[edit] Central America & China
Late in the same year, he was ordered to sea duty as Commanding Officer of the Marine Detachment on the USS Denver (CL-16) and was promoted to captain on December 21, 1927. During her service in Central American waters, Capt Edson''''s detachment was ashore in Nicaragua during the period February 1928 to 1929. In command of 160 hand picked and specially trained Marines, he fought twelve separate engagements with the Sandino-led bandits and denied them the use of the Poteca and Coco River valleys. Here, he received his first Navy Cross for actions in which "his exhibition of coolness, intrepidity, and dash so inspired his men that superior forces of bandits were driven from their prepared positions and severe losses inflicted upon them." From a grateful Nicaraguan government, Capt Edson was also awarded the Nicaraguan Medal of Merit with Silver Star.
In September 1929, Capt Edson returned to the United States and was assigned as tactics instructor to fledgling Marine lieutenants at The Basic School in Philadelphia. Upon detachment from that duty, he became Ordnance and War Plans Officer at the Philadelphia Depot of Supplies for the next four years.
This ordnance duty was not new to Capt Edson who was closely associated with the development of small arms marksmanship within the Marine Corps. In 1921, he had been a firing member of the winning Marine Corps Team at the National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. In 1927, 1930, and 1931, he served with the rifle and pistol teams as assistant coach. During the regional matches of 1932 and 1933, he acted as team coach and captain, respectively. Upon the resumption of the National Matches in 1935, he was captain of the Marine Corps national rifle and pistol teams of 1935 and 1936, winning the national trophies in both years.
After short tours at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C., he was enrolled in the Senior Officers'''' Course at the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia in 1936. He was promoted to major on February 9, 1936. Foreign duty as operations officer with the 4th Marines in Shanghai, China from 1937 to 1939, enabled Maj Edson to observe closely Japanese military operations. The knowledge thus gained stood him in good stead during the Pacific war.
His second tour of duty at Marine Corps Headquarters began in May 1939 when, as Inspector of Target Practice, he was in a position to stress the importance of every Marine being highly skilled with his own individual arm. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 1, 1940.
[edit] World War II
[edit] Raider Battalion
In June 1941, he was again transferred to Quantico, to command the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, which was redesignated the 1st Separate Battalion in January 1942. The training exercises which he conducted in the succeeding months with Navy high speed transports (APDs) led to the organization of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion in early 1942. This unit was the prototype of every Marine Raider battalion formed throughout the war. He was promoted to colonel on May 21, 1942.
Lieutenant Colonel Edson (front row, second from left) poses for a group photo with other Marine officers on Tulagi shortly after the battle in August, 1942.Colonel Edson''''s introduction to the Pacific theater of operations began with the overseas training of his raider command in American Samoa. On August 7, 1942, his raiders, together with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, landed on Tulagi, British Solomon Islands. Two days of severe fighting secured this strategic island in the Battle of Tulagi. After Edson''''s battalion was relocated to Guadalcanal, his unit conducted raids on Savo Island and at Tasimboko, on Guadalcanal. Col Edson was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for his successful conduct of the Tulagi operation.
[edit] Guadalcanal
The battle for which he is best remembered was the defense of Lunga Ridge on Guadalcanal on the night of September 13,–14, 1942. His Raider Battalion, with two companies of the 1st Parachute Battalion attached, had been sent to a ridge line a short distance south of Henderson Field. Here, they were supposed to get a short rest. When the Japanese forces unexpectedly and viciously attacked the position on the first evening, they penetrated the left center of Col Edson''''s line of resistance, thus forcing a withdrawal to a reserve position.
Approximately 800 Marines withstood the repeated assaults of more than 2,500 Japanese on the "Bloody Ridge", as it became to be called. To the men of the 1st Raider Battalion, however, who sustained 256 casualties, it became "Edson''''s Ridge", in high honor of the officer who "was all over the place, encouraging, cajoling, and correcting as he continually exposed himself to enemy fire." His nickname, "Red Mike", originating from his red beard worn in Nicaragua days, was also his code name during this battle. From then on Col Edson was known by all as "Red Mike". It was for this action — the Battle of Edson''''s Ridge — that he received the Medal of Honor.
After Edson''''s Ridge, Edson was placed in command of the 5th Marine Regiment. In this capacity, he was one of the primary leaders in the Matanikau actions from September 23, - October 9, 1942. Edson also commanded the 5th Marines during the Battle for Henderson Field and until the regiment was withdrawn from Guadalcanal, along with the rest of the 1st Marine Division, in November, 1942.
A brother officer said of him shortly thereafter that officers and men would willingly follow him anywhere—the only problem was to keep up with him. A combat correspondent testified that "he is not a fierce Marine. In fact he appears almost shy. Yet Colonel Edson is probably among the five finest combat commanders in all the United States armed forces."
It was also said that he was not readily given to a show of emotion. Nevertheless, when his personal runner of several months'''' service was killed at the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal, witnesses said he "cried like a baby," and later stated that the man could never be replaced.
[edit] Higher commands & more battles
BGen Edson surveying the front lines on TinianIn August 1943, he was named Chief of Staff of the 2nd Marine Division, which was then preparing for the invasion of Tarawa. He prepared an estimate of the situation for this operation which proved to be surprisingly accurate and has since become a classic in Marine Corps military literature. For this action, he received the Legion of Merit and was promoted to brigadier general (December 1, 1943). Later, he was appointed Assistant Division Commander of the 2d Marine Division and participated in this capacity in the capture of Saipan and Tinian. The Silver Star was awarded him for these operations.
Brigadier General Edson became Chief of Staff, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, in October 1944, and, for his services during the ensuing year, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit. Duty as Commanding General, Service Command, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, rounded out 44 months of continuous service in the war zone. When a young officer once asked him when he might expect to be rotated back to the United States, BGen Edson replied, "When the war''''s over; when the job''''s done."
[edit] Retirement
Edson as a Brigadier GeneralIn December 1945, he was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and, in February 1947, to Marine Corps Headquarters. Retirement from active duty came at the age of 50 years and after more than 30 years in the military service of his country. He was promoted to major general at the time of his retirement on August 1, 1947.
Following his retirement, MajGen Edson''''s civilian service was equally distinguished. He became the first Commissioner of the Vermont State Police, organizing the force partially from an older organization of motor vehicle officers. He set up an efficient organization on a semi-military basis, a system which has since been adopted by other states.
Returning to Washington, D.C., in July 1951, MajGen Edson became Executive Director of the National Rifle Association. His major efforts in that post were directed in stimulating the interest of Americans in rifle marksmanship. Concurrently, he campaigned vigorously for a Marine Corps adequate both in size and strength for its many commitments.
Major General Edson died, on August 14, 1955, in Washington, D.C., by his own hand, having committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in the garage next to his Washington, D.C. home, while serving in the NRA post.[1] At the time of his death, in addition to his duties at the Rifle Association, he was the Navy representative on the Defense Advisory Committee on Prisoner of War Problems. This group formulated recommended standards of conduct for American prisoners of war. These were later adopted and promulgated as the Code of Conduct for all American servicemen.
Sims Crane works with Diversified Environmental Services, lifting their oil diaster response boats and barges in and out of the Port of Tampa for training.
The landscape with colourful diversified floating gardens has a unique aesthetic view. Dealing with nature and human needs, floating garden are integrated and sustainable in the Bengali landscape. In summer, flowers of water hyacinth bloom on the water. Contrast between light purple of flowers and deep green of leaves creates beautiful scenery.
Photo credit must be given to (c) Badal Sarker for the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh.
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The landscape with colourful diversified floating gardens has a unique aesthetic view. Dealing with nature and human needs, floating garden are integrated and sustainable in the Bengali landscape. In summer, flowers of water hyacinth bloom on the water. Contrast between light purple of flowers and deep green of leaves creates beautiful scenery.
Photo credit must be given to (c) Badal Sarker for the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh.
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The wheel was invented over 5000 years ago, but until the steam locomotive came along, a mere 150 years later, wagons and carts were the only use for transportation..
Small carriages were popularized during the 18th and 19th centuries, then wagon construction became diversified and individualistic..
Wagons and carriages were built for every conceivable purpose, for every age group, and in numerous designs and styles. They were used to tour, relocate, travel, advertise, and transport freight. Basically, there were two general types of wagons: passenger vehicles which transported people, and delivery wagons which transported things. The construction of both types of wagons was fairly simple. The bodies of wagons and carts were made of wood. Axles, springs, brakes, and various decorative embellishments were made of metal. Most passenger vehicles had upholstered seats, while delivery wagons had wood benches. There were two basic parts to wagons in carriages: the underside, which included the axles, springs, wheels, brake system, and what was known as the gearing, and the body. Wagons were classified and identified by the various styles of those two major elements of construction. Each wagon was built individually so alterations to body shape and gearing design were easily made from wagon to wagon; explaining, in part, the great variety wide as and carts that existed at the turn of the century. .
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Private passenger vehicles were classified as buggies, although often they were called roundabouts, road wagons, or driving wagons. Most passenger wagons were of the Phaeton class meaning that they were owner driven, with simple, primitive, and plain designs. Two examples of this step a lag in our the Piano Box Buggy designed in 1882 and the Coal Box Body from 1902. They were both small, and two seeded common one horse carriages. These bodies would typically have a black body, ride or dark green room running gear, and dark blue or dark green cloth trim. The two bodies different a shape of the body. Where's the Piano Box Buggy is square and box-like, the Coal Box Buggy body slopes gently at the back.
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People were not the only thing wagons carried. A second general category of wagon was the delivery wagon, which transported goods. Freight wagons were generally larger than passenger vehicles, and they were built to carry heavy loads. The suspension portion of these wagons was stronger and was designed to handle the demanding weight of machinery, 500 gallons of kerosene, full grown trees, furniture, or whenever product was being transported. Sitting in delivery wagons was limited to one or two spots on a wood bench, not at all like the comparative luxury of the passenger vehicle. Another distinctive feature of the delivery wagon was the body style. Nearly every product, service, and profession had its own body design. Most of the styles were created to meet specific needs..
The Republic Furniture Moving Company Dray is an example of a wagon designed to meet specific needs. It was made with a box body which was useful for moving furniture. The wheel arrangement enabled freight to hang over the sides of the wagon if necessary. A basic design of the wagon made it capable of caring other types of freight besides furniture..
A second example of a custom designed wagon is the Carnation Milk Wagon. It was designed to keep milk fresh during delivery. Enclosed body, exemplifying the milk wagon design, maintained a call temperature inside the wagon, and protected the products from wind and rain. The gearing on this type of wagon was typical of freight wagons in general, and include side and cross platform springs and the "fifth wheel". The two distinctive elements of the wagon, sheet metal sidings and pneumatic tires, indicate that this wagon was built in the 20th century..
Wagon makers could design each wagon to have differentiated features, which created great freedom and individualization in the making of horse-drawn vehicles. An example that illustrates this is the Milk Wagon No. 26. It is not of the traditional enclosed style like the Carnation Milk Wagon, but it is more similar to a dray. It was also made a completely different materials. This, in addition to some research, indicates that it could have been a wagon with a totally different purpose, perhaps a railroad delivery wagon. Cross platform springs and the "fifth wheel", as well as the design of the wagons body, indicate that this was definitely used in freight service, whether that may have been delivering railroad supplies or cans of milk..
Wagons - information card, Travel Town, Los Angeles, California, 2010.05.16
Some wagons were not made for as specific a purpose. For example the Platform Spring Wagon was a general use delivery wagon suited for small jobs and hauling light freight. This particular wagon was used by the Southern California Gas Company to pick up and deliver gas meters. Distinctive to the platform spring wagon are the Studebaker Wood-Hound gearing and the smaller box-style body.
DSC00113, 2010.05.16, California, Los Angeles, Travel Town, Milk Wagon A.XX.40.21
The companies in this year’s class represent the ever-growing and diversifying entrepreneurial ecosystem. Our companies come from all over the country and bring unique skills, background and expertise to Boulder this summer. While individually different, they are all fueled by an unquenchable desire to improve the world by solving big problems.
This year’s class includes companies that are focused on helping brides get the dress they dream of (while staying within their budget) to enabling any child to make music to wearables that notify a loved one if you feel unsafe to helping home buyers/sellers save money and many more. These 10 companies stood out for their drive and passion to do something great and it’s a true honor and privilege to work with them.
We’re very excited to introduce the Techstars Boulder 2015 class:
adHawk: A mobile app that provides a bird’s eye view of all your digital marketing data in one place.
Blazing DB: An SQL database at supercomputer speeds that’s incredibly easy to use.
Edify: Empower every kid in the world to make their own music.
Flytedesk: A platform for buying and selling uncollected media, starting with college newspapers.
HobbyDB: The definitive database for collectors and hobbyists to manage and monetize their collections.
MadKudu: Data science that helps sales and support teams fight customer churn.
Revolar: The world’s smartest personal safety wearable device keeps you safe anytime, anywhere.
Stryd: The world’s first running power meter that helps runners improve their performance.
TRELORA: A commission-free real estate company, replacing percentage-based commissions with one flat fee.
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Christian Aid has been supporting work to help communities diversify their livelihoods so they are less dependent on rain-fed agriculture which suffers during drought. Mignota (right) and Werku’s mother received two sheep from Women Support Association. Having sold their lambs she can now send Mignota, 11, and Werku, 9, to school.
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This is one of two large murals inside the lobby of Buffalo City Hall. Entitled "Talens Diversified Find Vent in Myriad Forms," it was painted by William de Leftwich Dodge, a New York City artist. The mural depicts Buffalo's industries at the time City Hall was built, which include agriculture, grain storage, water commerce, steelmaking, construction and transportation.
Buffalo has some wonderful Art Deco architecture, and Buffalo City Hall is one of the highlights. It was completed in 1931 and designed by Dietel, Wade & Jones. The Art Deco design includes symbolic bas relief on the ground-level exterior and colourful terra cotta decoration at the top. The interior also includes amazing murals, which are also symbolic in nature.
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Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries is a diversified heavy industrial company specialising in shipbuilding, ship breaking, offshore construction, modular construction, civil and marine engineering, renewables and project management, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Harland and Wolff owns the world's largest dry dock, which is in Belfast. The shipyard has built many types of ships, including RMS Titanic.
Harland and Wolff was formed in 1861 by Edward James Harland (1831–1895) and Hamburg-born Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (1834–1913, in the UK from age 14). In 1858 Harland, then general manager, bought the small shipyard on Queen's Island from his employer Robert Hickson. After buying Hickson's shipyard, Harland made his assistant Wolff a partner in the company. Wolff was the nephew of Gustavus Schwabe, a financier from Hamburg, who was heavily invested in the Bibby Line, and the first three ships that the newly incorporated shipyard built were for that line. Harland made a success of the business through several innovations, notably replacing the wooden upper decks with iron ones which increased the strength of the ships; and giving the hulls a flatter bottom and squarer section, which increased their capacity.
When Harland died in 1894, William James Pirrie became the chairman of the company until his death in 1924. Thomas Andrews also became the managing director and head of the draughting department in 1907. It was during this period that the company built the RMS Titanic and her sister-ships RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic between 1909 and 1914, commissioning William Arrol to construct a massive twin gantry and slipway structure for the project. These were three of over 70 ships constructed for the White Star Line by the company, the last being the RMS Britannic in 1929.
In 1912, the company acquired another shipyard at Govan in Glasgow, Scotland. It bought the London & Glasgow Engineering & Iron Shipbuilding Co's Middleton and Govan New shipyards in Govan and Mackie & Thomson's Govan Old yard. The three neighbouring yards were amalgamated and redeveloped to provide a total of seven building berths, a fitting-out basin and extensive workshops. Harland & Wolff specialised in building tankers and cargo ships at Govan. The yard was eventually closed in 1962, when the company opted to consolidate its operations in Belfast.
During World War I, Harland and Wolff built monitors and cruisers, including the 15-inch gun armed "large light cruiser" HMS Glorious. In 1918, the company opened a new shipyard on the eastern side of the Musgrave Channel which was named the East Yard. This yard specialised in mass-produced ships of standard design developed during the First World War.
The company started an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary with Short Brothers, called Short and Harland Limited in 1936. Its first order was for 189 Handley Page Hereford bombers built under license from Handley Page for the Royal Air Force. During the Second World War, this factory built Short Stirling bombers as the Hereford was removed from service.
The shipyard was busy during World War II, building 6 aircraft carriers, 2 cruisers (including HMS Belfast) and 131 other naval ships; and repairing over 22,000 vessels. It also manufactured tanks and artillery components. It was during this period that the company's workforce peaked at around 35,000 people. However, many of the vessels built during this era were commissioned right at the end of World War II, as Harland and Wolff were focused on ship repair during the first three years of the war. The yard on Queen's Island was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe in April and May 1941 causing considerable damage to the shipbuilding facilities and destroying the aircraft factory. With the rise of the jet powered airliner in the late 1950s, the demand for Ocean liners declined; and this coupled with competition from Japan led to difficulties for the British shipbuilding industry. The last liner that the company built was the SS Canberra in 1960.
In the 1960s, notable achievements for the yard included the tanker Myrina which was the first supertanker built in the UK, and the largest vessel ever launched down a slipway (September 1967). In the same period the yard also built the semisubmersible drilling rig Sea Quest which, due to its three-legged design, was launched down three parallel slipways. This was a first and only time this was ever done.
In the mid-1960s, the British government started advancing loans and subsidies to British shipyards to preserve jobs. Some of this money was used to finance the modernisation of the yard, allowing it to build the much larger post-war merchant ships including one of 333,000 tonnes. However continuing problems led to the company's nationalisation as part of British Shipbuilders in 1977.
The company was bought from the British government in 1989 in a management/employee buy-out in partnership with the Norwegian shipping magnate Fred Olsen; leading to a new company called Harland and Wolff Holdings Plc. By this time, the number of people employed by the company had fallen to around 3000.
For the next few years, Harland and Wolff specialised in building standard Suezmax oil tankers, and has continued to concentrate on vessels for the offshore oil and gas industry. It has made some forays outside of this market. The company bid unsuccessfully tendered against Chantiers de l'Atlantique for the construction of Cunard line's new Queen Mary 2.
With the Shipyard being situated in the mainly Protestant area of East Belfast, for most of its history the workers at Harland and Wolff were almost exclusively Protestant. At certain times, some Roman Catholics working in the shipyard did report discrimination and occasionally violent and threatening behaviour. While there is little concrete proof of this (except in the case of Catholic Maurice O'Kane who was shot by the Ulster Volunteer Force), some Catholic workers insist on its accuracy. The O'Kane case, while occurring within the shipyard, was not carried out by any of Mr O'Kane's co-workers, and indeed a number of workers from both sides of the divide have claimed that the mainly working class status of the yard's workers united them, regardless of political and religious affiliation.
In the late 1990s, the yard was part of the then British Aerospace's team for the Royal Navy's Future Carrier (CVF) programme. It was envisaged that the ship would be constructed in Belfast. However in 1999 BAe merged with Marconi Electronic Systems. The new company, BAE Systems Marine, now own the former Marconi shipyards at Barrow and on the Clyde and will likely construct the ships at one of these.
Faced with competitive pressures (especially as regards shipbuilding), Harland and Wolff sought to shift and broaden their portfolio, focusing less on shipbuilding and more on design and structural engineering, as well as ship repair, offshore construction projects and competing for other projects to do with metal engineering and construction. This led to Harland and Wolff constructing a series of bridges in Britain and also in the Republic of Ireland, building on the success of its first foray into the civil engineering sector with the construction of the Foyle Bridge and others such as Dublin's Millennium Bridge, which some perceived as a historic turnaround, given the company's controversial history.
Harland and Wolff's last shipbuilding project (to date) was the MV Anvil Point, one of 6 near identical Point class sealift ships built for use by the Ministry of Defence. The ship, built under sub-contract from German shipbuilders Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, was launched in 2003.
Belfast's skyline is still dominated today by Harland and Wolff's famous twin Gantry cranes, Samson and Goliath, built in 1974 and 1969 respectively. There is also speculation about a resurgence in the prosperity of the shipyard thanks to the company's diversification into Emerging technologies, particularly in Renewable energy development, such as offshore Wind turbine and Tidal power construction, which may provide an opportunity to further improve the company's fortunes in the long term.
In recent years the company has indeed seen its ship-related workload increase slightly. Whilst Harland & Wolff has no involvement in any shipbuilding projects for the foreseeable future, the company is increasingly involved in overhaul, re-fitting and ship repair, as well as the construction and repair of off-shore equipment such as oil platforms. In late 2007, the 'Goliath' gantry crane was re-commissioned, having been moth-balled in 2003 due to the lack of heavy-lifting work at the yard.
In March 2008 the construction of the World's first commercial tidal stream turbine, for Marine Current Turbines, was completed at the Belfast yard. The installation of the 1.2MW SeaGen Tidal System was begun in Strangford Lough on the third of April 2008.
Ships built by Harland and Wolff include:
* 89 of the White Star liners (most notably RMS Titanic)
* RMS Mooltan: Launched on 15 February 1923
* RMS Maloja: Launched on the 19th April 1923
* SS Minnewaska:Maiden Voyage 1st September 1923
* SS Minnehaha Built in 1900, Sunk in 1917
* Aircraft Carriers
o HMS Formidable (R67)
o HMS Eagle (R05)
o HMS Unicorn (I72)
o HMS Glory (R62)
o HMS Warrior (R31)
o HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21)
o HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22)
o HMS Centaur (R06)
o HMS Bulwark (R08)
* Cruisers
o HMS Penelope (97)
o HMS Belfast (C35)
o HMS Black Prince (81)
o HMCS Ontario (C53)
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ERF Policy Seminar on Export Diversification in the ERF Region
March 21st, 2014
Cairo, Egypt
Photographed by: Emad Samir
Edited by: Shady Helal
Sims Crane works with Diversified Environmental Services, lifting their oil diaster response boats and barges in and out of the Port of Tampa for training.
The Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 244 m spire[2]) of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world. The building was opened in 2010 as part of a new development called Downtown Dubai. It is designed to be the centrepiece of large-scale, mixed-use development. The decision to construct the building is based on the government's decision to diversify from an oil-based economy, and for Dubai to gain international recognition.
In 1987, Dr. Gerald Chan co-founded Morningside, a diversified investment group engaged in private equity and venture capital investments in North America, Asia and Europe. Morningside began its investments in China in 1992 and remains active in China’s internet, life science and education sectors. Dr. Chan is a director of publicly listed Hang Lung Group Limited, a Hong Kong-based property holding company. He serves on the boards of several private biotechnology companies including Stealth Peptides, Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Matrivax and Vaccine Technologies Inc. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Fudan University in Shanghai, the Board of Overseers of the Morningside College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Global Advisory Council of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, and the International Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences. Dr. Chan received his BS and MS degrees in Engineering from UCLA, a Master of Science degree in Medical Radiological Physics, a Doctor of Science degree in Radiation Biology and his post-doctoral training from Harvard University. Please visit: nanjing.jhu.edu/news-and-events/index.htm to read transcript of Dr. Chan's commencement address
To diversify livelihoods and improve women’s economic freedom, UNDP has implemented several other projects in Herat districts. These include: 6 raisin houses, 10 greenhouses, 1 apiary, and kitchen gardens for 30 women.
UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP), is a five-year project, made possible by the Global Environment Facility Least Developed Countries Fund. Over the next three years, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, UNDP will implement more than 100 livelihoods projects, including building more greenhouses and training farmers on food processing and food storage, as well as protecting 800 hectares of land from flooding, irrigate 4,000 hectares of agricultural land and repairing 30 canals.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2017
bit.ly/ Jaydeep Biswas - Astra Mining Ltd to Enter into Joint Venture Agreements with Vietnamese Groups.
Astra Mining Ltd, an Australian diversified mining company (CEO - Jaydeep Biswas ), through its wholly owned subsidiary Astra Vietnam Pty Ltd, has signed Business Cooperation Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding with two Vietnamese groups to enter into joint venture operations in respect to the operation of multiple extraction permits.
Adelaide, Australia - May 17th 2011: Astra Mining Ltd, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Astra Vietnam Pty Ltd, has signed Business Cooperation Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding with two Vietnamese groups to enter into joint venture operations in respect to the operation of three exploration and extraction licenses in Hoa Binh, which is situated in the Doi Bu gold region of Vietnam, and three exploration and extraction licenses in the Nghn An province. Negotiations in respect to a joint venture operation for a further exploration and extraction license in Cambodia are being concluded in the Ou Yadav District of Ratanakiri. These exploration and extraction licenses are for gold mines, with a further exploration and extraction license being applied for in relation to a tin mine in the Vietnam region, prior to acquisition. All licenses are subject to final verification and due diligence.
The Lower Mekong region of South East Asia, consisting of Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, is considered by some geologists as being one of the most impressive natural geological laboratories in the world. However, this area is yet to be fully explored. The increased demand for natural resources both internally and externally, spearheaded by the rapid economic transformation that is currently occurring in South East Asia, means these areas need to undergo full geological exploration and commercialisation.
The mineralised gold system in the Doi Bu region of Vietnam covers an area of 15km2 and contains around 20 different mining leases. It is believed from information obtained through lease holders that the entire area could hold anywhere from 100 – 200 tonnes of gold, however extensive drilling is needed. Gold mineralisation in the region is believed to vary from 1 to 12.9 grams of gold per tonne, with evidence suggesting the potential for various undiscovered epithermal gold deposits. Other mineral assets are also present, including tin, which is of interest to Astra Mining Ltd as it is a material used in steel making products. With known mineralisation located at surface level, some of which has previously been mined by hand, the opportunity for small-scale open cut mining explorations is a viable option. Once open cut-mining has commenced this can be expanded to drilling which will extend known resources both laterally and vertically. ‘Being situated near a major city with easy access to the facilities required for mining means the mines in the Doi Bu region are economically viable and, as many of these mines have not been fully explored by advanced exploration, the opportunities are immense,’ said Dr Jaydeep Biswas, Chief Executive Officer of Astra Mining Ltd.
Quy Hop, in the Nghe An region of Vietnam, covers an area of 0.45km2 and contains various mineral resources including tin and tantalite. This area has the potential to bring in a number of other areas to create a major tin project, something that is enhanced by the areas close proximity to a government owned processing plant that can be purchased in the future and nearby port facilities.
Jaydeep Biswas - The Vietnam mining sector
The Vietnam mining sector, which has grown rapidly since 2000, is governed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and its Department of Geology and Minerals (DOGM), with the mineral resources of the area belonging to the people of Vietnam and managed by the State. Although the countries mineral laws were revised, with new laws being effective from October 2005, further expected revisions are yet to be completed. The government is currently continuing with reforms, which focus on areas such as occupational health and safety and environmental protection. Foreign corporations are currently able to invest in mining and exploration opportunities and the government is attempting to simplify the application process, meaning the percentage of foreign investment is expected to grow considerably. ‘The mining sector in Vietnam is becoming more open to foreign investment as the government attempts to curtail illegal mining. Astra Mining will bring up-to-date technology and revised health and safety protocols to the mining sector, something that will be welcomed as it will aid in reducing the prevalence of illegal mining and the subsequent accidental deaths,’ said Silvana De Cianni, Managing Director of Astra Mining Ltd.
The Ou Yadav District in the Ratanakiri region of Cambodia is situated in the northeast of the country and covers an area of 222km2. The district is currently approved for mining, with gold resources of 4.8 to 12.6 grams per tonne proven. It is estimated the reserve could contain anywhere from 1 to 2 million ounces of gold, and resources of other metals are also a possibility, subject to further exploration.
The Cambodian mining sector
The mining industry in Cambodia is currently at a very early stage of development, with many mining laws still under review. Cambodia took longer than neighbouring countries to encourage development of this sector, something that was influenced by the fact that the need for basic mining laws was only fulfilled in 2001. However, due to the increase in global demand for mineral resources, the mining sector saw a surge in 2004. Since 2006, 104 exploration licenses have been issued and as of 2010 approximately 50 companies hold over 100 concessions, including Australian mining companies. ‘There is evidence that, due to the large number of promising mineral occurrences in Cambodia, many exploration companies are currently looking into mining opportunities in the area. Nineteen of the current opportunities on offer relate to gold occurrences, which is the area that Astra Mining is currently looking into as gold is countercyclical in its strength,’ said Dr Jaydeep Biswas, Chief Executive Officer of Astra Mining Ltd.
For more information on Astra Mining Ltd, please visit the website located at www.astramining.com or stay in touch with Jaydeep Biswas and Astra Mining Ltd via the Facebook page. Jaydeep Biswas - CEO Astra Mining Ltd.
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The Ich Kool Milpa is a highly diversified system relying on the sustainable use of biodiversity where the triad – maize, beans, and squash – found in all milpas, are also accompanied by Lima beans making a distinctive feature. Besides, since the system depends on the forest, its conservation has been indispensable and reflects one of the core elements of this GIAHS based on forest-friendly practices that are anchored in technical management and the milperos’ identity.
Credits: (c) Secretaría de Desarrollo Sustentable, Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán
Photo credit: UNDP Bangladesh
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Canon R5 tests. Diversifying into the second system while my main Nikon lens is being repaired.
So far, AF has been patchy, surprisingly, compared to Z9. I love the colours though, straight from the camera with no further tweaking.
CGIAR food systems accelerator program launch participants pose for a group photo in Nairobi, Kenya on 23 November 2022 (photo credit: Wilson Maina/ILRI).
"I'm a Modern Man"
George Carlin, November 5th, 2005
Beacon Theater, NYC
I'm a modern man.
I'm a modern man.
I'm a modern man.
I'm a modern man.
I'm a modern man,
A man for the millennium,
Digital and smoke free.
A diversified multicultural postmodern deconstructionist,
Politically anatomically and ecologically incorrect.
I've been uplinked and downloaded.
I've been inputted and outsourced.
I know the upside of downsizing.
I know the downside of upgrading.
I'm a high tech lowlife.
A cutting edge state-of-the-art bicoastal multitasker,
And I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond.
I'm new wave but I'm old school,
And my inner child is outward bound.
I'm a hot wired heat seeking warm hearted cool customer,
Voice activated and biodegradable.
I interface from a database,
And my database is in cyberspace,
So I'm interactive,
I'm hyperactive,
And from time-to-time,
I'm radioactive.
Behind the eight ball,
Ahead of the curve,
Riding the wave,
Dodging a bullet,
Pushing the envelope.
I'm on point,
On task,
On message,
And off drugs.
I got no need for coke and speed,
I got no urge to binge and purge.
I'm in the moment,
On the edge,
Over the top,
But under the radar.
A high concept,
Low profile,
Medium range ballistic missionary.
A street-wise smart bomb.
A top gun bottom feeder.
I wear power ties,
I tell power lies,
I take power naps,
I run victory laps.
I'm a totally ongoing bigfoot slam dunk rainmaker with a proactive outreach.
A raging workaholic.
A working ragaholic.
Out of rehab,
And in denial.
I got a personal trainer,
A personal shopper,
A personal assistant,
And a personal agenda.
You can't shut me up,
You can't dumb me down.
'Cause I'm tireless,
And I'm wireless.
I'm an alpha male on beta blockers.
I'm a non-believer and an over-achiever.
Laid back but fashion forward.
Up front,
Down home,
Low rent,
High maintenance.
Super size,
Long lasting,
High definition,
Fast acting,
Oven ready,
And built to last.
I'm a hands on,
Foot loose,
Knee jerk,
Head case.
Prematurely post traumatic,
And I have a love child who sends me hate mail.
But I'm feeling,
I'm caring,
I'm healing,
I'm sharing.
A supportive bonding nurturing primary care giver.
My output is down,
But my income is up.
I take a short position on the long bond,
And my revenue stream has its own cash flow.
I read junk mail,
I eat junk food,
I buy junk bonds,
I watch trash sports.
I'm gender specific,
Capital intensive,
User friendly,
And lactose intolerant.
I like rough sex.
I like rough sex.
I like tough love.
I use the f word in my email,
And the software on my hard drive is hard core, no soft porn.
I bought a microwave at a mini mall.
I bought a mini van in a mega store.
I eat fast food in the slow lane.
I'm toll free,
Bite sized,
Ready to wear,
And I come in all sizes.
A fully equipped,
Factory authorized,
Hospital tested,
Clinically proven,
Scientifically formulated medical miracle.
I've been pre-washed,
Pre-cooked,
Pre-heated,
Pre-screened,
Pre-approved,
Pre-packaged,
Post-dated,
Freeze-dried,
Double-wrapped,
Vacuum-packed,
And I have an unlimited broadband capacity.
I'm a rude dude,
But I'm the real deal.
Lean and mean.
Cocked, locked and ready to rock.
Rough tough and hard to bluff.
I take it slow.
I go with the flow.
I ride with the tide.
I got glide in my stride.
Drivin' and movin',
Sailin' and spinnin',
Jivin' and groovin',
Wailin' and winnin'.
I don't snooze,
So I don't lose.
I keep the pedal to the metal,
And the rubber on the road.
I party hearty,
And lunch time is crunch time.
I'm hanging in,
There ain't no doubt.
And I'm hanging tough,
Over and out.
Sims Crane works with Diversified Environmental Services, lifting their oil diaster response boats and barges in and out of the Port of Tampa for training.
Sims Crane works with Diversified Environmental Services, lifting their oil diaster response boats and barges in and out of the Port of Tampa for training.
Caption:
Karima and her husband Khalil, 36 checking the beehives in Qala Safid village of Karokh district in Herat province.
Diversified livelihoods such as beekeeping can help improve the income of rural communities. Apart from producing honey to sell to market, beekeeping helps promote conservation of the natural environment, which many poor communities depend on for food and energy
UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey, including a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business.
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Text story:
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For Karima, one of the happiest moments of her life was when she earned her first thousand Afghani (US$ 15), when she sold a kilo of honey made from her own bee-keeping business. It may seem like a small amount, but for Karima, it was life changing!
Karima is a housewife and a mother of four. Her husband could barely feed the family from the work he could get, so Karima’s contribution to the household income was significant.
She has seen a lot in her life. She still remembers the agony and frustration when they had no money and their son was sick. As tears well in her eyes, she relates, “We were not able to buy him medicine. We couldn’t do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.”
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didn’t know how to maintain his beehives, his bees all died.
But, Karima and Khalil did not give up. They decided to seek help from the Directorate of Agriculture in Herat city.
UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) is committed to helping vulnerable rural families increase their incomes.
As part of the livelihood component, the project
French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 60. Photo: Studio Piaz.
Noël-Noël (1897-1989) was a beloved French character actor and screenwriter. He appeared in 45 films between 1931 and 1966. His talents were diversified and he was known for his strong leftist political beliefs which seeped into many of his film scripts.
Noël-Noël was born Lucien Édouard Noël) in Paris in 1897. He was the son of Charles Celestin Noël, a wine merchant (then employed at the Bank of France), and Marie Eugenie Mathieu. He studied at the Lycee Turgot and learned to play piano. From 1914 till 1917, he was a trainee at the Bank of France, before he left for military service and was mobilized. After the war, he became a cartoonist for the magazine Le Canard enchaîné and the leftist newspaper l’Humanité. From 1920 on, he started to perform as singer. He made his stage debut at the music hall Noctambules, accompanying himself at the piano. He also was a skillful songwriter. He participated in the revues of the Théâtre de Dix-Heures: Ah ! La bonne heure (1927) and C'est l'heure exquise (1928). He continued to write and to compose songs, which he recorded for Odéon. With a lead role in the comedy La Prison en folie/Prison Madness (Henry Wulschleger, 1930), he began an acting career in film. He appeared in such films as the drama Mistigri (Harry Lachman, 1931) opposite Madeleine Renaud, the comedy Monsieur Albert/Mister Albert (Karl Anton, 1932) with Betty Stockfeld, L'Innocent/Bouquets from Nicholas (Maurice Cammage, 1937), which he also co-wrote, and Sur le Plancher des vaches/On solid ground (Pierre-Jean Ducis, 1940) for which he solely wrote the scenario. Noël-Noël became a star and he acted more rarely on stage. From October 1938 to the war, he hosted a show on Radio City with Saint-Granier. During the occupation of France, he continued to perform on stage. In 1943. he was banned by the Nazis after singing Vaches de boches. In 1926, during his years in the music halls and cabarets, he had created the comic character Adémaï, a blundering, chronically confused soldier. Adémaï became the cunning victim of countless misadventures in a series of (short) films written by singer and writer Paul Coline: Adémaï et la Nation armée/Adémaï and the armed nation (Jean de Marguenat, 1932), Adémaï Joseph à l'O.N.M./Ademai Joseph at the Weather Tower (Jean de Marguenat, 1933), Adémaï aviateur/Skylark (Jean Tarride, 1934) with Fernandel, Adémaï au Moyen Âge/Adémaï in the Middle Ages (Jean de Marguenat, 1935) opposite Michel Simon, and Adémaï bandit d'honneur/Everything 'Appens to Me (Gilles Gragnier, 1943) with Georges Grey. In the last part of the series, Adémaï au poteau-frontière/Adémaï at the post-border (Paul Coline, 1949), the character is played by Paul Coline himself.
In 1945, the year following the Liberation of France, Noël-Noël played the role of Matt Clement in La Cage aux rossignols/A Cage of Nightingales (Jean Dréville, 1945), for which he also participated on the script. Attracting an audience of over five million, it was the most popular French film to be seen in France in 1945. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story and later inspired the successful comedy-drama Les Choristes/The Chorus (Christophe Barratier, 2004). James Travers at French Films Site: “La Cage aux Rossignols is an engaging film that still has an impact. It effectively makes the point that children thrive better in an environment of mutual respect, where they are encouraged to develop their individual talents, rather than one in which they are brutalised and subjected to inflexible rules administered by unthinking automata with fascistic tendencies.” Noël-Noël’s greatest role is probably the lead in the drama Le Père tranquille/Mr. Orchid (René Clément, 1946). He played an average, apparently selfish man mainly concerned with orchids, who actually is the leader of a network of the French Resistance. Hal Erickson at AllMovie: “Droll French comedian Noel-Noel essays the title role in Le Pere Tranquille (The Quiet Daddy). Contrary to expectations, the star isn't a secret father, but in fact the unknown head of a WW2 resistance movement. By playing the fool whenever the Nazis are around and about, Noel-Noel is able to conceal his double life and successfully carry out his various sabotage missions. This deft combination of comedy and melodrama builds to a particularly suspenseful climax.” This film, which was entered in the competition of the Cannes Film Festival allowed Noël-Noël to abandon comic roles for a while, but soon he returned with Les Casse-pieds/The Spice of Life (Jean Dréville, 1948). In 1950, he directed the musical La Vie chantée/Life in a Song, in which he performs many of his hits. Among his popular successes is also the film À Pied, à cheval et en voiture/On Foot, horse and on wheels (Maurice Delbez, 1957) with Denise Grey, which was followed by À Pied, à cheval et en spoutnik/ Hold Tight for the Satellite (Jean Dréville, 1958), for which Noël-Noël also worked on the scenario. He played in Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir/The Bureaucrats (Henri Diamant-Berger, 1959) and in the entertaining comedy Les Vieux de la vieille/The Old Guard (Gilles Grangier, 1960) with Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as a trio of irritable, temperamental grouchy men. From then on, he gradually abandoned the screen. With Jean Dréville, he created the Science-Fiction TV Mini-Series Le Voyageur des siècles, (1971), about a journey back in time. Then, Noël-Noël retired and lived in Nice in the South of France. There he died in 1989. He was 92. He was married twice. In 1920, he also married his first wife, Bertha Marie Genevieve Cornet. In 1930, he married Isabelle Jeanne Rosa Julie Lavallée.
Sources: James Travers (French Films Guide), Hal Erickson (AllMovie), Gary Brumburgh (IMDb), AllMovie, Wikipedia (French and English), and IMDb.
www.cnbc.com/2023/04/20/apple-years-away-from-diversifyin...
Apple bets big on India, but will still rely on China for 'years' to come
▫️Apple's 5% market share in India could soon surge as the Cupertino giant expands its footprint in the Asian powerhouse with the opening of two retail stores this week.
▫️This is part of Apple's efforts to diversify its assembly of products from China after increasing U.S.-China tensions and supply chain disruptions from the pandemic.
▫️However, India will continue to play second fiddle to Vietnam in the production of more sophisticated products such as the MacBooks.
www.axios.com/2023/04/20/global-population-growth-india-p...
Global balance of population and power is shifting
The distribution of people across our planet is changing pretty dramatically, with populations booming in sub-Saharan Africa and shrinking in parts of Europe and East Asia, including China.
Driving the news: According to a new UN report, India will surpass China as the world’s most populous nation by the middle of this year, if it hasn't already.
🔸China’s population declined last year for the first time in six decades. Decades of strict population control measures helped push China’s fertility rate (1.2) to the lowest in the world other than Singapore and South Korea. Beijing is now encouraging people to have more children.
🔸China also has very little inward migration. Less than 0.1% of the population is foreign-born vs. 15% in the U.S. — a big part of the reason the U.S. workforce is expected to continue to grow as China’s shrinks.
🔸China will increasingly face a similar challenge to Japan — where the population peaked 15 years ago, and the government is turning to automation and foreign workers to help care for the elderly and stoke the economy — at a much larger scale.
The flipside: India’s working-age population is expanding, a potential “demographic dividend” for an economy that’s already the fastest-growing in the G20, and could be the third-largest in the world by 2030.
🔸Companies including Apple are increasing manufacturing in India, often at the expense of China. The UN report had already led to a flurry of stories analyzing whether India could become the more economically powerful Asian giant.
🔸Yes, but: The economy is still not creating nearly enough jobs for all the young people entering the workforce. More than 80% of Indians polled in the UN report said India’s population was already too high, with 63% saying economic issues tied to population growth were a top concern.
🔸While India’s population is expected to keep growing in the 2060s, the fertility rate has gradually fallen over several decades to 2.0 per woman, below the global average of 2.3.
Zoom out: Population growth around the world has slowed significantly due to factors including increased education and access to contraception for young women, per the report.
🔸The UN expects the global population to climb from 8 billion today to 9.7 billion by 2050, but then peak at around 10.4 billion in the 2080s.
🔸Europe is the only region whose population will shrink between now and 2050. Eastern European countries including Bulgaria and Moldova have among the fastest-shrinking populations in the world, due to large-scale emigration and low birth rates.
🔸By contrast, half of all global population growth over that period is expected to come in eight countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo; Egypt; Ethiopia; India; Nigeria; Pakistan; the Philippines and Tanzania.
The population of sub-Saharan Africa is growing far faster than any other region, and is expected to nearly double to 2.1 billion by 2050.
🔸The region’s demographics look markedly different from every other region. In Nigeria, for example, 43% of the population is under 15 while just 3% is over 65, while the fertility rate per woman is 5.1.
There's another big reason the global population is growing: people are living longer, healthier lives.
🔸Life expectancy has jumped from 64 to 73 globally since 1990, and 52 to 64 in Africa. Those trends are expected to continue.
bit.ly/ Jaydeep Biswas - Astra Mining Ltd to Enter into Joint Venture Agreements with Vietnamese Groups.
Astra Mining Ltd, an Australian diversified mining company (CEO - Jaydeep Biswas ), through its wholly owned subsidiary Astra Vietnam Pty Ltd, has signed Business Cooperation Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding with two Vietnamese groups to enter into joint venture operations in respect to the operation of multiple extraction permits.
Adelaide, Australia - May 17th 2011: Astra Mining Ltd, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Astra Vietnam Pty Ltd, has signed Business Cooperation Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding with two Vietnamese groups to enter into joint venture operations in respect to the operation of three exploration and extraction licenses in Hoa Binh, which is situated in the Doi Bu gold region of Vietnam, and three exploration and extraction licenses in the Nghn An province. Negotiations in respect to a joint venture operation for a further exploration and extraction license in Cambodia are being concluded in the Ou Yadav District of Ratanakiri. These exploration and extraction licenses are for gold mines, with a further exploration and extraction license being applied for in relation to a tin mine in the Vietnam region, prior to acquisition. All licenses are subject to final verification and due diligence.
The Lower Mekong region of South East Asia, consisting of Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, is considered by some geologists as being one of the most impressive natural geological laboratories in the world. However, this area is yet to be fully explored. The increased demand for natural resources both internally and externally, spearheaded by the rapid economic transformation that is currently occurring in South East Asia, means these areas need to undergo full geological exploration and commercialisation.
The mineralised gold system in the Doi Bu region of Vietnam covers an area of 15km2 and contains around 20 different mining leases. It is believed from information obtained through lease holders that the entire area could hold anywhere from 100 – 200 tonnes of gold, however extensive drilling is needed. Gold mineralisation in the region is believed to vary from 1 to 12.9 grams of gold per tonne, with evidence suggesting the potential for various undiscovered epithermal gold deposits. Other mineral assets are also present, including tin, which is of interest to Astra Mining Ltd as it is a material used in steel making products. With known mineralisation located at surface level, some of which has previously been mined by hand, the opportunity for small-scale open cut mining explorations is a viable option. Once open cut-mining has commenced this can be expanded to drilling which will extend known resources both laterally and vertically. ‘Being situated near a major city with easy access to the facilities required for mining means the mines in the Doi Bu region are economically viable and, as many of these mines have not been fully explored by advanced exploration, the opportunities are immense,’ said Dr Jaydeep Biswas, Chief Executive Officer of Astra Mining Ltd.
Quy Hop, in the Nghe An region of Vietnam, covers an area of 0.45km2 and contains various mineral resources including tin and tantalite. This area has the potential to bring in a number of other areas to create a major tin project, something that is enhanced by the areas close proximity to a government owned processing plant that can be purchased in the future and nearby port facilities.
Jaydeep Biswas - The Vietnam mining sector
The Vietnam mining sector, which has grown rapidly since 2000, is governed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and its Department of Geology and Minerals (DOGM), with the mineral resources of the area belonging to the people of Vietnam and managed by the State. Although the countries mineral laws were revised, with new laws being effective from October 2005, further expected revisions are yet to be completed. The government is currently continuing with reforms, which focus on areas such as occupational health and safety and environmental protection. Foreign corporations are currently able to invest in mining and exploration opportunities and the government is attempting to simplify the application process, meaning the percentage of foreign investment is expected to grow considerably. ‘The mining sector in Vietnam is becoming more open to foreign investment as the government attempts to curtail illegal mining. Astra Mining will bring up-to-date technology and revised health and safety protocols to the mining sector, something that will be welcomed as it will aid in reducing the prevalence of illegal mining and the subsequent accidental deaths,’ said Silvana De Cianni, Managing Director of Astra Mining Ltd.
The Ou Yadav District in the Ratanakiri region of Cambodia is situated in the northeast of the country and covers an area of 222km2. The district is currently approved for mining, with gold resources of 4.8 to 12.6 grams per tonne proven. It is estimated the reserve could contain anywhere from 1 to 2 million ounces of gold, and resources of other metals are also a possibility, subject to further exploration.
The Cambodian mining sector
The mining industry in Cambodia is currently at a very early stage of development, with many mining laws still under review. Cambodia took longer than neighbouring countries to encourage development of this sector, something that was influenced by the fact that the need for basic mining laws was only fulfilled in 2001. However, due to the increase in global demand for mineral resources, the mining sector saw a surge in 2004. Since 2006, 104 exploration licenses have been issued and as of 2010 approximately 50 companies hold over 100 concessions, including Australian mining companies. ‘There is evidence that, due to the large number of promising mineral occurrences in Cambodia, many exploration companies are currently looking into mining opportunities in the area. Nineteen of the current opportunities on offer relate to gold occurrences, which is the area that Astra Mining is currently looking into as gold is countercyclical in its strength,’ said Dr Jaydeep Biswas, Chief Executive Officer of Astra Mining Ltd.
For more information on Astra Mining Ltd, please visit the website located at www.astramining.com or stay in touch with Jaydeep Biswas and Astra Mining Ltd via the Facebook page. Jaydeep Biswas - CEO Astra Mining Ltd.
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Premier Danielle Smith addressed attendees at the Resource Diversification Council reception in Edmonton on Monday, November 27, 2023.
The Resource Diversification Council is a non-profit association compromised of industry (Dow, Inter Pipeline, Keyera, NOVA Chemicals, Nutrien, Pembina), post-secondary (NAIT), and labour (Construction Labour Relations Alberta) leaders who share a mutual interest in advancing Alberta’s resource value added sector. Currently, the group is focused on advancing decarbonization policies, enhancing workforce development, and incremental improvements to APIP to ensure Alberta is the number one jurisdiction for our members to invest in. (photography by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta)
Sims Crane works with Diversified Environmental Services, lifting their oil diaster response boats and barges in and out of the Port of Tampa for training.
European energy security and diversification of energy sources remain critical challenges against a backdrop of growing worldwide energy demand, the lingering effects of the global recession, and the challenge of mitigating climate change. European leaders struggle with defining a common energy policy, especially on such issues as nuclear energy and renewable energy, while attempting to assess the impact of unconventional gas and increased availability of worldwide liquefied natural gas (LNG). How do European Union energy and environmental regulations and the European Energy Charter impact greater security and diversification needs? Our discussion with Ambassador Vaclav Bartuska, the Czech Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, focused on the current situation of European energy security and its future challenges and opportunities.
My mom is in this photo from her 1962 senior yearbook at Woodrow Wilson High School (Virginia). She's the fifth one on the top row. I don't know what kind of club this was? What does "Diversified Occupations" even mean?
CGIAR Research Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa (Ukama Ustawi) Scaling Hub workshop participants pose for a group photo in Nairobi, Kenya on 24 November 2022 (photo credit: ILRI/ Saba Ermyas).
Local governments, First Nations and other organizations looking to strengthen their communities can apply for new funding to build capacity and diversify rural and remote economies in B.C. Learn more:
The Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 244 m spire[2]) of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world. The building was opened in 2010 as part of a new development called Downtown Dubai. It is designed to be the centrepiece of large-scale, mixed-use development. The decision to construct the building is based on the government's decision to diversify from an oil-based economy, and for Dubai to gain international recognition.
The religious phenomenon is reducible in the final analysis to a manifestation at once intellective and volitive of the relationship between the divine Substance and cosmic accidentality or between Atma and Samsara; and as this relationship comprises diverse aspects, the religious phenomenon is diversified in function of these aspects or these possibilities.
Every religion in effect presents itself as a "myth" referring t a given "archetype", and thereby, but secondarily, to all archetypes; all these aspects are linked, but one alone determines the very form of the myth. If the Amidist perspective recalls the Christian perspective, that is because within the framework of Buddhism it refers more particularly to the archetype which determines Christianity; it is not because it was influenced by the latter, apart from the historical impossibility of the hypothesis.
The average man is incapable, not of conceiving of the archetypes no doubt, but of being interested in them; he has need of a myth which humanizes and dramatizes the archetype and which triggers the corresponding reactions of the will and sensibility; that is to say that the average man, or collective man, has need of a god who resembles him. [Personal and dramatic in the case of Christianity; impersonal and serene in the case of Buddhism; the one being reflected sporadically in the other. We cite these two examples be cause of their disparity. Let us add that Arianism is a kind of interference within Christianity of the possibility-archetype of lslam, whereas inversely, Shi'ism appears within Islam as an archetypal interference of Christian dramatism.]
The Taoist Yin-Yang is an adequate image of the fundamental relationship between the Absolute and the contingent, God and the world, or God and man: the white part of the figure represents God and the black part, man. The black dot in the white part is "man in God” - man principially prefigured in the divine Order - or the relative in the Absolute, if this paradox is permitted - or the divine Word which in effect prefigures the human phenomenon; if cosmic manifestation were not anticipated within the principial order, no world would be possible, nor any relationship between the world and God.
Inversely and complementarily, the white dot in the black part of the Yin-Yang is the "human God”, the "Man-God”, which refers to the mystery of Immanence and to that of Theophany, hence also to that of Intercession and Redemption, or of the as it were "respiratory" reciprocity between earth and Heaven; if Heaven were not present in earth, existence would vanish into nothingness, it would be impossible a priori.
Herein is the whole play of Maya with its modes, its degrees, its cycles, its diversity and its alternations.
On the one hand the Principle alone is, manifestation - the world - is not; on the other hand manifestation is real - or "not unreal"- by the fact precisely that it manifests, projects, or prolongs the Principle; the latter being absolute, hence infinite for that very reason, It requires in virtue of this infinitude, the projection of Itself in the "other than Itself."
On the one hand the Principle has a tendency to "punish" or to "destroy" manifestation because the latter as contingency is not the Principle, or because it tries to be the Principle illusorily and with a luciferian intention, in short because "It alone is"; on the other hand, the Principle "loves" manifestation and "remembers" that it is Its own, that manifestation is not "other than It”, and within this ontological perspective the mystery of Revelation, Intercession, Redemption, is to be found.
It is thus that the relationships between the Principle and manifestation give rise to diverse archetypes of which the religions are the mythical crystallizations and which are predisposed to set in motion the will and sensibility of particular men and of particular human collectivities.
But the archetypes of the objective, macrocosmic and transcendent order are also those of the subjective, microcosmic and immanent order, the human Intellect coinciding, beyond the individuality, with the universal Intellect; so much so that the revealed myth, even while coming in fact from the exterior and from the ”Lord” comes in principle also from "our selves," from the interior and from the "Self”, That is to say that the acceptance of the religious Message coincides, in principle and in depth, with the acceptance of what we are, in ourselves yet at the same time beyond ourselves; for there where immanence is, there is also the transcendence of the Immanent.
To believe in God is to become again what we are; to become it again to the very extent that we believe, and the believing becomes being.
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Frithjof Schuon
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To Refuse or to Accept Revelation - From the Divine to the Human - Chapter 10
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Quoted in: The Essential Frithjof Schuon (Edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
Alien bee 400 @ 1/4 power through a softer softlighter II camera left. Fill was from ambient. Shot at 1/160 at about f10
Sims Crane works with Diversified Environmental Services, lifting their oil diaster response boats and barges in and out of the Port of Tampa for training.
We're fortunate to live in such a diversified part of the country. That, in my books, is a real plus. I look around, and there are people of every race, everywhere we go. In the Norwthwest, we're lucky that the state recognizes that diversity as an asset. We celebrate that diversity in several, large city-wide events.
Today, we attended Aki Matsuri, a celebration surrounding Japanese culture. I'm proud that my daughter is mixed ethnically: half-Japanese, half-Filipino. All American. I love this country.
A generation or so ago, our cultures literally hated each other. My grandfather fought, and nearly died fighting the Japanese in the WWII. My mother-in-law's family spent time in the internment camps. Fast forward 60+ years. Is the world a better place? I will die trying to make it one for my family. I hope you have a great week ahead! Many blessings to you and yours!