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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 diversification of supply and natural gas delivery routes is key to European energy security and growth.
Turkey is ideally positioned to act as a bridge between major producing countries in the Caspian region and Europe. At the same time, it has the potential to transform itself into an important energy hub.
This panel assessed how the interests of the producing countries, the transportation potential of Turkey and the needs of South Eastern Europe could all be served. Financial and legal practitioners examined the pitfalls of structuring complex international transportation projects.
Moderator:
Riccardo Puliti, Managing Director, Energy & Natural Resources, EBRD
Panellists include:
Al Cook, Vice President Shah Deniz Development, BP
Reinhard Mitschek, CEO, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH
Aygen Yayıkoglu, Managing Partner, Crescent Capital
The diversification of supply and natural gas delivery routes is key to European energy security and growth.
Turkey is ideally positioned to act as a bridge between major producing countries in the Caspian region and Europe. At the same time, it has the potential to transform itself into an important energy hub.
This panel assessed how the interests of the producing countries, the transportation potential of Turkey and the needs of South Eastern Europe could all be served. Financial and legal practitioners examined the pitfalls of structuring complex international transportation projects.
Moderator:
Riccardo Puliti, Managing Director, Energy & Natural Resources, EBRD
Panellists include:
Al Cook, Vice President Shah Deniz Development, BP
Reinhard Mitschek, CEO, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH
Aygen Yayıkoglu, Managing Partner, Crescent Capital
Caption:
Khalil, 36, Karimaâs husband in a beekeeping uniform.
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
UNDPâs 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 Karimaâs 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, âWe were not able to buy him medicine. We couldnât do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.â
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didnât 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.
UNDPâs 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, and, crucially, a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business. Karima, who lives in in Qala Safid village in Herat province, was one of the recipients.
âWe learned many things about the bee keeping,â says Karima, âlike feeding times, honey extraction and reproduction of honey bees - things I never knew before.â She adds, âI once used lemon to bring back unconscious bees back to normal.â
Now, equipped with the knowledge and materials, Karima and Khalil expanded their apiary from just four to ten beehives, and they plan to increase the number to 13 in the next year. With the business growing, they are now making 80 to 90 thousand Afghanis each year by selling their honey.
âMy bees are our breadwinners now!â Karima says, looking at her queen bee proudly. âI feel like the queen is representing me and looking after the honey factory!â
Beekeeping requires less inputs for production compared to other agricultural activities and livelihoods. It requires less land, water and labor to generate high levels of income.
With low initial support, beekeepers can get an immediate high income. Thatâs why beekeeping has the potential to transform thousands of lives here in Herat province.
âBy the grace of God, we have a reliable income now and can buy what we need, including medicines or treatment,â says Karima.
Beekeeping in rural areas, where the communities have limited resources such as land and water, can help boost incomes for families like Karimaâs. In addition, beekeeping helps boost food security, and assists crop production through pollination. Almonds, apples, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, sunflowers, watermelon and many other crops all rely on honey bees for pollination. Diversified livelihoods such as bee increasingly improve the income of rural communities consequently people can adapt and manage climate change risks.
So, thanks to her new beekeeping skills, Karima and Khalil truly have a reason to âbeeâ cheerful!
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
Description: Betel-nuts, another example of the movement towards diversification in Tanganyika's agricultural production, Tanga Province.
Location: Tanga Province, Tanganyika
Date: 1960
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/164
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Villagers in Karukh district of 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
UNDPâs 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:
_________
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 Karimaâs 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, âWe were not able to buy him medicine. We couldnât do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.â
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didnât 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.
UNDPâs 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, and, crucially, a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business. Karima, who lives in in Qala Safid village in Herat province, was one of the recipients.
âWe learned many things about the bee keeping,â says Karima, âlike feeding times, honey extraction and reproduction of honey bees - things I never knew before.â She adds, âI once used lemon to bring back unconscious bees back to normal.â
Now, equipped with the knowledge and materials, Karima and Khalil expanded their apiary from just four to ten beehives, and they plan to increase the number to 13 in the next year. With the business growing, they are now making 80 to 90 thousand Afghanis each year by selling their honey.
âMy bees are our breadwinners now!â Karima says, looking at her queen bee proudly. âI feel like the queen is representing me and looking after the honey factory!â
Beekeeping requires less inputs for production compared to other agricultural activities and livelihoods. It requires less land, water and labor to generate high levels of income.
With low initial support, beekeepers can get an immediate high income. Thatâs why beekeeping has the potential to transform thousands of lives here in Herat province.
âBy the grace of God, we have a reliable income now and can buy what we need, including medicines or treatment,â says Karima.
Beekeeping in rural areas, where the communities have limited resources such as land and water, can help boost incomes for families like Karimaâs. In addition, beekeeping helps boost food security, and assists crop production through pollination. Almonds, apples, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, sunflowers, watermelon and many other crops all rely on honey bees for pollination. Diversified livelihoods such as bee increasingly improve the income of rural communities consequently people can adapt and manage climate change risks.
So, thanks to her new beekeeping skills, Karima and Khalil truly have a reason to âbeeâ cheerful!
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
It is often considered that the basic human needs are food, clothes & shelter which one way another points out to the fact that fashion industry somehow plays a vital industry in a person’s life. But fashion as an element is much diversified as it covers various aspects including footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle & body proportion. It also varies from time to time & place to place but fashion as an element has been a very influential element in a person's life. Though the medium have varied as the per the evolution which we have observed from time to time, but it has open domain in various aspects of not only developing fashion but also projecting it in an appealing way
Prominent Category In Women’s Fashion
Fashion is a diversified element not only in terms of art but a variety of distinctions to represent yourself. But fashion as an element does change from time to time and that is how we dwell up with the same to up our game of lifestyle. Hence we get a chance to see a diversified way of fashion right from western clothing to Indian & fusion wear which are as follows:
Indian & Fusion Wear
Fusion Wear is one of the upcoming popular styles of fashion which is getting popular slowly and gradually in the market these days. It basically a creative blend of styles of any two or more cultures. One of the prominent names in Fusion Wear is Silhouettes which are basically from the western influence but blended with Indian textile. That is how it gets the name of being a fusion wear.
Western Wear
The prominence of western wear started from the west, mostly from the South Western United States i.e. Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and many more. The essence of western wear started basically from clothing derived in unique style which used to comprise of t-shirt, bodycon, shift, shift waist, strapless & classic western long dress. But in gradual times western dress has slowly and gradually started not only in terms of appearance but style as well. Some of the examples for the same are as follows:
Prominent Sub-Category In Women’s Fashion
Sub-Categories Of India & Fusion Wear
Kurtis & Tunics
One of the prominent forms of ethnic Indian fashion which is usually being utilized as a form of fashion in various occasions. Kurtis & tunics are basically long-sleeved, collar-less tunic worn by women throughout South East Asia. If you are looking out for buying such kurtis & tunics then you can buy at various market places like women kurti online india.
Lehengas
One of the most prominent for of fashion been used in one of the premier occasion like marriage & many more. Lehenga is a form of ankle-length skirt from India sub continent. If you are looking out for buying such kurtis & tunics then you can buy at various market places like women kurti online india.
Sub-Categories Of Western Wear
Jumpsuits
Jumpsuits are basically a one piece garment with sleeves & legs & typically without integral coverings for hands, feet’s or heads. If you are looking out for buying such jumpsuits then you can buy at various market places like women western clothing.
Sleepwear & Night Suits
One of the most comfort range of clothing which are been used during lounging and sleeping. The reason why the come under the comfort range is because its an easy fit in soft fabrics. If you are looking out for buying such sleepwear & night suits then you can buy at various market places like women western clothing.
If you are looking out for more such products related to womens indian wear, kids clothing online india, mens footwear online, home accessories from india. The Nuaah is the best platform to reach out for being your Indian bazaar for all your needs.
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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 government’s economic outlook has dramatically improved over the first three months of the fiscal year, confirming that Alberta’s Recovery Plan to diversify the economy and create jobs is working.
As of July, Alberta added 73,000 jobs since the beginning of the year and has now recovered nearly 90 per cent of the jobs lost when the pandemic first took hold in the province.
Real gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 6.7 per cent in 2021, up significantly from the budget forecast of 4.8 per cent. Many economic forecasters, including the Conference Board of Canada and some of the largest Canadian banks, predict Alberta will lead all provinces in growth this year.
“After a historically challenging year, Alberta’s economy is already witnessing signs of recovery and growth. While this indicates Alberta’s Recovery Plan is working, we know there is still more to do to create jobs and restore Alberta’s place as the economic driver of the nation. We will continue to bring spending in line with that of other provinces, attract more investment and get Albertans back to work.” said Travis Toews, President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance (pictured), at a news conference in Edmonton on Tuesday, August 31, 2021.
Increased investment and economic activity has led to the unemployment rate falling to 8.5 per cent, the lowest since the pandemic started.
Oilsands production has risen more than eight per cent in the first half of the year with a quick rebound in bitumen output and drilling activity in June and July – exceeding 2019 levels. Non-energy investment is forecast to grow at about five per cent each year in 2021 and 2022, and will return to 2019 levels this year.
Despite these improvements in Alberta’s economy, a sizeable deficit remains, and Alberta’s current fiscal situation is still unsustainable. Alberta will pay $2.6 billion in debt servicing costs this year, which is more than it spends on all but four government departments. With no debt, these taxpayer dollars could be spent on education, health care and other public services.
While the recent increase in energy prices is encouraging, Alberta’s government is aware the situation can change rapidly and the year is far from over. There have been dramatic fluctuations over the past year and a half. Instead of relying on volatile resource revenue, government must control spending. (photography by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta)
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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Michelle Lemmons-Poscente is the Chairman of ISB Global, LLC, a diversified leadership and educational services firm providing organizations worldwide with unparalleled access to the world's best thinkers, educational programs, and corporate training offerings.
She is also founder and CEO of its flagship company, International Speakers Bureau, a full-service speaker's agency specializing in business, contemporary thought leadership, and entertainment headquartered in Dallas, Texas. ISB's clientele includes most of the Fortune 500 as well as multinationals, small businesses, governments, universities and NGOs around the world. ISB represents the very best authors, academics, celebrities, entertainers, sports-figures and subject-matter experts. Its international business is growing significantly representing over 20% of total operations. The Company recently opened offices in Dubai, and plans to have a presence in Asia and India by year-end 2008.
From companies looking to find the right speaker line-up for a upcoming conference to best-selling authors seeking to leverage their brands through productization and greater reach inside organizations, ISB has become a formidable player in connecting and growing leaders.
Michelle majored in Communications at Southern Methodist University before relocating to Hollywood to work in the film and television industry on programs such as Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Star Search and Supermodels of the World. In 1993 she founded International Speakers Bureau on the cutting-edge of the growing speaking industry, and has never looked back. Dubbed as one of the "Top Female-Owned Businesses" in the U.S. by Bank One and recognized as one of the top-managed companies in the United States, winning the Sprint #1 Small Business Award (sweeping the categories Customer Service, Marketing and Innovation), International Speakers Bureau has become one of the largest and most respected bureaus in the world.
Recently, Michelle was featured on ABC's, The American Inventor, as the Presentation Coach for the top 12 contestantsWithin the past two years the ISB Global family of companies has grown to include a management firm, a corporate training and consulting company, and an event series.
ISB Management acts an agency for selected business thought leaders in much the same way CAA does for actors or IMG for sports personalities. The management firm handles about twenty best-selling authors and focuses on developing and commercializing their intellectual property, as well as coordinating their branding and market visibility. On the corporate training front, Michelle has joined forces with several industry veterans who have been responsibility for the successful product development, sales and delivery of the offerings of several of the biggest names in the corporate training market over the past two decade.
ISB Worldwide provides its clients best of breed branded training offerings in key business categories such as leadership, innovation, change, strategy, communications, performance management, sales and marketing.
The third addition to ISB Global is Leadership Shows, a live leadership event series appearing in fifteen US markets in 2007 and thirty in 2008. The executive team of Leadership Shows team created the speaking platform that elevated many best-selling business authors into "management rock star" status. Since the early 1990's, they have produced over one thousand live events in more than forty countries, as well as the Fortune CEO Forum.
Michelle has held numerous international board positions including Vice Presidents of Education for Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO) as well as seats on International Association of Speakers Bureaus, Young President's Organization (YPO) TACA Board – a Dallas arts fund-raising organization, The SMU Doak Walker Sports Lecture Series, and Meeting Planners International (MPI) as a Charter member.
Michelle is married to Canadian Olympic star Vincent Poscente and is the mother of three children
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.
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
UNDPâs 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:
_________
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 Karimaâs 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, âWe were not able to buy him medicine. We couldnât do anything but cry and wait for him to either die or recover by himself.â
Her husband, Khalil, who was very fond of honey, tried his hand at beekeeping before, but because he didnât 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.
UNDPâs 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, and, crucially, a 12-day training that gave beneficiaries the necessary skills to maintain their beekeeping business. Karima, who lives in in Qala Safid village in Herat province, was one of the recipients.
âWe learned many things about the bee keeping,â says Karima, âlike feeding times, honey extraction and reproduction of honey bees - things I never knew before.â She adds, âI once used lemon to bring back unconscious bees back to normal.â
Now, equipped with the knowledge and materials, Karima and Khalil expanded their apiary from just four to ten beehives, and they plan to increase the number to 13 in the next year. With the business growing, they are now making 80 to 90 thousand Afghanis each year by selling their honey.
âMy bees are our breadwinners now!â Karima says, looking at her queen bee proudly. âI feel like the queen is representing me and looking after the honey factory!â
Beekeeping requires less inputs for production compared to other agricultural activities and livelihoods. It requires less land, water and labor to generate high levels of income.
With low initial support, beekeepers can get an immediate high income. Thatâs why beekeeping has the potential to transform thousands of lives here in Herat province.
âBy the grace of God, we have a reliable income now and can buy what we need, including medicines or treatment,â says Karima.
Beekeeping in rural areas, where the communities have limited resources such as land and water, can help boost incomes for families like Karimaâs. In addition, beekeeping helps boost food security, and assists crop production through pollination. Almonds, apples, blueberries, cantaloupes, cherries, cranberries, cucumbers, sunflowers, watermelon and many other crops all rely on honey bees for pollination. Diversified livelihoods such as bee increasingly improve the income of rural communities consequently people can adapt and manage climate change risks.
So, thanks to her new beekeeping skills, Karima and Khalil truly have a reason to âbeeâ cheerful!
© UNDP Afghanistan / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018
The diversification of supply and natural gas delivery routes is key to European energy security and growth.
Turkey is ideally positioned to act as a bridge between major producing countries in the Caspian region and Europe. At the same time, it has the potential to transform itself into an important energy hub.
This panel assessed how the interests of the producing countries, the transportation potential of Turkey and the needs of South Eastern Europe could all be served. Financial and legal practitioners examined the pitfalls of structuring complex international transportation projects.
Moderator:
Riccardo Puliti, Managing Director, Energy & Natural Resources, EBRD
Panellists include:
Al Cook, Vice President Shah Deniz Development, BP
Reinhard Mitschek, CEO, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH
Aygen Yayıkoglu, Managing Partner, Crescent Capital
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.
Impossible to see the President. As expected, security very tight.
Numerous protestors across the street from the Hilton. They included a diversified group including those against the Keystone pipeline, pro-life people and Latino groups protesting the adminstration's deportation policies.
The general opinion in the Latino community is that the Dream Reform Act is nothing but a sham. Obama used it as a trick to help himself get re-elected. It also serves as a means by which the government collected names and other information on people that could be used against them in the future. It also helps reinforce the militarization of the border with Mexico.
As for the KXL tar sands pipeline, conservationists and environmentalists
fear that another oil disaster is inevitable given the shoddy and neglectful safety records of the oil companies. Tar sands is dilbit oil which means diluted bitumen. It is diluted because it is otherwise too thick to flow through a pipeline. It is literally tar and much harder to clean up after a spill.Three years ago there was a spill of dilbit oil in the Kalamazoo River near Marshall Michigan. As spills go, it apparently wasn't even that large, but it's still being cleaned up today.
And the taxpayers were on the hook for at least part of the expenses incurred by the President's trip. According to the Air Force, Air Force One costs $180,000 an hour to operate. The taxpayer foots the bill for security and anything else not related to politics. No estimates or information on the total cost.
An inaugural meeting between mentors from four federal government departments in BC and 11 skilled new Canadians marked the start of a ground-breaking mentoring program led by the Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC).
Canadian Heritage, along with Passport Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Western Economic Diversification Canada are all participating in the first program phase.
Over the next four months, immigrant professionals will work with their Canadian peers to learn about local business practices, increase their understanding of the BC workplace culture, access professional networks, and boost their cross-cultural communication and career-search skills.
Venue provided by Department of Canadian Heritage. Orientations facilitated and supported by Chris Mara and Astarte Sands from Mosaic BC, Laurie Sing from ISSofBC, and representatives from S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
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The diversification of supply and natural gas delivery routes is key to European energy security and growth.
Turkey is ideally positioned to act as a bridge between major producing countries in the Caspian region and Europe. At the same time, it has the potential to transform itself into an important energy hub.
This panel assessed how the interests of the producing countries, the transportation potential of Turkey and the needs of South Eastern Europe could all be served. Financial and legal practitioners examined the pitfalls of structuring complex international transportation projects.
Moderator:
Riccardo Puliti, Managing Director, Energy & Natural Resources, EBRD
Panellists include:
Al Cook, Vice President Shah Deniz Development, BP
Reinhard Mitschek, CEO, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH
Aygen Yayıkoglu, Managing Partner, Crescent Capital
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
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.
An inaugural meeting between mentors from four federal government departments in BC and 11 skilled new Canadians marked the start of a ground-breaking mentoring program led by the Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC).
Canadian Heritage, along with Passport Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Western Economic Diversification Canada are all participating in the first program phase.
Over the next four months, immigrant professionals will work with their Canadian peers to learn about local business practices, increase their understanding of the BC workplace culture, access professional networks, and boost their cross-cultural communication and career-search skills.
Venue provided by Department of Canadian Heritage. Orientations facilitated and supported by Chris Mara and Astarte Sands from Mosaic BC, Laurie Sing from ISSofBC, and representatives from S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
Full Story: tapintotalent.ca/about-us/news-and-events/federal-governm...
Immigrant Employment Council of BC
Tap Into Talent
Twitter: @IEC_BC www.twitter.com/iec_bc
Caption:
Son and daughter of the Afghan woman beekeeper, Karima.
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:
_________
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 provided four beehives, beekeeping tools and jars for honey,
The diversification of supply and natural gas delivery routes is key to European energy security and growth.
Turkey is ideally positioned to act as a bridge between major producing countries in the Caspian region and Europe. At the same time, it has the potential to transform itself into an important energy hub.
This panel assessed how the interests of the producing countries, the transportation potential of Turkey and the needs of South Eastern Europe could all be served. Financial and legal practitioners examined the pitfalls of structuring complex international transportation projects.
Moderator:
Riccardo Puliti, Managing Director, Energy & Natural Resources, EBRD
Panellists include:
Al Cook, Vice President Shah Deniz Development, BP
Reinhard Mitschek, CEO, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH
Aygen Yayıkoglu, Managing Partner, Crescent Capital
Diversified Transportation 5822 is a Turtle Top Odyssey XLT bodied bus on a Frieghtliner S2C chassis, operating on a Northern Health Connections trip from McBride.
Photo taken at University Hospital of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, BC.
" Summary
A Modernist architectural tower built 1955-1956 as part of a state-of-the-art coking plant to supply coke for steel production – a multifunctional building incorporating a coal bunker and handling facilities, control rooms and water tanks for emergency firefighting. It can be seen as an early example of Brutalist architecture.
Reasons for Designation
The Dorman Long Tower is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* as a recognised and celebrated example of early Brutalist architecture, a fine example of austere design that simply, yet wholeheartedly expresses its function; * a deliberate monumental architectural statement of confidence by the then newly de-nationalised Dorman Long company in the mid-1950s; * a rare (considered to be nationally unique) surviving structure from the C20 coal, iron and steel industries; * a design which is above the purely functional which also cleverly combines control-room, storage and fire-fighting functions for a state-of-the-art coking plant.
Historic interest:
* for its association with, and an advert for, Dorman Long which dominated the steel and heavy engineering industry of Teesside for most of the C20, a leading firm nationally with an international reputation, for example building the Sidney Harbour Bridge.
History
The second half of the C19 saw the dramatic development of the iron and steel industry on Teesside, starting at the new town of Middlesbrough in the 1840s and then expanding along the south bank of the Tees eastwards as plants grew ever larger. The industry drew on the extensive, easily mined iron ores of the Cleveland Hills, which at its peak in the 1880s represented a third of Britain’s total production, Teesside, for a time, being the world’s biggest producer of iron and steel. Dorman, Long and Company was established as a partnership between Arthur John Dorman and Albert de Lande Long in 1876, taking over an established ironworks in Middlesbrough. Through a series of acquisitions and mergers, by 1914, Dorman Long had become the dominant firm on Teesside, diversifying into many areas of heavy engineering as well as being one of the country’s leading steel producers. Further diversification and acquisitions through the first half of the C20, such as the take-over of Bolckow, Vaughan and Company in 1929, saw Dorman Long consolidate its position. Beyond steel production, the company also became an internationally significant firm for structural engineering, perhaps most famously for building the Sidney Harbour Bridge in Australia in 1923-1932, as well as the similar Grade II*-listed Tyne Bridge in Newcastle (1925-1928). In 1951, the company, along with most of the country’s iron and steel businesses, was nationalised. This period of state ownership was short-lived, and Dorman, Long and Company was de-nationalised in 1954, being re-organised into a series of subsidiary operating companies, one being Dorman, Long (Steel). This new company took over the operation of several established works on Teesside, but also made significant new investment, including the construction of a new, state-of-the-art coke works at South Bank in 1955-1957 designed by the specialist firm Simon-Carves Ltd. This coke works consisted of two ranges of coking ovens flanking the central tower which is the structure that is the subject of this listing. In operation, pulverised coal was loaded via conveyor into the upper part of the north side of the tower, the bunker loading floor being marked by regularly spaced windows. Coal was then dispensed via chutes into chargers on the second floor, the chargers would then have been run along the tops of the east and west ranges to feed the plant’s 130 coking ovens via gravity. The ovens then heated the coal in the absence of air to a very high temperature to concentrate the carbon content and drive off impurities, producing the high-quality fuel required for steel production. The ground floor of the tower included control rooms for the plant. To the roof of the tower, integrated as part of the structure, there are large open-topped water tanks which formed the stand-by reservoir for the site’s fire-protection ring main for emergency firefighting.
The tower was designed as a highly functional structure, but it was also clearly crafted to make a bold architectural statement, being Modernist in design which here can be seen as an early example of Brutalism. The term ‘Brutalism’ was coined by British architects Alison and Peter Simpson in 1954, being derived from the French term for raw concrete. Brutalist architecture is typically characterised by the large-scale use of concrete to produce massive, monolithic, geometric structures.
The tower’s bold form is carefully proportioned and broken up into vertical sections that visibly accentuate the height of the tower, which is about 56m. The broader north and south faces are broken up into three with a broad central section above the coal handling floor breaking forward, that to the south carrying the bold lettering ‘Dorman Long’, clearly using the company name as an advertisement of modernity and confidence to people travelling along the railway line that passes to the south. The east and west elevations are also broken into three, this time with projecting fins that extend slightly above the level of the parapet at the top of the tower. Although these fins may contribute to the structural integrity of the tower, providing a degree of buttressing, their thinness and the way that they extend above the parapet strongly suggests that their inclusion was at least partially for architectural aesthetics. The sizing, positioning and distribution of the window openings is also carefully considered, subtly adding to the overall architectural design of the tower, each window being divided into a vertical stack of three equal lights by transoms. The careful consideration given to the architectural design of this highly functional industrial building is becoming increasingly recognised with the commercial reproduction of images of the tower as well as its inclusion in books on Brutalist architecture.
Dorman Long (Steel) became part of the nationalised British Steel in 1967, the coke works being replaced in the early 1970s by a new plant. The Dorman Long Tower was retained because of its continued use as a reservoir for firefighting, but the ovens, and most of the associated equipment and structures were stripped out and demolished.
Details
Multi-functional tower (coal handling and storage, control rooms and fire-control water reservoir) 1955-1956 by Simon-Carves Ltd for Dorman, Long (Steel).
MATERIALS: reinforced concrete with some refractory and other brickwork.
EXTERIOR: the tower is approximately 56m high, rising from a rectangular footprint with the north and south elevations being of four bays, the east and west being three bays. The central two bays of both the north and south elevations break forward from the third-floor level, that to the south carried by thin tapering fins to form imitation giant coal chutes. Above, on the south face, in large bold lettering in two lines is the company name ‘Dorman Long’. Immediately above this lettering there is a floor level of regularly spaced windows, a larger opening being central to the north elevation which was where the coal supply conveyor originally entered the structure. The top-most floor has just two windows, these set to the central section of the south elevation. The sections of the top of the tower on the east and west sides are blind because these form open-topped water tanks. The east and west elevations of the tower are divided into three by thin, projecting fins which extend slightly above the level of the tower-top parapets. The lower three floors of the east and west elevations include the remains of the demolished flanking ranges.
INTERIOR: has been largely stripped out of equipment and control gear, but with some surviving features such as the coal charging chutes set into the roof of the first floor along with evidence of the control function on the ground floor.
Sources
Books and journals
Chadwick, P, This Brutal World, (2016)
Williams, M, The Steel Industry in England: An Historical Overview (Historic England Research Report 65-2019), (2019)
Websites
Grace's Guide to British Industrial History: Dorman, Long and Co, accessed 09 Sept 2019 from gracesguide.co.uk/Dorman,_Long_and_Co "
Panel #3: Diversifying Your Brand
L-R:
AWM Chair Valerie K. Blackburn
Panel Moderator Molly Wythes, Katz Marketing Solutions
Layla Masri, Bean Creative
Renessa Boley, America's Premier Life Designer
Kenette Bailey, TV One
AWM President Erin M. Fuller, CAE
(c) Alliance for Women in Media Foundation
An inaugural meeting between mentors from four federal government departments in BC and 11 skilled new Canadians marked the start of a ground-breaking mentoring program led by the Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC).
Canadian Heritage, along with Passport Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Western Economic Diversification Canada are all participating in the first program phase.
Over the next four months, immigrant professionals will work with their Canadian peers to learn about local business practices, increase their understanding of the BC workplace culture, access professional networks, and boost their cross-cultural communication and career-search skills.
Venue provided by Department of Canadian Heritage. Orientations facilitated and supported by Chris Mara and Astarte Sands from Mosaic BC, Laurie Sing from ISSofBC, and representatives from S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
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Immigrant Employment Council of BC
Tap Into Talent
Twitter: @IEC_BC www.twitter.com/iec_bc
DDiamond diversification
DDiamond understanding for enterprises, employees of diverse talent and diversity is an important competitive advantage, as the brand around the world continue to grow, more and more employees also render DDiamond diversified appearance.
DDiamond Group's greatest strength comes from having deep talented staff, the brand continues to play an innovative spirit and creativity. We believe that good management of diversified talents can help enterprises to develop their potential, but also extended DDiamond technology, knowledge and intercultural perspective, let the world know more about DDiamond diversification and changing customer and communication and interaction, providing customers high-quality goods and services.
DDiamond believe must respect, dignity. We strive to create a supportive and understanding of the working environment for staff to be able to play all potential here. DDiamond's success reflects the quality and skills of employees, as well as our commitment to diversity.
Policy statement
DDiamond believes that all employees must be respected, company policies and support that is built on this faith, therefore Bulgari will not because of race, creed, colour, physical, psychiatric disorders, religion, sex, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, family background, terms of service or age, to employees or applicants. Company policy also DDiamond follows all in favour of non-discrimination and equality of opportunity between the State and local laws.
Talent recruitment
DDiamond as the internationalization of enterprises, attaches great importance to the company in the world of recruitment matters, success for all employees. With different cultural, linguistic, local workforce, able to provide our valuable knowledge to understand the intricacies of international markets. DDiamond is committed to maintaining an emphasis on various points of view and experience of a diverse work environment.
Career development and promotion
DDiamond as employer, is committed to creating a work environment to attract talents, providing talent a success of the stage. DDiamond according to employee performance to provide incentives and promotion opportunities, all managers are trained, the need for fair and objective way and evaluation reports.
Equatorial Guinea's two-day conference welcomed investors, including more than 400 international business representatives from countries ranging from Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the Americas, and Africa. Equatorial Guinea has targeted agriculture and ranching, fisheries, petrochemicals and mining, financial services, tourism, aviation, transport and telecommunications.
Conference attendees learned about development and investment opportunities in Equatorial Guinea and were able to meet with local counterparts.
An inaugural meeting between mentors from four federal government departments in BC and 11 skilled new Canadians marked the start of a ground-breaking mentoring program led by the Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC).
Canadian Heritage, along with Passport Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Western Economic Diversification Canada are all participating in the first program phase.
Over the next four months, immigrant professionals will work with their Canadian peers to learn about local business practices, increase their understanding of the BC workplace culture, access professional networks, and boost their cross-cultural communication and career-search skills.
Venue provided by Department of Canadian Heritage. Orientations facilitated and supported by Chris Mara and Astarte Sands from Mosaic BC, Laurie Sing from ISSofBC, and representatives from S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
Full Story: tapintotalent.ca/about-us/news-and-events/federal-governm...
Immigrant Employment Council of BC
Tap Into Talent
Twitter: @IEC_BC www.twitter.com/iec_bc
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.
More information:
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 Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard is pleased to present an exhibition of work by members of The Asparagus Valley Potters Guild of Western Massachusetts in recognition of the Guild’s 40th year. The exhibition will be on view from October 3 to October 28, 2016 in Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Avenue, Allston, Massachusetts, 02134. A reception will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 5-8pm
Named for the upper Connecticut River Valley which was once known as the Asparagus Valley, the Guild is currently made up of 45 professional artists working in clay. The Asparagus Valley of Western Massachusetts has a rich history of potters settling in the area to create their art with clay and kiln. Forty years ago, a group of them came together for inspiration, camaraderie, and mutual support. Since then the group has grown and diversified, reflecting the changes in the field. From functional pottery to sculpture ceramics, low-fired to wood-fired, wheel-thrown, hand-built, slip-cast and altered, the diversity and vitality of contemporary ceramics will be on view in this 40th Anniversary exhibition.
Nearly 30 makers will be featuring work in this exhibition, including Mary Barringer, Valerie Bunnell, Molly Cantor, Mike Cohen, Cynthia Consentino, Vikki Crowell, Steve Earp, Rick Epstein, Susan Elena Esquivel, Lucy Fagella, Kathy Goos, James Guggina, Molly Hatch, Tiffany Hilton, Maya Machin, Donna McGee, Francine T. Ozereko, Andrew Quient, Malea Rhodes, Mona Shiber, Linda Siska, Evelyn Snyder, Mara Superior, Barbara Walch, Tom White, Bob Woo, Erica Wurtz, and Dan Zulawski. For more information on the guild and its members, visit asparagusvalleypottersguild.wordpress.com/gallerycontact.
For information on upcoming exhibitions, classes and other programming at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, please visit www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics or call the main office at 617-495-8680.
The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard is pleased to present an exhibition of work by members of The Asparagus Valley Potters Guild of Western Massachusetts in recognition of the Guild’s 40th year. The exhibition will be on view from October 3 to October 28, 2016 in Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Avenue, Allston, Massachusetts, 02134. A reception will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 5-8pm
Named for the upper Connecticut River Valley which was once known as the Asparagus Valley, the Guild is currently made up of 45 professional artists working in clay. The Asparagus Valley of Western Massachusetts has a rich history of potters settling in the area to create their art with clay and kiln. Forty years ago, a group of them came together for inspiration, camaraderie, and mutual support. Since then the group has grown and diversified, reflecting the changes in the field. From functional pottery to sculpture ceramics, low-fired to wood-fired, wheel-thrown, hand-built, slip-cast and altered, the diversity and vitality of contemporary ceramics will be on view in this 40th Anniversary exhibition.
Nearly 30 makers will be featuring work in this exhibition, including Mary Barringer, Valerie Bunnell, Molly Cantor, Mike Cohen, Cynthia Consentino, Vikki Crowell, Steve Earp, Rick Epstein, Susan Elena Esquivel, Lucy Fagella, Kathy Goos, James Guggina, Molly Hatch, Tiffany Hilton, Maya Machin, Donna McGee, Francine T. Ozereko, Andrew Quient, Malea Rhodes, Mona Shiber, Linda Siska, Evelyn Snyder, Mara Superior, Barbara Walch, Tom White, Bob Woo, Erica Wurtz, and Dan Zulawski. For more information on the guild and its members, visit asparagusvalleypottersguild.wordpress.com/gallerycontact.
For information on upcoming exhibitions, classes and other programming at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, please visit www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics or call the main office at 617-495-8680.
Diversifying Psychology Event. Photo by Kevin Bain/The University of Mississippi Marketing Communications
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27 April 2012
CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick
April 27th 2012, members from 3e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment and 12 Régiment blindé du Canada participated in a joint operation on Blissville airfield. The soldiers were flown in by helicopter from 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron.
Between April 10 and May 9 2012, more than 3,500 troops from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (5 CMBG) were in the Gagetown Garrison training areas (N. B.) for Exercise LION INTREPIDE. . With its diverse terrain, Gagetown Garrison provided the troops from Valcartier with a different training environment and a vast training ground.
Pte Krystle Robinson – Canadian Forces Imagery Technician
CFB Gagetown, Tactics School
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27 avril 2012
BFC Gagetown
Le 27 avril 2012, les membres du 3e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment et du 12e Régiment blindé du Canada ont participé à une opération conjointe sur la piste d'atterrissage de Blissville. Les militaires ont été transportés et appuyés par les hélicoptères de la 430 Escadron tactique d’hélicoptères.
Entre le 10 avril et le 9 mai 2012, plus de 3500 soldats provenant du 5e Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada (5 GBMC) se sont entraînés dans les secteurs de la Garnison Gagetown (N.-B.) dans le cadre de l'exercice LION INTREPIDE. Avec ses reliefs diversifiés, la Garnison Gagetown offre aux militaires de Valcartier un milieu d'entrainement différent et un plus vaste terrain de manœuvres.
Sdt Krystle Robinson – Technicien en imagerie des Forces canadiennes
BFC Gagetown, Tactics School
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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.
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.
The government’s economic outlook has dramatically improved over the first three months of the fiscal year, confirming that Alberta’s Recovery Plan to diversify the economy and create jobs is working.
As of July, Alberta added 73,000 jobs since the beginning of the year and has now recovered nearly 90 per cent of the jobs lost when the pandemic first took hold in the province.
Real gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 6.7 per cent in 2021, up significantly from the budget forecast of 4.8 per cent. Many economic forecasters, including the Conference Board of Canada and some of the largest Canadian banks, predict Alberta will lead all provinces in growth this year.
“After a historically challenging year, Alberta’s economy is already witnessing signs of recovery and growth. While this indicates Alberta’s Recovery Plan is working, we know there is still more to do to create jobs and restore Alberta’s place as the economic driver of the nation. We will continue to bring spending in line with that of other provinces, attract more investment and get Albertans back to work.” said Travis Toews, President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance (pictured), at a news conference in Edmonton on Tuesday, August 31, 2021.
Increased investment and economic activity has led to the unemployment rate falling to 8.5 per cent, the lowest since the pandemic started.
Oilsands production has risen more than eight per cent in the first half of the year with a quick rebound in bitumen output and drilling activity in June and July – exceeding 2019 levels. Non-energy investment is forecast to grow at about five per cent each year in 2021 and 2022, and will return to 2019 levels this year.
Despite these improvements in Alberta’s economy, a sizeable deficit remains, and Alberta’s current fiscal situation is still unsustainable. Alberta will pay $2.6 billion in debt servicing costs this year, which is more than it spends on all but four government departments. With no debt, these taxpayer dollars could be spent on education, health care and other public services.
While the recent increase in energy prices is encouraging, Alberta’s government is aware the situation can change rapidly and the year is far from over. There have been dramatic fluctuations over the past year and a half. Instead of relying on volatile resource revenue, government must control spending. (photography by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta)
Economic Development and Trade Minister Deron Bilous announced Bill 30, the Investing in a Diversified Alberta Economy Act, was introduced today to allow government to establish two tax credits that would drive innovation, diversification and job creation.
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Melissa (sister) and I were on the hill in Allen Park (at Oakwood Boulevard & Southfield) going to Barnes & Noble. We saw this billowing cloud of smoke to the north and decided to investigate.
First we thought it was just the usual industrial-area pollution, but we started thinking about it and we realized we'd never seen that before. And it was dark smoke. As we headed in the direction of Detroit, we could definitely tell it was a fire. We got on Davison of Livernois, and my mom told us we shouldn't be lurking around because it's a chemical fire.
You could smell it, and hear the helicopter(s) overhead. We stayed south of it, because we weren't sure exactly what or where it was. But it was definitely an exciting afternoon. Glad I had my camera.