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Nights Ablaze With Distant Stars

Edit Huffington Post 08 Feb 2016
Traveling by way of Hankow to Peking, he then entered the edge of the Mongolian plateau via Changkiakow and began his stay by living in a yurt among nomads. Later, while traveling with a Chinese-Mongolian interpreter who had introduced himself as a "Christian by profession," Strasser observed and painted Mongolian festivals and Lama cloisters ... Mongolian Caravan Leader from The Mongolian Herd....

Professor David Kemp receives prestigious Friendship Award by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (ACIAR - Australian ...

Edit Public Technologies 02 Nov 2015
(Source. ACIAR - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research) ... Further information about the Friendship Award is available online . Professor Kemp has previously received major awards for foreign experts from both the Inner Mongolian and Gansu Provincial Governments ... For example, on the Mongolian Plateau, temperatures can drop to as low as. ̶ 40°C in mid-winter when lambing occurs! ... distributed by ... (noodl. 30615751) ....

Top Chinese award for CSU scientist (Charles Sturt University)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2015
(Source. Charles Sturt University). An Australian scientist has received China's top award for foreign experts for his work to help lift herders out of poverty through sustainable farming ... Professor Kemp has worked in China since 2001 ... 'On the Mongolian Plateau temperatures can decline to minus 40 degrees in mid-winter, during which time lambing occurred.' ... The project has shown tangible results that now form part of national programs.'....

Life on a lake

Edit Deccan Herald 26 Sep 2015
Myanmar community. As one travels farther, one finds that in similar ecospheres the ways of livelihood, customs and modes of communication manifest a thousand different shades. And therein lies the wonder of travelling ... Floating farms ... The Intha or ‘sons of the soil’ are believed to be of Tibeto-Burmese descent, more specifically the Mons, who migrated to Southeast Asia from the Mongolian Plateau some 2,000 years ago ... ....

Dolce&Gabbana; pay sentimental tribute to mothers in Milan

Edit The Malta Independent 17 Mar 2015
Model Bianca Balta won applause of approval as she walked down the Dolce&Gabbana runway in an advanced stage of pregnancy. It was part of the designing duo's early Mother's Day present to women, a collection dedicated to moms ... ____. AH, LA MAMMA ... And they sure made motherhood appealing ... ___ ... ___ ... Marni's woman for next winter is a regal warrior, hailing from a region that stretches from the Nordic lands to the Mongolian plateau ... ____....

Long-Lost Fortress Of Genghis Khan Discovered In Mongolia

Edit Huffington Post 02 Mar 2015
A team of Mongolian and Japanese archaeologists confirmed last week that a fortress found in southwestern Mongolia more than a decade ago was built by none other than the legendary Genghis Khan ... Among the artifacts found at the site were Chinese ceramics, wood chips, and animal bones ... “We hope the discovery will be useful in ascertaining the history of the Mongolian Plateau between the 13th and 14th centuries,” he told Asahi Shimbun ... ....

Dolce and Gabbana pay tribute to mothers

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 01 Mar 2015
MILAN – Model Bianca Balta won applause of approval as she walked down the Dolce&Gabbana runway in an advanced stage of pregnancy. It was part of the designing duo’s early Mother’s Day present to women, a collection dedicated to moms ... ––––. AH, LA MAMMA ... Marni’s woman for next winter is a regal warrior, hailing from a region that stretches from the Nordic lands to the Mongolian plateau....

Rapid loss of lakes on the Mongolian Plateau

Edit PNAS 28 Jan 2015
Lakes are widely distributed on the Mongolian Plateau and, as critical water sources, have sustained Mongolian pastures for hundreds of years. However, the plateau has experienced significant lake shrinkage and grassland degradation during the past several decades ... Our results document a rapid loss of lakes on the plateau in the past decades....

Patagonia: ethical outerwear for men

Edit The Daily Telegraph 22 Nov 2014
Introducing Patagonia's new range, Truth to Materials, which goes a step further in seeking a responsible environmental impact. Undyed cashmere Snap-T pullover, £470 . By Wendy Marr ... Comments ... Style File ... What this means is the cashmere used in the Truth to Materials Snap-T pullover is hand-harvested by goat herders on the Mongolian plateau and the yarn is left undyed so the colours in the final product are just as nature intended ... 1....

Elements: Could This Wool Pullover Help the Mongolian Plateau?

Edit National Geographic News 21 Oct 2014
But maybe it can ... The Men’s Undyed Cashmere Snap-T Pullover, for example, comes from Mongolian goat wool ... This poses a challenge. Goats eat the roots of grass, which is contributing to overgrazing of the Mongolian Plateau ... $399 • BUY ... ....

On this beach no one is naked

Edit China Daily 03 Oct 2014
Inner mongolia's Solar firms bask in sunshine of fine-weather days and growing orders. For many in China's photovoltaic industry, the solar products trade war between China and Europe is a distant memory ... Zhonghuan Solar is an exception ... The city, an emerging economic hub on the Mongolian plateau, is creating an industrial chain that promises to reduce the city's traditional reliance on the petrochemical industry ... ) ....

Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces at Work in the Nation-State

Edit Real Clear Politics 24 Sep 2014
These borderlands, stretching from northeast to the southwest - Manchuria, Mongolian Plateau, Xinjiang, Tibet and the Yunnan Plateau - form a shield, both containing and protecting a unified Han core from overland invasion ... Indeed, while the formidable geography of the Tibetan Plateau (its altitude averages 4.5 kilometers, or almost 2.8 miles, above ......

Professor selected Fellow of Ecological Society of America (The University of Toledo)

Edit noodls 18 Jul 2014
(Source. The University of Toledo). A University of Toledo ecologist has been named a 2014 Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. Dr ... "I am honored to be selected," Chen said. "I feel fortunate ... Chen is currently studying the interactions of natural and human systems in the Mongolian Plateau in China to measure the human impact on global warming ... distributed by ... (noodl. 23922130) ....
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