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In the Western Balkans region, achieving efficient and modern internal transport networks and infrastructure and communication networks between the region’s countries will be a key enabler of economic growth and transition. This is a political priority of the countries themselves and the European Union, because it is an important means of improving links across the region and integrating the countries in the area into the political and economic mainstream of Europe (Matsoukis, 2008). A series of infrastructure and increasing costs to build and maintain roads and supplies. Railway systems are similarly vulnerable. Inland navigation will more often be faced with restrictions associated with extremely low and high river discharges. Changes in transport capacity may lead to changes in transport costs or to a shift between transport modalities. Economic impacts are closely related to the frequency of events that damage, disrupt and restrict transport, and the availability of transport alternatives. Furthermore, the costs associated with monitoring and maintenance of these networks is likely to increase. Few studies exist on the impacts of climate change on the transport networks within the region, including the mountainous areas. However, one study on the EU-27 transport network can give some indication of potential economic costs of climate change for the region. For road infrastructure, weather stresses already represent 30 per cent to 50 per cent of current road maintenance costs in Europe. Ten per cent of these costs (0.9 billion euro) are associated with extreme events, with flooding taking the lead. A significant extra cost for road transport infrastructures is projected due to more frequent extreme precipitation and flooding events (50–192 million euros per year between 2040–2100). At the same time, increasing temperatures could reduce road costs related to maintenance operations in colder areas (for snow and ice) (JRC, 2012).
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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Cartografare il Presente/Nieves Izquierdo
Road map of our trip and some info: www.southernscenicroute.co.nz/
Photos from our road trip down the South Island of New Zealand in January.
We have arrived in Queenstown and it was so hot we waited until to sun was going down to walk along to the town.... even then it was 30c or more! January 25, 2015 New Zealand.
Queenstown (Māori: Tahuna) is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island.
It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains such as The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak and just above the town; Ben Lomond and Queenstown Hill.
The area was known to Māori before Europeans arrived. The first European to see Lake Wakatipu was Nathanael Chalmers who was guided by Reko, the chief of the Tuturau, over the Waimea Plains and up the Mataura River in September 1853. Evidence of stake nets, baskets for catching eels, spears and ashes indicated the Glenorchy area was visited by Māori. It is likely Ngāi Tahu Māori visited Queenstown en route to collect Pounamu (greenstone), although no evidence of permanent settlement is known.
There are various apocryphal accounts of how the town was named, the most popular suggesting that a local gold digger exclaimed that the town was "fit for Queen Victoria". Many Queenstown streets bear names from the gold mining era (such as Camp Street) and some historic buildings remain. William's Cottage, the Lake Lodge of Ophir, Queenstown Police Station, and St Peter's Anglican Church lie close together in a designated historic precinct.
A resort town, Queenstown boasted 220 adventure tourism activities in 2012. Skiing and snowboarding, jet boating, whitewater rafting, bungy jumping, mountain biking, skateboarding, tramping, paragliding, sky diving and fly fishing are all popular.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenstown,_New_Zealand
Digitization changes family history, but still need for non-digital
Loretto Szucs was her own search engine back in 1985.
She interviewed relatives. She wrote letters because phone calls and photocopies were too expensive. She rented a microfilm reader, scanned through reel after reel of census records and even enlisted the help of her children -- giving them a quarter for every family name they found.
"A lot of writing, a lot of patience, interviewing anyone who would even know my family," she described.
Today, computer search engines pull family names out of the air.
As Szucs and some of the country's most ardent genealogists gathered in Salt Lake City from April 28 to May 1, Internet connections in and around the Salt Palace Convention Center were buzzing with family history activity.
A lot has changed since the National Genealogical Society last convened its annual conference in Salt Lake City 25 years ago. Online resources have taken years off genealogical research. Researchers, meanwhile, are getting started years earlier.
"They can learn and find in five years what it took me 30," said Jan Alpert, president of NGS
But be careful not to neglect good old-fashion research methods, she warns.
"If they think it's all on the Internet, they won't find as much as I found."
For longtime genealogists like Alpert and Szucs, family history work began with letter-writing to places like churches and vital records offices -- then waiting for clues. Szucs, now an executive editor for www,Ancestry.com got her big break when an order of nuns she wrote to in New York City sent back information about her aunt.
"Then I had a place to start and I could carry on," Szucs said.
That led her to the 1850 census for New York City, made up of 54 reels of microfilm -- each taking three hours to go through.
Barbara Vines Little was a little more fortunate. Her ancestors were from a less metropolitan area in Virginia.
"You were delighted if you ancestors were from the country because then you only had a county to look through -- page by page, and line by line," said Little, NGS board member and past president. "It was a labor-intensive process because you had none of this instant access."
For Little, research often meant leaving town for Salt Lake City, where the LDS Church archives are; Washington, D.C., home of the National Archives; or Ft. Wayne, Ind., which has a large family history library.
"Most people had to wait until they retired before they could do their family history, so they'd have time to travel," Little said. "Today, you can do it with a great deal of ease."
Online databases and search engines have altered the landscape. Szucs' company, Ancestry.com, and FamilySearch, a nonprofit division of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have digitized large volumes of records and made them available on the Internet.
With today's technology, researchers can build online family trees and supplement them with photos and scanned documents. Websites and software offer research helps.
Message boards and social media sites connect researchers.
The "bells and whistles" of technology are appealing to youths, Alpert says. She hopes people become interested in genealogy at a younger age, seek out relatives, and share stories and photographs via e-mail or Facebook -- before they are lost.
"This used to be a gray-hair organization, because you either didn't have time to do (genealogy) until you retired, or you weren't interested in it until you retired," Alpert said. "Now because of the Internet, people can dabble in it with little spare time."
But it's important to realize, the genealogists say, that digitization is an ongoing process and that the bulk of records aren't searchable online.
Szucs once worked at the National Archives and saw stacks of records that "go on and on and on.
"There's a lifetime of digitization to be done," she said.
Vital records, such as birth certificates, are under state jurisdiction, and most aren't digitized -- in part because of privacy concerns.
Genealogists, however, see tremendous progress being made in the digitization effort. Szucs credits a collaborative network that includes commercial and nonprofit efforts; state and county governments; and everything from the Library of Congress to local genealogical societies.
"It's just a beautiful network," she said. "And that's something that I realized even in 1985."
Alpert hopes one other aspect of family history work won't be phased out.
She remembers visiting a tiny town in Ohio and standing in the very church her ancestors once attended. Alpert wants people to recognize the value in going back to the places one came from.
"I hope that doesn't change," she said.
I cashed in this change on 4/20/07. Some of the change in this jar
dates back five years or so. Can you guess how much it added up to?
To be honest, if my own hair was long and full enough I would style it myself in a feminine manner. But it's not, so I must rely on the alternative. At least I have the option of changing the color/length/style on nothing more than a whim :)
"Day sky to night sky, the change was so gradual it seemed not to have a boundary, but there was a point where you could say one had come and the other shoved aside."
~Helen E Davis (By Blade and Cloth)
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81004 & 85010 pause at Carlisle for a crew change during the early hours of Saturday 31st January 1987 whilst heading an Anglo - Scottish freightliner
{38 - change} 52 of you
been thinking about change all week due to 52 of you prompt. i like the cooler temps of the fall, yet i don't really enjoy winter as i did when i lived in NY. the light i have to say that is one of the things i miss most about this change to fall and then winter. the change in the colors are beautiful also the lights golden glow is pretty. changes that i guess are on my mind are how the world changes as my kids get older, i have a teen and pre-teen, they are amazing kids. i do find myself hoping i have given them all they need to be full of joy and safe in the world. sometimes i wish this parenting job came with a manual and a person that raised amazing kids next to me to answer all my questions. all i know i can do is love them as i do for who they are and keep the lines of communication open for them. i need to also remember to take all the changes lightly and jump for the joy i have all around me.i ♥ you s & b !!!
Rwanda's Fund for the Environment and Climate Change is ground breaking initiative and the biggest of its kind in Africa. It will be the engine of Rwanda's green growth for the next 50 years. The fund will provide technical and financial support to the best public and private projects that align with Rwanda's commitment to a strong green economy.
Learn more about the fund at fonerwa.org.
Si no ets tu, qui? Si no es aqui, on? Si no es ara, quan? / Si no eres tu , quien?, Si no es aqui, ¿donde?,Si no es ahora, ¿cuando? / if you´re not, who?, if not here, where? , if not now, when?
Kait Parker, Varun Sivaram, Sean Watkins, and Jonathan Overpeck talk action and solutions at the Climate Change Summit on October 27.
I took this at night in the Grotto at Massabielle.
I didn't change any settings and took it without a flash!
Opal is a color-change stone. When you spin the stone around, colours might appear or disappear, or change completely. It's quite magical. This is NOT a gem-quality opal, rather it's a boulder opal, because the opal veins are embedded in a brownstone called ironstone.
Had the entire stone displayed the colourful patches, this stone would have costed probably USD $8,000 and up!
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Of all the beautiful and expensive gemstones that I cannot afford, opal is the one that I like the most.
High-quality precious black opals from Australia can cost easily between USD $5,000 to $15,000 each. Opal is a natural amorphous silica with a water content varying from one to twenty percent, depending on the porosity and degree of hydration. Precious opal usually contains from six to ten percent water. The chemical formula for opal is SiO2·nH2O.
Thankfully I came across this boulder opal for only USD $14. I can afford that!
Basically, a boulder opal is an opal embedded in a brown rock called ironstone, like the one you see here. Had the entire gemstone displayed the colourful and colour-changing nature, this opal would have been worth probably around USD $8,000. But because only very few stripes (known as veins) display the colourful diffraction of light, this stone is not considered gem-quality, which is why it goes for less than USD $100. In my case, bidding ended at USD $14 so I was quite lucky.
Some interesting facts about opal:
1) Green and blue play of colour is most common, red less so.
2) Because of the unusual way opal is formed, and how light is diffracted from it, colour may appear or disappear under different light sources, or may change from one colour to another completely.
3) Depending on the play of colour, the value of an opal can vary significantly.
4) As a natural silica, opals are very fragile. Drop it on a hard surface and cracks can appear, or worse still, the whole piece might shatter.
Also remember, this opal only measures 17.2 mm x 12.1 mm, so the photos shown here have been magnified by 3 times, if not more.
The seller of the opals on eBay post videos of the stones. And this is a video of the stone I bought.
Nombre: Blitzwing
Afiliación: Decepticons
Línea: G1
Subgrupo: Triple Changers
Año: 1985
Número de adquisición: 18
Logré conseguir este Blitzwing en casi perfecto estado y con caja en una subasta a un precio increíble. Es para reemplazar mi antiguo Blitzwing incompleto que era mi adquisición número 18.
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Name: Blitzwing
Allegiance: Decepticons
Line: G1
Subgroup: Triple Changers
Year: 1985
Number in Collection: 18
I just got this Blitzwing in a near mint condition with box, in an auction at an incredible price. It's for replacing my old Blitzwing who was my adquisition number 18.
lacking much inspiration lately :( maybe school on Tuesday will help all this.
anyways just got a dailybooth!
follow me? :)
The colours are lowered and presented at the IJC Change of Command.
Kabul, Afghanistan – Outgoing International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Commander U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez was taken over by incoming IJC Commander U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti during a change of command ceremony at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, July 11.
Scaparrotti will be the second Commander of IJC, which was created Nov, 12 2009 to provide day-to-day operational oversight of coalition forces in the Afghan area of operations.
Rodriguez, who will be moving on to become Commanding General of U.S. Army Forces Command, located in Fort McPherson, Ga, thanked the hard work of all the members of IJC.
Philipp Cottier, Member of Executive Management, ResponsAbility, Switzerland, speaking during the session Financing Change at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2018
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Mattias Nutt
"How David Bowie Changed Wall Street" by LIZ MOYER via NYT t.co/dm2sU2Qn0a (via Twitter twitter.com/felipemassone/status/686626827641696256)
This unloved changing pavillion on the Toronto Islands is a modest and elegant structure. The islands are dotted with these little architectural gems. They go largely unnoticed.
The Toronto Islands are a public park like no other. To get there you must take a short ferry trip across the harbour. On one side you can see the skyline, on the other you look out across the lake and forget that you are anywhere near a city.
Jack and I are just in from a long morning out at House Paws. Jack was lucky enough to see Dr Lisa and she was everything I heard she would be, kind, gentle and informative.
Upon examination, she found Jack had a fairly bad ear infection in his right ear. Late last week, I thought he may have had something brewing in there and not realizing it would get this bad this quickly decided to wait it out knowing he would be seen today. This turned out to be a bad decision on my part. She also found his gums to be in poor condition with a nasty case of gingivitis. She was quite surprised by this as generally this condition is seen in much older dogs. (Jack is 18 months - 2 years old) I was unaware he had this health issue.
Dr Lisa and I discussed this and that; type of food he is eating, how much, energy level, etc. . . she thought he may have allergies. I brought up the fact he had suffered two seizures over the last six weeks. This apparently is a big red light danger signal and she would not give Jack the first heartworm injection. The infections, of both ear and gums, coupled with the seizures all point to a possible compromised immune system. She suspects he has an under laying condition. This may have been hidden from us as Jack was on a round of strong doxycycline when he first arrived masking these symptoms.
She drew blood and is running several tests. She also gave me a rather lengthily survey of questions about his behaviors to complete. The results will be combined and hopefully give her a better picture as to how to proceed with treatment of heartworm and any other health condition he is harboring.
Auf dem Deich bei "Everschopsiel" in der Nähe von Osterhever auf der Halbinsel Eiderstedt. in der Woche, in der wir dort unseren Urlaub verbrachthaben, war die ganze zeit sehr schönes Wetter, bis auf diesen einen Tag. Da hat sich das Wetter fast minütlich geändert. Ich fand das sehr faszinierend und das Fotografieren hat mir an diesem Tag, ehrlich gesagt, am meisten Spass gemacht.
Soundtrack: Long Distance Calling - Jungfernflug
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Das neue Album "Avoid the light" ist schon raus und ich habe es schon bestellt. Bin mal sehr gespannt, was die Jungs diesmal auf die Reihe bekommen haben...
and the final prize is for the orange elephant in the room. The Colossal Fossil.
Make America Colossal
The time has come to both award the Colossal Fossil and to finally call out those who deserve it the most!
While we have had some strong contenders (shout out to the Australian bullies), there seems to be only one clear choice. Only one who has been the absolute, hands-down, uncontested worst – the US administration.
Not really that much of a surprise, is it?
I am sure you all remember it well. When Donald Trump announced on June 1st that he intended to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement, he isolated himself on the global stage, turning his back on the rest of the world. Now that Syria has ratified, the Trump administration is completely, 100% alone in its rejection of this vital global agreement.
Super sad!
Let’s just remember that the US is still in the Paris Agreement for at least a few more years. But there is no doubt about the administration’s position on climate action. They’re attacking domestic climate policies such as the Clean Power Plan and fuel efficiency standards.
They’re propping up dirty energy by proposing a bailout for coal. They’re attempting to censor science, deleting any mention of climate change from documents and websites and issuing gag orders to government scientists. Last but not least, they sent fossil fuel cronies to represent the U.S. at COP. In other words, they are acting in direct opposition to the spirit of the Paris Agreement.
The Trump team tried to bring their backwards agenda to Bonn. The US administration’s only official side event was to promote fossil fuels. But the world was there to send them a message: You can’t sell coal at a conference to stop climate change!
Prompted by a journalist’s question, two of the four panelists explicitly said they disagree with Trump’s effort to pull out of the Paris Agreement. When even your fossil-fuel-funded panelists don’t agree with your decision, you know you’re on the wrong side of history. (As if there was any doubt before.)
But there is a ray of light. US mayors, governors, business leaders, university presidents, and committed individuals from all fifty states and every walk of life are standing by the Paris Agreement and with the world against the climate crisis. More than 100 of them came to Bonn and camped out in the funny looking igloos outside the Bula Zone to showcase their commitments, and many others mobilized for a Day of Action across the US to send the message that they are still in, too. They all give us hope.
Trump may have abandoned the world, but the rest of us haven’t. As young people from across the globe sang when they disrupted the US fossil fuels event on Monday: “We the people of the world unite, and we are here to stay.”
Unfortunately, this ray of hope does not replace the need for action from the U.S. federal government. All their bad behavior at home and here at COP should be widely and loudly condemned, they are truly deserving of the Colossal Fossil – the undisputed best of the worst.
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How times of have changed again. This is the coach of the opposition team Nick played on saturday. His team won. But, that is a side issue. I had one woman coach when I played footie and she certainly did not look like this woman. If my coach had have looked liked this I am sure it would have had a more positive outcome on how I played. This woman, unfortunately is a rariety. More power to her.