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Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
By December of 1941, Fort Morgan was once again active for military service. As a proactive preparation for U.S. involvement in World War II, the U.S. Navy reactivated the post and began using it as an ordnance depot for incoming and departing ships. Armament of the post was upgraded when Battery F, 50th Coast Artillery arrived with their 155mm GPF guns. These sat on Panama Mounts like seen here. A circular concrete gun mount that facilitated the mounting and rotation of the 155mm gun so that it could be fired across a wider area that was to be protected. What is left of these mounts is seen above...
Fort Morgan holds a couple of distinctions as a piece of American history...it was placed on the National Historic Landmarks register on December 12, 1960 and included on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. All of the information above was taken from either the original documents submitted to the NRHP for listing consideration or the Fort Morgan website through the Alabama Historical Commission:
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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Was invited to visit a farm in east Kent today, where proactive management of field margins and in woods have resulted in an explosion of orchids. Mostly Southern Marsh, but some Common Spotted too, and therefore many, many of their bastard offspring as well.
Some of the hybrids had spotted leaves, many did not, so who knows what their heritage was?
But sometimes, you just have to look and admire them for their beauty.
A great day among the orchids and buttercups.
Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
Leopard orchid
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Native to south-east Asia (Malaysia) to south-west Pacific
Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA (Cultivated)
Each raceme (flowering cluster) is about 3 ft. (1 m) long with each flower about 2 inches (5 cm) across.
This is a smaller relative of the Giant or Tiger orchid (Grammatophyllum speciosum), the largest orchid in the world with pseudobulbs more than 8 ft. (2.5 m), racemes of about 10 ft. (3 m) with each flower 4 inches (10 cm) wide, and growing to weigh a ton or more!
Grammatophyllum scriptum var. citrinum
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**NOTE**
While I enjoy orchids, as an environmentally conscious orchid grower in Hawaiʻi, I am proactive when it comes to removing and properly destroying any and all seed pods from the plants so as not to encourage their spreading into our fragile native Hawaiian forests.
Grand Rapids Eastern #2104 crosses the Grand River after departing the yard with 15 cars for points east of town. The Grand Trunk Western built this bridge with the supports wide enough to accept a second track if they ever deemed it necessary. GTW was always pretty proactive when it came to things like that!
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Museo Guggenheim Museum. Bilbao. País Vasco. Basque Country. Spain
Mamá. Su autora, Louise Bourgeois, 1911-2010, la presenta como un homenaje a su madre. Dijo de ella :
"La Araña es una oda a mi madre. Ella era mi mejor amiga. Como una araña, mi madre era tejedora. Mi familia estaba en el negocio de restauración de tapices, y mi madre estaba a cargo del taller. Igual que las arañas, mi madre era muy astuta. Las arañas son presencias agradables que comen mosquitos. Sabemos que los mosquitos esparcen enfermedades y por lo tanto, no son bienvenidos. Entonces, las arañas son proactivas y de mucha ayuda, justo como lo era mi madre..."
Maman. The author, Louise Bourgeois, 1911-2010, presented as a tribute to his mother :
"The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver. My family was in the business of restoration of tapestries, and my mother was in charge of the workshop. Like spiders, my mother was very clever. Spiders are friendly presences that eat mosquitoes. We know that mosquitoes spread diseases and therefore are not welcome. So, spiders are proactive and very helpful, just as it was my mother ..."
The Mounted Patrol Unit (MPU) was established in January of 2010 as an operational police unit. The officers receive a Basic Equitation riding course from the Toronto Police Service where they are educated on horsemanship, riding skills and roadwork.
The mandate of the MPU is to offer high visibility policing, crowd management and active crime prevention in the City of Hamilton. The MPU also works closely with the Police Services’ Action Team to respond to areas identified by hotspot analysis that require focused proactive patrol.
The priorities of the MPU are to heighten the Service’s ability to accomplish:
crime prevention
managing entertainment districts
conducting search and rescue
providing park and trail safety
The MPU consists of 5 horses, 4 full time officers and 4 spare officers in order to ensure year round coverage. The Unit deploys 8 shifts per week, covering; day, afternoon and night shifts.
The horses are all Percheron and Percheron-cross geldings which stand between 17'3 and 18'1 hands high (about 6 feet tall at their withers).
The horses names are all historically significant to the City of Hamilton:
Lincoln - In memory of The Honourable Lincoln Alexander, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Griffin - After the Griffin House in Dundas, part of the Underground Railroad
RHLI - Royal Hamilton Light infantry, pronounced Riley. We support our troops!
MacNab - Sir Allan MacNab fought in the War of 1812 as a 14 year old boy, lived at Dundurn Castle and was former Premier of the Province of Canada
Argyll - Named after The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), Argyll honours the close connection between the Hamilton Police Service and the local regiment.
*Hamilton Police Service
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We drive on the glorious wine roads of Tuscany. Grapes and olives require similar climatic and soil conditions and share coinciding harvest times, making them a natural pair in the fields. Long-term agricultural biodiversity appeals to vineyard owners, who realize that economic and seasonal variables, as well as consumer taste, make production of more than one quality product a proactive approach. Additionally, olive groves protect vineyards against strong winds, acting as windbreaks. We visit the farms and cellars and ofcourse taste the great Chianti wine. Discover the most celebrated region of Tuscany. The vineyards of this area produce one of the best wines in the world: Chianti Classico. This Wine represents a major source of wealth for the Chianti area, no wonder then that this product has been particularly looked after and protected, in order to distinguish its quality from other wine productions. I hope you like my collection of Tuscany. Thanks for all comments and faves.
1. center Tuscan house harmoniously set on the vineyards of Casale, 2. top left Travel through the Tuscany landscape of cypress-dotted hills, 3. The lush grapevines under the Tuscan Sun, 4. The warm colors of the Tuscany sunset, 5. Sunlight and air enriches the Chianti grapes grown on textured terriors, 6. Tuscany where olives and grapes meet, 7. 1000 years of history at The Abbey of the Good Harvest, 8. Sangiovese grapes for Tuscane Chianti wine, 9. Encircled city wall of San Gimignano at dusk, 10. On our way to wine estate Casale Dello Sparviero, 11. Truly magical atmosphere in San Gimignano by night, 12. Unforgettable skyline of San Gimignano, 13. Sunset in the heart of Tuscany.
Denk je aan Toscana, dan zie je stadjes op heuveltoppen, wijngaarden omzoomd door cipressen zover het oog reikt. Liefhebbers weten dat je overal tussen die landerijen. wijnhuizen kunt vinden waar je ook nog eens kunt proeven... het idee alleen al doet je toch bijna het water in de mond lopen. Ook als je weer thuis bent en je neemt een slok van je meegebrachte wijn, ben je er in je gedachten weer helemaal: op dat zonovergoten terras in Castellina in Chianti of bij dat fantastische restaurant met die truffelgerechten in Monteriggioni. Zeg je wijn in Toscana, dan zeg je Chianti, een wijn die zich in de laatste 30 jaar tot Classico heeft ontwikkeld. Chianti is de bekendste en populairste van alle Italiaanse wijnen. De wijn wordt gemaakt van de alom aanwezige Sangiovese-druif. Ik hoop dat m'n foto's je inspireren om deze prachtige provincie een keer te gaan bezoeken. Bedankt voor alle opmerkingen en favorieten.
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This proactive ice cream van was touring the beach and serving customers who didn't want to trek back to the shops and cafes at the shore. I'm sure he did plenty of business but not from me because I wanted something rather higher quality than soft serve...
Yup, I turn 39 today... The end of my 30's! *sigh* It hasn't been a great birthday week, but that doesn't stop it from arriving!
Birthday horoscope... The planets zone in on friendships and relationships today. It’s definitely a day for contacts and connections. Be proactive: send an email to a friend; arrange an evening out. Someone who’s been out of touch is likely to get back in touch if you deliver the right signals! (...So far this hasn't happened... I did get a call that was a wrong number today... should that count?)
Texture courtesy of pareeerica
I know I haven't been proactive in uploading photos for some time now, it seems to be that the concept of uni and having so much free time to do whatever I want has gotten the better of me.
But, here is a photo I took when I was in Ireland during December last year.
A last look at the old Geneseo substation; it will likely be gone before summer. The way the various poles inside the substation lean suggests that structural failure may be imminent! Next picture over is of the new substation a short distance away.
The switches on the incoming lines are also the very last ones of their type on the system, all obsolete units that have stayed in place 'just because'.
The majority of the towns served by this company are VERY small (a town of 1000 is considered a mid-size town for this company; only three of their towns exceed 10,000 people), so the company has long adhered to an 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' mentality, but the last few years they have begun to get proactive regarding rebuilds and replacements.
This photo, in particular means a lot to me. Firstly, because I haven't taken a personal photo is...how long? 3 months? So much for a 365 project.
Secondly, because the idea has been resonating in my head for so long. Usually I make up my ideas on the spot, whereas this one I had time to think about, time to analyse, and time to know exactly what I wanted to do.
I'm in an incredibly transitional phase of my life, much like many of my peers right now. In college, honestly, I don't have much of a social life. I haven't made that 'bestest friend' or anyone I'm really close with. The people I spend the most time with here are from my hometown. And I have been struggling with the social aspect of college- the fact that everyone around me seems to have differing interests than myself. I know the friends I want are out there, I just have yet to find them.
Anyway... there was a period of about two weeks where I ate every meal alone, and while most of the time I enjoy being alone, it got quite lonesome. So I stopped moping and tried to be proactive about the situation. And despite some pretty heavy emotional setbacks, I feel optimistic.
oh, yeah...the photo.
I have an entire analyzation done in my head. I know what this photo means to me. But I'll leave that up to you to interpret on your own
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It isn't really my day today.
It's one of those days where I wanted to cry. And for someone to just hold me.
I really wish I could tell you all why. But lets just say that being alone, despite how much I thought it was a good thing, really isn't after a long period of time.
Today I went outside and danced. I put on my classical music (I actually listen to music from the classical and romantic period a lot more than any other genre) I used to do ballet, and I stopped. It's only now that I regret stopping. Ballet is just so natural for me. It makes me, well, let go.
Kristina, her mum and I are seriously discussing travelling to the USA for christmas and new years eve this year, but I'm going to have to work really hard to earn enough money to buy a return ticket and for somewhere to stay. If you'd like to help me out, I'll be selling prints. By the end of this month, prices will be up. I just have to motivate myself, which is hard lately, to be proactive and get stuff done.
Also, if anyone would like to meet up and shoot with Kristina and I, let me know. I already know a couple of you that have jumped in and said they're up for it. It'd be awesome to meet some of you.
But for now it's just a plan, not too sure if it will happen. I will try as hard as I can to do it, though. Always been my dream, and we only live once.
I'm sorry for the lack of creativity today. I just can't put myself together enough to take a decent shot.
Goodnight flickr.
P.s I'm going to take a million photos of kristina from now on, I'm so sick of my face being in photos.
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Might be doing a cover soon. Since you all ask daily what my singing sounds like. but I'm scared. Eek.
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Chianti is a red Italian wine produced in Tuscany. The first definition of a wine-area called Chianti was made in 1716. The earliest documentation of a Chianti wine dates back to the thirteenth century when viticulture was known to flourish in the Chianti Mountains around Florence. Discover the most celebrated region of Tuscany. The vineyards of this area produce one of the best wines in the world: Chianti Classico. This Wine represents a major source of wealth for the Chianti area, no wonder then that this product has been particularly looked after and protected, in order to distinguish its quality from other wine productions. This is why a rigid legislation has been introduced to regulate the production of Classic Chianti. The first limit obviously regards the geographical area where the grape must grow. But not only the vineyards must be cultivated in the prescribed area: the whole process of wine-making, storage and bottling must take place inside the protected zone. The grape variety from which Chianti is produced is Sangiovese. The alcoholic strength must not exceed 12 %. In addition to this, there are other requirements that must be followed, regarding the average amount of dry product (24 g/l); the acidity rate (4,5 g/l), the colour (intense ruby red), the smell (fruity, with nuances of wildflowers, berries, cherries or plums) and taste (harmonious, dry, strong and with respectable tannin).
We drive on the glorious wine roads of Tuscany. Grapes and olives require similar climatic and soil conditions and share coinciding harvest times, making them a natural pair in the fields.
Long-term agricultural biodiversity appeals to vineyard owners, who realize that economic and seasonal variables, as well as consumer taste, make production of more than one quality product a proactive approach. Additionally, olive groves protect vineyards against strong winds, acting as windbreaks. We visit the farms and cellars and ofcourse taste the great Chianti wine.
Denk je aan Toscana, dan zie je stadjes op heuveltoppen, wijngaarden omzoomd door cipressen zover het oog reikt. Liefhebbers weten dat je overal tussen die landerijen. wijnhuizen kunt vinden waar je ook nog eens kunt proeven... het idee alleen al doet je toch bijna het water in de mond lopen. Ook als je weer thuis bent en je neemt een slok van je meegebrachte wijn, ben je er in je gedachten weer helemaal: op dat zonovergoten terras in Castellina in Chianti of bij dat fantastische restaurant met die truffelgerechten in Monteriggioni. Zeg je wijn in Toscana, dan zeg je Chianti, een wijn die zich in de laatste 30 jaar tot Classico heeft ontwikkeld. Chianti is de bekendste en populairste van alle Italiaanse wijnen. De wijn wordt gemaakt van de alom aanwezige Sangiovese-druif, die graag veel zon heeft en goed bestand is tegen grote temperatuurschommelingen. De belangrijkste Chianti-zones worden gevormd door de streek Chianti Classico gelegen rond Castellina. Zoals met zoveel in Italia, is ook de wijnbouw begonnen in het zuiden, maar hebben de noorderlingen het later overgenomen. Na de Romeinse tijd kwam de zuidelijke wijnbouw in de versukkeling. De oudste ononderbroken wijntraditie. In de Renaissance kwam de productie weer helemaal terug en wel in...Toscana. Rijke handelaars en bankiers zoals de families Frescobaldi en Antinori namen druivenrassen mee uit Frankrijk en legden daarmee de basis voor het feit dat Toscana tegenwoordig de oudste onononderbroken wijntradities van Italië kent.
Be Proactive and Partner, Partner, Partner
Meet Emily Bennett Taylor, who partnered with City of Hope in Monrovia, California….
Emily was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer at the age of 28…..hear her story here Emily Bennett Taylor
Hi im in Aino. I love being a guerrilla blonde bimbo !!!! I love makeup, wigs, long thick lashes, long polished leather pants, sexy girdle and outfits, high heels and hose, corset jewelry, perfume, you understand that !!!!! everything and everything feminine !!!! i love big lush women and i am very verbally inclined !!!!!! yes i love to keep my partner happy !!!! I also enjoy being with lesbian-sissy girls like me !!!! I love photography the more proactive the better !!!!
I am a BBW type CD who adores slutty make-up, Satin and leather outfits . I have no illusions of fooling anyone. I just like to look slutty, feel slutty and act slutty with the right people. I love to play with tops. Both women and other slutty CDs are welcome. I have a huge leather outfits fetish. The more draglike and over the top the better! Blue & green eye makeup is the look that makes me feel the most slutty.
In the second century of the Immortal Hegemon's reign, he commanded a sweeping overhaul of the Golden Fleet. To this end, a number of experimental ships were built to test new technologies. Before any of them could be deployed, the Hegemon was assassinated and his empire descended into bloody civil war.
Years later, one of those lost ships appeared as the flagship of a pirate fleet operating on the fringes of civilized space. Now dubbed The Salamander, this ship quickly gained a fearsome reputation.
Length: 525 meters (approx. 105 studs)
Armament:
- 2 Spinal Mount Mass Drivers
- 3 Dual Heavy Beam Cannon Turrets
- 80 Multi-Role Anti-Ship Missiles
- 4 Light Gamma Ray Lasers
- 2 Dual Laser Turrets
Defenses:
- Proactive Segmented Armor
- Redundant Screen Arrays
Drives:
- Primary and Secondary Phased Impulse Drives
- Warp Fold Generators
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I am quite happy with how my Ship turned out and I only wish I had the skill to produce better photos to show it off.
Just back from an eleven day trip to France and Italy, with nights spent in Turin, Bari, Rome, Milan and Paris. Sadly no time to spot in the French capital, not that I'd want to anyway...
Italy still as good as ever, intriguing to see a healthy older car population down south, even in the nicer bits. Rome is still good, although there has been a noticeable reduction in cars pre 1997 largely due to some (much needed) emission laws being introduced, although I can't tell how proactively they are being enforced given I saw numerous cars driving in regulated areas that weren't legal at various times.
Milan produced some surprising sights in the hour or so I had, but Bari was the standout location. I will make an effort to go down south again, but perhaps off of the trodden path.
Sabrina is just chilling, she's not a very proactive doll IMO but the other dolls really like her so I keep her around XD
Custom LV luggage by the talented Miss America 2011, and mood board available for adoption here: www.etsy.com/ca/listing/169157437/1-miniature-mixed-media...
Sundsby Manor is situated in beautiful surroundings on the island Mjörn to be proactive , 5 min from Stenungsund. Nature and surroundings offer a great variety, this is a lovely park that is nestled among mountains, deciduous forest and coastal bays .
You can find here also a long narrow carp pond with walking track " carp trail " that evening is lit.
The park also features a nature playground for children and for those who want to hike is a 4.2 km long trail. The trail goes through beautiful countryside , here are picnic areas with breathtaking views and caves that tickles the imagination of both young and old!
New for the 2013 season is to the manor now has a vegetable garden run by Tjörns Municipality in collaboration with Terra et mare and LEADER . Here it will be grown perennials as well as vegetables of various kinds. Some of the vegetables you will find on any of the dishes in the restaurant or on a sandwich in the cafe.
Sundsby dates back to the 1300s but the Farmhouse and the story is from the 1500s. Margaret Huitfeldt who lived on Sundsby manor between 1635-1683 is the person most associated with the manor . At the exhibition, which is in East Wing , you can take part in both her as its history. Here you can also get information about the archaeological excavations made on the manor .
“Parallel Universe” by Spanish artist Okuda San Miguel.
Urban art by Okuda for the Bloop Festival, Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza.
The Bloop Festival is a multidisciplinary event that combines art and innovation and focuses on proactive art.
The event has left 30 murals and large-format installations across Sant Antoni de Portmany in different editions of the festival.
One piece that was created in 2015 is tucked away towards the back of the town on Carrer d’ Alacant is a vast colourful piece by Spanish artist Okuda San Miguel and adorns two walls of the same building titled “Parallel Universe”.
Every year specific artists are asked to create murals in line with a specific key theme.
Over the years artists from across the world have been invited to San Antonio to add their own creations to the sides of the buildings and form their own part of the Open Air Gallery.
ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) 2095 005-1 Hollenstein (carrying the old BBÖ loco as well as its old number 2095.05) stands at Lunz am See, the then eastern terminus of the Ybbstalbahn. It had just arrived with train R6905, 09.32 from Waidhofen an der Ybbs, and the loco had yet to run round for the return journey.
The Ybbstalbahn (Ybbs Valley Railway) was a 760mm gauge line in Austria, running 70.9km from Waifhofen an der Ybbs in the west to Kienberg-Gaming in the east, and with a 5.7km branch at the western end from Gstadt to Ybbsitz. It was opened in stages between July 1896 and November 1898, with the Ybbsitz branch opening in March 1899.
ÖBB began the process of ridding itself of its narrow gauge lines in the late 1980s, first by removing freight from them and then by closing them or transferring responsibility for them to the local Land (province) - although the Ybbstalbahn was the last to retain freight. Thus the easternmost section, between Kienberg-Gaming and Lunz am See - the so-called "Bergstrecke" (mountain section) - closed in May 1988, but the track was not lifted and it reopened as a preserved line in 1990 (with the heritage trains able to run into ÖBB's station at Lunz am See - as is usually the case with such operations in mainland Europe).
From the end of 2010 ÖBB planned to cease operating a number of standard gauge secondary lines as well as its entire remaining narrow gauge network within the Niedersachsen Land (Lower Austria). The Land was fairly proactive in taking over some of them, through its NÖVOG operating company, although not all would remain as operational railways. The Ybbstalbahn was taken over by NÖVOG on 1st January 2011, but only the westernmost 5.5km section between Waidhofen and the junction at Gstadt was to retain a passenger service. However, this closure date was academic as storms in late June 2009 caused mudslides which blocked the track in several places between Gstadt and Großhollenstein, and trains between Gstadt and Lunz were replaced by buses; the line was never cleared, and trains did not restart. The track east from Gstadt to Göstling was lifted in early 2014, this section being converted to a cycle path which opened just over three years later; the section east of Göstling remained, however, to become an extension of the heritage line. In December 2020 the remaining short section at the Waidhofen end was cut back further, to run just 3km and terminate at Pestalozistraße; it runs as the "Waidhofen CityBahn".
We'd first visited this line in August 2008, while travelling from Graz to Vienna the long way round. There was a mostly hourly class 5090 diesel railcar service between Waidhofen and Großhollenstein (there were a few gaps in the morning), with an all-day hourly service between Waidhofen and Ybbsitz (either through trains, or portions of or connections off or onto Großhollenstein trains); in addition, three Großhollenstein trains each way were extended to or from Lunz am See, and were formed of a class 2095 loco and coaches (as depicted here). Starting at Waidhofen (and with a tight connection from the standard gauge station to the narrow gauge platforms, which are in the station forecourt), we managed to do the branch to Ybbsitz (where we stepped back a train and had lunch) and then catch a loco-hauled Lunz train as far as Großhollenstein; if we'd gone all the way to Lunz and back we'd not have reached Vienna until very late in the evening, and we thought we'd be able to do the rest of the line on another occasion, as we'd need to come back to do the preserved section (which wasn't running all the way into Lunz at the time).
However, in November 2008 proposals were published to close the whole line and replace it with a network of buses - which would probably have reduced journey times! The timetable changed in December, and the service on the Ybbsitz branch was replaced by buses apart from one each way which remained a train. So we realised that this visit to Austria might be our last chance to do the entire line... and it was closer than we thought, as a couple of weeks later the line closed temporarily following storm damage and was not repaired; buses officially replaced trains with the December 2009 timetable.
So our journey today from Linz to Graz (via Vienna) involved a start at 07.30, a wait of nearly an hour at Amstetten, a five-minute connection at Waidhofen (and our standard gauge train set off a few minutes late, having waited for a late-running connection on the Westbahn), and then a connection of a sensible length (allowing photos) at Lunz onto a Post Bus to Kienberg-Gaming, where we connected nicely onto a standard gauge train to Pochlarn.
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People today don’t entertain with silverware and fancy punch bowls. Between my mother and Hadley’s mother, we have way too many possessions. And I proactively have shared them with
his sons and my nieces and nephews and yet, here we are still.
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Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo Lineautus) ~ Hillsborough County, Florida
I was watching this hawk about 25 feet into the forest from the trail. It was moving from perch to perch quickly and certainly seemed to be taking a proactive approach to hunting on this particular morning. At one point it banked and flew in my direction and I took a few shots with very low expectations as there was quite a bit of cover and branches.
When I got home I was pleasantly surprised how this one came out. As perhaps some of you can relate to, the surprises are not usually of the 'pleasant' variety!
Thanks for visiting!
Explored....
I thought she was so pretty until I got closer! She need proactive solution before we do the photo shoot again ;-) ... ha ha (Saturday Humor, no fency mail from Moon Activist please)
Wow, thanks again for the FP!
Went out with my intern, Jon a few days ago to shoot Rock Creek Park. If you follow me on SnapChat (abpanphoto) you would of seen that I fell in the creek :( The lower part of my legs got completely drenched and I have a nice bruise from the occasion but thats what you get when you're trying to be proactive to get the shot. This was NOT the shot I was trying to get but hey, you can't win them all.
Low's Paphiopedilum
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi.
Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA (Cultivated)
IUCN: Endangered
The only Paphiopedilum species which is mostly found as an epiphyte in nature.
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**NOTE**
While I enjoy orchids, as an environmentally conscious orchid grower in Hawaiʻi, I am proactive when it comes to removing and properly destroying any and all seed pods from the plants so as not to encourage their spreading into our fragile native Hawaiian forests.
Police Scotland unmarked Ford Focus Proactive Team seen parked up at Aberdeen Train Station.
13th May 2019.
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A lovely stay in a location that honors First Responders. No, it’s not a 5 star lodge, but it’s nice with kind, proactive, and attentive employees working in a clean and well unkept environment.
Police Scotland unmarked Vauxhall Astra Proactive Team seen parked up at Union Sq. This does have blues, but they are not easy to spot!
16th April 2019.
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Inspiration
please explain how you would use the MISS SL ♛ 2023 title to make a positive impact on our community if you were to win. Please limit this description to 100 words or less
There is huge responsibility in winning Miss SL 2023. I would see if Miss SL had any projects they wanted me to lead, and what I could do proactively. As well as mentoring, I would network with magazines, organisations and events, hold regular fun meetup events, like dances or seminars, and see what else is possible. I would work hard and creatively, using my real life business skills. This competition has shown there are talented people out there who simply need awareness, information, peer networking and encouragement. I would make it my mission to try and reach them.
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Uptown Girl Gown - Junbug
Full perm mesh bow on back [pIRA]
Adorare Gloves - kotte
Lady Pumps - Pure Poison
The Queen's Gambit headpiece worn as a chestpiece - Heartsdale Jewellery
Eleganzia Pearl Earring worn as part of chestpiece - Heartsdale Jewellery
Boho Elegance Bracelet - Heartsdale Jewellery
Viv Earrings - Holy Evolutionary
Mon Bel Amour Hairpin - Aisling
Hair - Raon
Makeup - Top1Salon, [Apparencia], Shiny Stuffs, Deetalez, Eyeliner made by model
Packard was still considered the finest Automobile one could buy in the US in 1951.
The Packard Mayfair shown here was an entry in the hardtop Coupe segment, riding on Packard's junior wheelbase, but with a higher level of trim. The bodystyle had become very popular, industry-wide, and the Mayfair was more reactive than proactive to the market.
The car ran Packard's aging flathead straight-eight, the V8 engine was still a few years away. The car was handsome though - two-tone paint combinations, and a playful trim design for the rear fenders.
Packard sold a total of 101,000 cars for 1951 (a small subset being the Mayfair), but trouble was only a few years away.
Stockbury enjoys a very proactive community with great benefit to the orchard. November see the yearly celebration of the orchard with Halloween and a great firework display, enjoyed by people from far and wide. Sometimes apple pressing can be seen on that night using one of the first apple presses local to Stockbury. Throughout the rest of the year the orchard is a base for biodiversity walks, picnics and cherry celebrations.
Nestling in the back are bee hives used to pollinate the fruit trees and the honey a product of the orchard. When the trees were in fruit, a local resident remembers,
‘romancing his fiancé in the orchard whilst keeping the birds from stealing the cherries’.
Once the new trees grow the orchard will be back in full production.
The Mounted Patrol Unit (MPU) was established in January of 2010 as an operational police unit. The officers receive a Basic Equitation riding course from the Toronto Police Service where they are educated on horsemanship, riding skills and roadwork.
The mandate of the MPU is to offer high visibility policing, crowd management and active crime prevention in the City of Hamilton. The MPU also works closely with the Police Services’ Action Team to respond to areas identified by hotspot analysis that require focused proactive patrol.
The priorities of the MPU are to heighten the Service’s ability to accomplish:
crime prevention
managing entertainment districts
conducting search and rescue
providing park and trail safety
The MPU consists of 5 horses, 4 full time officers and 4 spare officers in order to ensure year round coverage. The Unit deploys 8 shifts per week, covering; day, afternoon and night shifts.
The horses are all Percheron and Percheron-cross geldings which stand between 17'3 and 18'1 hands high (about 6 feet tall at their withers).
The horses names are all historically significant to the City of Hamilton:
Lincoln - In memory of The Honourable Lincoln Alexander, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Griffin - After the Griffin House in Dundas, part of the Underground Railroad
RHLI - Royal Hamilton Light infantry, pronounced Riley. We support our troops!
MacNab - Sir Allan MacNab fought in the War of 1812 as a 14 year old boy, lived at Dundurn Castle and was former Premier of the Province of Canada
Argyll - Named after The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), Argyll honours the close connection between the Hamilton Police Service and the local regiment.
*Hamilton Police Service
(Captain Evelynn Foxwell, known more for her diplomacy than her combat, sides with the view that all out war must be begun...)
Police Scotland unmarked Peugeot 308 Proactive Team seen parked up at Aberdeen Train Station.
13th May 2019.
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That's Defiance for you!
50049 (Defiance) and 007 (Hercules), the GBRF, Class 50 Alliance, collaboration duo, turn west at Abbotswood Junction, via the Down Main, to gain access to the Cotswold Line. The English Electric beasts would wait at Norton Junction for five minutes before continuing on to the S.V.R. at Kidderminster.
It seems to me, by its continuing usage of these Class 50's and other types of traction, that GBRF has a proactive attitude towards its business, which is something I applaud.
****Video to follow****
50049 & 007. 0Z52. Abbotswodd Junction.
16-04-2019.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: President Hollande, Mr. Secretary General, fellow leaders. We have come to Paris to show our resolve. We offer our condolences to the people of France for the barbaric attacks on this beautiful city. We stand united in solidarity not only to deliver justice to the terrorist network responsible for those attacks but to protect our people and uphold the enduring values that keep us strong and keep us free. And we salute the people of Paris for insisting this crucial conference go on -- an act of defiance that proves nothing will deter us from building the future we want for our children. What greater rejection of those who would tear down our world than marshaling our best efforts to save it? Nearly 200 nations have assembled here this week -- a declaration that for all the challenges we face, the growing threat of climate change could define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other. What should give us hope that this is a turning point, that this is the moment we finally determined we would save our planet, is the fact that our nations share a sense of urgency about this challenge and a growing realization that it is within our power to do something about it.Our understanding of the ways human beings disrupt the climate advances by the day. Fourteen of the fifteen warmest years on record have occurred since the year 2000 -- and 2015 is on pace to be the warmest year of all. No nation -- large or small, wealthy or poor -- is immune to what this means. This summer, I saw the effects of climate change firsthand in our northernmost state, Alaska, where the sea is already swallowing villages and eroding shorelines; where permafrost thaws and the tundra burns; where glaciers are melting at a pace unprecedented in modern times. And it was a preview of one possible future -- a glimpse of our children’s fate if the climate keeps changing faster than our efforts to address it. Submerged countries. Abandoned cities. Fields that no longer grow. Political disruptions that trigger new conflict, and even more floods of desperate peoples seeking the sanctuary of nations not their own. That future is not one of strong economies, nor is it one where fragile states can find their footing. That future is one that we have the power to change. Right here. Right now. But only if we rise to this moment. As one of America’s governors has said, “We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change, and the last generation that can do something about it.”I’ve come here personally, as the leader of the world’s largest economy and the second-largest emitter, to say that the United States of America not only recognizes our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to do something about it.Over the last seven years, we’ve made ambitious investments in clean energy, and ambitious reductions in our carbon emissions. We’ve multiplied wind power threefold, and solar power more than twentyfold, helping create parts of America where these clean power sources are finally cheaper than dirtier, conventional power. We’ve invested in energy efficiency in every way imaginable. We’ve said no to infrastructure that would pull high-carbon fossil fuels from the ground, and we’ve said yes to the first-ever set of national standards limiting the amount of carbon pollution our power plants can release into the sky.The advances we’ve made have helped drive our economic output to all-time highs, and drive our carbon pollution to its lowest levels in nearly two decades. But the good news is this is not an American trend alone. Last year, the global economy grew while global carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels stayed flat. And what this means can’t be overstated. We have broken the old arguments for inaction. We have proved that strong economic growth and a safer environment no longer have to conflict with one another; they can work in concert with one another.
And that should give us hope. One of the enemies that we'll be fighting at this conference is cynicism, the notion we can't do anything about climate change. Our progress should give us hope during these two weeks -- hope that is rooted in collective action. Earlier this month in Dubai, after years of delay, the world agreed to work together to cut the super-pollutants known as HFCs. That's progress. Already, prior to Paris, more than 180 countries representing nearly 95 percent of global emissions have put forward their own climate targets. That is progress. For our part, America is on track to reach the emissions targets that I set six years ago in Copenhagen -- we will reduce our carbon emissions in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. And that's why, last year, I set a new target: America will reduce our emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels within 10 years from now.So our task here in Paris is to turn these achievements into an enduring framework for human progress -- not a stopgap solution, but a long-term strategy that gives the world confidence in a low-carbon future.Here, in Paris, let’s secure an agreement that builds in ambition, where progress paves the way for regularly updated targets -- targets that are not set for each of us but by each of us, taking into account the differences that each nation is facing. Here in Paris, let’s agree to a strong system of transparency that gives each of us the confidence that all of us are meeting our commitments. And let’s make sure that the countries who don’t yet have the full capacity to report on their targets receive the support that they need. Here in Paris, let’s reaffirm our commitment that resources will be there for countries willing to do their part to skip the dirty phase of development. And I recognize this will not be easy. It will take a commitment to innovation and the capital to continue driving down the cost of clean energy. And that’s why, this afternoon, I’ll join many of you to announce an historic joint effort to accelerate public and private clean energy innovation on a global scale.Here in Paris, let’s also make sure that these resources flow to the countries that need help preparing for the impacts of climate change that we can no longer avoid. We know the truth that many nations have contributed little to climate change but will be the first to feel its most destructive effects. For some, particularly island nations -- whose leaders I’ll meet with tomorrow -- climate change is a threat to their very existence. And that’s why today, in concert with other nations, America confirms our strong and ongoing commitment to the Least Developed Countries Fund. And tomorrow, we’ll pledge new contributions to risk insurance initiatives that help vulnerable populations rebuild stronger after climate-related disasters.And finally, here in Paris, let’s show businesses and investors that the global economy is on a firm path towards a low-carbon future. If we put the right rules and incentives in place, we’ll unleash the creative power of our best scientists and engineers and entrepreneurs to deploy clean energy technologies and the new jobs and new opportunities that they create all around the world. There are hundreds of billions of dollars ready to deploy to countries around the world if they get the signal that we mean business this time. Let’s send that signal.That’s what we seek in these next two weeks. Not simply an agreement to roll back the pollution we put into our skies, but an agreement that helps us lift people from poverty without condemning the next generation to a planet that’s beyond its capacity to repair. Here, in Paris, we can show the world what is possible when we come together, united in common effort and by a common purpose.And let there be no doubt, the next generation is watching what we do. Just over a week ago, I was in Malaysia, where I held a town hall with young people, and the first question I received was from a young Indonesian woman. And it wasn’t about terrorism, it wasn’t about the economy, it wasn’t about human rights. It was about climate change. And she asked whether I was optimistic about what we can achieve here in Paris, and what young people like her could do to help.I want our actions to show her that we’re listening. I want our actions to be big enough to draw on the talents of all our people -- men and women, rich and poor -- I want to show her passionate, idealistic young generation that we care about their future. For I believe, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that there is such a thing as being too late. And when it comes to climate change, that hour is almost upon us. But if we act here, if we act now, if we place our own short-term interests behind the air that our young people will breathe, and the food that they will eat, and the water that they will drink, and the hopes and dreams that sustain their lives, then we won't be too late for them.And, my fellow leaders, accepting this challenge will not reward us with moments of victory that are clear or quick. Our progress will be measured differently -- in the suffering that is averted, and a planet that's preserved. And that’s what’s always made this so hard. Our generation may not even live to see the full realization of what we do here. But the knowledge that the next generation will be better off for what we do here -- can we imagine a more worthy reward than that? Passing that on to our children and our grandchildren, so that when they look back and they see what we did here in Paris, they can take pride in our achievement. Let that be the common purpose here in Paris. A world that is worthy of our children. A world that is marked not by conflict, but by cooperation; and not by human suffering, but by human progress. A world that’s safer, and more prosperous, and more secure, and more free than the one that we inherited. Let’s get to work. Thank you very much.
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Nearly 150 global leaders are gathering in Paris amid tight security for a critical UN climate meeting.The conference, known as COP21, starts on Monday and will try to craft a long-term deal to limit carbon emissions.Observers say that the recent terror attacks on the French capital will increase the chances of a new agreement.Around 40,000 people are expected to participate in the event, which runs until 11 December.The gathering of 147 heads of state and government is set to be far bigger than the 115 or so who came to Copenhagen in 2009, the last time the world came close to agreeing a long term deal on climate change.Rallies call for action.While many leaders including Presidents Obama and Xi Jinping were always set to attend this conference, the recent violent attacks in Paris have encouraged others to come in an expression of solidarity with the French people.Unlike at Copenhagen, the French organisers are bringing the leaders in at the start of the conference rather than waiting for them to come in at the end, a tactic which failed spectacularly in the Danish capital.On Sunday thousands of people took part in demonstrations worldwide to demand they take firm action.Considerable differencesDelegates are in little doubt that the shadow cast over the city by the attacks will enhance the chances of agreement."I believe that it will make a deal more likely, because what I feel from the parties is that they are very eager to move," said Amjad Abdulla from the Maldives, who chairs the Alliance of Small Island States in the negotiations.A former UK government adviser on climate change and now chairman of environmental think tank E3G, Tom Burke, believes that some leaders will push the line that, by tackling rising temperatures, you remove one of the causes of terrorism.One key problem is what form an agreement will take. The US for instance will not sign up to a legally binding deal as there would be little hope of getting it through a Senate dominated by Republicans."We're looking for an agreement that has broad, really full participation," said US lead negotiator Todd Stern at a news briefing earlier this week."We were quite convinced that an agreement that required actually legally binding targets would have many countries unable to participate."Many developing countries fundamentally disagree. As does the European Union."We must translate the momentum we have seen on the road to Paris into an ambitious, operational, legally binding agreement," said EU commissioner Miguel Arias Canete, in a statement.As well as the form there are also many issues with the content.There are a wide range of views on what the long-term goal of the agreement should be.While it will ostensibly come down to keeping temperatures from rising more than 2C above the pre-industrial level, how that will be represented in the text is the subject of much wrangling.Some countries reject the very notion of 2C and say 1.5C must be the standard. Others want to talk about decarbonising the world by the middle or end of this century.For major oil producers the very idea is anathema.While the fact that more than 180 countries have put forward national plans to cut emissions is a major strength of this conference, there are still big questions marks about how to verify those commitments that will actually be carried out."People in the negotiations, people outside the negotiations are going to be looking for the capacity to have trust and confidence in what countries say they are doing," Todd Stern told reporters."[You] can't run the system without that."COP 21 - the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties - will see more than 190 nations gather in Paris to discuss a possible new global agreement on climate change, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the threat of dangerous warming due to human activities.While there is some consensus among the parties that the plans will need to be reviewed every five years, there is no question of punitive restrictions if a country doesn't meet its targets.And among the many other issues in dispute, almost inevitably, is money. While rich countries promised they would give $100bn by 2020 to the developing world back in 2009, the cash has been slow in coming. Right now there is no agreement about what happens after 2020.While there is a general air of optimism and a willingness to get a deal done, success isn't guaranteed this time round. Many believe that a country such as India, with close to 300 million people without electricity, will refuse to sign up to a strong agreement that limits future fossil fuel use.If that happens, the whole process could come unstuck, as nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.Tom Burke for one believes that going against the flow will be particularly difficult this time round."I think one of the reasons people will find it hard to hold out at the end will be because of the level of political capital that Obama has invested in climate change, making it clear it is a primary legacy issue for him," he said.
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The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world as a result of increased CO2 from human activities. This is causing Greenland's ice sheets and glaciers to melt, contributing to sea level rise.On average, global sea level has risen almost 8 inches since 1901, coming from two main sources: rising ocean temperatures that cause water to expand, and melting glaciers and ice sheets which add water to the oceans.The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded the oceans will continue rising in coming decades, conservatively projecting up to a 3 foot increase in global mean sea level by 2100. Other studies project an even higher sea level rise if we stay near our current emissions path for carbon pollution. In our stories, we explore how sea level rise impacts homes, livelihoods, economies, and families around the world.In just 2012, the ice that melted in Greenland and flowed into the ocean was equivalent to the amount of water flowing over Niagara Falls for 5 straight years.
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Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Zone. Rising sea level settles border dispute.In an unusual example of the effects of global climate change, rising sea levels in the Bay of Bengal have helped resolve a troublesome territorial dispute between two of the world's most populated countries, a leading Indian oceanographer says.Sugata Hazra, the head of oceanography at Kolkata's Jadavpur University, says a flat muddy patch of land known as South Talpatti in Bangladesh and New Moore Island in India has disappeared under the Bay of Bengal. The landmass had been claimed by both countries but Professor Hazra says satellite images prove it has gone.''It is now a submerged landmass, not an island,'' Professor Hazra told the Herald.Sea-level rise caused by climate change was ''surely'' a factor in the island's inundation, Professor Hazra said.''The rate of sea-level rise in this part of the northern Bay of Bengal is definitely attributable to climate change,'' he said.
''There is a close correlation between the rate of sea-level rise and the sea surface temperature.''The island was once about 3.5 kilometres long and three kilometres wide and situated four kilometres from the mouth of the Hariabhanga River, the waterway that marks a stretch of the border between south-western Bangladesh and India.Scientists believe the disputed island was formed following a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal in 1970 and both countries laid claim to the land.
Bilateral negotiations were inconclusive and in 1981 the Indian government sent gunboats to the island and members of its Border Security Forces planted an Indian flag there.
The island was not inhabited but Bangladeshi fishermen were reportedly sighted there frequently during the dry season.
''This is a unique instance of how climate resolves a dispute,'' said Professor Hazra.''It also goes to show how climate can affect all of us beyond geographical boundaries.''The Indian government had once sent ships with guns to guard the island.''Now one will have to think of sending submarines to mount a vigil there.''Professor Hazra said sea-level rise, changes in monsoonal rain patterns which altered river flows and land subsidence were all contributing to the inundation of land in the northern Bay of Bengal.The low-lying delta region that makes up much of Bangladesh and the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal are acutely vulnerable to climate change.The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts rising sea levels will devour 17 per cent of Bangladesh by 2050, displacing at least 20 million people. More than 155 million people live in the country.The Bangladesh non-governmental organisation Coastal Watch says an average of 11 Bangladeshis are losing their homes to rising waters every hour.Professor Hazra predicts that 15 per cent of the Indian Sundarbans region on the northern shore of the Bay of Bengal will be submerged by 2020.''A lot of other islands are eroding very fast,'' he said.The cyclone-prone region is also likely to experience more frequent and extreme storms as the sea-water temperature in the Bay of Bengal rises due to global warming
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Can we stop the seas from rising? Yes, but less than you think.
One of the main concerns with climate change is that it's causing the oceans to advance. Global sea levels have risen about seven inches over the past century and that pace is accelerating. Not only does this threaten coastal regions, but it also makes storm surges much worse — both for huge hurricanes like Sandy and for smaller storms too.And the oceans are likely to keep creeping up. Scientists project that if we keep warming the planet at our current pace, sea levels could rise between two and seven feet by 2100, particularly as the world's glaciers and ice caps melt. So that raises the question: Is there anything we can do to stop sea-level rise? How much would cutting greenhouse-gas emissions help?As it turns out, reducing our emissions would help slow the rate of sea-level rise — but at this point, it's unlikely that we could stop further rises altogether. That's the upshot of a recent study from the National Center on Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The study estimated that aggressive steps to cut emissions could reduce the amount of sea-level rise by somewhere between 6 and 20 inches in 2100, compared with our current trajectory. That's quite a bit. But sea levels will keep rising for centuries no matter what we do. We can't stop it entirely. We can only slow the pace.As NCAR's Gerald Meehl, a co-author of the study, explained to me by e-mail, it's a lot easier to stabilize global temperatures by cutting carbon emissions than it is to stabilize sea-level rise. The carbon-dioxide that we've already loaded into the atmosphere will likely have effects on the oceans for centuries to come. "But with aggressive mitigation," Meehl added, "you can slow down the rate of sea level rise, which buys time for adaptation measures."There are two ways that global warming causes sea levels to rise. First, as carbon-dioxide traps more heat on the planet, the oceans get warmer and expand in volume. Second, ice caps in Greenland and Antarctica as well as other glaciers start melting, pouring more water into the oceans. Once these processes get underway, they won't stop quickly, even if we ceased putting carbon-dioxide into the atmosphere tomorrow.The NCAR paper estimated that if emissions go unchecked, we could warm the planet 4°C over pre-industrial levels by 2100, causing sea levels to rise between two and five feet. By contrast, if we get really proactive at cutting emissions, we could probably keep the temperature increase below 2°C. But sea levels would still rise by between 11 inches and 3.5 feet. (The wide range is due to the uncertainties in modeling the behavior of glaciers and ice sheets—if the ice sheets destabilize, a bigger rise is possible.) That's progress, but not total victory.We're going to need to adapt to sea-level rise no matter what we do on carbon emissions. Even the "optimistic" scenario in the NCAR paper still envisions sea-levels rising roughly 11 inches by 2100. That's assuming we cut emissions drastically and the ice sheets don't do anything too unpredictable. Even then, New York City will have a bigger flood zone than it does today. Storm surges on the coasts will be much larger. Low-lying areas will be at greater risk. In Bangladesh, for instance, the area prone to severe flooding would increase by 69 percent (pdf) with just a foot of sea-level rise.That said, cutting emissions can make a significant difference this century. Keeping sea-level rise a foot or two lower than it otherwise might be is nothing to sneeze at. As this map of New York City shows, the flood zone increases dramatically with each additional foot of sea-level rise. A city like Norfolk, Va. could get swamped entirely by a Category 3 hurricane if ocean levels rose by two to five feet. Florida's adaptation costs go up by billions of dollars with each additional foot of sea-level rise. Every little bit helps.Sea-level rise is likely a much bigger problem for future generations. Not to get too morbid, but I'll probably be dead by 2100. So will most people reading this blog. So the main question at issue here is whether we want to leave our descendants a relatively stable coastline or an unstable one. According to NCAR projections, sea levels could rise as much as 34 feet, or nine meters, by 2300 if emissions continue unchecked (though modeling projections that far out have very large uncertainties, so don't take this as a definitive number). To get a sense of what a nine-meter rise would look like, check out this interactive map. South Florida would be underwater. So would New Orleans. And Shanghai. And the Netherlands. And Bangladesh. But this is also 200 years in the future. That's a big reason why climate change is such a difficult problem to deal with.
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Les pays du monde entier vont vivre au rythme des négociations climatiques du 29 novembre au 11 décembre 2015. Un accord entre 195 pays doit être trouvé pour maintenir le réchauffement climatique en dessous des 2 degrés, d’ici à 2050. Mais comment se déroulent les négociations derrière les portes du Bourget, où 150 chefs d’états et plus de 40 000 personnes sont attendus? Nous suivons Caroline Tubercule, membre de l’équipe française de négociation dans son marathon pour sauver la planète.
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Malgré l'interdiction de manifester, 10.000 personnes se sont réunies dimanche à Paris pour participer à une chaîne humaine contre le réchauffement climatique, selon les organisateurs."cette chaîne humaine, c'est un contre-pouvoir citoyen à la conférence officielle qui sera contre-productive car elle est faite avec des industriels dont les intérêts sont contraires à l'écologie."
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