FUSSEN Day 38Today I entered every little girlrsquos dream world so much so that Disney modeled his famed castled after it. All it took was a two hour train ride to Fussen and then a 10minute bus to Schwangau which is a small town near Austria. This castle is the imagination of one King Ludwig aka. Crazy King Ludwig. He decided that he wanted a
simien mountains
wow to the Simiens. the road goes up and down always until you reach the small town of Dabark. there you buy your entrance fee to the national park and you can also book accommodation. we stayed at a state park camp very cheap but delapidated rooms with beds and bugs.quite cold at night but splendid view.we trek in the afternoon and enjoyed fresh clear air and the unbelievable panorama over the
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRlin
BERLIN Day 41Today Marcos and I did the tourist thing as Carlos and Paulo cleaned their flat and visited with their landlord to tie up any loose ends before their flight to Dublin then Sao Paulo in two days time. We first headed to the Brandenburg Tor eastwest gate. From there we walked past the memorial to the victims who were killed trying to c
Snowboarding Breckenridge and Winter Park
I flew into Denver Thursday about 130 and made the two or so hour drive through the mountains to meet my family in Breckenridge. Mom Dad Maleka and Malekarsquos little friend Natalie. It was a beautiful day driving up through the mountains and it got me excited to get on my board. By the time I had gotten to the condo the girls and Dad were in the pool. I decided to join them there afte
Off to Prague
PRAHA Day 44 I took the midday train to Prague. On the train I sat with this lady who did not speak any English. We communicated through my few Czech words. In the end she gave me a little flowerlady bug decoration which I stuck to the back of my phone. I gave her one of my Canada pens which are beginning to run low. I finally made it to Pra
Snow is Falling
PRAHA Day 45Today I woke up to a lot of snow. The most snow I have seen in a long while which I found a little exciting. It was the big fluffy snow flakes that fall really slowly when it isnrsquot to cold outside so you donrsquot mind being out to watch them fall. So I happily I think I was the only happy person in all of Czech to see the sno
The purgatory that is the hostal
Purgatory is the condition or process of purification or temporary punishment in which the souls of those who die in a state of grace are made ready for Heaven WikipediaThe hostal. People come and people go. Some stay longer than others but either way you have to pay until you leave or someone can pay for you. While you are there you sit idly mingling mindlessly with fellow travelors lost
SANTO DOMINGO
A continuacin algunas fotos tomadas durante el mes de octubre de 2009.
Walls of Imperialism
By MelisseThe massive forts El Morro and San Cristobal in Old San Juan were built in the 16th and 17th centuries. They provided protection of the Spanish Empire that spread across the Caribbean. They prevented seafaring enemies from conquering the island of Puerto Rico. The massive walls winding staircases and narrow tunnels are intriguing. This is what the 400yearold walls look like.
Scarlett in Emerald Shores 3BR3BA sleeps 12
Walk to the beach See Destin Vacation Rentals for more information Fabulous beach cottage in Emerald Shores Bigger 3BR3BA plan located close to the tennis court and pool Spread out in this big and spacious home Sleeps 12 This home has 2 living areas Nice screened porches and covered balconies Big yard too Room for 4 vehicles Inside you'll find 2 master suites 1 on the 1st floor and
Emerald bay a George Town
Emerald Cay Exuma rdig le 3 Mars 2010.Cela fait un bon bout de temps que nous avons fait de l'criture sur leblog et je dois vous dire que nous avons dcid sans pravis de prendre une pause blog. Nous souhaitons que vous ne nous en tiendrez pas rigueur mais nous sentions un besoin de dcrocher tout simplement.Vous devinez que nous avons du rattrapage faire une priode de tout prs d'un mo
TravBuddy needed ASAP 320 caribbean cruise 407 hurryalmost sold out
The ship is the NCL Pearl has very good reviews out of Miami.
yadsendew
sorry about yesterday i was feeling to lazy to write. yesterday i finished my requested scarf and started on a bunny. I had this idea one of my friends has a daughter and so i am going to make the daughter a bunny and give the mom a scarf for mothers day. oh ya i dont know if you know but mother's day here is 14 march rather than in may. i thought they were just getting prepared early like they
emerald bay photo
Encore des photos
CAMINO AL VALLE DE CONSTANZA
Fotografas tomadas camino hacia el Valle de Constanza el valle ms frtil de todo el pas ubicado a una altura de 1200 metros sobre el nivel del mar.
New Zealand Wellington
Mmmmm comfy matrress. Louise is already up and ready to go Irsquom struggling to get out of the luxurious bed Itrsquos rare you get an actual good bed to sleep in when travelling so I was trying to savour it as much as possible. And apparently so was Swedish boy who looks like Hercules not in a good way. Hersquos always late for the bus and today I realised why he gets up 10 mins befor
Davis Monthan Air Force Waste Base
Check out this high res satellite image of Davis Monthan air force base and its incredibly enormous "boneyard" of old decomissioned warplanes.
Now I'm a big airplane fanatic, and even I can see that this is incredibly wasteful. There are thousands of airplanes in this image, just collecting dust, in various states of disrepair. 99% of these airframes were never actually used for anything useful, unless you count their countless training missions and practice "exercises." No actual relevant tasks for virtually any of these planes. No bombs dropped, no lives saved. Just wasted fuel, metal, time, and money.
Your money.
What a ridiculous waste.
History Lesson
The Earth *Really* Moved: Chilean Quake Shifted a City 10 Feet to the West | 80beats
The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that rocked Chile on February 27th didn’t just move the Earth’s axis, thereby shortening the day by 1.26 microseconds, but it also caused entire cities to shift their geographical location.
Studying precise GPS images of the area struck by the quake, a team led by earth scientist Mike Bevis discovered that the Chilean city of Concepción had moved 10 feet to the west. The epicenter of the quake was 71 miles northeast of Concepción, which is Chile’s second largest city.
The effect was widespread: The capital city, Santiago, was wrenched 11 inches west-southwest, while Beunos Aires, located nearly 800 miles from the epicenter, jumped an inch to the west. The earthquake was the fifth largest ever to be recorded by seismographs and even caused far-off areas like Fortaleza, Brazil and the Falkland Islands to change location slightly. The changes were detected by teams from The Ohio State University, the University of Hawaii, the University of Memphis and the California Institute of Technology, as well as agencies across South America [CNN].
The area where the quake hit is of particular interest to geoscientists because it is an active subduction zone, where an oceanic plate is colliding with a continental plate and being pushed into the Earth’s molten mantle below [Wired]. The world’s five largest quakes since 1900, including the largest quake ever recorded (a Chilean quake measuring 9.5), have all occurred in subduction zones. Earth scientist Ben Brooks of the University of Hawaii declared that this “earthquake will arguably become one of the, if not the most important, great earthquakes yet studied….We now have modern, precise instruments to evaluate this event” [CNN].
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Image: University of Hawaii
When China Makes Goods for the US, Who’s Responsible for the Emissions? | 80beats
When researchers rack up the carbon emitted across the world, the standard trends emerge: Europeans put less CO2 into the atmosphere than Americans, but China’s rapid ascent is sending its emissions shooting past those of the United States. However, this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Stanford University researchers attempt to rejigger the numbers to reflect not just where the emissions are produced, but who is responsible for them—who’s buying and consuming the products that cause those emissions.
After study global trade databases, Steven Davis and Ken Caldiera say that in 2004, 23 per cent of global CO2 emissions – some 6.2 gigatonnes – went in making products that were traded internationally. Most of these products were exported from China and other relatively poor countries to consumers in richer countries [New Scientist]. The researchers say that developed countries outsource about a third of the carbon dioxide emissions connected to their consumption.
When you look at the numbers this way, the per capita emissions in Europe don’t look quite as good: If those emissions were tallied on the other side of the balance sheet, it would add more than four tons of CO2 per person in several European nations [TIME]. The United States saw a lesser increase of 2.4 tons per person, though that’s not really a cause for celebration. Part of the reason is that the country has more carbon-intensive exports than Europe, the study says, and under the new accounting those emissions are going on somebody else’s books. The United States also takes in the lion’s share of China’s: 22.5% of China’s emissions are generated during production of goods and services consumed overseas, and 7.8% are embodied in exports to the US alone [BBC News].
This isn’t the first time that climate change experts have raised the question of how much responsibility consumers bear for carbon emissions produced on the other side of the globe. Other studies are trying to crack this same problem, tracking “consumption” emissions rather than just the “territorial” emissions produced inside a country’s borders. What they find could shake up how the world goes about trying to reduce emissions. The U.N. system is built around the idea of capping carbon emissions from individual nations. But which country is responsible for the carbon emitted in global trade? The buyer or the seller? [TIME]
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Image: iStockphoto
