Sentences with phrase «very local changes»

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Following an initial (very) small grant from an NGO, the bank's operations are funded by a) interest from microcredit loans (up to 3.5 % monthly but also as low as 1 % depending on size of and purpose of loan) b) fees from the corresponding bank (i.e. Banco Palmas acts as local agent for regional bank to widen access to banking services), and c) commission for changing Palmas to Reais16.

The countries with local tellers will be changing rapidly for the next several weeks as we process the very large number of registrations we're getting.

They've still got an uphill battle to make sure that they meet the very stringent environmental conditions put forward in their partnership with the Squamish First Nation, but the proponents have respectfully engaged with First Nations, will provide job training and good, family - supporting jobs to local people, and will proceed in a way that minimizes climate changing emissions at the plant.

«Plus, if the local landraces aren't replaced outright, they may cross pollinate with modern varieties, thus changing their genetic structure and the very nature of these landraces.»

Despite this landmark change in representation and the composition of government, local narratives are profoundly about continuity rather than change, taking issues with the very notion of «transition».

However my transgression doesn't change my view that for many civil servants — and even for many others with very little relationship to elected government — local or national — purdah is an excuse to close down any public facing or vaguely innovative government activity.

In local authorities elsewhere, where Labour has been in power for 25 years or more, the LibDems have (very properly IMO) challenged this as entrenched power and called for change.

But, very little money would change hands and paid staff from the local party would ordinarily not be devoted to the candidate's campaign.

James Paice: I am very happy to talk to the Communities Secretary about that, but I do not think that a change in the law is necessary to enable local authorities to take action.

Different circumstances within different countries mean that one size very definitely does not fit all - as local disease, animal husbandry, economic and climate conditions will impact on countries abilities to change existing practices».

This of course is a very rough model and it can not take appropriate account of the fact that changing support levels between elections tend to vary geographically, while it also fails to take account of the local particularities of the different regions in cases where no regional figures are produced in association with different national opinion polls meaning that there is no scope to carry out separate regional analyses based on these poll figures.

The committee faced a very difficult task, in fairness, given that the levels of change being determined by the terms of reference would probably amount to the most dramatic redrawal of local election constituency boundaries in the history of the State.

New Home Secretary Alan Johnson may have raised the idea in a bid to appeal to voters ahead of disastrous local and European election results for Labour, but there is very little evidence of an appetite in government for changing the voting system from first past the post to real proportional representation.

But while in one sense not very much happened in the local election - not very many councils and seats changed hands and neither of the main parties have (with a couple of hours to go) made dramatic strides - something important did happen.

«Changes in recharge don't necessarily map onto changes in precipitation even at a very local scale,» MeixneChanges in recharge don't necessarily map onto changes in precipitation even at a very local scale,» Meixnechanges in precipitation even at a very local scale,» Meixner said.

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

Speaking at a Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars forum yesterday, Brady noted what she called a «missing middle» between the international scope of the U.N. climate change discussions and the very local, grass - roots efforts to help communities adapt to weather - related impact.

The fact that climate change is viewed through a local lens in Uganda has another important implication: there seems to be very little anger or resentment directed towards the nations that bear the historical responsibility for climate change.

The topographic complexity of Central Appalachia supports some of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world and creates many microclimates that will respond to global climate change in very local ways.

A number of recent studies indicate that effects of urbanisation and land use change on the land - based temperature record are negligible (0.006 ºC per decade) as far as hemispheric - and continental - scale averages are concerned because the very real but local effects are avoided or accounted for in the data sets used.

this article is very helpful in knowing the benefits of certain fruits and herb and vegetable that we take for granted, it also helps us to know the healing process is always through the right food and not pharmacuticals, because i have been going to the philopinnes every year for a eight week holiday for almost nineteen years and my doctor kept insisting that i take malaria tablets for the mosquito's so about eight years ago i looked at what food the local people consumed that keeps the mosquito's away, and found that many of them eat a kind of vegatable called a bitter melon or gourd which is called karela in india, from the ampaylaya bush and it contains massive amounts of varying types of vitamin b so i started to eat a lot of it uncooked with a morning and evening salad, over the next month i noticed that was not beeing bitten by any insects, so i concluded that my body ferrymones and general odour had changed and acted as a reppelant, but it would only stay that way as long as i used very little deoderant.i also felt a lot better because most malaria tablets contain too much quinine and that can only do you a lot of harm.

BUT, I love Fall and it's not in my nature to not at least change out a few things for the season, so I cleaned up a little, grabbed some pumpkins and mums while I was at my local farm the other day, pulled out my pillows from last year (and a few others from my hoard — it's a problem) and brought some very simple Fall into the house.

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Second, state and local circumstances must be very carefully considered in advance of introducing changes.

«The key lever to changing schools is changing systems, which means you have to change the labor - management dynamic to be one that is very disciplined and very collaborative,» she said, noting the combative environment in New York, a finalist state that didn't have an overwhelming amount of local district and union buy - in.

But their own, local accountability system operates very differently; it emphasizes constructive change, not punishment, for schools and teachers.

«While it's unclear, the full extent of the impact the proposed changes will have on local decision making and resources available for public services, the threat it poses to students, parents and communities is very real.

A change in local governance, however, will not address a very significant issue that the School District of Philadelphia faces: inadequate state funding to provide all students in the District with the educational opportunities they need to meet state standards and graduate ready for work or further education and a bright future.

Local leaders who have held these conversations have found them to be a very effective way to gather information, identify teachers» concerns, and ultimately effect positive change for members.

The E70 X5 still looks very fresh, so existing owners may not feel a strong urge to upgrade as compared to other replacement models, but they might change their mind after a test drive if it feels as comfortable in Malaysia as what I felt overseas — both in terms of specs and how it handles our local roads.

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Despite OverDrive the industry leader, in spite of OverDrive's massive presence in the publishing industry and the library communities, even despite the fact that absolutely nothing has changed about OverDrive's business model and that no incidents have been reported of any security concerns — the very reason that Penguin cited for removing its new titles — the publisher has opted to not allow readers to borrow Penguin titles from their local libraries.

While we were mulling over our options with Mittany, another of our cats had some very alarming changes in his health and we took him to our local vet.

«With the significant bequest recently received from Eleanor Dyke and Family we are in a very fortunate position to make some big changes for the Animals and our local facility.»

The rooms are very colorful and modern, and breakfast changes every day with local and western choices.

At the resort guests can enjoy sunset picnics on one of the 20 - odd private beaches, relax at the Essential Day Spa or sample the daily changing menu — featuring the very freshest local seafood — at Salt Water restaurant.

We started attending local gaming events in Egypt, which were very few, to collect feedback from gamers, and that changed a lot of things for the better.

We can also compare with model - generated data (re-analyses), keeping in mind that one must be very careful with these data since they are not appropriate for studying long - term climate change (they give a misrepresentation of trends — at least on a local scale).

My own efforts will be giving talks on climate change (and its reasons) over the past 500 million years to local folks in this very rural region of upstate New York (before showing them the changes occurring recently and the reasons behind them).

So the intensity of radiation (at some frequency and polarization) changes over distance, such that, in the direction the intensity is going, it is always approaching the blackbody value (Planck function) for the local temperature; it approaches this quickly if the absorption cross section density is high; if the cross section density is very high and the temperature doesn't vary much over distance, the intensity may be nearly equal to the Planck function for that location; otherwise its value is a weighted average of the Planck function of local temperature extending back over the path in the direction it came from.

These parts might not have very high human populations, but they tend to live near the shores, and the local plants and animals can be affected by these rapid changes.

For example, the range and abundance of economically important marine fish are already changing due to climate change and are projected to continue changing such that some local fisheries are very likely to cease to be viable, whereas others may become more valuable if the fishing community can adapt.

The qualities of the Maya Nut makes it a key species in reforesting the Amazon as it is resistant to climate change and is likely to be very important for local food supply in the future.

Now possibly the readership you are aiming at is merely US based, but if you are interested in helping your readership gain an understanding of Climate and Climate Change, surely one of the key aspects is to make sure they understand the need to maintain a global focus in considering the questions, rather than the very local and parochial stance of what is happening to just 1.5 % of the world.

It's very important locally, particularly with CRed just started, that climate change is taken seriously, and in time that this is reflected in local and national policy.

Determining which types of prevention to invest in (such as monitoring, early warning systems, and land - use changes that reduce the impact of heat and floods) depends on several factors, including health problems common to that particular area, vulnerable populations, the preventive health systems already in place, and the expected impacts of climate change.275 Local capacity to adapt is very important; unfortunately the most vulnerable populations also frequently have limited resources for managing climate - health risks.

Introduction: There is a great concern about climate change, but climate change affects local regions very differently.

Very little changes in Charlottesville, except the local snottiness index continues to increase exponentially, far beyond my wildest dreams.

So it is possible that it is not a change in temperature that has allowed these very old mosses to be uncovered, but a change in the rate that snow has been falling in the particular local, which has changed the steady state ice coverage.