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December 2015, Volume 20, Issue 8
- 1407-1436 Will a carbon tax hinder China's efforts to improve its primary income distribution status?
by Qian Wang & Qiao-Mei Liang
- 1437-1458 Biochar as a global change adaptation: predicting biochar impacts on crop productivity and soil quality for a tropical soil with the Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model
by Taras Lychuk & Roberto Izaurralde & Robert Hill & William McGill & Jimmy Williams
- 1459-1470 Influence of bioenergy crop Jatropha curcas amendment on soil biogeochemistry in a tropical vertisol
by Bharati Kollah & Garima Dubey & Peter Dunfield & Santosh Mohanty
- 1471-1485 Assessing climate change vulnerability of water at household level
by Rajiv Pandey & Sparsh Kala & Vishnu Pandey
- 1487-1509 Achieving and maintaining institutional feasibility in emissions trading: the case of New Zealand
by Jessika Richter & Luis Mundaca
- 1511-1527 Energy market impacts of nuclear power phase-out policies
by Solveig Glomsrød & Taoyuan Wei & Torben Mideksa & Bjørn Samset
- 1529-1544 Mitigating greenhouse gas fluxes from cultivated organic soils with raised water table
by Kristiina Regina & Jatta Sheehy & Merja Myllys
- 1545-1568 How can straw incorporation management impact on soil carbon storage? A meta-analysis
by Fei Lu
- 1569-1569 Erratum to: How can straw incorporation management impact on soil carbon storage? A meta-analysis
by Hong Zhao & Binfeng Sun & Ling Jiang & Fei Lu & Xiaoke Wang & Zhiyun Ouyang
October 2015, Volume 20, Issue 7
- 1027-1040 Effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration on nitrous oxide emissions and nitrogen dynamics in a winter-wheat cropping system in northern China
by Yingchun Li & Erda Lin & Xue Han & Zhengping Peng & Wen Wang & Xingyu Hao & Hui Ju
- 1041-1054 Land use and management change under climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies: a U.S. case study
by Jianhong Mu & Anne Wein & Bruce McCarl
- 1055-1077 Economic valuation and option-based payments for ecosystem services
by Sunderasan Srinivasan
- 1079-1095 Spatial planning and resource use in the Azores
by Helena Calado & Ana Braga & Fabiana Moniz & Artur Gil & Marta Vergílio
- 1097-1109 Climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategies in Egypt's agricultural sector
by Bruce McCarl & Mark Musumba & Joel Smith & Paul Kirshen & Russell Jones & Akram El-Ganzori & Mohamed Ali & Mossad Kotb & Ibrahim El-Shinnawy & Mona El-Agizy & Mohamed Bayoumi & Riina Hynninen
- 1111-1136 Worldwide impacts of climate change on energy for heating and cooling
by Maryse Labriet & Santosh Joshi & Marc Vielle & Philip Holden & Neil Edwards & Amit Kanudia & Richard Loulou & Frédéric Babonneau
- 1137-1153 An econometric analysis of sub-national Clean Development Mechanism performance in China
by Jinshan Zhu & Hui Yao & Yingkai Tang & Liyong Wang
- 1155-1174 Adaptation of crop production to climate change by crop substitution
by E. Eyshi Rezaei & T. Gaiser & S. Siebert & F. Ewert
- 1175-1190 Contribution of agroforests to landscape carbon storage
by Götz Schroth & Lucio Bede & Artur Paiva & Camila Cassano & André Amorim & Deborah Faria & Eduardo Mariano-Neto & Adriana Martini & Regina Sambuichi & Renato Lôbo
- 1191-1202 Spatiotemporal variability of winter wheat phenology in response to weather and climate variability in China
by Dengpan Xiao & Juana Moiwo & Fulu Tao & Yonghui Yang & Yanjun Shen & Quanhong Xu & Jianfeng Liu & He Zhang & Fengshan Liu
- 1203-1209 Identifying gaps and inconsistencies in the use of relocation rhetoric: a prerequisite for sound relocation policy and planning
by Anamaria Bukvic
- 1211-1227 Establishing relative sea level trends where a coast lacks a long term tide gauge
by Joanna Ellison & Pippa Strickland
- 1229-1246 Levelized costs of conventional and battery electric vehicles in china: Beijing experiences
by Han Hao & Michael Wang & Yan Zhou & Hewu Wang & Minggao Ouyang
August 2015, Volume 20, Issue 6
- 837-843 Preface: climate change proof flood risk management
by Frans Klijn & Bruno Merz & Edmund Penning-Rowsell & Zbigniew Kundzewicz
- 845-864 Adaptive flood risk management planning based on a comprehensive flood risk conceptualisation
by Frans Klijn & Heidi Kreibich & Hans Moel & Edmund Penning-Rowsell
- 865-890 Flood risk assessments at different spatial scales
by H. Moel & B. Jongman & H. Kreibich & B. Merz & E. Penning-Rowsell & P. Ward
- 891-912 Economic optimization of flood prevention systems in the Netherlands
by Vana Tsimopoulou & Matthijs Kok & Johannes Vrijling
- 913-928 Adaptation strategies to maintain dunes as flexible coastal flood defense in The Netherlands
by Joep Keijsers & Alessio Giardino & Ate Poortinga & Jan Mulder & Michel Riksen & Giorgio Santinelli
- 929-948 Salt marshes to adapt the flood defences along the Dutch Wadden Sea coast
by Jantsje Loon-Steensma
- 949-966 An integrated approach to flood risk management and spatial quality for a Netherlands' river polder area
by Anne Nillesen & Matthijs Kok
- 967-989 A review of damage-reducing measures to manage fluvial flood risks in a changing climate
by Heidi Kreibich & Philip Bubeck & Mathijs Vliet & Hans Moel
- 991-1009 Sharing the burden of increasing flood risk: who pays for flood insurance and flood risk management in the United Kingdom
by Edmund Penning-Rowsell & Sally Priest
- 1011-1026 Flood risk management for an uncertain future: economic efficiency and system robustness perspectives compared for the Meuse River (Netherlands)
by Frans Klijn & Marjolein Mens & Nathalie Asselman
June 2015, Volume 20, Issue 5
- 623-626 Chinese transport: achievements and challenges of transport policies
by Michael Wang & Hal Harvey
- 627-650 China automotive energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions outlook to 2050
by Chuanjun Lyu & Xunmin Ou & Xiliang Zhang
- 651-663 Transportation development and congestion mitigation measures of Beijing, China
by Jifu Guo & Mingzheng Sun & Ting Wang & Lu Lu
- 665-682 Sustainable urban development in China: challenges and achievements
by Jiangyan Wang & Dongquan He
- 683-699 From super block to small block: urban form transformation and its road network impacts in Chenggong, China
by Zhigao Wang & Liang Li & Yinghao Li
- 701-718 Does energy follow form? The case of household travel in Jinan, China
by Yang Jiang & Pericles Zegras & Dongquan He & Qizhi Mao
- 719-733 Vehicular air pollutant emissions in China: evaluation of past control policies and future perspectives
by Hong Huo & Bo Zheng & Michael Wang & Qiang Zhang & Ke-Bin He
- 735-753 Review and evaluation of China's standards and regulations on the fuel consumption of motor vehicles
by Yue-Fu Jin & Zhao Wang & Hui-Ming Gong & Tian-Lei Zheng & Xiang Bao & Jia-Rui Fan & Michael Wang & Miao Guo
- 755-775 Evolution of heavy-duty vehicle fuel efficiency policies in major markets
by Drew Kodjak & Ben Sharpe & Oscar Delgado
- 777-795 Plug-in electric vehicle market penetration and incentives: a global review
by Yan Zhou & Michael Wang & Han Hao & Larry Johnson & Hewu Wang & Han Hao
- 797-815 Technology evaluation of Chinese hybrid electric bus demonstration
by Jinhua Zhang & Lijin Zhao & Fushen Hou & Mengliang Li & Yueyun Xu & Han Hao
- 817-835 Beijing passenger car travel survey: implications for alternative fuel vehicle deployment
by Hewu Wang & Xiaobin Zhang & Lvwei Wu & Cong Hou & Huiming Gong & Qian Zhang & Minggao Ouyang
April 2015, Volume 20, Issue 4
- 499-504 Household flood risk reduction in the Czech Republic
by Barbora Duží & Dmytro Vikhrov & Ilan Kelman & Robert Stojanov & Jiří Jakubínský
- 505-526 A framework for examining adaptation readiness
by James Ford & Diana King
- 527-546 Human settlement and regional development in the context of climate change: a spatial analysis of low elevation coastal zones in China
by Jianli Liu & Jiahong Wen & Youqin Huang & Minqi Shi & Qingjie Meng & Jinhong Ding & Hui Xu
- 547-572 Adapting to climate change: assessing the vulnerability of ecosystem services in Europe in the context of rural development
by John Tzilivakis & D. Warner & A. Green & K. Lewis
- 573-590 Assessing "inherent vulnerability" of forests: a methodological approach and a case study from Western Ghats, India
by Jagmohan Sharma & Rajiv Chaturvedi & G. Bala & N. Ravindranath
- 591-600 Pro-environmental behavior and public understanding of climate change
by Muhammad Masud & Rulia Akhtar & Rafia Afroz & Abul Al-Amin & Fatimah Kari
- 601-622 Risk and economic viability of housing climate adaptation strategies for wind hazards in southeast Australia
by Mark Stewart
February 2015, Volume 20, Issue 2
- 179-199 Relevant drivers of farmers' decision behavior regarding their adaptation to climate change: a case study of two regions in Côte d'Ivoire
by Hermann Comoé & Michael Siegrist
- 201-220 Forest management facing climate change - an ecosystem model analysis of adaptation strategies
by Anna Jönsson & Fredrik Lagergren & Benjamin Smith
- 221-239 An assessment of adaptation planning for flood variability in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
by M. Motsholapheko & D. Kgathi & C. Vanderpost
- 241-261 Integrating ecosystem services and climate change responses in coastal wetlands development plans for Bangladesh
by Md. Hossain & Lars Hein & Frans Rip & John Dearing
- 263-276 A satellite-based disturbance index algorithm for monitoring mitigation strategies effects on desertification change in an arid environment
by Nasem Badreldin & Rudi Goossens
- 277-293 How are we adapting to climate change? A global assessment
by Alexandra Lesnikowski & James Ford & Lea Berrang-Ford & Magda Barrera & Jody Heymann
- 295-315 Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural irrigation in China
by Xiaoxia Zou & Yu'e Li & Kuo Li & Roger Cremades & Qingzhu Gao & Yunfan Wan & Xiaobo Qin
- 317-339 The role of small scale sand dams in securing water supply under climate change in Ethiopia
by Ralph Lasage & Jeroen Aerts & Peter Verburg & Alemu Sileshi
January 2015, Volume 20, Issue 1
- 1-19 Potential impact of climate change on future water demand in Yulin city, Northwest China
by Wang Xiao-jun & Zhang Jian-yun & Shahid Shamsuddin & He Rui-min & Xia Xing-hui & Mou Xin-li
- 21-42 Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in temperate forests in Central Mexico: a participatory approach
by Leopoldo Galicia & Leticia Gómez-Mendoza & Víctor Magaña
- 43-74 Combining backcasting and exploratory scenarios to develop robust water strategies in face of uncertain futures
by Mathijs Vliet & Kasper Kok
- 75-97 Barriers and opportunities for urban adaptation planning: analytical framework and evidence from cities in Latin America and Germany
by Paul Lehmann & Miriam Brenck & Oliver Gebhardt & Sven Schaller & Elisabeth Süßbauer
- 99-120 A framework for analysing regional adaptive capacity assessments: challenges for methodology and policy making
by Sirkku Juhola & Sylvia Kruse
- 121-133 Effectiveness of strategies at reducing sand temperature to mitigate potential impacts from changes in environmental temperature on sea turtle reproductive output
by J. Jourdan & M. Fuentes
- 135-157 Economic impacts of climate change on water resources in the coterminous United States
by James Henderson & Charles Rodgers & Russell Jones & Joel Smith & Kenneth Strzepek & Jeremy Martinich
- 159-178 Estimation of potential impacts of climate change on growth and yield of temperate tree species
by M. Ashraf & Charles Bourque & David MacLean & Thom Erdle & Fan-Rui Meng
December 2014, Volume 19, Issue 8
- 1119-1137 Climate change adaptation, mitigation and livelihood benefits in coffee production: where are the synergies?
by Eric Rahn & Peter Läderach & María Baca & Charlotte Cressy & Götz Schroth & Daniella Malin & Henk Rikxoort & Jefferson Shriver
- 1139-1162 Artificial neural networks models for predicting effective drought index: Factoring effects of rainfall variability
by Muthoni Masinde
- 1163-1178 Prioritization of climate change adaptation approaches in the Gambia
by Edward Sanneh & Allen Hu & Chia-Wei Hsu & Momodou Njie
- 1179-1194 Estimating soil carbon storage and mitigation under temperate coniferous forests in the southern region of Kashmir Himalayas
by Akhlaq Wani & P. Joshi & Ombir Singh & J. Bhat
- 1195-1207 Small scale farmers' vulnerability to climatic changes in southern Benin: the importance of farmers' perceptions of existing institutions
by Marie-Ange Baudoin & Aida Sanchez & Belarmain Fandohan
- 1209-1222 Transaction costs for carbon sequestration projects in the tropical forest sector
by Timothy Pearson & Sandra Brown & Brent Sohngen & Jennifer Henman & Sara Ohrel
- 1223-1238 Adaptation of maize to climate change impacts in Iran
by Rooholla Moradi & Alireza Koocheki & Mehdi Nassiri Mahallati
- 1239-1254 Exploring barriers to climate change adaptation in the Swiss tourism sector
by Cecilia Matasci & Sylvia Kruse & Nico Barawid & Philippe Thalmann
- 1255-1275 Adoption of the low carbon society policy in locally-governed urban areas: experience from Thai municipalities
by Surawut Chomaitong & Ranjith Perera
- 1277-1293 Adapting importation policy to global commodity markets: implications of rice import allocation in Singapore
by Yeong Tey & Mark Brindal
- 1295-1312 Towards a resilience indicator framework for making climate-change adaptation decisions
by Nathan Engle & Ariane Bremond & Elizabeth Malone & Richard Moss
October 2014, Volume 19, Issue 7
- 927-945 Modeling the impact of mitigation options on methane abatement from rice fields
by A.K. Misra & Maitri Verma
- 947-954 Minimizing changing climate impact on buildings using easily and economically feasible earth to air heat exchanger technique
by Thainswemong Choudhury & Anil Misra
- 955-968 Assessing the net atmospheric impacts of wood production and utilization
by Antti Kilpeläinen & Harri Strandman & Seppo Kellomäki & Jyri Seppälä
- 969-996 From federal to city mitigation and adaptation: climate change policy in Mexico City
by Fabiola Sosa-Rodriguez
- 997-1010 The response of a mid- and high latitude peat bog to predicted climate change: methane production in a 12-month peat incubation
by Leona Bohdalkova & Martin Novak & Frantisek Buzek & Jakub Kreisinger & Richard Bindler & Katerina Pazderu & Petra Pacherova
- 1011-1032 Analytical lenses on barriers in the governance of climate change adaptation
by G. Biesbroek & Catrien Termeer & Judith Klostermann & Pavel Kabat
- 1033-1040 Climate change adaptation and mitigation: next steps for cross-sectoral action to protect global health
by Kathryn Bowen & Kristie Ebi & Sharon Friel
- 1041-1062 Guidelines for the strategic management of flood risks in industrial plant oil in the Brazilian coast: adaptive measures to the impacts by relative sea level rise
by G. Lacerda & C. Silva & C. Pimenteira & R. Kopp & R. Grumback & L. Rosa & M. Freitas
- 1063-1075 Effect of age and disturbance on decadal changes in carbon stocks in managed forest landscapes in central Canada
by Michael Ter-Mikaelian & Stephen Colombo & Jiaxin Chen
- 1077-1089 Renewable energy powered evacuated tube collector refrigerator system
by S. Anand & A. Gupta & S. Tyagi
- 1091-1107 Analysis of climate variability in the Manas River Valley, North-Western China (1956–2006)
by Fenghua Zhang & Munir Hanjra & Fan Hua & Yunqiao Shu & Yuyi Li
- 1109-1117 Effect of light supply on CO 2 capture from atmosphere by Chlorella vulgaris and Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata
by J. Pires & A. Gonçalves & F. Martins & M. Alvim-Ferraz & M. Simões
August 2014, Volume 19, Issue 6
- 615-620 From euphoria to reality on efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+)
by Robin Matthews & Meine Noordwijk
- 621-640 Heterogeneity of experts' opinion regarding opportunities and challenges of tackling deforestation in the tropics: a Q methodology application
by Maria Nijnik & Albert Nijnik & Emmy Bergsma & Robin Matthews
- 641-655 REDD+ and international leakage via food and timber markets: a CGE analysis
by Onno Kuik
- 657-676 A perfect storm? Indigenous rights within a national REDD+ readiness process in Peru
by Douglas White
- 677-692 Reducing emissions from land use in Indonesia: motivation, policy instruments and expected funding streams
by Meine Noordwijk & Fahmuddin Agus & Sonya Dewi & Herry Purnomo
- 693-713 Will funding to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and (forest) Degradation (REDD+) stop conversion of peat swamps to oil palm in orangutan habitat in Tripa in Aceh, Indonesia?
by Hesti Tata & Meine Noordwijk & Denis Ruysschaert & Rachmat Mulia & Subekti Rahayu & Elok Mulyoutami & Atiek Widayati & Andree Ekadinata & Riswan Zen & Adji Darsoyo & Rahayu Oktaviani & Sonya Dewi
- 715-731 Migrants, land markets and carbon emissions in Jambi, Indonesia: Land tenure change and the prospect of emission reduction
by Gamma Galudra & Meine Noordwijk & Putra Agung & Suyanto Suyanto & Ujjwal Pradhan
- 733-755 Gender influences decisions to change land use practices in the tropical forest margins of Jambi, Indonesia
by Grace Villamor & Febrina Desrianti & Ratna Akiefnawati & Sacha Amaruzaman & Meine Noordwijk
- 757-772 Implications of uncertainty and scale in carbon emission estimates on locally appropriate designs to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+)
by Betha Lusiana & Meine Noordwijk & Feri Johana & Gamma Galudra & S. Suyanto & Georg Cadisch
- 773-788 Low carbon emission development strategies for Jambi, Indonesia: simulation and trade-off analysis using the FALLOW model
by Rachmat Mulia & Atiek Widayati & Suyanto & Putra Agung & Muhammad Zulkarnain
- 789-807 Greenhouse gas emission factors for land use and land-use change in Southeast Asian peatlands
by K. Hergoualc'h & L. Verchot
- 809-819 Is CO 2 flux from oil palm plantations on peatland controlled by soil moisture and/or soil and air temperatures?
by Setiari Marwanto & Fahmuddin Agus
- 821-829 Peat emission control by groundwater management and soil amendments: evidence from laboratory experiments
by Edi Husen & Selly Salma & Fahmuddin Agus
- 831-843 Root- and peat-based CO 2 emissions from oil palm plantations
by Ai Dariah & Setiari Marwanto & Fahmuddin Agus
- 845-862 CO 2 emissions from tropical drained peat in Sumatra, Indonesia
by Husnain Husnain & I. Wigena & Ai Dariah & Setiari Marwanto & Prihasto Setyanto & Fahmuddin Agus
- 863-885 The Tropical Peatland Plantation-Carbon Assessment Tool: estimating CO 2 emissions from tropical peat soils under plantations
by Jenny Farmer & Robin Matthews & Pete Smith & Jo Smith
- 887-905 Mud, muddle and models in the knowledge value-chain to action on tropical peatland conservation
by Meine van Noordwijk & Robin Matthews & Fahmuddin Agus & Jenny Farmer & Louis Verchot & Kristell Hergoualc'h & Sebastian Persch & Hesti Tata & Betha Lusiana & Atiek Widayati & Sonya Dewi
- 907-925 Implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation): evidence on governance, evaluation and impacts from the REDD-ALERT project
by Robin Matthews & Meine Noordwijk & Eric Lambin & Patrick Meyfroidt & Joyeeta Gupta & Louis Verchot & Kristell Hergoualc'h & Edzo Veldkamp
June 2014, Volume 19, Issue 5
- 499-508 Plant canopies: bio-monitor and trap for re-suspended dust particulates contaminated with heavy metals
by S. Ram & S. Majumder & P. Chaudhuri & S. Chanda & S. Santra & P. Maiti & M. Sudarshan & A. Chakraborty
- 509-529 Potential benefits of drought and heat tolerance in groundnut for adaptation to climate change in India and West Africa
by Piara Singh & S. Nedumaran & B. Ntare & K. Boote & N. Singh & K. Srinivas & M. Bantilan
- 531-548 Farmers' perceptions of climate variability and barriers to adaptation: lessons learned from an exploratory study in Vietnam
by Hoa Dang & Elton Li & Johan Bruwer & Ian Nuberg
- 549-549 Erratum to: Farmers' perceptions of climate variability and barriers to adaptation: lessons learned from an exploratory study in Vietnam
by Hoa Dang & Elton Li & Johan Bruwer & Ian Nuberg
- 551-568 Assessing inundation damage and timing of adaptation: sea level rise and the complexities of land use in coastal communities
by Brenda Lin & Yong Khoo & Matthew Inman & Chi-Hsiang Wang & Sorada Tapsuwan & Xiaoming Wang
- 569-587 Mountain communities and climate change adaptation: barriers to planning and hurdles to implementation in the Southern Rocky Mountain Region of North America
by Kelli Archie
- 589-614 A Geographic Information System (GIS)-based approach to adaptation to regional climate change: a case study of Okutama-machi, Tokyo, Japan
by Yingjiu Bai & Ikuyo Kaneko & Hikaru Kobayashi & Kazuo Kurihara & Izuru Takayabu & Hidetaka Sasaki & Akihiko Murata
April 2014, Volume 19, Issue 4
- 375-389 Policy options to support climate-induced migration: insights from disaster relief in China
by Hongjian Zhou & Weixing Zhang & Yehong Sun & Yi Yuan
- 391-410 The determinants of support levels for wind energy in the European Union. An econometric study
by Pablo Río & Miguel Tarancón & Cristina Peñasco
- 411-430 Climate change adaptation planning in agriculture: processes, experiences and lessons learned from early adapters
by Livia Bizikova & Erica Crawford & Maria Nijnik & Rob Swart
- 431-444 Impact of climate change: an empirical investigation of Malaysian rice production
by Muhammad Masud & Md. Rahman & Abul Al-Amin & Fatimah Kari & Walter Filho
- 445-461 Two methods to assess vulnerability to climate change in the Mexican agricultural sector
by Alejandro Monterroso & Cecilia Conde & Carlos Gay & David Gómez & José López
- 463-477 Catastrophe theory to assess water security and adaptation strategy in the context of environmental change
by Wang Xiao-jun & Zhang Jian-yun & Shamsuddin Shahid & Xia Xing-hui & He Rui-min & Shang Man-ting
- 479-497 Optimal carbon mitigation strategy under non-linear feedback effects and in the presence of permafrost release trigger hazard
by Ram Ranjan
March 2014, Volume 19, Issue 3
- 255-260 Climate policy planning and development impact assessment
by S. Scrieciu & Zaid Chalabi
- 261-288 Advancing methodological thinking and practice for development-compatible climate policy planning
by S. Scrieciu & Valerie Belton & Zaid Chalabi & Reinhard Mechler & Daniel Puig
- 289-308 Water resource management and climate change adaptation: a holistic and multiple criteria perspective
by Kathleen Miller & Valerie Belton
- 309-330 Tools for developing adaptation policy to protect human health
by Zaid Chalabi & Sari Kovats
- 331-354 Adaptation policies to increase terrestrial ecosystem resilience: potential utility of a multicriteria approach
by Ariane de Bremond & Nathan Engle
- 355-374 The fiscal implications of climate change and policy responses
by Paul Ekins & Stefan Speck
February 2014, Volume 19, Issue 2
- 123-142 Farm management decision and response to climate variability and change in Côte d'Ivoire
by Hermann Comoé & Robert Finger & Dominique Barjolle
- 143-160 Development projects for small rural communities in the Brazilian Amazon region as potential strategies and practices of climate change adaptation
by Claudio Szlafsztein
- 161-176 Implications of a changing climate on food security and smallholders' livelihoods in Bogotá, Colombia
by Anton Eitzinger & Peter Läderach & Christian Bunn & Audberto Quiroga & Andreas Benedikter & Antonio Pantoja & Jason Gordon & Michele Bruni
- 177-198 Analyzing flood risk and related impacts to urban communities in central Vietnam
by Bam Razafindrabe & Ryohei Kada & Makoto Arima & Shoji Inoue
- 199-209 Adaptation strategies of climate variability impacts on alpine grassland ecosystems in Tibetan Plateau
by Qing-zhu Gao & Yue Li & Hong-mei Xu & Yun-fan Wan & Wang-zha Jiangcun
- 211-227 Future production of rainfed wheat in Iran (Khorasan province): climate change scenario analysis
by Mohammad Bannayan & Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei
- 229-253 Developing biofuels industry in small economies: Policy experiences and lessons from the caribbean basin initiative
by Kalim Shah & George Philippidis & Hari Dulal & Gernot Brodnig
January 2014, Volume 19, Issue 1
- 1-13 Impacts of bioethanol on gasoline prices in the Philippines: an econometric analysis
by Jose Cantos & Robert Dixon
- 15-32 Climate change mitigation strategies in agriculture, forestry and other land use sectors in Vietnam
by Nguyen Hoa & Tomoko Hasegawa & Yuzuru Matsuoka
- 33-44 Millennium development goals and clean development: synergies in the Pacific
by Stephanie Byrom & Sebastian Thomas & Paul Dargusch
- 45-71 Climate change mitigation policy paradigms—national objectives and alignments
by Kirsten Halsnæs & Amit Garg & John Christensen & Helene Føyn & Maryna Karavai & Emilio Rovere & Matthew Bramley & Xianli Zhu & Catherine Mitchell & Joyashree Roy & Kanako Tanaka & Hidefumi Katayama & Carlos Mena & Imoh Obioh & Igor Bashmakov & Stanford Mwakasonda & Myong-Kyoon Lee & Marlene Vinluan & Yu Huang & Laura Segafredo
- 73-91 How sustainable are forestry clean development mechanism projects?—A review of the selected projects from India
by Ashish Aggarwal
- 93-106 Financing for innovative technologies and best practices to reduce persistent organic pollutants
by Ibrahima Sow & Robert Dixon & Jie Pan & Anil Sookdeo & Evelyn Swain & Laurent Granier
- 107-120 Climate change and water resources management in Tuwei river basin of Northwest China
by Wang Xiao-jun & Zhang Jian-yun & Wang Jian-hua & He Rui-min & Amgad ElMahdi & Liu Jin-hua & Wang Xin-gong & David King & Shamsuddin Shahid
- 121-122 Review of Robbins, M (2011) Crops and carbon: paying farmers to combat climate change. London, Earthscan
by Katharine Vincent
December 2013, Volume 18, Issue 8
- 1089-1108 Climate impact potential of utilizing forest residues for bioenergy in Norway
by Geoffrey Guest & Francesco Cherubini & Anders Strømman
- 1109-1124 Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation plus (REDD+) in the Philippines: will it make a difference in financing forest development?
by Rodel Lasco & Rizza Veridiano & Marie Habito & Florencia Pulhin
- 1125-1139 Economic and health benefits of the co-reduction of air pollutants and greenhouse gases
by Yu-Ling Chen & Yi-Hsuan Shih & Chao-Heng Tseng & Sy-Yuan Kang & Huang-Chin Wang
- 1141-1166 Fail-safe solar radiation management geoengineering
by Takanobu Kosugi
- 1167-1182 Mediterranean shrublands carbon sequestration: environmental and economic benefits
by Loretta Gratani & Laura Varone & Carlo Ricotta & Rosangela Catoni
- 1183-1196 Incorporating the data of different watersheds to estimate the effects of land use change on flood peak and volume using multi-linear regression
by Jianzhu Li & Ping Feng & Zhaozhen Wei
- 1197-1213 The carbon sequestration potential of tree crop plantations
by Rico Kongsager & Jonas Napier & Ole Mertz
- 1215-1237 Vulnerability risk assessment and adaptation to climate change induced sea level rise along the Mediterranean coast of Egypt
by Omran Frihy & Mahmoud El-Sayed
- 1239-1255 Tailor-made scenario planning for local adaptation to climate change
by Henrik Carlsen & Karl Dreborg & Per Wikman-Svahn
- 1257-1268 Estimating realized and potential carbon storage benefits from reforestation and afforestation under climate change: a case study of the Qinghai spruce forests in the Qilian Mountains, northwestern China
by Zhonglin Xu & Chuanyan Zhao & Zhaodong Feng & Fang Zhang & Hassan Sher & Chao Wang & Huanhua Peng & Ying Wang & Yang Zhao & Yao Wang & Shouzhang Peng & Xianglin Zheng
- 1269-1281 Effectiveness of the strategies to combat land degradation and drought
by Carla Salinas & Jon Mendieta
October 2013, Volume 18, Issue 7
- 889-902 The potential of cropland soil carbon sequestration in the Loess Plateau, China
by Zeng Tang & Zhibiao Nan
- 903-919 Climate change mitigation and international finance: the effectiveness of the Clean Development Mechanism and the Global Environment Facility in India and Brazil
by Nicholas Tatrallyay & Martin Stadelmann
- 921-932 Greenhouse gas mitigation with scarce land: The potential contribution of increased nitrogen input
by Andreas Meyer-Aurich & Jørgen Olesen & Annette Prochnow & Reiner Brunsch
- 933-941 The cost of mitigation strategies for agricultural adaptation to global change
by Carla Salinas & Jon Mendieta
- 943-955 An analysis of the causes of the mitigation bias in international climate finance
by Luis Abadie & Ibon Galarraga & Dirk Rübbelke
- 957-978 Community vulnerability to the health effects of climate change among indigenous populations in the Peruvian Amazon: a case study from Panaillo and Nuevo Progreso
by I. Hofmeijer & J. Ford & L. Berrang-Ford & C. Zavaleta & C. Carcamo & E. Llanos & C. Carhuaz & V. Edge & S. Lwasa & D. Namanya
- 979-999 Impacts of climate change on savannah woodland biomass carbon density and water-use: a modelling study of the Sudanese gum belt region
by Syed Alam & Mike Starr
- 1001-1018 Engaging stakeholders in an adaptation process: governance and institutional arrangements in heat-health policy development in Adelaide, Australia
by Derick Akompab & Peng Bi & Susan Williams & Arthur Saniotis & Iain Walker & Martha Augoustinos
- 1019-1034 Refining spatial resolution and spillovers of a micro-econometric analysis of adapting portfolios to climate change using the global positioning system
by S. Seo
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Fingerspitzengefühl is a German word used to describe an ability to maintain attention to detail in an ever-changing operational and tactical environment by maintaining real-time situational awareness. The term is synonymous with the English expression of "keeping one's finger on the pulse." The problem with traditional fingerspitzengefühl, in addition to pronouncing it, is it is hard to scale. Today, however, in a world of sensors, GPS and mobile devices, having real-time situational awareness is far easier than ever before. In fact, today the challenge is not how to do it (answer: sensors), but what to do with all the information.
There are many dimensions of data that are available for work outside the four walls, which is mobile, remote and dynamic. We all know about 3 dimensional (longitude, latitude and altitude), but there are many more. We contrive:
- Time
- Start and stop tasks times
- Travel times
- Traffic conditions
- Available workforces and associated costs
- Available equipment
- Activities
- Events
- Business process steps
- Expenses
- Security steps
- Transactions
- Compliance tasks
- Performances against KPIs (key performance indicators)
- Actors (customers, partners, suppliers, contractors, employees, etc.)
- Relationships
- Contract/Agreements
- Supplies, materials and equipment tracking
- Etc.
All of these data points can be bundled together as Performance Impact Variables (PIVs). PIVs are the data points that can be used as inputs to algorithms that can be used by AI systems to optimize and manage the performance of the business in real-time.
All of this data can be used as overlays to simple GPS coordinates on a map. Each of these additional layers of information exponentially increases the complexity, decision-making options and possible combinations. This enormous volume of data quickly overwhelms humans. That is why non-humans (AI/software robots) can be used to such great effect to maintain productive situational awareness and strategic advantages in complex environments demanding real-time decision-making and action.
During the period between WWI and WWII, Western countries all developed new tanks and military aircraft to support their infantry. The Germans, however, went three steps farther by developing strategic advantages in:
- Radios and frequencies for communicating between forces (tanks, infantry and aircraft) in real-time
- Strategies for coordinated actions between the three groups
- Mission oriented command structures - Commanders define the mission "intent", but the details of how to accomplish them were left to frontline officers.
In today's world, companies seeking strategic advantages in field services operations can learn from these three additions.
The modern equivalent of "radios and communication networks" is OILS (optimized information logistics systems) that sense, collect, securely and wirelessly transmit data, analyze and report on it, and support artificial intelligence (AI) and automation.
The modern equivalent of "strategies for coordinated action" is the ability to collect and analyze vast quantities of real-time data to automatically and dynamically manage and adjust (using AI and software robots) a whole series of activities and events such as: schedules, tasks, jobs, orders, transactions, etc.
The modern equivalent of "mission oriented command structures" is an algorithm. Once the algorithm is developed, it can operate without human intervention.
When massive amounts of real-time data are automatically collected and analyzed, they can feed algorithms and AI systems to optimize real-time activities and events. The speed at which data can be processed through OILS and AI systems today far exceeds human decision-making capabilities - so automation that works in digital-time is required. This is where AI excels. AI can analyze all the inbound data in nanoseconds and instantly adjust and optimize operations.
AI does not just impact field services. It impacts many business processes by supporting:
- New ways of selling
- New business models
- New ways of managing
- New business processes
- New ways of collaborating
- New ways of making decisions
- New ways of engaging customers
- New ways of working with products
- New marketing and growth strategies
My mantra is, "Digital technologies without digital strategies are wasted." Having digital technologies without a digital strategy is like having tanks, mobile infantry and aircraft, but no coherent plan for combined action. In a recent report, 40 Months of Hyper-Digital Transformation, digital laggards were found not to receive as good of return on investments (ROIs) on their digital investments as digital leaders do. The difference I believe is in their digital strategies, or lack thereof.
In the book, Stray Voltage, War in the Information Age, author Wayne Michael Hall defines two more PIVs - cyberspace and cerebral. "Information superiority is firmly connected to making decisions that are superior to an adversary's and combines information technology and intellectual power to create conditions with which to make better decisions...human beings will need to improve their thinking capabilities to cope with the increasing complexities of the world...people will depend more on visualization to help understand complexity quickly. Visualization will fuse data and information and display the result in a multimedia format. Visualization will allow the integration of data, information and knowledge from all sources and will allow for the integration of numerous contributors." Visualization, although helpful to humans, is far less relevant once algorithm-consuming AI systems take over.
Sensors, already powerful, are being developed with more capabilities to sense more things every month. Each year when I attend GSMA's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, I am astonished to see what additional capabilities sensors have added. Here are some examples:
- Sensors able to identify and classify vegetation - natural and artificial
- Sensors able to identify and pinpoint distressed crops
- Sensors that can identify soil moisture content
- Sensors that can detect heat sources and leaks
- Sensors that can detect movements and changes in defined objects
- Sensors that can detect the chemical make-up of make-up
Each of these sensors and their real-time data collection capabilities adds to decision-making complexity, but they can also be the very PIVs that give you the competitive advantage you need to win.
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|Posted by Maddie on August 5, 2011 at 11:45 AM
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All the best things seem
Unappreciated, understated when that
Gust of wind you used an
Umbrella to
Tingles your presence
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Flash Poem + Acrostic Poem: A Dash Across the Street
J-skip: Who wants to be one of the many any way?
Undress the white that designates crosswalks. All the same.
Linger in the lime, light the tangled path.
Yesterday already dimmed. Did you notice?
Inspired by a dash across the street.
|Posted by Maddie on June 30, 2011 at 11:05 PM
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11:08:57 pm:
Take notice,
To how quickly my fingers
Jump from key to key.
The pressure at my finger tips,
The speed at which I see letters fill this
Blank white space that I type to fill.
Tell a story,
About how slowly I proofread.
Perfection is barbed wire.
Not here, not in this web world
I created and call my canvas,
Not this cheese and poetry blog.
I write with no barrier,
With open eyes, open mind, and
No teacher to grade my articles.
Smell what I am pondering when
I eat cheese. The way Robiola Bosina
Glides across the tongue and
Swirls around each tooth.
This is happiness:
I can write with no guard,
Edit with no fear, and
Eat with no care.
11:15:32 pm: I finished my flash poem, edited and everything. I really wasn't feeling a flash poetry moment but I just loved the way I could just type and type straight for about 8.5 minutes. I knew not to set a time limit for this-- after all I'm writing a poem about having no limits.
Note: I just typed this all out once, with no final edit. I slightly deleted a word or two that didn't 100% convey how I felt during the process in those 7 minutes. But other than that, what you see is what you get
Enjoy! Email me your poems if you don't feel like commenting for the public to see with the blue contact button to the right.
|Posted by Maddie on June 9, 2011 at 3:00 PM
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"Made of Glass"
To watch me while I bleed.
Like the windows, are still broken.
Like I'm made of glass
I will break when shattered
I will feel when touched
I will understand when smashed.
The title of this poem was inspired by a line from a song of the radio station 101.3, aka Z100... The line that caught my attention was "To watch me while I bleed."
Let me know what you think of this Flash poem.
|Posted by Maddie on May 17, 2011 at 2:00 PM
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My poem about Brie in three minutes:
Ready, set, GOOOO!:
Brie Without Rind by Maddie (me)
I spent two minutes on writing the poem. Roughly 30 seconds on the first stanza, 2.25 min on the second. I then proceeded to skim and edit for 15 seconds. I've found a new love for writing quick flash poems. This way, instead of just staring at empty paper with a stationary hand, you are forced to write. Send me your flash poems!!
Enjoy my poem and eat some Brie, Maddie
|Posted by Maddie on May 15, 2011 at 6:45 PM
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Today I wrote my own poem, rather than matching my favorite poets with a cheese I currently like. Here is a 5 minute flash poem I wrote in under 5 minutes (this is an exercise the literary magazine club does for fun...and i have a calculus test tomorrow)...
Cheese: Smoked Mozzarella Poem: "Smoked Mozzerella: Soiled on the Outside"
READY, SET, 5 minutes
Please note that I gave myself 5 minutes--my dad timed me.. and I edited this for a good 30 seconds...
I talk about race in this poem probably because I am learning about the Civil Rights Cases in US History and my English class's elective name is called "Southern Voices."
So, on that note, please do not "judge." I will edit this in the future when I don't have a calculus test the next day.
Email me any suggestions or comments!
Thanks! Maddie
|Posted by Maddie on April 17, 2011 at 5:00 PM
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Here is the link to my video below.
The poem? The Mirror Creates Paper Cutouts. The head of the English Dept at my school chose 4 people out of the entire student body to be chosen to read their poems at Barnes and Noble on April 15. The 4 of us will have our poetry published in "Independent Voices" 2011.
|Posted by Maddie on April 17, 2010 at 11:15 PM
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Post Seven.
Maddie G, "The Decline From Left To Right"
I didn't match it up with a cheese this time, all though when I went to my sister's birthday dinner tonight (because her birthday is on the 19th) I got a cheese plate consisting of 6 cheeses. I wrote down the names on my iPhone:
1. Gorgonzola with lavender honey
2. Beaufort with pistachio brittle
3. Roquefort with mandarin orange jam
4. Chévre
5. Reblochon
6. Boursin
I submitted this to my school's literary magazine for the poetry contest on the theme of Change. Although I did not win, an English teacher emailed me telling me that she enjoyed my poem. I was so happy that day. February 24th 2010 to be the exact date. I had just won club representative in my grade. And then, when I get home, I check my email and get an email from the head of the English department, it said that she wanted me to read my poem in front of the school during a "Prayers." That day was great. When I went on ITunes that night, a song by Taylor Swift, "Today was a Fairytale" was on the top 10. The song name was so perfect with my day that i immediately bought the song and put it on repeat until I played it 24 times because it afterall, was the 24th.
Here is the poem I wrote over Winter Break: As I mentioned in the title of the post, the name of the poem is "The Decline From Left To Right." I did this because my poem does not look like your ordinary poem. My stanzas are indented differently, so I wanted the reader to make sure he/she was reading from left to right...
Click the link to see my poem:
Now do you understand why I made the title a hint to the reader?


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Web definitions
BAC (Bacsfa, Hungarian pronunciation) is a village and municipality in the Dunajsk
Would it be possible to manipulate a breathalyzer and attach it to a lock such that the lock would not open/ or would open when someone breathed a certain BAC. If so, how would one go at this? What would i need besides a breathalyzer???? I own a breathalyzer if a picture of it is needed just ask


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I don't know whether or not you all have heard of Rebecca Black, but… I can't help but feel sorry for her.
Here is a video of an interview of her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjFIzWjT5I4 (embedding disabled by request)
Okay. So she makes a song that "sucks."
According to the video, her song has reached #39 on the iTunes market. That's past Justin Bieber. If Justin Bieber doesn't "suck," then why is her music owning Justin's?
According to an article I read, her parents spent $5,000 to produce the video. Now they're making much more.
The song is "the worst thing" people have ever heard. She has the "worst voice ever."
I know a lot of people who are worse at singing. Even with autotune. But a lot of other artists make bad songs, too, so why feel the need to single one person out?
She's thirteen. She's still going through puberty or whatever, which means that her emotions are probably going awry. I wonder how she sleeps at night.
But whatever. Her music is the epitome of American pop music. When I went to listen to it for the first time, I couldn't tell that this was "bad" music. Most pop music sounds like that. It sucks? Then stop listening to it and stop whining, you baby.
I think we've had enough of making fun of her. We know she's bad. Move on. Justin Bieber, on the other hand, sucks, but some people don't know that. There's a difference.
But then again, Rebecca likes Bieber's music, so……


text: An accomplished financial professional and current president of Hexagon, Inc., Scott Reiman serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations in the Denver area. In particular, Scott Reiman holds a seat on the board of the Denver Art Museum, one of the most prominent art museums in Colorado. Through its conservation programs, Denver Art Museum works hard to preserve the integrity and authenticity of various works of art. Conservation professionals at the Denver Art Museum hail from diverse backgrounds, including art history, science, technical conservation, and many others. Conservation at the Denver Art Museum begins with physical stabilization of artworks, which includes activities such as repairing breaks, replacing missing parts, reinforcing fragile connections, and routine cleaning. Many works of art also undergo preventative conservation, which protects them from natural deterioration. Preventative conservation requires close collaboration among many different museum departments and includes tasks such as creating climate-controlled environments, training in art handling, and ensuring proper light levels.


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I'm sure this won't be the only response you receive regarding your advice to OBGYN, the pro-choice girl whose pro-life boy refused to have intercourse with her unless she agreed to have the baby if she got pregnant. Your advice was totally fucked up. I take what could be considered liberal positions 95 per cent of the time, Dan, but for those of us who are pro-life, a fetus is more than a political issue. It truly is a life.
Obviously, this is the case with OBGYN's boyfriend. What you call his being "controlling," I call his being upfront with his beliefs. If she follows your advice, gets pregnant and has an abortion, she can forget having any real future with this boy. She will have exposed herself as a self-centered liar.
Purple State Girl
I thought my response last week to the guy who wanted to fuck his brother's girlfriend - go for it! - would be the one that sent turds through turbines, not my advice for OBGYN. Gee, I had no idea that abortion was such a contentious issue.
But there's a salient point that my furious readers, pro- and anti-choice, seemed to overlook: I WAS FUCKED UP WHEN I WROTE THAT COLUMN, and I said so: I'm so hung-over I can barely hold my head up. It hurts to think, and I probably shouldn't be operating a laptop in this condition. Still, I stand by my advice, however impaired I was when I wrote it.
What's more, PSG, I specifically reject your characterization of my advice for OBGYN. I didn't advise her to lie to her controlling boyfriend, get pregnant and then have an abortion. Let's go to the videotape: So if you do stay with him, and you agree and/or pretend to agree to his conditions, and you get pregnant, and you do decide to have an abortion, what the hell is he going to do about it? See? I didn't tell her to lie. I merely laid out lying as one of her options. I then went on to tell OBGYN to use condoms, take the pill, get a diaphragm and cross her fingers. If she takes my advice on using every available means of birth control at her disposal, she won't have to worry about getting an abortion.
You told OBGYN to use birth control and cross her fingers. There is no need for luck! She can fully protect herself by doing the basics. Pills or hormone patches used correctly give you 99 per cent protection, and she should be using a condom, too, to protect herself against STDs. If OBGYN takes these two basic precautions, not even the Holy Ghost can get her pregnant.
Over Thirty
Thanks for sharing, OT, but didn't the Holy Ghost knock up at least one teenager already?
OBGYN can avoid conflict with her boyfriend by having anal sex! In the interests of being egalitarian, she should strap it on and fuck his anti-choice ass frequently.
Pink Pearl
Anal sex, of course! Why didn't I think of that?
Actually, I did think of that, and it was in the first draft of my advice to OBGYN: Or let him fuck your ass but only if you get to fuck his ass, too. But I took it out because I didn't want to be accused of promoting anal sex acts to impressionable teenagers. That's Wonkette's job.
I'm sure I won't be the only person who points this out, but if OBGYN continues her relationship with her boyfriend and she does get pregnant, there is a distinct possibility that he could harm her physically. Many thousands of pregnant women get beaten or killed all over the world because what they want to do or have decided about their pregnancies is contrary to what their husbands or boyfriends want. If he's made his preferences clear, it doesn't look like OBGYN has any choice but to stop gambling and find someone who isn't controlling and anti-choice.
Stop Violence Against Women
You make a good point, SVAW, thanks for sharing.
Let me get this straight: A girl LOVES a boy. They have a sincere moral disagreement about abortion. Boy adopts a principled stand, i.e., I won't fuck you unless I know it won't lead to an abortion, a position you endorsed in another column. Girl asks your advice. Your response? Fuck him, what's he gonna do about it? What?!?! You disparage him as controlling. Why? Because he is willing to control his actions based on principle? So your advice to 18-year-old newly minted adults in love is that it's okay to lie to and manipulate each other?
Fed Up
If you hated my published advice to OBGYN, FU, you really would have hated the paragraph I cut that wasn't about anal sex: So your boyfriend is against abortion? Yeah, I bet he is. A lot of boys are when an unplanned pregnancy is an abstraction. You can test his anti-choice resolve by telling him you're already pregnant and then seeing what he says. He may feel a bit differently when fatherhood and child-support payments are staring him in his pimply assed face.
Your excuse for being hung-over while writing your last column (last night's game went into extra innings, so I had extra beers) doesn't seem consistent with the rules regarding alcohol sales at Major League Baseball games. Beer sales end when the seventh inning ends and do not start up again in extra innings. Why lie to your loyal readers?
Beer and Baseball Wizard
Because they're there? Because I can? Just because?
Here's the whole truth, BABW: Our team was losing in the eighth, so we ducked out. On our way to a cab, our team tied it up, so we ducked into a bar. We watched the rest of the game, which went on for extra innings and extra beers.
In your "Advice to 15-Year-Old Gays," Small Town Diva suggested that gay boys and girls join theatre groups because even the strait actors are bi. This is a stereotype. I'm a strait actor and I have more strait actor friends than gay actor friends. If you're gay and want to be an actor, great. But if you're gay and expect every actor you meet to be gay, too, move along.
A Strait Actor
It's been my experience that most straight people can spell the word "straight." But, hey, thanks for sharing, Tom, and give my love to Katie.
As I'm sure you know, there is one foolproof way of assuring a woman has had an orgasm, and it isn't a brain scan. It's visual and one can get a good view from the doggie style position. Wink, wink.
Tim Watches in Tim's Chicago Home
I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about.
You insulted an advice seeker by calling him an unbelievable pussy. What have you got against unbelievable pussy, anyway?
You're not a regular reader of my column, are you?
Send your Savage Love questions to firstname.lastname@example.com


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In the fifth part of our season review of 2014, we turn to the Espargaro brothers. Both Pol and Aleix had excellent seasons, impressing many with their speed. If you would like to read the four previous parts of our season review, they are here: Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso, and Pol Espargaro.
7th – 126 points – Aleix Espargaro
After being the best CRT rider two years running, all Aleix Espargaro wanted was to get a chance to test himself against the best riders on the world on equal machinery.
In 2014, he came very close to doing just that. Riding the Forward Yamaha – basically a 2012 Yamaha YZR-M1 with bodywork, triple clamps, linkage, and other peripheral parts built by FTR – in the Open class put the elder Espargaro brother on a bike which was fast enough to scare factory Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo into demanding that Yamaha seriously consider switching to the Open class.
As the season progressed, it would become apparent that there were still serious performance differences between the Forward Yamaha and the factory bikes. Yet Aleix Espargaro still ended the year having impressed a lot of people, and earning himself a factory ride for 2015.
It wasn't all plain sailing, though. Espargaro generated a lot of excitement during preseason testing, consistently elbowing his way into the top five, and topping the Qatar test when the factory riders were absent.


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Spice Girls tipped for Olympic reunion
- Bang Showbiz
- 27 April 2011
Geri Halliwell wants the Spice Girls to reunite to perform at the opening ceremony of next year's Olympic Games in London
Geri Halliwell wants the Spice Girls to reunite for next year's Olympic Games.
The singer - who famously quit the group in 1998 before they all got back together for a world tour in 2007 - thinks they should appear at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 summer games, as it will help put British music back on the map.
She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "The Spice Girls are part of me and always will be. If it happened and felt natural and right, then I'm always open to singing with the other girls.
"Singing at the Games is a great idea and would be an amazing opportunity - and it's a sign the Brits are back. This is our time. Everything is circular and now there's a British pop revival.
"It needs to put itself back on the map on a world stage. This is our opportunity to show that British music, which has led and dominated the world, should do, always."
While the Spice Girls - also made up of Victoria Beckham, Mel B, Mel C and Emma Bunton - are one of the acts in the frame to appear at the opening ceremony, indie band Coldplay are said to have been approached to perform an especially written anthem, 'Welcome Song'.
Other singers considered to appear include Joss Stone, rockers Muse and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn.


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Henry meets with his advisor, Mick, about the upcoming December 31 deadline to recognize income from his offshore fees. Mick suggests making a charitable donation to offset the $7 million that he will have to recognize this year from his deferred offshore funds in addition to the $1 million he will have to report from other income sources. After reviewing his current assets, Mick suggests that Henry consider making a charitable gift of his highly appreciated real estate. By making a charitable gift of the land, he will be able to avoid tax on the gain and also offset his tax bill with the charitable income tax deduction. The real estate's fair market value is $4 million. By gifting the property before the end of 2017, Henry will receive a $4 million charitable income tax deduction to help offset the tax on his deferred overseas income. Note that, because the real estate is an appreciated property gift, he can use the charitable deduction up to 30% of his adjusted gross income in 2017. Therefore, he can deduct $2.4 million this year and carry forward the remaining $1.6 million to use for up to five additional years.
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Henry knows that the December 31 deadline is looming and he wants to find a way to reduce his 2017 tax bill. Henry likes the idea of setting up a private foundation and wants to encourage his kids to live philanthropic lives. However, he realizes that the time, effort and cost of setting up a private foundation simply does not align with his planning goals this year. His advisor, Mick, suggests creating a donor advised fund with the local community foundation instead. Mick explains that Henry could transfer cash and appreciated property to the DAF and then recommend grants to different organizations without having to go through the lengthy and expensive process of setting up a private foundation. He will receive a charitable income tax deduction for the full value of the assets transferred to the DAF and will be able to avoid capital gains tax on the appreciated property used to fund the DAF. Henry not only likes the tax benefits of this plan, but also sees this as a great way to plant a philanthropic seed in the hearts of his children by naming them successor advisors to the fund.
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Henry knows that he needs an income tax deduction this year to offset the taxes that will be due on his deferred offshore fees. However, he has also been looking into ways to support his favorite charity and receive a stream of income later in life. His advisor, Mick, discussed the possibility of funding a NIMCRUT for the lives of Henry and his wife Sally with some highly appreciated tech stock that Henry purchased many years ago. The stock is currently valued at approximately $5 million. By transferring the stock to the NIMCRUT, Henry and Sally will receive a $1,690,500 income tax deduction and will be able to avoid paying tax on the gain when the trust sells the stock. Because Henry and Sally are both in their mid-60s and are not in need of an income stream at this moment, they plan on investing the trust in growth assets until they reach age 80. At that time, the value of the trust will have increased and their 5% trust payments will be approximately $625,000 with estimated lifetime income from the trust of $9,264,000 over their joint lives.
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Henry and his advisor Mick have been discussing various charitable strategies to ease the tax burden he will be facing this year. Henry knows that one of his primary long-term goals is to provide financial security for his two children and asks Mick if there is a charitable plan that would generate an income tax deduction and also enable him to transfer a substantial amount of wealth to his children in the future. Mick suggests that Henry consider funding a super CLAT. If Henry were to transfer the $4 million real estate along with $1 million cash to a CLAT that will make a fixed 5% or $250,000 payment to his favorite charities for a 15-year term, he will receive a $3,164,775 deduction and be able to pass the trust's remainder to his children at reduced gift and estate tax costs. Between the tax savings and the trust's estimated remainder value of $6,163,798, Henry will receive the deduction that he is looking for this year and also meet his goal of transferring valuable assets to his children.
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2010 GMC Terrain: Gettin' The Tree
December 15, 2010
Sunday was Christmas Tree Day at the Oldhams. And that's our just plucked 10-footer atop our long-term 2010 GMC Terrain.
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Jokes aside, the Terrain was perfect for this kind of task. And it performed other family duties perfectly all weekend, which is of course job one of a vehicle like this.
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Government probe of CCTV hotel fire
EmptyChina has called for a new investigation into the deadly fire that destroyed the hotel on the new compound at state broadcaster China Central Television.
The blaze that gutted the nearly completed 5 billion yuan ($730 million) Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Feb. 9 killed one firefighter and left a charred eyesore next to the broadcaster's new Rem Koolhass-designed headquarters, scheduled to open this year.
The fire "caused great damage, about which leading central government comrades were very concerned," said Huang Yi, spokesman for the State Administration of Work Safety.
The government investigation will build on an earlier probe by the Beijing city authority and deal with those responsible, Huang said in a statement posted to the administration's Web site.
Historically, investigations ordered from high up in China's communist government indicate a high level of political sensitivity and embarrassment at the loss of life or state resources.
A dozen people were arrested in March in connection with the fire set off by illegal fireworks on the roof of the 30-story hotel, a display paid for by CCTV to mark the end of the Lunar New Year festivities.
Among those arrested and facing up to seven years in prison were Xu Wei, the former head of CCTV's construction bureau, and eight employees of the Sanxiang fireworks company from south Hunan province.
News reports have alleged that Xu ordered that powerful pyrotechnics be used and ignored safety warnings. Business magazine Caijing earlier reported multiple conflicts of interest involving companies run by or related to Xu, including the building's construction firm.
Since apologizing for the disaster, CCTV has done little follow-up reporting, and employees say they have been told not to discuss it.
In an interview with the Xinhua news agency, Huang said the administration would set up a public work safety complaints hotline, investigate accidents and report progress to the public through the media as soon as possible.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Diana Ang is an architect with interest in urban development of emerging regions. Before coming to MIT, she worked at OMA in Hong Kong for four years on exhibitions, building designs, and masterplans in Indonesia, Vietnam, China, and Australia. She also co-founded Creative Public Spaces Program, an enterprise which initiates the creation of temporary and permanent public spaces with pilot projects in Jakarta, Indonesia. In addition, she has previously worked at Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects in New York, K2LD Architects in Singapore, and Budi Lim Architects in Jakarta.
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Advantages of Sole Proprietorship Businesses
Sole Proprietorship Advantages:
So, many of you out there might be considering on opening up your own sole proprietorship type business. With any type of business you start out, there will be advantages and disadvantages. So let us go over the basic advantages of this particular business, sole proprietorship.
1. You are your own boss. Always and forever. What exactly does this mean? You call the shots when it comes to decision making in your business. If something succeeds, you can credit yourself and pat yourself on the back. At the same time though, if you fail at something, the blame is on no one else other than yourself. Also with you being your own boss, you get to choose your hours. That's particularly one of my favorite parts of being my own boss!
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I'm currently in the "ramping up" phase of my job, and last week I spent a fair amount of time playing around with DirectShow from C#.
DirectShow is an interesting technology that provides a sort of "building block" approach to multimedia. You create a DirectShow graph, populate it with different filters, hook them together, and start the whole process in motion. DirectShow handles the mechanics of getting the different parts talking to each other so data can flow through the system.
If, for example, you wanted to capture some audio and save it to the disk in WMA format. You'd start with an audio input filter, which has an output pin. You'd wire that output pin to the input pin of a WMA encoder, and then wire the output pin of the encoder to the input pin of the FileStream filter, and that would give you the basic graph. Select which input you want, tell the graph to play, and your app is up and savin' data.
Want to add a little reverb? Hook in the reverb filter.
Video is similar - you hook things up together, and DShow handles passing things around. There's a cool workbench app named GraphEdit (graphedt.exe) that lets you graphically play around, and is a great way to find out what works before you write code.
All of this is explained quite well in "Programming Microsoft DirectShow for Digital Video and Television"
There are some managed DirectX wrappers in the DX9 SDK, but there aren't any available for DirectShow. I think I know why, but I'll save that for later...
I set out to try to use C# from DirectShow, to emulate some of the C++ samples. The first problem is defining the COM interfaces. I've spent some time trying to define interfaces by hand in the past, but that hasn't been very successful. I searched for a typelib, but didn't find one.
I did, however, find something that is a little better - the .IDL files. IDL files provide the definition of COM interfaces, and in this case are used to generate the C++ header files. They can also be used as input to MIDL, which produces a type library, which can be consumed by tlbimp to produce managed wrappers, which allows us all to go home early.
They can if they've been set up to do that. But this IDL wasn't authored to produce a typelib, so it doesn't generate one by default. To do that, you need a library statement, which tells MIDL what to put in the typelib. Here's what I put in an IDL file:
import "devenum.idl";
import "axcore.idl";
import "axextend.idl";
helpstring("DirectShow interfaces")
library DirectShow
interface IFilterGraph;
interface ICreateDevEnum;
interface IGraphBuilder;
interface ICaptureGraphBuilder2;
interface IFileSinkFilter;
interface IFileSinkFilter2;
interface IAMAudioInputMixer;
You have to have a GUID there for it to work.
When run through MIDL, this gave me the typelib, which gave me a wrapper with some of the types I needed. You'll also need to add quartz.dll from windows\system32, which does have type information, so that you can get some of the other types.
Once you've got that set up, you can start writing code. The C++ COM code in the samples is like most C++ COM code - ugly and hard to understand. But it's not that bad in C#.
To create a COM object, you need to write:
Type t = Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(guid);
IGraphBuilder graphBuilder = (IGraphBuilder) Activator.CreateInstance(t);
The guid is a Guid instance, and you get the Guid to use by looking in the include files or copying it from GraphEdit. That's a bit ugly, so I wrote this little helper function:
private T CreateComObject<T>(Guid guid) where T: class|
Type comType = Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(guid);
object o = Activator.CreateInstance(comType);
if (o == null)
return null;
return (T) o;
Which then allows me just to write:
IGraphBuilder graphBuilder =
That's a nice little use of a generic method.
Sometimes, you want an interface off an object rather than a new object. You can do that through a simple cast.
Up to this point, things are fairly easy, and it makes you wonder why there's no managed interface to this stuff. Some of the real power comes when you want to write a filter, which could do something convert a picture to grayscale. While one could write a filter in C#, one would have to be pretty daft to try it, given that there are lots of helper classes in C++ that you'd have to rewrite in C++ (ok, perhaps MC++ could help...). My guess is that that's why there are no managed wrappers.


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Goals have been hard to come by for the Kings of late.
But no one is struggling more than forward Marian Gaborik, the goal-scoring hero of their 2014 playoff run. Gaborik has lost his spot on the top line to forward Tyler Toffoli and even when Kings Coach Darryl Sutter was juggling his lines at the end of Thursday's 3-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild, it was Dustin Brown who had a cameo beside center Anze Kopitar.
Gaborik has not scored a goal in January and has been limited to two assists this month. His ice time, consequently, has fallen off, hitting a season-low 10 minutes 6 seconds Tuesday against Dallas.
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Jaipur Literature Festival 2010
This was the fifth literature festival in the pink city Jaipur. Jaipur Literature Festival 2010 was the first one that I attended. Before I decided to go, I had read about the sessions last year. And ones that were planned for this year. I was really looking forward to attending this festival.
Jaipur Literature Festival 2010
I attended the first three days of the festival out of the total five days. Here are some of my random observations:
- Festival was extremely well organized. Even the last minute changes or disruptions due to speakers not being able to reach were brilliantly managed.
- All sessions began more or less on time and definitely finished on time. So there was no jeopardizing of one session by the other or of more popular sessions by the not so popular ones. There was time kept for the audience interactions in each session. Making it a participative festival rather than the one where you go and only listen to the speakers.
- The festival has probably outgrown its venue Diggi Palace and would need a bigger venue next year.
- Poetry sessions, especially by Gulzar and other Hindi poets were a total delight.
- The musicals in the evening were hand-picked and catered to all kinds of taste.
- The festival had the right representation of the local Rajasthan literature, Hindi literature, translations, though it was primarily was for the English language.
- The Audience had a large percentage of global population. This meant that all non-English sessions had to be translated all the time. But that's how the global world going forward would be. It is also indicative of the cultural mix of the readers and authors in India and maybe the world.
- The discussions could have had more depth given the people participating in them. But then there was limited time available.
- The stalls of handicrafts, paintings, bookstores, ethnic decor and book launches gave the whole festival a Mela like look.
- It was a complete democratic setup, at one point in time Vasundhara Raje Scindia was standing and attending the session and there was no pressure to vacate the seat for her. All the celebrities were floating around and mingling with the crowds.
- Celerity quotient can be brought down probably. It adds all the glamour to the festival, but a bit at the cost of the substance.
If you love the written word you would enjoy being there at the festival.
I look forward to attending it again maybe in 2012.https://www.anureviews.com/jaipur-literature-festival-2010/https://www.anureviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/DSC04610-1024x768.jpghttps://www.anureviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/DSC04610-150x150.jpgEventsThis was the fifth literature festival in the pink city Jaipur. Jaipur Literature Festival 2010 was the first one that I attended. Before I decided to go, I had read about the sessions last year. And ones that were planned for this year. I was really looking forward to...Anuradha GoyalAnuradha Goyal[email protected]AdministratorAnuradha Goyal is the author of 'The Mouse Charmers - Digital Pioneers of India' , a travel blogger and an Innovation consultant. AnuReviews - her book reviews blog finds a place in Limca Book of Records for being India's biggest book reviews blog. Know More ...Anu Reviews


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German Chancellor Adolf Hitler reoccupies the Rhineland and denounces the Locarno Pact in 1936. The signing of the Locarno Treaties in London, England in 1925. Officials arrive at the building where the Locarno Treaties are to be signed. Chancellor Hans Luther of Germany affixes his signature to the Locarno Treaty assuring peace to all the principal countries of Europe. At the head of the table in the center are Stanley Baldwin and Sir Austin Chamberlain, leaders of the British Delegation. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles on 7th March 1936 by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. German troops march over the Hohenzollern bridge in Cologne, Germany. The troops march along a road. Cologne Cathedral in the background. A German crowd cheers as the troops parade. Swastika banners hang from buildings. German troops parading in Dusseldorf. The troops on horseback and horse-carriages pass along narrow streets of Dusseldorf. Parading troops are cheered by a crowd in Frankfurt am Main. German troops parade in front of a building during a wreath laying ceremony followed by Chancellor Hitler and other Nazi officials. Newspaper headlines about Hitler denouncing the Locarno Pact. A government minister with press. French Prime Minister Albert Sarraut at a microphone reassures the security of France. Belgium soldiers march along a street.
Athletic events at the 1936 track events between the USA and Great Britain in London, England, United Kingdom. The athletes of various participating nations during the march-past. Athletes on the mark for the men's race to begin. They run along the track, while the spectators cheer.
Athletes running the marathon race during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin (Eleventh Olympiad). Spectators cheer. A man delivering race commentary. Kitel Son of Japan wins marathon race; Ernest Harper of England comes in second; Shoryu Nan of Japan, Third; Erkki Tamila of Finland, fourth; Vaino Muinonen of Finland, fifth; Johannes Coleman of South Africa, sixth.
The men's hurdle race and relay race events at the 1936 track events between the USA and Great Britain in London. The cheering spectators enjoying the event and wave at the athletes. A close competition between the athletes. Outside the stadium a crowd in line waiting for the ticket and entrance into the stadium. Police officials can also be seen.


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UFO Sighting in Stockton on tees, England on 2015-08-01 18:00:00 - Cross like shape in 3d
I was working in a back garden of s customer of mine. i caught sight of something in the sky which looked as if it was approximately 200 feet above me. my customer was in the garden with me and i immediately pointed the object out to them. the response from my customer was, quote "maybe it's a ufo". we watched it move across the sky silently for around a minute. i felt very shocked but excited at the same time. the reason i'm telling this now is because on tv last night,27/06/2017 a program called ufo hunters was on the h2 channel. it was series 1 episode 3 and it featured what looked like the exact same ufo that i witnessed. there was a guy trying to decide wether the photographs were real or faked. i can 100% say that what i saw was very real but unfortunately could not see any symbols or letters on it because of the distance away from me. i took my mobile phone from my pocket to try to record it but was too late by the time the camera had tried to focus.
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11 – 13 Hamilton Street, Girvan KA26 9EY
Phone number: 01465 712399
This family owned business
has been baking their produce fresh every morning since its establishment in
1966. With travellers coming far and wide to taste their delights it is no
surprise they won bronze and silver at the Scottish baker of the Year Awards
2012 for their morning rolls and ginger buns. The Hamilton Street shop where
the goods are baked closes at 12, but do not despair, the other outlets are
open until 5 in the evening, giving you plenty time to grab a cream bun!
Other Addresses
119 Dalrymple Street, Girvan KA26 9PS
4 Glendoune Street, Girvan KA26 0AB