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Are haunted houses real?
\"Presents famous haunted houses such as the Borley Rectory, the White House, and the Amityville horror, and briefly examines the claims, some of which have no scientific explanation and some of which were hoaxes\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Anja Štefan: Author–Slovenia
Houses are one of those things that I seem to be drawn to all the time. There is something about these houses. They are a shelter, and a shelter is something we all seek and is linked with a sense of security and strength.
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A house that once was
Two children explore an abandoned house and imagine the lives of the people who used to live there.
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The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming
Even as the evidence of global warming mounts, the international response to this serious threat is coming unraveled. The United States has formally withdrawn from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol; other key nations are facing difficulty in meeting their Kyoto commitments; and developing countries face no limit on their emissions of the gases that cause global warming. In this clear and cogent book-reissued in paperback with an afterword that comments on recent events--David Victor explains why the Kyoto Protocol was never likely to become an effective legal instrument. He explores how its collapse offers opportunities to establish a more realistic alternative.
Global warming continues to dominate environmental news as legislatures worldwide grapple with the process of ratification of the December 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The collapse of the November 2000 conference at the Hague showed clearly how difficult it will be to bring the Kyoto treaty into force. Yet most politicians, policymakers, and analysts hailed it as a vital first step in slowing greenhouse warming. David Victor was not among them.
Kyoto's fatal flaw, Victor argues, is that it can work only if emissions trading works. The Protocol requires industrialized nations to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases to specific targets. Crucially, the Protocol also provides for so-called \"emissions trading,\" whereby nations could offset the need for rapid cuts in their own emissions by buying emissions credits from other countries. But starting this trading system would require creating emission permits worth two trillion dollars--the largest single invention of assets by voluntary international treaty in world history. Even if it were politically possible to distribute such astronomical sums, the Protocol does not provide for adequate monitoring and enforcement of these new property rights. Nor does it offer an achievable plan for allocating new permits, which would be essential if the system were expanded to include developing countries.
The collapse of the Kyoto Protocol--which Victor views as inevitable--will provide the political space to rethink strategy. Better alternatives would focus on policies that control emissions, such as emission taxes. Though economically sensible, however, a pure tax approach is impossible to monitor in practice. Thus, the author proposes a hybrid in which governments set targets for both emission quantities and tax levels. This offers the important advantages of both emission trading and taxes without the debilitating drawbacks of each.
Individuals at all levels of environmental science, economics, public policy, and politics-from students to professionals--and anyone else hoping to participate in the debate over how to slow global warming will want to read this book.
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Building community : new apartment architecture
This is the first survey in many years to explore contemporary apartments not as raw canvases for interior decoration but as a building type of growing significance. An introduction presents the history of multiple-occupancy housing through its most innovative 20th-century exemplars, from the urbane blocks of Auguste Perret and Henri Sauvage in Paris, to the landscaped housing estates of Weimar Germany and the visionary schemes of Le Corbusier. The heart of the book features 38 recent and ongoing projects, designed by leading international studios and rising talents. Buildings range from social housing and micro apartments to \"vertical villages\", megastructures and luxury high-rises.
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ADVANTAGES OF MUTUAL AID HOUSES IN ROMANIA ACCORDING TO NON-BANKING FINANCIAL SERVICES USERS
Mutual Aid Houses enjoy a long presence on the Romanian market of non-banking services. Unlike mutual organizations from other European countries, in Romania mutual organizations have a much narrower field of activity. They may loan and provide an array of social services to members. Our study aims to highlight the benefits of Mutual Aid Houses as a support of person’s preference to this form of association and financial loan. After a briefly presentation of the situation of Mutual Aid Houses in Romania, based on statistical data, we show the results of a qualitative study based on in-depth interview, conducted in a Mutual Aid House for employees. The purpose of this case study is to highlight the perception that members of the Mutual Aid House have on services provided, the extent to which these services are used by members, as well as the appreciation they show to a number of attributes that define the offer of the Mutual Aid House. In addition, our analysis brings information by outlining the main aspects that define the presence of Mutual Aid Houses on the market of non-banking services, through a detailed presentation of the situation of a Mutual Aid House of employees and especially by highlighting opinions of its members regarding the offer advantages, elements contributing ultimately to a better understanding of Mutual Aid Houses position among non-banking financial institutions.
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House held up by trees
A man whose children have grown up and moved away continues his lifelong obsession with keeping his yard free from plants or trees until he, too, moves away, resulting in a yard filled with trees.
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La influencia del Reino de Mallorca en el protocolo actual en España
Las Leyes Palatinas han sido fuente de inspiración para todas las casas reales europeas; grandes reinos han seguido la misma organización que aparece en las leyes del rey de Mallorca para formar y planificar su propia casa. La Casa de su Majestad el Rey tiene una figura esencial que es el jefe de la Casa, subordinados a este oficio siguen el resto, en donde no pasan desapercibidos los cuatro oficios más destacados de las Leyes Palatinas: mayordomo, camarlengo, canciller y maestro racional. Evidentemente, las casas reales se han ido modernizando según los tiempos, sin embargo, los oficios que estableció el rey Jaume III en La Almudaina (Palma de Mallorca) siguen vigentes aún hoy, en pleno siglo XXI. Es en las Leyes Palatinas de 1337 dónde podemos encontrar por primera vez en un texto escrito, cómo se organiza la corte de un monarca en su palacio. Durante siglos hemos podido comprobar que, otras casas reales, siguen la misma organización palatina, siguiendo el mismo orden y jerarquía que aparece en las Leges Palatinas de Jaime III. La Casa Real española actual no es diferente, pues hay una clara inspiración en el texto mallorquín, ya que los oficios y la organización de la casa del rey Felipe VI, son prácticamente los mismo que ya existían en la corte de Jaume III de Mallorca.
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In a dark, dark house
Simple words, rebus pictures, and flash cards make learning to read easy in this tale of a little boy in a haunted house.
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Numerical Study on the Impact of Reservoir Heterogeneity on Utilization of CO2 and Optimization Strategies in Low-Permeability Reservoirs
The intensification of the global climate crisis has thrust the imperative of controlling greenhouse gas emissions into the spotlight, commanding the attention of individuals, industries, and nations alike. Reducing carbon emissions and maximizing carbon utilization have assumed paramount significance in the contemporary industrial landscape. Within this overarching context, Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) technology has emerged as a transformative and pivotal means of addressing the multifaceted challenges posed by escalating emissions.Among the diverse CCUS methodologies, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has distinguished itself as an up-and-coming technique, offering economic viability and environmental impact. Simultaneously, enhanced gas recovery (EGR) has recently gained momentum due to its remarkable potential as a negative carbon technology.This study employs an integrated approach to gain a deeper and more precise understanding of how reservoir heterogeneity influences the geological utilization of CO2.It commences with the utilization of FLAC3D and the \"gast\" tool in R language to generate comprehensive data fields that quantitatively characterize heterogeneity in terms of porosity standard deviation and correlation length. Subsequently, the research conducts a comprehensive and methodical analysis of how heterogeneity impacts CO2 gas displacement.
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