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University of Virginia scientists will lead a mapping and modeling project that could help answer an important question in climate change research: How does land use affect the planet's climate?

"There are global implications for every land use decision," said Deborah Lawrence, an environmental scientist at UVa. Most of these decisions are made in terms of economics; Lawrence said she wants to get the international community talking about the way those decisions - clearing forest to make way for agriculture or urban areas, for example - fit into the context of climate change.

"How do we use the land?" Lawrence said. "Let's consider the fact that it's going to affect the climate."

Land-cover change and climate are part of the same feedback loop, Lawrence said. Changes to Earth's surface, especially clearing forest, affect the reflectivity of the planet's surface and the water cycle, which can contribute to climate change and affect natural habitats, she said.

Switching to biofuels frequently is touted as a way to help slow climate change, but this could have unforeseen consequences, according to Lawrence. Increased reliance on biofuels could mean converting more land to farmland. That, as well as the additional food needed for an increasing population, could affect the global climate, she said.

Maintaining this delicate balance is what the project is all about. Lawrence and her team, which includes other UVa faculty and scientists from China, Russia and Canada, will use computer models devised by the National Center for Atmospheric Research to look for the right balance between forest, urban and agricultural land use. They also can see what happens in a variety of hypothetical situations, such as dedicating a large part of the remaining usable land to biofuel production.

"There's a cooling effect, but there's also a big carbon loss - is that offset by the cooling?" Lawrence said. "It gives us a window to look at a future world."

The model is extremely complex. It splits Earth's land surface into about 260,000 cells with sides 50 to 100 kilometers long. Each cell has different proportions of forested, bare, urban and agricultural land, which affect thousands of other variables, including reflectivity, water runoff and water cycled into the atmosphere. All of these things change when the land use inside a cell is altered.

Decisions on how to use millions of square miles of land can't be made by any one person or entity, but Lawrence said she hopes to give policymakers a starting point. They already talk about land use planning, she said, just not in the context of climate change. And although they're getting better at monitoring carbon dioxide buildup and its effect on climate, most policymakers don't think about the way land use connects to climate change.

"The issue is, for some reason, people are not dealing with the biosphere as much," Lawrence said. "There's always room to be thinking bigger."

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Will Lim Guan Eng's administration fulfill the late Karpal's two requests on the illegal land clearing in Bukit Relau and also challenge the ban on non-Muslims from using certain words?

GEORGE TOWN: Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM) vice president Huan Cheng Guan wants the Penang government to fulfill two last wishes of the late Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh.

He wants Chief Minister Lim Guan Engs administration to take stern action against the culprits responsible for the illegal land clearing of Bukit Relau in Jalan Bukit Gambir.

Secondly, he demanded the DAP government to use its two-third majority in the state assembly to challenge the ban by the Penang Muftis Department on non-Muslims using 40 Arabic terms in the state.

Firing the first salvo after announcing his candidacy for the Bukit Gelugor parliamentary by-election here today, Huan pointed out that Karpal made the first wish last July and the second in January this year.

Can the Penang government honour and fulfill the late Karpal Singhs last two requests to the Penang leadership which went unheeded? he asked.

The virtual balding of Bukit Relau went unnoticed until Seri Delima assemblyman RSN Rayer highlighted it in the press mid-last year. The developer was fined RM30,000, which the late Karpal described as slap on the wrist.

As for the Arabic words, the terms banned are solat, surau, masjid, Allah, Firman Allah, ulama, hadith, ibadah, Kaabah, Qadhi, Illahi, wahyu, mubaligh, Syariah, Qiblat, Haji, mufti, Rasul, Iman, dakwah, wali, fatwa, Imam, Nabi, Sheikh, Khutbah, Tabligh, akhirat, azan, Al Quran, As Sunnah, Auliya, Karamah, Syahadah, Baitullah, Musolla, zakat hitrah, Hajah, taqwa and soleh.

The words were decreed by the mufti as provided under subsection 48(3) and (4) of the Penang Islamic Religious Administration Enactment 2004, as exclusive to Muslims, prohibiting non-Muslims in Penang from using them.

The decree was enforced on April 29, 2010.

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WITH an eye-stopping, glittering chandelier, it is difficult to believe that just a few months ago this was an old bakery.

Sticky floors, covered in flour and sugar, the stainless steel remains of the kitchen and a metal flue disappearing out the back wall are all gone, replaced by a wonderful world of interior delights to feast your eyes upon.

Just opened today, the new Chelsea McLaine showroom at 76 Hyndland Road in the West End is a bit of a tardis. From the outside it looks like a fairly small shopfront but inside the main room, with ideas for the sitting room, leads to an impeccably styled kitchen and a bathroom as well as a dining room.

A sumptuous sofa and armchairs have just arrived from London and the finishing touches are being made when Margo Paton, the Glasgow-based interior designer behind the business, takes a break to talk about the new store.

She opened the first Chelsea McLaine store in Milngavie Road, Bearsden, more than 20 years ago, building up a business with clients all over Scotland, including big names in the worlds of business and sport, and as far afield as Miami and Sweden.

This new branch showcases the wealth of design inspiration on offer and some of the pieces of furniture, as well as mirrors and lighting, available to buy that you might not find anywhere else in the city. There is also the new Christian Lacroix interiors range as well as Ralph Lauren, Osborne & Little, Dedar, Elitis and Alessi.

"We have everything from an architect to every possible type of tradesperson and we've worked with them all for quite some time," explains Margo. "We have completely rebuilt this place and it showcases the work they do; it has been transformed."

The bright dining room space at the back of the shop has been called the Larsen Room, a tribute to the work of US textiles designer Jack Larsen.

"The work is now distributed by Colefax & Fowler in London and we just really love the products, they work for us and for a lot of our clients," says Margo. "They have two different looks; one is quite glamorous with beautiful silks, lots of neutral colours, richness, embroidery and textures. It has so much longevity, you could put it into your house and 10 years later you could still be working with it.

"The other look is quite colourful but they sit well together; linens and cottons, less glamorous but really inspirational colour mixes."

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The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has announced Dr. So-Yeon Yoon, IIDA, as its 2014 Educator of the Year. An associate professor at Cornell University, Yoon uses emerging technology in her research to explore the human response to both physical and virtual built environments.

Yoon started her career as an interior designer in South Korea, eventually working as an assistant architect before relocating to Columbia, Missouri, to serve as a designer and CAD administrator. After earning her second masters degree for environmental design at the University of Missouri, she returned to South Korea to teach at the University of Ulsans School of Design. She moved back to the United States to instruct at University of Missouri-Columbia, where she directed the Design with Digital Media program. Yoon holds a Ph.D. in information technology with an emphasis on human computer interaction.

Her broad perspective on design and on the world at large is impressive, and shes using that expertise to take her students into new and exciting territory, Carlos Martinez, principal with Gensler and an award juror, said in a statement. Shes an integrator who believes in the value of cross-disciplinary thinking, and offers her students a well-rounded understanding of conceptual design, technical expertise, and experiential awareness.

As educator of the year, Yoon receives a $10,000 cash prize and a complimentary 2015 IIDA membership. She will formally receive the award at the IIDA Annual Meeting on June 8 in Chicago.

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