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- La Yuca small scale renewable energy 2011
- La Yuca small scale renewable energy 2012
- Lab Tests of Fired Clay Stoves the Economics of Improved Stoves and Steady State Heat Loss from Massive Stoves
- Laboratory and Field Testing of Monolithic Mud Stoves
- AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Land Clearance
- Lavado de manos
- Less Smoky Rooms
- AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Leucaena
- LifeStraw
- Light Up The World
- List of appropriate technology organizations
- Local Experience with MicroHydro Technology
- Lorena Owner-Built Stoves
- Low Cost Development of Small Water Power Sites
- Low Cost Passive Solar Greenhouses
- Low Cost Physiotherapy Aids
- Low Cost Science Teaching Equipment
- Low Cost Wind Speed Indicator. Brace Research Institute
- Low Cost Windmill for Developing Nations
- Low-tech Magazine
- AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Make Your Own Precision Milled Lumber from Logs and Trees: Alaskan MKII
- Making Aquatic Weeds Useful
- Manege: Animal-Driven Power Gear
- Manual for the Design of a Simple Mechanical Water-Hydraulic Speed Governor
- AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Manual of Reforestation and Erosion Control for the Philippines
- Manual of Rural Wood Preservation
- Manual para la Construccion de la CETARam
- Mass production for appropriate technologies
- Matching of Wind Rotors to Low Power Electrical Generators
- Menstrual pads
- Meredith Thring
- Micro - Hydropower Schemes in Pakistan
- Micro Hydro electric power
- Micro Pelton Turbines
- MicroHydro Power: Reviewing an Old Concept
- MicroHydro: Civil Engineering Aspects
- Microhydropower Handbook Volume 233
- Microhydropower Handbook Volume 234
- MicroHydropower Sourcebook
- Mill Drawings
- Mini Hydro Power Stations
- Model Boilers and Boilermaking
- Model Stationary and Marine Steam Engines
- Modern Stoves for All
- More With Less
- User:Morgana.sianipar
- Mud Brick Roofs
- Mud Mud
- Multi-functional platform
- Multi-Purpose Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Basic Information
- MultiPurpose Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Operation and Maintenance Manual
- AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Natural Durability and Preservation of One Hundred Tropical African Woods
- Nepal: Private Sector Approach to Implementing MicroHydropower Schemes
- New Himalayan Water Wheel
- New Nepali Cooking Stoves
- New UNESCO Source Book for Science Teaching
- Non-wiki collaborative sites for open appropriate technogy
- Nuevas Tecnicas de Construccion con Bambu
- On Watermills in Central Crete
- One Pot Two Pot...Jackpot
- Open patents and social structures for open design
- Open Source 3-D Printers: An Appropriate Technology for Developing Communities
- Open Source Appropriate Technology
- Open Source Appropriate Technology Literature Review
- Optimization and CFD analysis of wind-powered water pump system
- Optimization and Characteristics of a Sailwing Windmill Rotor
- Overshot and Current Water Wheels
- Painting Inside and Out
- Pais Hexayurt
- Pampu ya kamba
- Papercrete vs. StrawBale
- Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
- Original:Peace Corps appropriate community technology
- Pearce publications in sustainable development and open source appropriate technology
- Pedal Power: In Work Leisure and Transportation
- Pelton Micro-Hydro Prototype Design
- AT Sourcebook/Forestry/People and Trees
- Performance Test of a Savonius Rotor
- Personal Transport for Disabled People
- Perspectives on Non formal Adult Learning
- Philippine Medicinal Plants in Common Use
- Piston Water Pump
- AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Planning for Agroforestry
- Plastic Sheeting for Emergency Shelter and Other Purposes
- Pole Buildings in Papua New Guinea
- Popular Manual for Wooden House Construction
- Post-harvest loss
- Practical Action Technical Briefs
- Practical Shellfish Farming
- Preserving Food by Drying
- Principles of appropriate technology
- Proceedings of the Conference on Energy-Conserving, Solar-Heated Greenhouses
- Proceedings of the Meeting of the Expert Working Group on the Use of Solar and Wind Energy
- Profitable Cage Culture
- Raising Fresh Fish in Your Home Waters
- Rammed earth
- Rattan and Bamboo
- Rays of Hope
- Reaching Up, Reaching Out: A Guide to Organizing Local Solar Events
- Reference Material for Health Auxiliaries and Their Teachers
- ReNew Magazine
- Renewable Energy Research in India
- Renewable Energy Resources and Rural Applications in the Developing World
- Renewable Sources of Energy: Biogas
- Report on the Design and Operation of a Full-Scale Anaerobic Dairy Manure Digester
- Report on Training of District Extensionists
- Rice Husk Ash Cement
- Rice Husk Conversion to Energy
- Rice Husks as a Fuel
- Roof Constructions for Housing in Developing Countries
- Roofing in Developing Countries
- Rope pumps
- Rotor Design for Horizontal Axis Windmills
- Running a Biogas Programme
- Rural Building: Basic Knowledge
- Rural Building: Construction
- Rural Building: Drawing Book
- Rural Building: Reference Book
- Sahores Windmill Pump
- Sanitation
- Saruji ya udongo
- AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Savanna Afforestation in Africa
- Savonius Rotor Construction: Vertical Axis Wind Machines from Oil Drums
- Sawdust Burning Space-Heater Stove
- Selecting Water-Pumping Windmills
- Selection of Materials for Burnt Clay Brick Manufacture
- Self-Help Construction of 1-Story Buildings
- Self-Help Practices in Housing
- Set of Construction Drawings for PU350 and PU500 Windmills
- Shaft Lime Kiln
- Shelter
- Shelter II
- Siemens Stiftung competition: empowering people. Award
- Simple Bridge Structures
- Simple Dental Care for Rural Hospitals
- Simplified Wind Power Systems for Experimenters
- AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Small and Medium Sawmills in Developing Countries
- Small Earth Dams
- Small Hydroelectric Powerplants
- Small Hydropower for Asian Rural Development
- Small Is Beautiful
- Small Michell (Banki) Turbine: A Construction Manual
- Small Scale Brickmaking
- Small Scale Hydropower Technologies
- Small Scale Lime Burning
- Small Scale Manufacture of Burned Building Brick
- Small Scale Renewable Energy Resources and Locally Feasible Technology in Nepal
- Small Scale Renewable Wind Energy
- Small-Scale Production of Cementitious Materials
- Soil Block Presses
- Soil Cement
- Solar air heater
- Solar Cookers: Technology and Development
- Solar cooking and development of solar cookers
- Solar Cooking and the Box Cooker: Technology and Development
- Solar Dwelling Design Concepts
- Solar ice makers
- Solar Photovoltaic Products - A Guide for Development Workers
- Solar Powered Electricity
- Solar Water Heaters in Nepal
- Spider boots
- Splitting Firewood
- Standard Trail Suspended and Suspension Bridges
- Staple grain storage
- Steam Power
- Summary of Malawi's appropriate technology
- Sunlight Oven
- Syllabus for Irrigation with Windmills
- Technical Report dealing with the TOOL Windmill Projects 1977-1981
- Technology for 10 billion people
- Technology for Solar Energy Utilization
- Technology Markets and People: The use and misuse of fuel stoves
- Portal:Tecnologia apropriada
- Teknolojia sahihi
- Teknolojia sahihi za wazi
- Testing the Efficiency of Wood-Burning Cookstoves
- Testing Timber for Moisture Content
- Thatching
- The Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Wastes to Produce Methane
- The Banki Water Turbine
- The Biogas/Biofertilizer Business Handbook
- AT Sourcebook/Forestry/The Chainsaw and the Lumbermaker
- The Complete Book of Heating with Wood
- The Construction Installation and Operation of an Improved Pit-Kiln for Charcoal Production
- The Construction of a Transportable Charcoal Kiln
- The Design and Development of a Solar Powered Refrigerator
- The Dhading MicroHydropower Plant: 30kWe
- The Economics of Renewable Energy Systems for Developing Countries
- The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse
- The Fuel Savers - A Kit of Solar Ideas for Existing Homes
- The Gaudgaon Village Sailwing Windmill
- The Haybox
- The Heat Generator
- The Homebuilt WindGenerated Electricity Handbook
- The Homemade Windmills of Nebraska
- The Internet and other ICTs as tools and catalysts for sustainable development
- The Kenyan Low Cost Modular Timber Bridge
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In this update, the Canvas by Instructure app has been rebranded as the Canvas Student app, calendar notifications for assignments and events have been simplified, and the Conversations tool has been updated for an enhanced user experience.
Download the Canvas Student app in the iTunes Store. Version 3.19 requires 10.0.
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Assignments and Events
The Calendar has been simplified to display a single blue dot for any date that contains an event or assignment. Previously, a unique dot would display for each course with an event or assignment.
Conversations Enhancements
The Conversations tool has been updated for an enhanced user experience. For instructors using the Canvas Student app, these updates mirror the Conversations tool in the Canvas Teacher app.
As part of this update, the Messages icon in the app navigation has been renamed the Inbox icon.
Users can filter messages in the Inbox by unread, starred, sent, or archived messages. They can also filter messages by course. As part of the Conversations update, users can no longer archive messages in the Canvas Student app. Messages can be still be deleted in the app or archived by using Canvas in a web browser.
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When composing a new message, users must first select a course and then search for users within the course. Conversation messages can be sent to multiple recipients and sent as an individual messages to each recipient.
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Baseboard heating system, as its name implies, are typically installed at the baseboard or, near the floor. Since heat is dissipated from the baseboard, the air recirculation naturally occurs in the room. A unique benefit of using a water based heating system that relies on no form of forced ventilation is that the amount of dust that travels through the air in your home will be lower than in a home where a central air conditioner is blowing air through all the vents.
How does baseboard work?
The hot water in this system is obtained from a boiler in a utility room. The hot water is pumped through a system of pipes that are installed in the baseboard. The heat from this hot water is transferred to the room, and once it has been cooled, it's piped back to the boiler room, replaced by a fresh influx of hot water, and reheated. The hot water pipes on these baseboard heaters are typically made of aluminum and are uniquely fin-shaped to ensure faster dissipation of heat from the surface of the pipe.


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CMS posts public health, registry EHR readiness data
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted a "centralized repository" of public health agencies and registries ready to electronically receive public health data from hospitals and eligible professionals. To satisfy Stage 2 meaningful use requirements under the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs, hospitals must determine the readiness of local public health agencies and registries to receive electronic submissions of public health data, and send data electronically to those agencies and registries that are ready. According to CMS, the absence of an entry in its centralized repository is not sufficient documentation for claiming an exclusion to the public health reporting requirement. "Providers must check with the jurisdictional public health agencies or specialty societies to which they belong and document that information to satisfy Medicare or Medicaid reporting," the agency said. For more information, see CMS FAQs 13657, 14117 and 13653.


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Ukrainian Book Club in London – contemporary Ukrainian writer Galina Pahutyak
The next meeting of the Ukrainian Literary Club will take place on Saturday, January 24th, 11.00AM at the Ukrainian Institute, London. We will discuss a very interesting representative of contemporary Ukrainian writer Galina Pahutyak, and her bookMagnate.
To receive a copy of the text please contact email@example.com
The Literary Club in London provides an opportunity for those interested in Ukrainian literature to meet and discuss both classical and contemporary works. The club meets monthly and is led by London-based Ukrainian poet Volodymyr Oleyko.
Readings and discussions are held in Ukrainian.
All Welcome. Free Admission


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Ah, the dragons! Those glorious products of the very climax of human imagination. Seems like they inspire awe no matter the context in which they appear. You want a good movie? Put some dragons in it! You want a good TV show? Put some dragons in it! Maybe you want a good book? Well, the dragons are the answer.
Certainly, things are not different when video games are in question, and Dragon Mania Legends is all about the dragons! Breed them, feed them and make them fight for you. Raise them, train them and defend the mystical land of Dragonlandia in never-ending battle against the Vikings!
Maybe the most astounding feature of this mesmerizing game is variety of dragons. There are around 300 different ones, each with it's own unique look and stats. Even more, you can further distinguish them by their element and rarity. So each one you obtain will bring something new to the experience and you will not stop until you get them all!
Now, you may wonder how to do that, and that is exactly what we are going to talk about next, so make sure to stay with us until the end.
Above all you need to know there is no unique way to get them all. For some of them it will be easy, for others patience is required. So don't fool yourself thinking there is a shortcut. Where is fun in that?
Let's take an overview of all the different ways you can expand your set of dragons, before we dive into details. The most common way to obtain a dragon is to breed it. If you don't feel like it, you can buy them from the various shops in the game. Some of them can buy only during a limited time period. Dragons that can't be bred you can obtain via clan-related activities. There are also events that will reward you with dragons if you participate. Also, you can obtain them through different battle settings such as Clockwork Dungeon, Enchantment League and Dragon League.
So let's take a closer look at each one of these.
Only place where you can breed dragons is in the Breading Den. It provides you with 3 different options for breeding:
Whichever option you choose, a certain amount of time has to pass before an egg is produced. Nevertheless, if you have enough gems to spare, breeding time can be skipped. It's worth mentioning that dragons that are in the Breeding Den can't be used for anything else as long as they stay there.
Once the breeding produces an egg, it will be moved to Hatchery. That is where magic happens and life flourishes and eggs are incubated there for a certain period of time. Just make sure to have free nests in the Hatchery when the time comes.
If you earned enough gold (or used hack for Dragon Mania Legends) you can open Main Shop and buy yourself a new dragon. It is the largest shop in the game and offers many other things, so make sure to navigate to the tab with dragons. Here is the list of all the different species you can find here:
While Main Shop offers different categories for you to choose from, Clockwork Dungeon shop contains only a handful of unique dragons not belonging to any of these categories:
If you are a member of a clan, you will have the opportunity to participate in special clan-related quests and events from time to time and some of these will reward you with specific kind of dragons – Clan dragons. These dragons reside in Dragon Fortress and can only be obtained if matching Dragon Pieces are acquired through quests and events and clan has certain number of hatching done.
Only two events are available via clan membership – The great dragon race and Clan siege, but to participate, clan already needs to have one Clan Dragon fully hatched.
Not all of the events are clan-related (quite few of them are, actually) and these are events you can join on your own. And you will want to, because some of them offer dragons as the first prize. Variety of dragons you can win is pretty high, so we will not list all of them right now.
Enchantment league is a feature in which players face each other in battles in order to acquire enchanting materials. While winning these battles does not reward you any dragons, progressing to the higher leagues does. Third league awards you with Armadillo dragon, fifth one with Wolf dragon and for the last seventh one reward is Sumo dragon.
Dragon league is a competition that takes plays in the Arena focuses solely on battles between dragons. It is unlocked on level 11 and you need three dragons to fight against same number of opposing player's dragons. Same as with Enchantment league, you are awarded dragons not by winning battles, but by progressing to the higher league levels. Here is a list of dragons and corresponding league levels:
And that's it. We wish you good luck and hope you collect them all!
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Update: Transcripts of the exchange between Judge Facciola and AUSA George can be found here.
In a remarkable turn of events, the Department of Justice has elected to file a writ of mandamus to prevent Judge John Facciola from allowing Dan Choi to offer a "selective prosecution" or "vindictive prosecution" defense. The government elected to pursue federal charges against Choi and 12 others for chaining themselves to the White House fence on November 15, 2010 to protest Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
Assistant US Attorney Angela George filed a motion to prevent Choi's attorneys from offering a selective prosecution defense prior to the start of the trial. The Judge refused to rule on it, saying that until they offered a selective prosecution defense, it was like "striking from the game a ball that has not been thrown."
Judge Facciola said that as he listened to Choi's testimony yesterday, it became clear that the government had treated him differently on November 15 when he chained himself to the White House fence, as opposed to how he was treated in March and April when he had done roughly the same thing. But the Judge also found that there was a prima facie case for vindictive prosecution on the part of the government, saying that there was evidence it had been done to Choi because he was a member of a minority group and the government wanted to punish him for the message he was giving. He strongly suggested that the actions of the government had been taken to abridge Choi's first amendment speech in opposing Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
The judge has compared Choi's case to the Supreme Court civil rights case Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham, in which traffic regulations were arbitrarily enforced in order to suppress the free speech of civil rights protesters. The judge was insulted by the prosecutor's decision to bring the writ of mandamus to the Court of Appeals, which is essentially a lawsuit alleging that Judge Facciola abused his discretion in finding a prima facie showing of vindictive or selective prosecution.
He asked her what her legal justification was for denying Choi his constitutionally protected right to offer his own defense. George cited US v. Armstrong and US v. Washington, saying in both instances the court had found that such arguments should be offered in pre-trial rather than at trial.
The Judge countered that both of those trials had been jury trials, and that since this was a bench trial, no Appellate court would prohibit him from hearing evidence and conducting an investigation. He also sternly warned George against filing a writ of mandamus and then attempting to dismiss the case thereafter in the event the writ was denied. He suggested it would be further evidence that the government was persecuting Choi.
Earlier in the trial, Park Police witnesses admitted that the Secret Service had warned them in an email the day prior to the November 15 demonstration that Choi and others would chain themselves to the White House fence. Further, the Department of the Interior submitted an elaborate memo to the Park Police 3 hours before the demonstration began advising them on filing federal charges against the DADT protesters, even though they are traditionally charged with municipal violations that are roughly the equivalent of a parking ticket.
But there had been no public announcement of the demonstration, so the defense filed a motion for the government to produce the Secret Service email and other documents about the government's scheming to persecute Choi. George protested vigorously that the information was not relevant to the case. When Judge Facciola ruled in the defense's favor, George asked for a delay while she conferred with her superiors at the Justice Department. Two hours later when the trial resumed, there were four Supervising Assistant U.S. Attorneys from the DOJ present when she announced her intention to file the writ of mandamus.
It is clear that there was elaborate coordination between federal agencies in order to single out Dan Choi and punish him. George was unable to conceal her complete contempt for Dan Choi, Capt. Jim Petrangelo and others involved in the case. The Judge finally had to order her to address both Choi and Petrangelo by their ranks after defense attorney Robert Feldman repeatedly objected when she called them "mister," yet referred to the Park Police officers by rank. The Judge asked her if she had an objection to addressing them by rank. George replied that she did, but refused to say why. The Judge said that one day he would be a retired judge, and that both he and she addressed retired judges as "judge." He wanted to know what the difference was? George answered by asking the Judge if he was ordering her to address them by their rank. He said he would greatly appreciate if she would. She addressed them by rank when she was in his presence, but when he was out of the courtroom, conspicuously addressed them as "Mister" again.
There was no better evidence of the government's hostility toward the DADT protesters than George's attitude toward Choi and Petrangelo, and her determination to prosecute the November 15 DADT protesters as vigorously as possible. Defense Attorney Norman Kent said the decision to persecute Choi and others "may go all the way to the White House." It is clear that the government does not want an investigation into who was involved in making decisions that abuse the power of the state to punish and harass the President's political enemies.
Judge Facciola gave George 10 days to submit her writ of mandamus. After court adjourned, defense attorney Robert Feldman left court and Judge Facciola had him called back in, saying "I want this on the record." After Feldman returned, the Judge stood up, looked at both Feldman and Kent and said it was an "honor" to have presided over this case and hear their arguments. He congratulated them both on their excellent performance.
Lt. Dan Choi saluted the judge and court was in recess.


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15 school principals win grants of $5,000 each for community and global engagement projects
Alexandria, VA—October 24, 2013—The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) and MetLife Foundation today announced the winners of the 2013-2014 Sharing the Dream grant program. Ten past recipients of Sharing the Dream grants have been awarded $5,000 each to expand projects that were funded between 2003—2012. An additional five grants of $5,000 have been awarded to schools for new projects that build community through global engagement.
Since 2004, with generous funding from MetLife Foundation, Sharing the Dream has awarded more than $2,000,000 in grants for projects that have impacted—and continue to impact—children, families and communities across the country and around the world.
"We are privileged to have partnered with MetLife Foundation over the past decade to support principals' bold efforts to bring children and families from different nations and cultures together to learn from one another," said NAESP Deputy Executive Director and NAESP Foundation CEO Ernest J. Mannino. "In this final, capstone year of the Sharing the Dream grant program, we are excited to celebrate and extend the legacy of the more than 300 awardees whose vision, innovation and leadership have positively impacted school communities the world over, and whose pioneering projects will continue to serve as models—and inspiration—for years to come."
Unique to this final year of the Sharing the Dream program, ten "Keeping the Dream Going" grants of $5,000 each were awarded to principals who received grants in the past to take their Sharing the Dream projects to the next level of excellence. Sharing the Dream also continues its focus on global awareness by awarding five grants of $5,000 each for new projects that that promote peace and collaboration, community-building, respect for cultural and other differences and family involvement in school.
In all, fifteen Sharing the Dream grants are being awarded this school year to largely underserved urban and rural elementary and middle schools in fourteen states.
"MetLife Foundation has been pleased to partner with NAESP to support and encourage the important leadership roles principals play in their schools and communities," said Dennis White, president and CEO. "We applaud the creative and effective ways schools have used Sharing the Dream grants to engage parents and the community, and build global awareness."
2013-2014 Winners:
Sharing the Dream Grant Winners
Centreville Elementary
Centreville, VA
Project: The World Within Our Walls
Florence Middle School
Florence, AL
Project: Adventures Through Global Weather
Lowell Community Charter
Lowell, MA
Project: The LCCPS Global Lowell Program
Lincoln Elementary
Ponca City, OK
Project: Building Bridges Multicultural Festivals
Mellon Elementary
Palatka, FL
Project: Connecting Globally for Our Future
Keeping the Dream Going Grant Winners
Cambridge School of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Project: International Passport for All
Christel House Academy
Indianapolis, IN
Project: Young Voices in Conflict
C.T. Sewell Elementary
Henderson, NV
Project: Empowered Parents and Families
Emily G. Wetherbee School
Lawrence, MA
Project: Tribute Talks
Harris Elementary
Woonsocket, RI
Project: Harris Community Dream Garden
Monitor Elementary
Springdale, AR
Project: Monitor Family Digital Library
Southwest Academy Magnet School for Science and Engineering
Baltimore, MD
Project: Get Global!
St. Stephen Elementary
St. Stephen, SC
Project: Global Science Made Fun
Storm Lake Elementary
Storm Lake, IA
Project: Reaching More Corners of the World Through Technology
Stetser Elementary
Chester, PA
Project: Exploring Our Global Community-A Continuation
Established in 1921, the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) serves elementary and middle school principals in the United States, Canada, and overseas. NAESP supports principals as the primary catalysts for creating lasting foundations for learning through policy development, advocacy, and resources for effective instructional leadership. NAESP seeks to advance the principalship and address issues in pre-K–3 alignment, principal preparation and evaluation, and building the capacity of new principals. For more information about NAESP, please visit www.naesp.org
MetLife Foundation was created in 1976 to continue MetLife's long tradition of corporate contributions and community involvement. Today, the Foundation is dedicated to advancing financial inclusion, committing $200 million over the next five years to help build a secure future for individuals and communities around the world. To learn more about MetLife Foundation, visit www.metlife.org


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No Third-Party Testing for Phthalates in Toys, Child Care Items with Four Plastics Under CPSC Proposal
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing a rule to determine that certain plastics with specified additives would not contain the phthalates prohibited in children's toys and child care articles and would therefore not require third-party testing for compliance with that prohibition. The plastics covered by this proposal are polypropylene, polyethylene, high-impact polystyrene, and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. Comments on this proposal are due no later than Nov. 1.
Phthalates are not naturally occurring materials but are intentionally created and used in specific applications; e.g., plastics, surface coatings, solvents, inks, adhesives and some rubberized materials. One application of phthalates in children's toys and child care articles is as a plasticizer or softener for plastic component parts.
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 prohibits children's toys and child care articles that contain six specified phthalates (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP and DnOP) in concentrations above 0.1 percent in accessible plasticized component parts and other component parts made of materials that may contain phthalates. (The CPSC has since proposed to make the interim prohibition on DINP permanent, lift the interim prohibitions on DIDP and DnOP, and add four other phthalates to the prohibited list (DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP and DCHP) but those actions have not yet been finalized.) Because plastics can contain these prohibited phthalates, children's toys and child care articles require third-party testing for compliance before the manufacturer can issue a children's product certificate and enter the items into commerce.
However, the CPSC has found little evidence that the four plastics at issue and specific accompanying additives use any of the prohibited phthalates as a plasticizer or for any other purpose. As a result, the CPSC is proposing to determine that these four plastics, with any of the additives set forth below, comply with the phthalate prohibition and thus are not required to be third-party tested to assure compliance.
- polypropylene with plasticizers polybutenes, dioctyl sebacate, paraffinic oil, isooctyl tallate, mineral plasticizing oils and polyol; hydrocarbon solvents; catalysts; fillers; nucleating agents; primary and secondary antioxidants; neutralizing agents; anti-static agents; slip agents; metal deactivators; quenchers; UV stabilizers; flame retardants; blowing or foaming agents; anti-blocking agents; lubricants; or colorants
- polyethylene with plasticizers glyceryl tribenzoate, polyethylene glycol, sunflower oil, paraffin wax, paraffin oil, mineral oil, glycerin, EPDM rubber and EVA polymer; catalysts; initiators; promoters; anti-static agents; fillers; flame retardants; anti-blocking agents; slip agents; blowing agents; cross-linking agents; antioxidants; carbon black; or colorants
- high-impact polystyrene with catalysts; internal lubricants; chain transfer/transition agents; stabilizers; diluents; colorants; aluminum chloride, ethyl chloride, hydrochloric acid; iron oxide, potassium oxide, chromium oxide; or bifunctional peroxides
- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene with the plasticizers phosphate esters, long chain fatty acid esters and aromatic sulfonamide; hydrocarbon solvents; stabilizers; lubricants; antioxidants; molecular weight regulators; initiators/catalysts; activators; emulsifiers; or colorants


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These and other cost-cutting moves will help the nonprofit save about $4.5 million in a year. "I'm pretty confident this will get us through 2009," said J. Thomas Mullen, Catholic Charities president and chief executive officer.
Mullen warned on Wednesday that "terrible choices" may loom for 2010 and 2011 based on anticipated shortfalls in state and county budgets.
Catholic Charities receives about $65 million annually, or two-thirds of its budget, from governments. Mullen said the state's money woes could cause a domino effect that, for example, would reduce St. Augustine Health Campus' Medicaid reimbursement by $1.3 million on July 1.
Catholic Charities is an eight-county network of more than 160 health and human services programs. It employs about 1,550 people.
The organization will begin its reductions in June. They include:
• Not giving raises to management and administrative staff, and slashing hikes for other employees from 3.5 to 2 percent. Savings: $1.2 million.
• Laying off 55 workers at its Parmadale treatment center for emotionally disturbed youths by September. Savings: $1.6 million. Parmadale opens a new 36-bed facility this summer, and will close outdated buildings, eliminating utility and maintenance costs.
• Merging CYO Community Services and Catholic Social Services in Summit County. Savings: $400,000 in salaries; more as services are combined.
• A hiring freeze on all nondirect service employees will begin, saving an estimated $250,000. But the jobs of most staffers who provide direct services are protected, at least for now, in keeping with Catholic Charities' mission to serve society's most vulnerable people.
"You can't freeze child care or nurses," Mullen said. "You've got to take care of your clients."
Mullen acknowledged the organization may have a tough time fulfilling Bishop Richard Lennon's promise that the diocese will try to replace social service programs lost to parish closings. "The bishop and I will sit down and see what we can and can't do. We can't do it all. I'll be honest about that," he said.


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In harmony with our philosophy of developing the whole person, our objectives are as follows:
1. To reflect the image of Christ in daily living.
2. To prepare the student for service to God and man.
3. To develop in the student qualities needed for church leadership in various levels of responsibility.
4. To encourage the student to interpret world events in light of Biblical prophecy.
5. To encourage habits of spiritual reading and study.
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3. To impress upon the student's mind the importance of sportsmanship.
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Tuesday 21 November
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Gates Open: 6:00pm (ACDT)
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- Adelaide United Member Window | 11:30am (ACDT) Monday 30 October – 11:30am (ACDT) Thursday 2 November
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A diet rich in fish has been proven to have significant health benefits.
Cardio-protective benefits have been observed with daily consumption of both wild and farmed fish, which are both high in omega-3 fatty acids.1
- Vitamin B12
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- A controlled trial by Burr et al. showed that patients who had a myocardial infarction had a 29% reduction in mortality over 2 years by eating three fish meals a week.2
- The American Heart Association recommends eating fish (particularly fatty fish) at least two times (two servings) a week.3
- Symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency can affect the gastrointestinal tract, the nervous system, and the cardiovascular system.4
- Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with an increase in all-cause CVD mortality.
1Psota TL et al. (2006) Dietary omega-3 fatty acid intake and cardiovascular risk. AM J Cardiol 98: 3-18.
2Burr ML et al. (1989) Effects of changes in fat, fish, and fibre intakes on death and myocardial reinfarction: diet and reinfarction trial (DART). Lancet 2: 757-761.
3American Heart Association 2011 Guidance for Health Care Providers, AHA website 2011.
4Medical Reviewer: Williams, Robert, MD, Last Annual Review Date: Dec 20, 2010.


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DLD 182: Blown tires, blown service recovery
- March 1, 2018
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A blown tire in Newark caused rolling delays and some pretty poor customer service in Portland. Delta struck a nerve in Georgia that could hurt it on the fuel tax front. Also, some talk about battery fires and lots of other news this week.


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Durham, N.C. – The Durham Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) met on Monday, March 11, 2019, in Regular Session. Highlights of the meeting include:
- Board Chair Wendy Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.
- The Board of Commissioners proclaimed March 1-31, 2019, as "Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month" in Durham County. The proclamation seeks to bring awareness to this form of cancer which is increasing for people younger than 50 years of age.
- Commissioners approved a resolution supporting the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Allocation Expansion. This will help the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council prepare for the increase in the age of juvenile jurisdiction established by the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act which raises the juvenile age to 18 (also known as Raise the Age Legislation).
- The Board approved a request from the Durham County Board of Elections to replace all optical scanners, central tabulator and related software at a cost of $595,775. The inventory currently being utilized by the Board of Elections was purchased in 2006, primarily with Help America Vote Act or HAVA funds. These funds are not currently available to assist counties with equipment replacement costs.
- Commissioners approved a budget ordinance amendment to recognize $1,000 from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health. This provides funding to local health departments for reviewing community health assessments in N.C. counties.
- Durham County Commissioners approved an interlocal agreement between Durham County and the City of Durham for conveyance of county surplus property for affordable housing.
- The Board authorized the County Manager to enter into contracts with several furniture suppliers for the seventh floor upfit of the Durham County Administrative Building II which opened last fall. The agreements and related contingency shall not exceed the budget of $501,953.09.
- County Commissioners made appointments to the 2019 Board of Equalization and Review and designated a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. The Board also set the compensation rates at $125 for the Chairperson, $100 per member for a 3-hour session and $35 per hour for any hour over the 3-hour session. Board members are: Chairperson David Smith, Vice Chairperson Stephanie Gaither-Harris, members David Williams, John W. Perry and Tonya Kemble
- The Board approved a Budget Ordinance amendment accepting $50,000 in Homeland Security Grant Program funds to the Durham County Sheriff's Office. Funds will be used to purchase personal protective equipment for the Sheriff's Emergency Response Team and the Hazardous Devices Unit.
- The Board authorized the County Manager to enter into contact with DeWhit Facility Services in the amount of $43,000 for regular janitorial services at the Administration II Building.
- The Board approved a Budget Ordinance amendment accepting a $50,000 donation from Aetna for Durham's My Brother's Keeper program. The funds are intended to enhance the network of services for young men of color in Durham.
- County Manager Wendell Davis presented the Quarterly Management Report for the 2nd Quarter. The publication of the QMR began four years ago to give the County Commissioners systematic updates on key activities, project and issues facing county government through the fiscal year. Since its inception, continuous improvements have been made including the use of dashboards and other tools to inform internal and external users.
Board meetings are cablecast live on Durham Television Network (DTN) on Time Warner Cable Channel 8 or AT&T U-verse Channel 99. To view the agendas and recordings of the BOCC's Regular Session meetings, visit the BOCC's Website.
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Now, there's all this hubbub about how the government is going to get more involved with medicine and the whole world will end. The Government has been involved in healthcare for decades, it's one of the most highly regulated services in the nation (possibly one of the most expensive too, not that I'm saying correlation is causation). The world is not going to end, Healthcare is going to visit depths of the toilet that we never knew existed, and taxes will reach a level unseen in recent times.
On the positive side, we'll probably see some inexpensive (and of course illegal) local clinics open up, especially in low-income areas. "How are illegal clinics a good thing?!?!?!" Well, for starters it means that somebody's child's stitches aren't going to cost several hundred dollars for a family who can't afford it. That sprained ankle won't be such a problem either.
And you might be able to see a "doctor" who actually cares what happens to you, and knows that you're his patient and money source.


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Explore the wilderness with us… Within the next 10-15 years we will see the last-remaining wilderness area on earth dominated by the demands of growing human populations and undermined by accelerated climate change. When the earth's last wild places are gone, all we will have are fenced off protected areas dependent on constant intervention to persist and marginalized by the demands of sustained development in emerging markets. Guides, rangers, researchers, ecotourists, photographers, artists and conservationists around the world apply themselves everyday to sharing, studying, photographing, writing about, protecting, conserving and celebrating the "wild" with their guests, co-workers, colleagues, and local communities. These amazing photographs are a window into their world, a world where the lions, elephants, orangutans and leopards still reign supreme and we can dream of that perfect morning in the wilderness.
Ranger Diaries and The Bush Boyes have teamed up to bring you the "Top 25 Photographs from the Wilderness". These stunning photographs are selected from hundreds of submissions and are intended to bring the beauty, freedom and splendor of the wilderness to as many people as possible around the world. Please submit your best photographs from the wildest places to the Bush Boyes wall or Ranger Diaries website, and stand a chance of being featured in the "Top 25 Photographs from the Wilderness" published each week. This initiative is all about SHARING and CARING about wild places. Please "Like" this blog post and share this link with as many people as possible… So begins the "Ranger Revolution"… Anyone can be an "Honorary Ranger" if they share and care about the wilderness, stimulating positive change for wild places around the world… Join the "Ranger Revolution" now!
Kalahari Passion, by guide Marlon du Toit. "The biggest male lion I have ever laid eyes upon. His mane was unbelievable, I didn't know lions like this still roamed Africa. The moment after mating is often a moment of passion and aggression." (Marlon du Toit / marlondutoit.com)
"The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth." (Chief Seattle)
"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." (Chief Seattle)
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children" (Chief Seattle)
"The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. This we know. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. We did not weave the web of life, we are merely strands in it. Whatever we do to the web we do to ourselves." (Chief Seattle)
"All things share the same breath – the beast, the tree, the man. The air shares its spirit with all the life it supports." (Chief Seattle)
"This We Know. All Things Are Connected" (Chief Seattle)
"Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints." (Chief Seattle)
"How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people." (Chief Seattle)
"Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves." (Chief Seattle)
The land is like poetry: it is inexplicably coherent, it is transcendent in its meaning, and it has the power to elevate a consideration of human life. (Barry Lopez)
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset. (old Crowfoot saying)
The Wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned how to ask. (Nancy Newhall)
Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to escape the flame of separation from Nature. (Old Sufi saying)
Now I see the secret of making the best persons. It is to grow in the open air, and to eat and sleep with the earth. (Walt Whitman)
The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth … the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need — if only we had the eyes to see… (Edward Abbey)
What a country chooses to save is what a country chooses to say about itself. (Mollie Beatty)
Believe one who knows; you will find something greater in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. (St. Bernard de Clairvaux)
Man is whole when he is in tune with the winds, the stars, and the hills… Being in tune with the universe is the entire secrets. (William O. Douglas)
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. (T. S. Eliot)
Without enough wilderness America will change. Democracy, with its myriad personalities and increasing sophistication, must be fibred and vitalized by the regular contact with outdoor growths — animals, trees, sun warmth, and free skies — or it will dwindle and pale. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The supreme reality of our time is… the vulnerability of our planet. (John F. Kennedy)
The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit. (Joseph Wood Krutch)
Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question of intellectual humility. The shallow-minded modern who has lost his rootage in the land assumes that he has already discovered what is important. (Aldo Leopold)
In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. (Charles A. Lindbergh)
I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown; for going out, I found, was really going in. (John Muir)
"Every year, my brother (Chris Boyes), Pete ("the Nare") Hugo, Giles ("Prince William") Trevethick and I (Dr Steve Boyes) cross the Okavango Delta, top to bottom, on mokoros (dug-out canoes) to survey the distribution and abundance of wetland birds, advocate for World Heritage Status, and share this amazing wilderness with accompanying scientists, explorers and special guests. My wife, Dr Kirsten Wimberger, joined us for the first time this year. No one will forget what happened on the 2012 expedition…"
See: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/26/bush-boyes-on-expedition-okavango-wetland-bird-survey/
In 2013, we are embarking on the Okavango River Expedition. This will be a 1,750km odyssey down the Okavango River from the source near Huambo (Angola) all the way down the catchment, across the Caprivi Strip (Namibia), and into Botswana to cross the Okavango Delta via one of our planet's last untouched wilderness areas. Our objective is to support the Okavango World Heritage Project and achieve UNESCO World Heritage Status for the Okavango Delta and the entire catchment. See: http://www.okavangofilm.com/
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The mouth-watering trinity of Ghirdadelli chocolate, fresh-baked sourdough bread and garlic fries?
Chinatown's heady perfume of Peking duck and sandalwood incense?
The invigorating aroma of saltwater cut with an ever-present whiff of marijuana?
You're certainly not alone if the nose hair-singeing stink of human waste, specifically urine, reminds you of the City by the Bay. In a city so associated with pleasantly potent aromas that even specific neighborhoods have even their own signature scented candles, a distinctive toilet stench also dominates the urban olfactory profile. As far as I know, San Francisco toilet smell does not have its own candle. (But it does have its own Yelp page).
And while a civic fondness of water conservation is the main culprit behind a foul rotten-egg-treated-with bleach bouquet that assaults nostrils during the summer months, San Francisco's pee smell is, well, the direct result of al fresco urination.
Testing out a new pee repellent that "pees back" to prevent public urination. pic.twitter.com/6eDJ4w9MWH— SF Public Works (@sfpublicworks) July 23, 2015
Like reading the morning paper in a local park sans pants, urinating en plein air is something of a now-verboten San Francisco tradition — a tradition that was banned in 2012 but has seen little improvement over the past decade. It's also an activity that Mohammed Nuru, director of San Francisco Public Works, wants to see come to an end. And quickly.
And so, inspired by a community "pee back" initiative in the rowdy St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in which a handful of frequently peed-upon walls were coated with "superhydrophobic" paint, San Francisco now too has a handful of walls that chronic public urinators — wildpinklers as they're called in Hamburg — best steer clear of.
You see, Ultra-Ever Dry, the high-tech paint used in Hamburg and now in San Francisco, causes torrents of pee to bounce off of its target and forcefully spray back — ideally, back onto the pants and shoes of an unsuspecting offender;
In total, nine city walls in the Mission, Tenderloin and SOMA neighborhoods have been treated with Ultra-Ever Dry. More could potentially come.
"We are piloting it to see if we can discourage people from peeing at many of our hot spots," Nuru recently explained during a demo of the anti-urine paint technology at the particularly malodorous 16th Street BART Plaza. "Nobody wants to smell urine. We are trying different things to try to make San Francisco smell nice and look beautiful."
Placards that read "Hold it! This wall is not a public restroom. Please respect San Francisco and seek relief in an appropriate place" have been hung on the Ultra-Ever Dry-painted walls to dissuade potential pee-ers but without revealing the surprise that they're in for if they don't heed the warning. The signs are in English, Chinese and Spanish.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that San Francisco Public Works has received 375 requests to steam clean urine-stained walls since the beginning of the year — roughly five percent of total requests received. The paint, produced by a Florida-based chemical cleanup company isn't cheap to procure and apply — but not as expensive as steam cleaning.
"We will send people to see, visually, if there are any wet signs to indicate urination has happened," Nuru explains as to how his agency will knows if the paint is actually working. "We will also use our natural nose to smell and see if urine is there. If it seems to work, we will continue it after the pilot phase ends." He adds: "Based on Hamburg, we know this pilot program is going to work. It will reduce the number of people using the walls. I really think it will deter them."
Like in St. Pauli, San Francisco's anti-urination crusade is largely targeted toward inebriated revelers. The spray-back walls will be located in close vicinity to bars, nightclubs and other establishments where full-bladdered patrons are apt to skip bathroom lines and stumble outside of in order to see a man about a horse.
The urine-repelling walls are also in areas that are home to large homeless populations.
While San Francisco, a city long-plagued by a dearth of non-horrifying public restrooms, has made a concerted effort in recent months to provide dedicated facilities to its sizable homeless population, applying urine-repelling paint to walls in areas with a large number of homeless residents does seem a step backwards. Sure, a surprise golden shower might send a clear message to an impatient bar-hopper. But does a homeless individual who wants to relieve himself in privacy indoors deserve to have pee-stained pants and shoes? As far as smells go, isn't this just making the problem worse?
I'd be curious to see how the pilot pans out — thus far, it seems to be popular amongst residents and building owners anxious to do away with San Francisco's most unsavory scent. I do, wonder, however if concentrating on homeless-heavy areas is the right idea and that funds might be better used to further support organizations that are helping to bring dignified facilities to the city's transient population. In an ideal world, San Francisco's pee-ricocheting walls would also be equipped with smarts — that is, they'd be able to tell who exactly is doing the peeing: someone who is just being gross and irresponsible or someone who truly has limited indoor bathroom options.
Via [Reuters], [SFGate]
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