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UNH, the tourney's third seed by virtue of a 4-2 league record, improves to 13-4 overall to advance to the America East title game for the sixth time in seven years.
UVM, which ended a 13-game losing streak to the Wildcats with a 9-8 win at home earlier this month, ends the year with an 8-9 record; the Catamounts were the tourney's second seed with a 5-1 league record.
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UVM was led offensively by Emilie Clark and Megan MacDonald, both of whom netted two goals. Starting goalie Meaghan Hanley allowed 10 goals in 41:04; she made four saves and was charged with the loss. Ali Trainor stopped three of eight shots on goal in the last 18:56.
With the scored tied 4-4 at halftime, the opening draw was caught by Kaplan at the offensive restraining line. With only Hanley between her and the goal, Kaplan raced down the middle and fired a shot into the goal to give UNH a 5-4 lead. The Wildcats, who won only three of nine first-half draw controls, won possession on the ensuing draw control and converted it into a 6-4 advantage at 28:51 when Hardy cut down the middle of the fan and shot low inside the left post.
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Milley, who was named to the America East All-Conference Team the eve before the tourney, preserved
The Wildcats then extended its lead to 7-5 at 24:01 when Piotrkowski, from behind the net, connected with Crook in the middle and her shot sailed inside the left post.
Von Bargen, another First Team honoree, then scored four consecutive goals – the first three in a span of 3:22 – to push UNH's advantage to 11-5 with 7:09 to play. From the left wing, Piotrkowski made an entry pass to Von Bargen deep on the left side for the score.
UVM called time out at that juncture, but UNH maintained momentum behind Von Bargen's onslaught. She struck again at 19:52 when she cut down the right side of the fan, suddenly stopped near the right post and contorted her body to lift a backhand into the net.
Milley then made three saves in the next six minutes to keep the Catamounts at arm's length, and Tori Wasson's apparent goal on a free-position shot at 9:02 was disallowed because of an illegal crosse.
Von Bargen scored her fifth goal of the game – 36th of the season – at 7:09 to give UNH an 11-5 advantage. Hardy's third tally of the day – her 50th of the year – capped the Wildcats' six-goal run to extend the differential to 12-5 at 6:05.
Crook responded with a tally 1:24 later by cutting from the left wing to the front of the net to make the score 13-6, and Maureen Wark (Yarmouth, Maine), off a pass from Kaplan, scored from point-blank range on the left side just 20 seconds later (at 2:51). Kaplan's unassisted goal with one second on the clock closed the scoring.
In a turnover-filled first half in which the Wildcats struggled to maintain possession in the offensive zone but the Catamounts struggled to clear the ball beyond midfield, UNH committed nine turnovers and UVM had 10.
Von Bargen opened the game scoring at 26:46 on a free position shot. The Catamounts then took a 2-1 lead – their only lead of the game – on tallies by Alison Haigh at 26:10 and MacDonald at 24:52.
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MacDonald tied the score, 3-3, at 17:03, then Deb Dale (East Northport, N.Y.) gave UNH a 4-3 lead at 15:23 by cutting from the left side to the middle of the fan and depositing a shot inside the right side of the net.
NOTES: The 13 wins is tied for the second-highest single-season total; the 1987 'Cats also finished with 13 victories and the 2004 team holds the benchmark of 15 … Hardy extended her goal-scoring streak to 14 games … Kaplan extended her point-scoring streak to 16 games … Von Bargen extended her goal-scoring streak to 10 … UNH has a 3-0 lifetime record vs. UVM in the America East tourney (all semifinal games) … UNH has a 1-4 record in America East title games, and all five games have been against Boston University.


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Rwanda's biogas project to go on world market:
Following a successful installation of biogas technology in all of Rwanda's ten prisons and exercise that produced good results, the development is now set to go on the world market, being driven by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
The COMESA mission arrived in Rwanda recently to support Rwanda Correctional Services (RCS)--which manages all prisons--put its human waste biogas on the world carbon market, under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the Voluntary Market.
COMESA has been at the forefront in supporting its member states to benefit from innovation within the region. In addition COMESA encourages member states to learn from best practices in the region.
Rwanda has been one such country that has been innovative in climate change and environment in particular. All country's prisons are set to become environmentally friendly. According to the Deputy Commissioner General of RCS, Mary Gahonzire, the use of firewood for cooking purposes was not only environmentally hazardous but costly too. The decision by COMESA to support the project comes from an earlier COMESA mission to Rwanda, in the first quarter of this year, when it visited one of the prison facilities, Nstinda prison, in Rwamagana district in the Eastern Province and witnessed firsthand usage of human waste based biogas which impressed the delegation.
The mission was enthralled by how the facility housing over 5,000 inmates uses human waste to produce energy which is then used for cooking. In addition, processed waste is used as fertilizer making the facility economically productive and self-sustaining.
During this visit, it was further disclosed by RCS authorities that in one prison, the project has led to a reduction of usage of firewood from well over 50 cubic meters per day to about 15 per day.
Statistics of how much forests or wood usage that is saved by all the 10 country's prisons is part of what the COMESA funded consultant will be looking at to ensure that Rwanda aggregates the amount of carbon credits it saves which will be compensated in form of money.
According to RCS authorities, out of 14 correctional facilities scattered over Rwanda's 5 provinces, 10 were using human waste based biogas. The other four that were not using this innovation were due to relocate and once they move, Rwanda intends to have them all using the biogas.
Rwanda being one of the most populated countries in Africa, with 90% of the population still utilizing wood as their main source of energy, any project that saves forests is welcomed.
In addition the mission witnessed the fact that due to this transformation of human excreta into biogas, the prison had clean air, thus did not have the usual stench and respiratory complications that one usually finds in such facilities.
The biogas technology was developed by the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).
The COMESA Secretary General, Sindiso Ngwenya, says that besides reducing costs and making the prisons more humane, the project could benefit by selling carbon credits on the carbon market.
After the exchanges between the COMESA's Sindiso and the RCS Commissioner General Paul Rwarakabije, COMESA has hired Clean Energy Solutions Consultants, a clean energy consulting firm based in Zambia, to work with Rwanda and COMESA with the view to putting this project, first of its kind in the COMESA region on the world carbon market.
One of the major benefits of the biogas energy is that methane and other Green House Gases instead of being emitted into the atmosphere are captured in the biogas digesters and burned as fuel.
Each biogas digester can capture a measured quantity of Green House Gases and that can be quantified for the purpose of claiming carbon credits. The credits can be converted into liquid cash through either voluntary carbon market or the clean development mechanism (CDM).
The consultant is expected to spend an initial period of 2 weeks in Rwanda, at this stage visits shall be paid to all existing facilities, with similar biogas projects, as well as hold consultations with RCS authorities, and other stake holders such as KIST who piloted the prison biogas project, and the National university of Rwanda who plan to have education curricula related to climate change. Others to be engaged during the visit include: the Rwanda Environmental Management Authority (REMA), who are the national designated authority that will be needed in the process of registering the CDM project, the ministry of Trade and Industry that coordinates COMESA activities in Rwanda, and other stakeholders such as ministry of agriculture.
It is envisaged that the project will be on the world market mid-2013. COMESA plan to use Rwanda's experience and export the technology where it might not exist in the region. According to the Coordinator of the National Domestic Biogas Program, Timothy Kayumba, since the launch of the program in 2008, over 2,000 households had installed biogas plants. 56 boarding schools also had benefited from the plants, and also plans are underway to install in another 15 more schools. The technology approximately costs Rwf650, 000 to put up the smallest biogas measuring four cubic meters while a six cubic meter plant costs Rwf 800,000.
Government, through Energy, Water and Sanitation (EWSA), spends Rwf 300,000 as a subsidy to anyone willing to install a biogas plant in their homes while the beneficiary contributes a similar amount.
EWSA facilitates anyone wishing to construct a biogas plant to easily access a loan from Bank Populaire du Rwanda that is repaid within a period of three years at low interest rate of 13%
Kayumba says it takes a month to construct a biogas plant and if well-constructed, it has a minimum lifespan of around 30 years. The government has an annual budget of Rwf450 million to subsidize citizens wishing to put up the biodigesters.

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Vatican — After serving as the relator general of the just concluded second Africa Synod, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana has been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
While accepting the appointment last Saturday, The 61 year old Cardinal thanked the pope for having offered him the opportunity to serve the Church in this capacity.
With this appointment Cardinal Turkson will have to move to the Vatican. He succeeds Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, who goes on retirement.
The new President of the Justice and Peace Council was born on October 11, 1948 in Ghana. He was ordained a priest on July 20, 1975.
In 1992 he was appointed Archbishop of Cape Coast. The late Pope John Paul II made him a Cardinal on October 21, 2003 and he took part in the April 2005 Conclave that saw the election of the present Pope- Benedict XVI.
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The link between U.S. military service and running for office is as old as the republic itself. It started with George Washington, who famously wrote that, ''When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.''
During the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, hundreds of thousands of veterans have come home and laid aside their uniforms. But not all have opted to simply blend back into civilian life.
Many have chosen to run for public office.
Several dozen veterans — some of them from earlier wars — are vying for U.S. House and Senate seats this year. And many others are seeking state and local offices across the country. Men and women, Republicans and Democrats, they range from well-known hopefuls such as congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth in Illinois, who became a double amputee when her National Guard helicopter was shot down in Iraq, to Arizona state House contender Mark Cardenas, a 25-year-old Iraq vet who remains a National Guardsman.
They are people like former Marine tank commander Nick Popaditch, who lost his right eye during the April 2004 Battle of Fallujah in Iraq, and who is now the Republican nominee in California's 53rd Congressional District.
''I was looking at my government and I wasn't happy with it,'' says the ex-gunnery sergeant, who cuts a striking figure on the campaign trail with his shaved head and black eye patch. ''So rather than complain, I decided to run myself. I thought I could do a better job, and I still feel that way.''
After back-to-back wars, there are more recent combat veterans in the United States today than at any time since Vietnam.
But the number of former military members in public office has been declining for years. In 1969, nearly 90 percent of all U.S. House and Senate seats were held by people who'd served in uniform. Today, says the Congressional Research Service, it's about 20 percent. And for the first time in decades, none of the major party candidates for president and vice president has been in the military.
Seth Lynn thinks that's one of the problems with our political system these days, and he's working to change that.
Lynn, a Naval Academy graduate who spent six years in the Marines, helped found Veterans Campaign to train former service members interested in running for office.
He notes that as the number of veterans on Capitol Hill has dropped, there has been ''an almost parallel decrease in America's confidence in Congress.''
''I'm not saying that the two are necessarily a causal relationship,'' says Lynn. ''But I do think that there is that ability to put your country before yourself, but also to work together across party lines, that Americans want more that just isn't happening in Washington.''
There is a natural ebb and flow to this nexus between military and public service.
When World War II ended, 16 million men and women had served in uniform around the globe, and as a result postwar politicians were often veterans. The pool of veterans grew smaller in following years, especially since the end of the military draft in 1973.
The all-volunteer military engenders a sense of duty and ''selflessness'' that Lynn and others feel has been sorely lacking in the political arena. He sees this quality as a motivation for veteran-candidates today.
Even though he lost a Sept. 6 Democratic primary for a Massachusetts state Senate seat, Joe Kearns Goodwin says he's more convinced than ever ''that a life of service is a very worthy one.''
Goodwin was a new Harvard graduate when, following the Sept. 11 attacks, he announced he was enlisting in the Army.
His parents ''thought I was totally insane'' then and were surprised again when he declared he was running for office. But they shouldn't have been, given the family's proximity to politics. His mother is Doris Kearns Goodwin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, and his father, Richard Goodwin, was an adviser and speechwriter for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
''I was weaned on stories of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Great Society, the New Frontier,'' says the 34-year-old Goodwin. His father worked on these issues, he noted, ''all of which represented the ability of government to do good, when it's done well.''
Goodwin served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and rose to the rank of captain. ''Before we went on patrol, nobody asked, 'Are you a Democrat or a Republican?''' he says. ''No one asked if you were from a blue state or a red state, a progressive or a conservative. We were just, 'What do we need to do to get the job done?'''
In California, Popaditch is making his second run for Congress — but were it not for a rocket-propelled grenade, he'd most likely still be wearing a uniform.
The son of a Korean War veteran, Popaditch turned down a college scholarship to join the Marines. In the first Gulf War, he commanded a tank during the invasion of Iraq. He left the Marines after six years, but re-enlisted in 1995 and went through training as a drill instructor. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Popaditch asked to be reassigned to tanks.
He took part in the second Iraq invasion in 2003. On April 7, 2004, his tank was struck by an RPG, shrapnel carving a path through his sinuses and destroying his right eye. His actions earned him a Silver Star and a Purple Heart but cost him his career.
Like former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole and other wounded vets before him, Popaditch used the GI Bill to go back to school. Last year, he graduated magna cum laude from San Diego State University with a degree in teaching.
Misgivings about the country's direction troubled Popaditch while an undergraduate, prompting his unsuccessful 2010 congressional race. He has put his studies toward a master's on hold this year to run again.
''I think things are slipping,'' he says. ''And they will continue to slip if we don't get involved.''
Tom Cotton, the Republican nominee in Arkansas' 4th Congressional District race, compared his decision to run with his decision to join the Army in 2005.
''At that time, it was an attack from a foreign enemy, and we were in an active war. And now we're in a debt crisis that threatens our future prosperity and, therefore, ultimately freedom,'' says Cotton, 35, who declined a commission as a legal officer to go into the infantry.
Cotton served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, then left a position as a management consultant to run for office. He says the skills he developed in the military have served him well in the business world, as well as on the campaign trail.
''The constant ability to prioritize and reprioritize tasks, to work with imperfect information, to handle ambiguity, to build coalitions to reach a common goal,'' says Cotton, who defeated a fellow veteran in his primary race. ''Being part of a team and helping lead a team by purpose and motivation and direction so it can accomplish more than the individual could accomplish on his or her own.''
For many veteran-candidates, their military service is front and center — but that carries risks.
Running against Cotton for the open 4th District seat is longtime Arkansas state Sen. Gene Jeffress, a retired school teacher.
''I appreciate ALL of our veterans, and I respect them,'' says Jeffress. ''But I think it's been overdone. If he (Cotton) hadn't have had that, I don't know what else he would have had to run on.''
In Illinois, Duckworth's opponent, Republican incumbent Rep. Joe Walsh, said her service — which cost her both legs and partial use of one arm — demands respect. ''However,'' he added, ''unlike most veterans I have had the honor to meet since my election to Congress, who rarely, if ever, talk about their service or the combat they've seen, that is darn near all of what Tammy Duckworth talks about.''
Lynn says the ''single biggest pitfall'' veteran candidates face is overestimating the power of the war-service narrative. The ''Candidate's Field Manual'' developed for Veterans Campaign hammers that point home.
John F. Kennedy's World War II heroics after the sinking of PT 109 might have helped him in the close 1960 presidential race against Richard Nixon, but George McGovern's bombing runs over Europe in same war didn't lift him over Nixon in 1972, the manual notes. By the same token, allegations of draft dodging and preferential treatment during the Vietnam War didn't stop Bill Clinton and George W. Bush from becoming two-term presidents.
Vietnam veteran John Kerry's failed 2004 presidential campaign introduced a new verb to the political lexicon: to be ''swiftboated,'' a reference to the members of his river boat crew who came out to question his war record.
''A DD-214 (military discharge form) is not an ironclad guarantee to winning office,'' the manual says — but it adds that military credentials, ''wielded with care,'' can help.
''All things being equal,'' says Lynn, ''being a veteran of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars today is a greater benefit to a politician than being a veteran of Vietnam 40 years ago.''
Mark Cardenas, who recently won his Arizona state House Democratic primary and is unopposed in the general election, was reluctant to play off his veteran status.
The son of Mexican immigrants, he didn't see many options when he graduated from high school. But he knew that if he joined the Army, ''I'd have the GI Bill. ... It's something that I had to do to get ahead in life.''
But supporters urged him to make more of his veteran status, he says, telling him, ''That's your credibility right there.''
The youngest candidate in his district, he says his Iraq tour came in handy when questions arose about his youth or his experience.
''Well, for one thing, I'm the only person (in the race) that's ever had an AK-47 shot at them in anger,'' says Cardenas, whose stint in the National Guard won't end until nearly two weeks after the Nov. 6 election.
Cardenas was among the first graduates from one of Lynn's boot camps in 2009. The program has since blossomed into the George Washington University Center for Second Service, of which Lynn is now director.
Lynn says nearly 60 veterans have won their primaries for the U.S. House and Senate. Not all are recent veterans.
Another of Lynn's alumni is Blair Milo. At 29, she has been an anti-submarine warfare officer and lived aboard Iraqi oil platforms in the North Arabian Gulf; at the Pentagon, she worked on the program to develop the Navy's latest stealth destroyer. She's still a lieutenant in the Navy Reserves.
In 2010, the ROTC graduate from Purdue University was home in La Porte, Ind., on ''terminal leave'' and trying to figure out what to do with the rest of her life. The local newspaper was full of stories about the city's fiscal crisis.
Milo wrote a series of guest columns, offering solutions. Before she knew it, she'd been recruited to run for mayor. Challenging the two-term Democratic incumbent, she won.
The city of 22,000 continues to borrow money to meet its obligations, but Milo says things are improving. She's focusing her efforts on economic development and has even invited residents to join her for a weekly 5k run. About 250 people now participate in Fitness Friday.
''I like my job — MOST days,'' Milo says.
It's important, Lynn says, for vet-candidates to make it clear that they won't be fixated simply on military issues.
After more than two decades in the Army, those issues are certainly close to Steve Wilkins' heart. But the retired lieutenant colonel says that's not why he's seeking to unseat Rep. Renee Ellmers, a tea party favorite, in North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District.
Wilkins, who served as Gen. David Petraeus' logistics chief during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, says there's a tendency to see military people as all moving in ''lockstep.'' In his 22 years of service, he found that there was room for disagreement and discussion.
But at the end of the day, the Democratic nominee says, ''there has to be some kind of compromise.''
''I've been distressed at looking at the political environment right now, how divisive it is and how our political leaders, particularly in the Congress, just don't seem to be getting anything done,'' Wilkins says. ''There's more of a focus on waiting each other out to see who can have a stronger upper hand before doing anything.
''And I just don't think that's in the spirit of our democracy,'' he says. ''Things have got to get done to advance the football down the field.''
In that respect, Wilkins says, government could stand a little more military discipline.
Veterans find another way to serve country
The link between U.S. military service and running for office is as old as the republic itself. It started with George Washington, who famously wrote that, ''When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.''


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Saving Energy with Appliances & Electronics
With energy costs today everyone is looking for ways to save. Electronics, and especially appliances, can consume a lot of energy. Even with appliances and electronics that consume a lot of energy there are still plenty of ways to cut costs, and save on energy bills. Further reducing energy is a great way to help the environment, both by wasting fewer resources, and producing less waste. The following resources show how you can save energy with different types of appliances, and electronics:
General Energy Saving Tips
- EnergyStar: EnergyStar is an US government initiative to help curb energy consumption, and educate consumers about which products help them save energy.
- EnergyQuest: EnergyQuest is a Canadian government organization dedicated to helping parents and teachers educate children about the need to save energy. They also provide a lot of information about alternative energy.
- EnergySavers: EnergySavers is a resource from the US Department of Energy aimed at teaching general ways to save energy, and educate consumers about energy options.
- Online Power Usage Calculator: The Consumers Power usage calculator, helps consumers identify which appliance are consuming the most energy, and ways to reduce their energy consumption.
- Federal Tax Credits For Energy Efficiency: A guide to tax savings; consumers are eligible for when they choose to conserve energy.
- Buying Energy Efficient Appliances: A how-to guide to energy-saving appliances from Living Greener.
Air Conditioners
- Air Conditioner SEER Value Table: The SEER value table is a way to determine the efficiency of your air conditioner based on age, and maintenance.
- Energy Efficient Homes – Air Conditioning: EDIS Air Conditioning Efficiency Fact Sheet helps consumers get started in reducing the cost of their air conditioner.
- Choosing an Efficient Air Conditioner: This set of tips, from EnergyRating, help consumers looking to purchase a new air condition determine which one is the most efficient, and suited to their needs.
- Air Conditioner SEER Value: Fact sheet from EESI explains how Air Conditioner SEER values are determined, and why they can help consumers reduce energy consumption.
- Energy Efficient Air Conditioning: Guide from NREL.gov explains many aspects of air conditioning, and how these affect the efficiency of air conditioners.
- Air Conditioner Operating Tips: Set of tips from the Energy Office of South Carolina, examines many ways consumers can reduce energy onsumed by their air conditioner.
- Energy Efficiency Ratios: A fact sheet about how to determine how energy-efficient window air conditioning units are.
- Dishwashers & Energy: Consumer tips for purchasing energy-efficient dish washing machines.
- Flex Your Power – Dishwashers: A guide to Energy efficient dishwashers, and upgrading your dishwasher.
- Dishwasher Energy Efficiency: A 'Take Action' guide to dishwasher energy savings from H2ouse.
- 'How Efficient are Modern Dishwashers?': A guide from the Florida Solar Energy Center examines how modern dishwashers have tried to become more efficient, and ways efficiency could still be improved.
- 'How much energy do dryers use?': An analysis of dryer energy consumption between different types of drying machines byLaundryList.org.
- Clothes Dryers: Energy conservation standards and testing procedures for clothes dryers.
- Evaluating Energy Usage: A guide for consumers to determine how much energy their dryer is consuming.
- Gas Dryer Fact Sheet: This analysis of gas dryers provides Energy Use tips for consumers who own, or plan to own, gas-drying machines.
- Energy Efficient Clothes Dryers: An overview of energy-saving clothing dryers from Federal Energy Incentives.
Humidifiers & Dehumidifiers
- Energy Savings Tips: Tips for saving energy when using humidifiers and dehumidifiers from the Town of Middleton, Massachusetts.
- How to Select a Humidifier: Tips for selecting energy-efficient humidifiers.
- Humidifier Usage and Maintenance: This guide from Home Energy Resource explains how to properly maintain humidifiers for efficient operation.
- Ways to Save: Vermont government publication examines ways to save on the cost of operating dehumidifiers.
- Using Dehumidifiers to Heat Your Home: A look at how you can save money using a dehumidifier rather than a heater to heat your home.
- Energy Efficient Microwaves: Ways to determine which microwave ovens are energy-efficient.
- Microwave vs. Conventional Ovens: Ways Microwaves represent energy savings over conventional ovens.
- Microwave Oven Savings Calculator: A calculator you can use to determine how much energy you can save simply by unplugging your Microwave.
- Understanding Microwaves: This resource from the FDA examines ways Microwaves save on energy consumption.
- Conserving Energy While Cooking: Simple tips to save both energy and money while operating your oven or stove.
- A Buyers Guide to Electric and Gas Cooking: A comparison of the energy usage of electric and gas cookers and ovens.
- Energy Saving Ovens: A look at energy-efficient ovens from the Clean Air Campaign.
- Solar Ovens: A guide to making an energy-saving solar-powered oven.
- Stove & Oven Energy Savings Tips: This guide from the Canadian Ministry of Energy shows ways to reduce the consumption of energy by ovens.
Printers & Computers
- How to Buy an Energy Efficient Computer: This guide shows different ways to buy energy-efficient printers, computers, and other office equipment.
- Computer Energy Usage Facts: A comparison of how much energy different computers and accessories consume power during different modes of operation.
- Energy Savings Guidelines for Personal Computers: Ways to reduce energy consumption by IT Equipment.
- Energy Saving Computer Equipment: This guide details how to save energy when operating existing computer equipment and also how to look for efficient equipment when purchasing new computers and accessories.
- Best Computer Practice: Examines many ways to save energy when operating computer equipment.
Refrigerator & Freezers
- Refrigerators & Freezers: Energy-saving practices for use when operating or purchasing refrigerators or freezers, from the Virginia Cooperative Extension.
- Refrigerator and Freezer Fact Sheet: Energy-saving tips from the Florida Energy Savings Consortium
- Energy Standards for Residential Refrigerators & Freezers: A guide to refrigerator and freezer efficiency from NYSERDA.
- How to Buy Energy Efficient Refrigerators: (PDF) A complete guide to purchasing new, energy-efficient, refrigerators from Energy.gov.
- DIY Super Efficient Refrigerators: Do-it-yourself tips for saving energy with your refrigerator or freezer.
Small Appliances & Electronics
- Appliance Choices: This guide shows ways to choose energy-efficient small appliances.
- Save Energy in the Kitchen: How to save energy when choosing small appliances.
- Energy Efficiency & Space Heaters: How to choose the right energy-efficient space heater to suit your needs.
- Efficient Home Electronics: This publication shows ways to choose energy-efficient small appliances, and ways to save while operating home electronics.
- Un-plug Your Mobile Phone Charger: How keeping mobile phone chargers plugged in wastes energy, from Change.org
Washing Machines
- Efficient Clothes Washing: Energy-saving tips to keep in mind when purchasing a new washing machine, from ACEEE.org.
- Washing Machine Efficiency: Comparison by consumer reports helps consumers choose an efficient washing machine.
- Washing Machine Energy Usage: A guide to choosing an efficient Washing Machine from Resource Smart.
- Green Washers Buying Guide: Ways to choose an environmentally friendly, and energy-efficient washing machine.
- Energy Efficient Washing Machines: A guide to what washing machines actually save on energy usage from the National Energy Foundation.
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Babiker Badri Scientific Association for Women Studies (BBSAWS)
To improve the understanding and capacity of civil society organizations regarding democracy and the election process in Sudan. BBSAWS will conduct a survey on the concept of elections and voting among women in local communities throughout Sudan and conduct three, six-day training workshops for 20 to 25 participants each from civil society NGOs.
Badya Centre for Integrated Development
To promote peaceful conflict resolution among ex-combatants, local leaders, and citizens from the Nuba Mountains. Badya Center will conduct workshops to train ex-combatants and members of civil society from the war-torn areas of Rashad and Abou Gibaiha. The course will make use of curricula and simulation games developed by the United States Institute of Peace. The trainees will hold seminars, workshops, and group meetings with other community members.
Centre for Documentation and Advocacy (CDA)
To promote freedom of expression, democracy, peace building, and human rights in Southern Sudan through independent media. The CDA will continue to publish the South Sudan Post. The Post contains editorials, feature articles, transcripts of important speeches, reproductions of significant political documents, and reader feedback and comments.
Cush Community Relief International (CCRI)
To strengthen youth understanding of human rights and good governance, and to educate citizens about the upcoming elections and how they can be effectively monitored in Jonglei state. CCRI will conduct a five-day civic education training workshop for 25 youth leaders from three counties. CCRI will also train a local monitoring team to observe the upcoming elections and conduct voter education exercises in local communities.
Friends of Africa International (FAI)
To build the capacity of civil society groups in Darfur to promote human rights and advocate for peace and policy reform. FAI will hold an intensive three-day training workshop on human rights, democracy, and institutional capacity building for 30 participants from indigenous civil society groups working in Darfur.
Gender Centre for Research and Training (GCRT)
To build the capacity of women working in Sudan's different political institutions. GCRT will conduct a comprehensive study of women's participation in different Sudanese political institutions. A database of women involved in different political institutions will be created, including their current positions and level of decision-making authority.
Grand Africa Media Service Company (GAMSCO)
To strengthen the independent press in Sudan. GAMSCO will continue publishing its daily Arabic-language newspaper, Al-Muragib, which is intended to strengthen dialogue between northerners and southerners and is read by many people from marginalized parts of Sudan. GAMSCO will also publish a weekly page in the Khartoum Monitor and Al-Muragib devoted to articles relating to democracy, good governance, and human rights.
Imatong Human Rights Organization (IHRO)
To develop a culture of human rights and democracy among the Ngock Dinka and Arab Misseriya communities of the Abyei region. IHRO will hold training workshops on good governance, civil society, and the rule of law; human rights; women's participation in politics; conflict resolution and peace building; and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Participants will include community leaders, elders, women, young people, and chiefs from the Ngock Dinka and Arab Misseriya communities.
Institute for the Development of Civil Society (IDCS)
To increase the knowledge of people involved in managing Sudan's upcoming elections. The IDCS will undertake a voter education and election management campaign. The IDCS will undertake the formation of a National Voluntary Alliance for Training and Voters' Education (NATVE) composed of civil society leaders, teachers, media, political party and trade union representatives, parliamentarians, youth and student leaders, and other stakeholders. NATVE will encourage participation in the upcoming elections.
Kwoto Cultural Center
To promote democracy, human rights, peace building, and reconciliation in Sudan. Kwoto will perform a range of shows that incorporate themes relating to corruption, poverty, human rights, and peace building. Kwoto will also conduct more activities in Southern Sudan in order to reach recent returnees, rural areas, and inhabitants of war-affected communities. Kwoto will continue to hold its lecture series covering topics directly related to democracy, human rights, the CPA, and corruption.
Mutawinat Benevolent Company
To enhance access to the legal system for disadvantaged women and juveniles in Sudan. Mutawinat will continue providing direct legal assistance to disadvantaged women and children in Sudan by taking on 400 new cases. Mutawinat will also continue to operate its successful onsite clinic at the women's prison in Omdurman. Regular orientation sessions will be organized at the clinic where inmates can raise queries with a Mutawinat lawyer.
National Center for Peace and Development (NCPD)
To promote transparency, rule of law, human rights, and peace building in Sudan. The NCPD will hold a series of events on a range of issues relating to democracy promotion, anti-corruption, peace, and human rights in Sudan. The NCPD will hold workshops, training programs, and seminars related to these issues for over 600 people.
Nile Institute for Strategic Policy and Development Studies (NISPDS)
To build the capacity of Southern Sudanese policymakers to undertake strategic policy planning. NISPDS will organize workshops on strategic policy formulation and implementation for policymakers. NISPDS will also conduct a training workshop for 35 students on democracy, human rights, and peace building. Special emphasis will be put on how students can use debates as a way to present differing points of view in a peaceful manner and to encourage compromise.
Resource Centre for Civil Leadership (RECONCILE)
To build the capacity of MPs in Eastern Equatoria and Upper Nile states. RECONCILE will conduct two four-day training seminars for parliamentarians from Eastern Equatoria and Upper Nile states in Southern Sudan.
Salam Sudan Foundation (SSF)
To provide a platform for Sudanese civil society organizations to discuss and debate democracy, peace building, and multiculturalism in Sudan. SSF will organize a civil society forum to travel throughout Sudan in order to create venues for civil society organizations to address current political and social issues facing the country. Each forum will include 60 participants drawn from various sectors of Sudanese civil society.
Southern Women Solidarity for Peace and Development (SWSPD)
To promote the participation of Sudanese women in political, social, and economic life. SWSPD will hold four three-day workshops in Khartoum, Wau, Juba, and Malakal in order to inform women about issues relating to democracy, human rights, and political participation.
Sudan Human Rights Association (SHRA)
To raise awareness of human rights among Sudanese refugees, IDPs, and returnees. SHRA will hold paralegal training workshops in refugee camps and settlements in Uganda and Southern Sudan. SHRA will conduct field assessment tours in Uganda and Southern Sudan to monitor human rights conditions and the availability of necessities for refugees, IDPs, and returnees. SHRA will produce comprehensive field reports on the visits and continue to publish its quarterly magazine, The Sudan Monitor.
Sudan Human Rights Organization – Cairo (SHRO – Cairo)
To promote the protection of human rights in Sudan and strengthen relations between northern and southern Sudanese civil society groups. SHRO – Cairo will bring together democratic civil society organizations in order to convene an all-Sudanese civil society constitutional conference in Juba. SHRO – Cairo will also provide support to three local human rights organizations, continue to publish a quarterly journal, provide legal aid to IDPs, and disseminate reports on human rights abuses.
Sudan Self Help Foundation (SSF)
To build the capacity of community leaders in Southern Sudan to promote democracy, human rights, gender equality, peace building, and the CPA. SSF will conduct two training-of-trainers workshops in Juba on conflict resolution and human rights. Each training will last a total of 30 days and will feature trainees who are local community leaders and chiefs, as well as leaders from youth, religious, and women's groups.
Sudanese Organization for Non-Violence and Development (SONAD)
To develop the capacity of Sudanese civil society to promote democracy through nonviolence and conflict transformation. SONAD will conduct workshops on nonviolence, human rights, and democracy and a training-of-trainers workshop for 20 participants in Juba. Participants will carry out three workshops, lectures, or forums in their communities and institutions to discuss what they learned through the SONAD training.
Sudanese Studies Center (SSC)
To serve as an intellectual resource on democracy and Sudanese history, politics, and culture. The Democracy and Peace Institute, based at the SSC, will compile and publish 500 copies of a reader in Arabic that will provide comprehensive and diverse information on theories of democracy and organize five workshops on a variety of themes related to democracy in Sudan. The reader will present both historical and contemporary analyses of democracy.
Tapari Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (TMCS)
To enhance citizen understanding of democracy, conflict resolution, and human rights in Southern Sudan. TMCS will conduct five three-day training workshops on each of the following topics: democracy, conflict resolution, peace building, human rights, and gender equality. Once trained, the participants will be expected to return to their places of origin to share their training with other community members.
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Racing is a sensory experience: the sounds, the smells, and very much, the visual elements. This book is a collection of images of all those little scenes throughout the season that serve as puzzle pieces to the big picture of short-track racing in NASCAR.
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Wednesday Walkthrough - Harith Ramli
5 Feb 2014
Event times
1pm- 1.45pm
Cost of entry
Free. No need to book, just turn up.
- Weekday Cross
- Nottingham
- United Kingdom
- www.nottinghamcontemporary.org
Travel Information
- Any bus to Nottingham City Centre
- Lace Market Tram Stop
- Nottingham Station
Our weekly series of gallery talks are led by guests who offer different routes into artworks and ideas.
AboutHarith Ramli, Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Nottingham, draws attention to Madani's depictions of the Jinn, spiritual figures within Islamic texts and traditions.
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Total of 24 user ratings spread across 24 releases
Age of Empires Online
It looks like the Age of Empires of old, but free-to-play has ruined a beloved game.
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New and great concepts, but gets repetitive. Fast.
Assassins Creed is an incredible game when you first get your hands on it. Running from rooftop to rooftop, silently assassinating guards, and saving citizens, is all very fun... until you do it for the hundredth time. B... Read Full Review8 of 9 users found the following review helpful
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Hexic HD
Hexic HD is a lot like Bejeweled with a few key differences. The gameplay gets repetitive throughout its 3 modes.
After playing Hexic HD for a few hours, it has proven to be a fun immersive game, which reminds me of Bejeweled. It borrows the same basic concepts from Bejeweled. Throughout the games three different modes the basic gam... Read Full Review0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
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Red Alert 2 is a superb RTS game which is one of the year's best and certainly a must buy for any PC gamer.
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Eh, there are better games to buy.
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Oblivion is an imersfull world with a lot to see. The only problems with it are having the right hardware to run it on.
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A second attempt by Minnesota Republicans to craft a tax-cut bill has met the same fate as the first. Governor Dayton vetoed the legislation Monday, 3 days after the Legislature left town for the year. The governor says the bill didn't meet his requirement that the cuts be paid for in future years and not add to a projected deficit. Dayton also took issue with the mix of tax breaks, saying businesses made out far better than homeowners. State GOP Chairman Pat Shortridge says the bill would have helped Minnesota's economy grow and put people back to work. In striking the bill down, Dayton had to sacrifice some of his own priorities. The bill contained a tax credit to encourage companies to hire unemployed veterans. It also would have boosted credits meant to spur investment in startup companies.
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DePaul University's Contemporary Art Museum Appoints New Director
Six Artistic Directors of Documenta Pen Letter in Support of Activists Banned from UAE
The Whitworth in Manchester Wins Art Fund's Museum of the Year Award
Union Workers Protest at Sotheby's $203.6 Million Contemporary Art Auction
Christie's Postwar and Contemporary Art Evening Sale Brings In $150.3 Million
Portland Art Museum Names New Modern and Contemporary Art Curator
Linda Yablonsky at the last days of Gavin Brown's Enterprise on Greenwich Street
Michael Wilson at LaMonte Young and Marian Zazeela's Dream House
Linda Yablonsky around the opening of Moscow's Garage Museum and in Athens
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Forest Practices Water TypingWater typing is a Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) classification system of streams and other water bodies that identifies whether or not streams/water bodies are used by fish, and whether or not streams experience perennial or seasonal flow. Water types are used by the Forest Practices program to determine the amount and pattern of riparian buffer protection required during forest practices activities.
Forest landowners are required to determine, in the field, the type of any regulated waters as identified in the forest practices rules within proposed harvest boundaries, including the area within 200 feet of the proposal prior to submittal of a forest practices application/notification. In addition field verified stream typing is required prior to placement or replacement of stream crossing structures for road construction or road maintenance.
Landowners are encouraged to submit a Water Type Modification Form (WTMF) to DNR in order to make permanent changes to water type maps. This is the only means of updating DNR's hydro-layer and water type maps. If a WTMF is not submitted, the water type maps will not be updated. WTMFs can be submitted with a forest practices application/notification (FPA/N) or as stand-alone documents. Check with your local DNR Region office to determine if a WTMF has already been submitted and approved for your stream(s).
Water Type ClassificationsThe following table provides a general description of forest practices water type classifications currently in use.
Type "F" = Fish
(formerly type 2 or 3)
Type X is a symbol on DNR maps that identifies various water features (E.g. irrigation ditches, sanitation ponds, pipeline, etc.) which are not part of the above classifications.Type U is a symbol on DNR maps that identifies untyped water features that need to be verified and identified on proposed forest practices activity maps.
Available Resources
MapsDNR Forest Practices maintains and updates the DNR Water Type Maps that show both field-verified and non field-verified streams. You can check the Water Types in your area of interest on the Forest Practices Application and Review System (FPARS) mapping website. These maps are provided as a starting point to help landowners identify and type streams, lakes and ponds on their property. However, it is the landowner's responsibility to correctly identify and type all waters associated with their proposal. Waters shown on the maps are a "best approximation" and must be field verified by the landowner prior to submitting a forest practices application.
Forest Practices Application/Notification
Before submitting a Forest Practices Application/Notification (FPA/N), landowners are required to correctly identify and classify all streams, wetlands, lakes and ponds, and describe how the verification was implemented in the field for all waters within the proposed activity area and within 200 feet of the proposed activity. To do this, the landowner may use the Water Type Classification Worksheet or provide a written and accurate explanation (i.e. bankfull width, stream slope gradient, etc.) of the basis for concluding which water types are present in the area of interest. The Water Type Classification Worksheet is found in the FPA/N instructions (Western WA, Eastern WA) and provides an effective system for explaining the basis for water type determinations. In addition, Forest Practices Board Manual Section 13 contains guidelines for determining fish use for the purposes of water typing, and Forest Practices Board Manual Section 2 contains standard methods for identifying bankfull channel features.
An activity map is submitted with the FPA/N. These maps can be printed using the FPARS mapping website, or you can request one from your DNR Region Office. Compare the water types and locations shown on the map with all streams, lakes and ponds on your property. Make corrections on the activity map and submit it with the FPA/N. Refer to the FPA/N instructions (Western WA, Eastern WA) for Water Typing Requirements. This process does not result in changes to the DNR Water Type Map, but is necessary for the FPA/N to be considered a complete application.
In order to record updates, corrections, or to verify the water types and/or locations shown on the DNR Water Type Map, landowners or other proponents may submit a Water Type Modification Form (WTMF) to their local DNR Region Office. Please read the WTMF instructions. Landowners and other interested parties are encouraged to submit these forms, as it is the only way that water type corrections and location updates become permanently recorded on the DNR Water Type Map. Water type and water location change proposals are continually accepted by DNR.
Water type update proposals must follow the definitions found in WAC 222-16-031. Waters meeting the physical characteristics for Type F streams described in this rule are presumed to have fish use unless a protocol survey or ID Team has verified otherwise. Forest Practices Board Manual Section 13 provides water typing protocol surveys that may be used to determine fish use.
Water Type Review TeamThe Water Type Review (WTR) Team consists of representatives from the tribes, Washington Department of Ecology (ECY), Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), and the DNR. They review water type modification forms (WTMFs) in their area of responsibility. The role of the tribes, ECY, and WDFW is to provide input and expertise to DNR. DNR uses this information when making a final decision on whether to approve or disapprove a WTMF proposal. Landowners are encouraged to meet with the WTR Team prior to submittal of large batches of WTMFs or when there are potential issues associated with the proposal or difficulty in assessing the physical criteria for water type classifications (see Water Type Review Recommendations for more information). If a proposed change is approved by DNR, the map information is updated and is reflected on the Water Type Map, and made available through the FPARS mapping website.
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Release Date: December 19, 2008
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RALEIGH – State Health Director Dr. Leah Devlin today said that the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health has confirmed the state's first case of flu this season. The disease was diagnosed in a 38-year-old Wake County woman, who is recovering at home.
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Devlin noted that it shouldn't be hard to find flu vaccine this year because the supply is plentiful. In fact, a record number of flu vaccine doses should be available this year. "Check with your health care provider or local health department about getting the vaccine," she said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expanded its recommendations regarding flu vaccine. The CDC now advises all children from six months through 18 years of age be vaccinated against the flu. Vaccination is also recommended for any adults who want to protect themselves from the flu. Adults 50 and older, people with certain chronic medical conditions like asthma, household contacts of people with chronic illnesses, pregnant women, and healthcare workers are particularly encouraged to get vaccinated.
"Increased rates of vaccination could reduce the number of people who suffer from or die from the flu," said State Epidemiologist Dr. Jeff Engel, noting that the flu accounts for 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations in the United States annually.
Influenza vaccine contains protection against three strains of flu virus. "This year's flu vaccine is a good match to the strains of flu virus circulating in the country so far," said Dr. Engel.
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Cal State Fullerton Ends 11-Game Winning Streak For The Beach
April 16, 2014
Fullerton, Calif. - Cal State Fullerton snapped an 11-game winning streak for Long Beach State with an 8-0 five-inning win in the first game of a three-game series on the road in Fullerton. Shayna Kimbrough led the 49ers with two extra-base hits on the day.
Cal State Fullerton (25-17-1, 6-4 Big West) was able to survive a 49er threat in the top of the first after a Kimbrough triple, and got on the board in the bottom half of the inning. Following a double by Missy Taukeiaho, the Titans were able to push the leadoff batter to third where she came home on a sacrifice fly from Eliza Crawford.
The Titans tacked on one more run in the second inning, and took a 3-0 lead on a solo home run from Eliza Crawford in the bottom of the third. Cal State Fullerton continued to threaten, but Amanda Hansen came on in relief with one out and two runners on and was able to get out of the inning with a pair of strikeouts.
In the fourth, Cal State Fullerton added two more runs on a home run from Missy Taukeiaho, but Long Beach State (32-10, 9-1 Big West) appeared to get out of the inning on a strikeout from Hansen with two runners on base. However, after an appeal, Samantha Galarza's strikeout was overturned, called a foul tip. Given a second chance, Galarza came through with an RBI single, and then an error on a stolen base attempt by the Titan second baseman allowed a fourth run in the inning to come home to score.
A leadoff double for Lauren Mario in the fifth inning got the Titans started, and after two bunt singles, an RBI single by Taukeiaho ended the game.
Jasmine Antunez picked up the win for the Titans, allowing two hits over five shutout innings.
Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton continue their rivalry series tomorrow with a doubleheader at Anderson Family Field beginning at 4 p.m. Both games will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
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WASHINGTON, March 24, 2011 - The Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the circulation of a fraudulent National Organic Program (NOP) organic certificate produced by an uncertified operation based in South Africa.
Reported to the NOP by an accredited certifying agent, the certificate falsely represents agricultural products as certified organic under the NOP regulations. The NOP has not found evidence that any product was sold, labeled, or represented as organic using the fraudulent certificate. The falsification violates the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990.
Certifier vigilance is helping to bring isolated incidents like this to the surface, said Miles McEvoy, NOP deputy administrator. We believe that by reporting fraudulent certificates to the public we will prevent similar types of activity in the future.
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Certified entity and location: EMN TRADING LTD, 130 Biccard Street Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Certificate number: 105895-B
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Certificate issue location and date: Johannesburg, South Africa, 8 January 2011
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Blues lock Filo Paulo's Super Rugby season is over after he was suspended for five weeks following an incident during the North v South match at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on Sunday.
Paulo, playing for North, was cited under for an alleged punch on South lock Tom Donnelly (Crusaders). He was one of four players cited following a fracas 32 minutes into the first half of the match won by South 32 - 24. The other three players received no sanction.
The suspension takes effect from this weekend and extends up to and including the weekend of 14 July. This will mean Paulo misses the remainder of the regular Super Rugby season.
Paulo's hearing was held today before New Zealand Rugby Union Judicial Officer Roger Drummond.
He found that the offending was at the top end of IRB sanctions for foul play meriting a penalty of eight weeks. The Judicial Officer took into account Paulo's relatively clean record, his early acknowledgement of the offence, the fact that he had expressed remorse and that he had apologised to the player concerned after the match, in imposing a penalty of five weeks suspension.


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Speak Reminder is a simple app that provides a fast way to create a reminder using speech control. With various available speech commands, such as "remind me in 5 minutes", "remind me every Monday at 10 AM", etc., creating a reminder has never been easier and faster. More commands can be found in the Help section of the app. === Version 1.2.2 === - Various bug fixes. === Version 1.2.1 === - Show warning message when the speech-to-text description is activated with an unsupported language. - Various bug fixes. === Version 1.2.0 === New Features - Have settings to skip asking for description or use speech-to-text description when creating a reminder by voice commands. - Have settings to exit the app after a reminder is created by voice commands. === Version 1.1.0 === New Features - Add the function to add a reminder in a certain period (in 5 minutes, etc.) without using speech. - Support other English dialects: United Kingdom and India. - Stop the speech in the main and edit pages by pressing the Back button. - Add "speech help" section in Help page to show how to activate speech on the phone. Bugs Fixed - Crash when resuming from tombstone state.
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10/9/2013Quick and convenient tool.
29/5/2013Everything works well. From the live tiles to the alert. Great app to have.
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26/2/2013VERY COOL APP! Will give 5 stars if able to read out reminder when reminder time arrives.
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Undocumented and queer youth have been at the forefront of both the queer and immigrant rights movements. We are often told to reflect on our identity based on the messaging of the space in which we are present. We are told that Immigrant Rights and LGBTIQ rights are separate issues but, it is here, at the intersection of our lives, where our UndocuQueer identity brings a new perspective. Being UndocuQueer we live under laws that treat us as less human, we are scapegoats to society's problems, are misrepresented, and feel unsafe or vulnerable due to policies, institutions, and attitudes that keep us on the margins. Our every day lives are a reflection of these intersections and we will not accept the message that our movements do not intersect.
We are queer undocumented youth. We cannot afford to be in either the queer or undocumented closet. We cannot and will not hide; we cannot and will not let those who haven't been in our shoes decide and tell us how to act, how to feel and that this isn't our home. We have the right to be whoever we want to be and love whoever we want to love. It is a shame that the only path we have to legalization is to lead a heterosexual lifestyle. We shouldn't and won't conform to such ideas. We have a right to live and love to the full extent of our capacity.
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For the purpose of providing experimental data to assess neutron streaming calculations, neutron flux measurements were performed along the axes of the steel-walled annular ducts set up in a water shield of the pool-type reactor JRR-4. An annular duct simulated the air gap around the main coolant pipe. Another duct simulated the streaming path around the primary circulating pump of the integrated-type marine reactor. A 90-deg bend annular duct was also studied. In a set of measurements, the distance Z between the core center and the duct axis and the annular gap width δ were taken as parameters, that is, Z = 0, 80, and 160 cm and δ = 2.2, 4.7, and 10.1 cm. The reaction rates and the fluxes measured by the activation method are given in terms of absolute magnitude within an accuracy of ±30%. An empirical formula is derived based on those measured data, which describes the axial distribution of the neutron flux in the steel-walled annular duct in reactor shields. It is expressed by a simple function of the axial distance in units of the square root of the line-of-sight area, Sl. The accuracy of the formula is examined by taking into account the duct location with respect to the reactor core, the neutron energy, the steel wall thickness, and the media outside of the steel wall. The accuracy of the formula is, in general, <30% in the axial distance between and .
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