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Washington, DC — Malawian William Kamkwamba, who was forced to drop out of school in 2002 at the age of 14 because his parents couldn't pay the school fees, is now the author of an inspiring book on how he built a homemade windmill out of bicycle parts and other scraps to power his parent's home in the small village of Masitala.
His invention attracted international attention, and he is now on a U.S. book tour after completing his secondary education at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg.
AfricaFocus readers have often asked for more stories showing positive African initiatives, and I think this clearly fits the description. I haven't read the book yet, but there is ample material on-line for you to make up your own mind. See, for example, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8257153.stm, and the review in The Guardian (http://tinyurl.com/yc58d5k), which reminds readers that Kamkwamba's creativity is typical of hundreds of others in Africa and around the world who rely on their wits to survive. Kamkwamba's blog, with reviews and a schedule of appearances, is at http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com, and his coauthor Bryan Mealer's blog is at http://bryanmealer.com
The best introduction to the book is the short youtube video featuring Kamkwamba himself. See http://movingwindmills.org/documentary
This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains a short review and the book by Mark Frauenfelder, and a short question-and-answer session with journalist Bryan Mealer, who worked with Kamkwamba to write the book.
For a 5-minute PRI interview with Kamkwamba and Mealer, visit http://www.thetakeaway.org / http://tinyurl.com/yc8px9p
The potential of wind energy for Africa does not entirely depend on village entrepreneurs using their own resources, but more top-down ventures might take some lessons from the example as they expand their efforts. At an International Workshop on Small Scale Wind Energy for Developing Countries, held in Nairobi last month with joint Danish and Kenyan sponsorship, one paper (abstract included below) cited the multiple problems of sustaining a recent wind power project.
The Nairobi seminar is one sign of rapidly growing interest in Africa in expanding wind power, from a very small installed base. The African Wind Energy Association will be hosting an African Wind Power conference in Cape Town in May 2001. (http://tinyurl.com/yawvn4r), and a South African company boasts installation of small wind turbines at a number of sites in South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe http://www.africanwindpower.com/installation.htm.
To purchase The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, visit http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?0061730327
Another AfricaFocus Bulletin, posted on the web today but not sent out by e-mail, contains background on the high world-wide potential of wind power, from the just published book by Lester Brown, Plan B 4.0 (http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?0393337197)
For previous AfricaFocus Bulletins on the environment and climate change, see http://www.africafocus.org/envexp.php
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African Dynamo
Review of William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by Mark Frauenfelder
Mark Frauenfelder is the editor-in-chief of Make magazine and the founder of Boing Boing. He is currently writing a book on the do-it-yourself movement for Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin.
September 29, 2009
How a Malawian teenager harnessed the power of the wind.
William Kamkwamba's parents couldn't afford the $80 yearly tuition for their son's school. The boy sneaked into the classroom anyway, dodging administrators for a few weeks until they caught him. Still emaciated from the recent deadly famine that had killed friends and neighbors, he went back to work on his family's corn and tobacco farm in rural Malawi, Africa.
With no hope of getting the funds to go back to school, William continued his education by teaching himself, borrowing books from the small library at the elementary school in his village. One day, when William was 14, he went to the library searching for an English-Chichewa dictionary to find out what the English word "grapes" meant, and came across a fifth-grade science book called Using Energy. Describing this moment in his autobiography, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (co-written with Bryan Mealer), William wrote, "The book has since changed my life."
Using Energy described how windmills could be used to generate electricity. Only two percent of Malawians have electricity, and the service is notoriously unreliable. William decided an electric windmill was something he wanted to make. Illuminating his house and the other houses in his village would mean that people could read at night after work. A windmill to pump water would mean that they could grow two crops a year rather than one, grow vegetable gardens, and not have to spend two hours a day hauling water. "A windmill meant more than just power," he wrote, "it was freedom."
For an educated adult living in a developed nation, designing and building a wind turbine that generates electricity is something to be proud of. For a half-starved, uneducated boy living in a country plagued with drought, famine, poverty, disease, a cruelly corrupt government, crippling superstitions, and low expectations, it's another thing altogether. It's nothing short of monumental.
William scoured trash bins and junkyards for materials he could use to build his windmill. With only a couple of wrenches at his disposal, and unable to afford even nuts and bolts, he collected things that most people would consider garbage slime-clogged plastic pipes, a broken bicycle, a discarded tractor fan and assembled them into a wind-powered dynamo. For a soldering iron, he used a stiff piece of wire heated in a fire. A bent bicycle spoke served as a size adapter for his wrenches.
Months later, in front of a crowd of disbelievers who had scoffed at him for behaving strangely, William lashed his machine to the top of a 16-foot tower made from blue gum tree branches. As the blades began turning in the breeze, a car light bulb in William's hand started to glow. In the weeks that followed, William went on to wire his house with four light bulbs and two radios, installing switches made from rubber sandals, and scratch-building a circuit breaker to keep the thatch roof of his house from catching fire.
He begged his parents to send him to school he had big dreams for modernizing his village and needed to learn more math, physics, and electricity to realize them but they barely had enough money to feed him and his five sisters.
William and his windmill remained a local curiosity for a number of months, until the head of a national teacher's organization saw the windmill and recognized the boy's accomplishment as something extraordinary. A media firestorm ensued, with newspaper articles, blog posts, radio stories, and a presentation at TED Africa in Tanzania (TED stands for Technology Entertainment Design), where William, who didn't know about laptop computers and had never heard of Google, discovered airplanes, mattresses, hotels, air conditioning, and the mind-boggling concept of having as much food as you wanted whenever you wanted it. Befriended by Tom Rielly, TED's irrepressible and well-connected partnership director, William was taken on a tour of the United States, where he met many high-tech millionaires who were charmed by the instantly likable underdog who never complained about the lousy cards he got dealt in the game of life. They happily contributed to William's plans to electrify, irrigate, and educate his village, as well as pay his tuition at the prestigious African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg.
With so many tales of bloody hopelessness coming out of Africa, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind reads like a novel with a happy ending, even though it's just the beginning for this remarkable young man, now 21 years old. I have no doubt that William who is rapidly becoming a symbol of promise and possibility for the people Africa will be leading the way.
Question & Answer on Bryan Mealer's Blog
How did you hear about William?
I'd just finished writing my Congo book, All Things Must Fight to Live (http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?1596916265), and was feeling pretty burned out and disillusioned about Africa. I'd spent an intense five years covering the cycle of war, disease, rape, and pillage that's become the calling card of the continent. I'd struggled with this in Congo, but felt there was little time to cover anything else but that grueling and horrific conflict. You'd always look out for positive stories, and I'm sure they were all around me, but the war always had a way of masking them in its filth. Africans would usually be the ones to point out this discrepancy, and I'd never have a good answer. The week I turned in my Congo book, my agent called and told me to look at the Wall Street Journal. William and his windmills were on the front page. I thought, 'Wow, this is exactly the story I've been looking to tell.'
How did you guys go about writing the story?
I spent the next year going back to his village in central Malawi, living with his family, meeting all of his cousins and neighbors, interviewing everyone I could find. I spent weeks just interviewing people about magic, which played a huge role in his childhood. The famine took most of the other time. Since William's English was still improving, I interviewed him through a translator - Blessings Chikakula - which allowed William to speak comfortably in Chichewa, cracking jokes and telling these great, often silly stories. He's a really funny guy. Eventually, I was able to mine these core elements of his speech and give him an English voice. Each night after work, I'd charge my laptop and transcribe notes under lights powered by his whirling windmill outside.
How did this experience affect you?
It was an incredible journey, and along the way, William and I became very good friends. As he often says, "I saw a need to change something, but couldn't wait on others to do it for me." His story counters the stereotype of Africans as helpless subjects of corrupt politicians and international aid groups. For once, I didn't come home cynical and depressed. I was seeing Africa through his eyes, and it's a much more hopeful lens. It was exactly the remedy I needed after those years in Congo, and helped remind me of why I'd fallen in love with the continent in the first place.
What happens to William now?
William has received a good share of international attention because of his story, but he seems determined not to rest on his laurels. Getting an education and providing for his family have always been his two major goals, and he's still very committed to achieving them. Right now he's finishing his studies at African Leadership Academy, a pan-African prep school in Johannesburg, South Africa, that's filled with other young superheroes like himself. After that, he plans to attend college in America or South Africa and continue his effort to power rural Africa. He wants to teach young people in small villages how to build and maintain windmills to provide electricity and pump water for crops. That way, families won't be so vulnerable to drought and famine. His story will definitely be worth following. He's also the subject of a forthcoming documentary, Moving Windmills, that kind of picks up where the book leaves off. I've seen some of the footage and it's pretty powerful.
International Workshop on Small Scale Wind Energy for Developing Countries
Sponsored by the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, and Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IEET) of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
September 14-16, 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
[Report contains abstracts of a number of papers including this one]
Wind Energy Blows a Bright Future for Tsagwa Village
Njeri Waruingi Kahiu, Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology ,Jomo Kenyatta University, Kenya
The availability of electricity in rural areas of Kenya is about ten percent (10%) resulting in deforestation, use of scarce resources to buy expensive fossil based fuels and in-door air pollution. To mitigate against these challenges a novel concept was developed in 2003. In the Wind Home System (WHS) concept each household was to be wired, a solar battery and energy saving lights provided. The battery would be recharged every three to four days.
The nearest charging station was forty kilometres away. With wind speeds ranging from 5m/s to 12m/s, wind generators were a viable option. To demonstrate this concept of providing clean energy in Tsagwa village in Kilifi District, north of Mombasa Town on the East Africa coast, a grant of US$48,321 was received from the United Nations Development Programme, Global Environmental Facility, Small Grants Programme to provide a wind charging station within the vicinity.
The charging station was a hybrid of two wind turbines and three solar photovoltaic panels. Each of the solar photovoltaic panels was rated at eighty five (85) watts. The wind turbines, each supported by a twelve (12) metre guyed steel lattice tower, comprised of three phase generators with a maximum output of 800W and a rated output 600 W at 12m/s. The rotor blades were made of glass-fibre reinforced polyester with a diameter of 2.2 metres. The twelve pole brushless permanent magnet generator had a maximum frequency of ninety (90) hertz. The alternating current was converted into direct current in the voltage control system, which contained a built in rectifier bridge. A dump load prevented overcharging of the batteries. Power from each generator was stored in six, 200 Ah lead/acid batteries. The system voltage was 24V. The battery charging station was housed in a community centre which comprised of two workshops and a multipurpose room. The centre was equipped with one computer, printer, telephone, VCR and TV for recreational and educational purposes.
The community contribution was land, materials for the community centre and labour for all construction relating to the project. It had been envisaged that a total of 100 households would be provided with the WHS but only sixty four were provided with this service.
The shortfall was due to failure of the community to honour their pledge and the project money was used to build the community centre.
To sustain the project a caretaker was appointed to manage the day to day affairs of the community centre with co-ordination with the management committee. All connected consumers were to pay fifty shillings per month towards the caretakers' salary. Income was to be obtained by hiring out of the workshops, battery charging fee, community telephone charges, wiring charges for new customers, educational and recreation activities in the community centre.
The wind charging station initially worked well but six months into commissioning problems started. One wind generator experienced fatal failure when the magnets came off from the generator rotor affecting the performance of the charging station. There was no repair shop in Mombasa which could handle the job. At extra cost the rotor was returned to the supplier and he supplied a new one.
Soon after the other wind generator failed and on inspection it was found that water had entered into the bearing housing causing corrosion of the shaft and contamination of the lubricant.
Identical bearings and seals were not available on the market and the bearings were replaced with the nearest equivalent but the wind turbine did not perform.
The project demonstrated that wind energy does work but delivery of energy services is much more than technology functioning. The people dimension is a crucial. The main challenges were lack of spare parts, use of non-deep cycle batteries resulting in short lifespan, poor community participation and lack of ownership by the community. Lessons learned from this project are first, it does not follow that all people living close together can unite for a common purpose. Other criteria like track record of other successful community ventures should have been considered. It was wrongly assumed that lighting is such a dire need that in a community of one hundred households a volunteer would be easily available.
Secondly, the grant should have included a one year stabilisation period for promotion and marketing. An entrepreneur could have been identified through competitive bidding to manage the community centre for a year to assess the actual revenue.
A lot of effort and time have been invested in this project and the wind speeds in Tsagwa are adequate. Installation of more sturdy wind generators and a management structure based on the energy business model would ensure the success of this demonstration project and enhance adoption of small wind energy systems in developing countries.
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on 9/13/2013 7:39:00 PM
Age: 19-24
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on 9/7/2013 8:10:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
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on 8/23/2013 2:19:00 PM
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on 8/18/2013 11:51:00 PM
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on 8/14/2013 1:10:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
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I washed my hair, (it wasn't dripping wet, but damp like the package said) I put it through my hair and used a wide tooth comb to help evenly distribute it. Then, I waited. I had my bf blow dry my hair for me (that was kind of funny actually) because I was kind of too afraid to move (I didn't want my hair to break off lol) After he blow dried it and it was hard as a rock, I went in the shower (luke warm water) and I just "let it" come out on its own as I stood under the water. After that I applied the moisturizing conditioner that your supposed to, and I waited about 3-4 min, then rinsed. I knew from previous reviews that I should follow up with a deep moisturizing conditioning treatment/hair mask and that's what I did.I let that sit on for an additional 5-6 min. After rinsing that out, I let it air dry (applied the very tiniest bit of virgin coconut oil to my hair) and I have to say, I'm not impressed =(
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on 7/27/2013 9:25:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Relaxed, Other
Eyes: Brown
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on 7/27/2013 9:03:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
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on 6/6/2013 1:00:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
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on 6/3/2013 2:55:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
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The North Bronson Industrial Area (NBIA) site, located in Branch County, Bronson, Michigan, consists of two lagoon areas and a county drain which runs adjacent to the lagoons. Several industries in the area discharged plating and other industrial wastes to seepage lagoons between 1939 and 1981. An industrial sewer system was used to transport plating wastes to both sets of lagoons, which were owned and maintained by the city of Bronson. The seepage lagoons are no longer used for waste disposal; however, they contain an estimated 130,000 cubic yards of heavy metal sludges.
The majority of the city of Bronson is within a one-mile radius of the old lagoons at the NBIA site. The area surrounding the site is mixed industrial and residential; north of the site is primarily rural. The majority of the residents in the area of the site are connected to the municipal water supply system, although an estimated 3,000 people living within three miles of the site use wells as a source of drinking water. The primary supply wells are located approximately 5,000 feet west of the site and are screened in the upper aquifer.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the NBIA site for the National Priorities List (NPL) in October 1984 and finalized the site on the NPL in June 1986.
Site ResponsibilityThis site is being addressed through federal, state and potentially responsible parties' (PRPs') actions.
Threats and ContaminantsHigh levels of trichloroethylene, dichloroethylene, and vinyl chloride (also known as volatile organic compounds or VOCs) as well as elevated levels of heavy metals and cyanide have been detected in private and groundwater monitoring wells in the area. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and metals such as cadmium have been found in sediment samples downstream of the old lagoons. Lagoon sludge contains heavy metals, including cadmium, chromium, and lead. Municipal wells are located upgradient of the site with only a remote chance of site contaminants reaching these wells. Accidental ingestion of or direct contact with the contaminated groundwater, sediment, and sludge could pose a health threat to people.
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In 1988, action was taken to eliminate immediate threats by removing from service private wells found to be contaminated with metals and VOCs. Alternate water supplies were provided to the affected residences. In 1993 and 1994, EPA Technical Assessment Teams were dispatched to the site. During the 1993 visit, the site was evaluated for immediate threats to human health. In several of the remaining buildings, waste piles, vats and drums were identified, characterized and secured. In 1994, the vats were pumped clean, and the drums were overpacked and removed from the site. The vats were covered and the buildings were secured to prevent trespassing.
The Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) was conducted by the State with federal funding (i.e., State lead, Fund-financed). Cleanup options to address the lagoons and the drain (Operable Unit 1 (OU1)) were evaluated and a decision on the final cleanup remedy was made in a June 1998 Record of Decision (ROD) signed by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ, now known as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment or MDNRE) and EPA. The selected remedy for OU1 is to consolidate contaminated soils into one area of the western lagoons, dredge sediments from the County Drain #30 and consolidate them in that area as well, and to construct a wetland to treat groundwater from the lagoon area.
Remedial Design and Remedial Action (RD/RA) negotiations with the potentially responsible parties began a week after the ROD was signed. A Consent Decree (CD) was signed by EPA and the five PRPs. RD began in February 2000, with the first task being Pre-Design Studies (PDS). Field Work for PDS took place between February 2001 and March 2001, including the installation of new monitoring wells, abandonment of wells, sampling sediment and development of new wells.
The Draft PDS Report was submitted in July 2001 for EPA and MDEQ review and comment. The revised report was submitted on November 5, 2001, and did not meet the requirements of the Statement of Work and CD. Per a request from EPA, the Draft Phase II PDS Work Plan was submitted on May 20, 2002, which included additional field studies north and south of the County Drain #30. The final Phase II PDS Work Plan was submitted in July 2002.
Pre-Design Studies field work took place in August 2002. EPA received the Draft Phase II PDS Technical Memorandum in December 2002. Work conducted as part of the PDS showed possible problems with the implementation of the constructed wetland approach for groundwater treatment. Pending resolution of implementation issues with the ROD-selected groundwater treatment approach, the PRPs proposed to enhance the source control portion of the lagoon closure remedy by adding solidification and stabilization additives. This will give the lagoon sludges the strength necessary to support a cover and should reduce leaching of contaminants to groundwater. In 2006, the PRPs evaluated solidification and stabilization mixes and conducted a pilot scale field test of mixtures. EPA issued an Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) document in September 2008 that clarifies the cleanup requirements and documents that the use of stabilization and solidification is acceptable in conjunction with lagoon closure activities. Any modification to the original groundwater remedy selected in the ROD will be addressed though a future ROD amendment.
Additional sampling and analysis was completed for soils and sediments associated with County Drain #30 and the groundwater near the western end of the contaminant plume during April/May 2010. A final report will be completed after the results are evaluated, and further potential remedial activities are under consideration.
Operable Unit 2 (OU2) consists of the Industrial Sewer that was used by the industries to transport their liquid wastes to the waste lagoons. MDEQ began investigations of the sewer in September 1996 and subsequently sampled again in May 1998. Results of these two sampling activities are reported in Technical Memorandums for the Industrial Sewer. EPA began negotiations with the PRPs in September 2000 for the FS. As a result of these negotiations, EPA and the PRPs agreed to evaluate upstream source area "abandoned facilities" prior to completing work on the Industrial Sewer.
North Bronson Former Facilities - The upstream sources that were identified as part of the discussions for OU2 were evaluated by EPA and PRPs. Work on these sources is proceeding. These facilities collectively are known as the North Bronson Former Facilities and include the former Bronson Reel facility, the former L.A. Darling facility, and the former Scott Fetzer facility.
* Former Bronson Reel Facility - EPA issued a Record of Decision for the former Bronson Reel facility on September 26, 2006. The ROD requires: (1) the implementation of a warranty deed restriction on the property to require follow-up sampling under the site buildings if the foundations are ever removed, and (2) the implementation of groundwater use restrictions because of concerns about site-wide groundwater contamination that impacts the northern industrial area of Bronson. No other risks from this source area were identified.
* Former L.A. Darling Facility - - The former L.A. Darling facility contains metal and solvent contamination in its soil and groundwater. The site PRP completed the RI Report in 2006 and submitted a draft FS for EPA review in the Fall of 2006. The PRP revised the FS based on EPA and MDEQ comments. In the fall of 2007, L.A. Darling commenced a partial removal of contaminated soil from the property to allow for the construction of a road though part of the property. In a Record of Decision issued in September 2008, EPA selected a cleanup approach for the facility. The cleanup plan requires excavation of contaminated soils above the water table and institutional controls to ensure continued commercial/industrial use of the property. The ROD selected an interim action for groundwater, with the selection of Air Sparging and Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) to remove volatile organic contaminants. When the efficiency of the Air Sparge / SVE system slows and is no longer removing sufficient levels of VOCs from the groundwater and saturated soils, the system will be converted to a groundwater extraction and treatment system. This two-pronged approach, with Air Sparge / SVE and then "pump and treat," should dramatically reduce VOC concentrations at the facility. This groundwater approach is an interim remedy because it is not meant to address the entire contaminant plume from the former L.A. Darling facility. Groundwater contamination from L.A. Darling overlaps with contamination from other sources. A cleanup plan to address combined plume areas will be issued as a separate decision document. Remedial work for the L.A. Darling facility is expected to be conducted during 2011.
* Former Scott Fetzer Facility - - The former Scott Fetzer facility also contains metal and solvent contamination in its soil and groundwater. The site PRP completed the RI report in February 2008 and submitted the final FS report in June 2009. In a Record of Decision issued in September 2009, EPA selected a cleanup approach for the facility. The cleanup plan requires partial excavation of contaminated soils above the water table, soil vapor extraction of volatile chemicals in soils, and institutional controls to ensure continued commercial/industrial use of the property. The ROD also selected an interim action for groundwater, with the selection of Air Sparging and Soil Vapor Extraction to remove volatile organic contaminants. When the efficiency of the Air Sparge / SVE system slows and is no longer removing sufficient levels of VOCs from the groundwater and saturated soils, the system will be converted to a groundwater extraction and treatment system. This two-pronged approach, with Air Sparge / SVE and then "pump and treat," should dramatically reduce VOC concentrations at the facility. This groundwater approach is an interim remedy because it is not meant to address the entire contaminant plume from the former Fetzer facility. Groundwater contamination from Fetzer overlaps with contamination from other sources. A cleanup plan to address combined plume areas will be issued as a separate decision document. Remedial work is expected to be conducted for the Former Fetzer facility during 2011.
* Former L.A. Darling and Former Scott Fetzer Facility - - Groundwater contamination from the former L.A. Darling facility and the former Scott Fetzer facility extends under a residential area in the north of Bronson. Because EPA was concerned that the high VOC levels in the shallow groundwater could pose a threat to the indoor air of nearby residents, the site PRPs implemented a soil gas monitoring program. Soil gas samples were collected from yards near the facilities and public right-of-ways, and from nearby homes that were potentially impacted. To date, three homes near the facilities have been found to contain VOC vapors above indoor air action levels. The PRPs, working with EPA and homeowners, installed venting systems to reduce or eliminate potential impacts to indoor air. Additional monitoring indicates that further actions may be needed. After additional monitoring, additional control measures will be implemented if necessary.
ContactsRemedial Project Manager, U.S. EPA
james hahnenberg (email@example.com)
(312) 353-4213
Community Involvement Coordinator, U.S. EPA
dave novak
(312) 886-7478
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Gay man de-baptises himself 69
5:44 PM — A man has asked to be 'de-baptised', saying that he was too young to decide his religion at the age of five months. John Hunt, 56, says that he wants his 1953 baptism at the St Jude and St Aidan parish church in the Southwark diocese, south London, cancelled because he was not consulted and does not believe in God.
LGBT advice centre chief admits to looking at child porn 8
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Dictionary redefines marriage to include gays 2
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Rowan Atkinson attacks gay hate law 57
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This ROM is based on official ZTE N880E MIUI. Funny thing is that N880E MIUI builds are based on the CM10 device sources that I've released, so thanks to me.
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Changes to N880E version:
- fixed wifi and bluetooth (N880E has Broadcom wifi/bt, we have Atheros/Qualcomm)
- added Google Keyboard
- added Play Store
- removed Chinese MIUI apps
- used Blade III CM10 kernel (source)
- used Blade III proprietaries
Everything should work to CM10 standards except FM radio. Don't expect anything to be fixed (fix it yourself). I don't plan to use/support this ROM. It was just something I played around with for couple of hours. I just thought I'd share it because it's been requested several times and it seems to work well enough.


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Ottawa — TANZANIA can expect more investments from Canada following the conclusion of negotiations toward a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) between the two countries.
President Jakaya Kikwete and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced this during a joint press conference here on Thursday.
Mr Kikwete hailed the deal, saying it would encourage more investments from Canada and boost the country's economy.
He said the potential for increased Canadian investment in Tanzania is important, especially in the mining, oil and gas, power infrastructure, mining equipment and services, and transport sectors.
Once implemented, the President added, the Canada-Tanzania FIPA will facilitate investment flow, contributing to job creation and economic growth in both countries.
"Our government is focused on creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity, and to creating the right conditions for Canadian businesses to compete internationally. "This new agreement with Tanzania will encourage investment between our two countries and better-protect Canadians that do business in Tanzania," said the Prime Minister.
Since 2006, Canada has concluded or brought into force FIPAs with 13 countries, and is in active negotiations with 13 others.
Meanwhile, President Kikwete said the country has an investment code, which all investors have to subscribe to, noting that whoever meets the conditionalities is eligible. He however noted that democracy is not part of the investment code. Mr Kikwete was responding to a journalist who had asked the president to comment how Tanzania handles investment proposals from companies that originate in countries, like China, that do not share Tanzania's democratic values.
"It surprises me because it is the major democratic economies of the West that are major investors in China. I think I've said it all," remarked Mr Kikwete, adding that he had been to China and visited a number of factories there.
"I visited a Toyota plant that manufactures 600,000 cars and they were telling me that they have three of those plants in China. At Tianjin, I saw Canadian flags, American flags, European flags.
So what is this question all about?" In another development, Mr Kikwete took part in a tree planting and wreath laying ceremonies here and then paid courtesy calls to Speaker of the Senate - Noel Kinsella and Speaker of the House of Commons-Andrew Scheer.
Mr Kikwete also attended a business roundtable organised by the Canadian Council on Africa and met with African Heads of Mission based here. Mr Kikwete flew to Edmonton later in the evening to grace Tanzanian Diaspora meeting scheduled for yesterday.


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They are very comfortable to wear and it snugs over your ears very nicely, to a point when your ears begin to heat up. Due to its closed back design combined with the leather padding, little cool air flows pass your ear, which tends to irritate your ears to a minor degree. I personally found that by removing the headphones for at least a minute then back on again resolves the my issue.
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i have worn these headphones straight through a 2.5 hour movie, they felt just as good at the end as at the beginning. However, when listening to music at max volume my ears get a bit sore after about 2 hours and i need to take a short break. I think this is due to the volume and rather energetic I like and not the headphones.
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Radical Entertainment have announced the Prototype 2 Blackwater Collector's Edition today. The ultimate collector's piece for any true Prototype fan. View the full article »
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Radical Entertainment have launched a new Facebook application for Prototype 2 called //Blacknet. //Blacknet is free to access and replicates the //Blacknet interface found in-game while playing Prototype 2.
Fan-focused, //Blacknet encourages fans to work together to 'hack' the Blackwatch encrypted network to unlock exclusive content. Unlockable content range from behind-the-scenes file access, gameplay videos, screenshots, wallpapers, interviews, commentaries and many more.
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Boy Hunt
- Publisher: BLOCKS
- Genre: Entertainment
- Released: 27 Mar, 2010
- Size: 5.3 MB
- Price: $0.99
- App Store Info
DescriptionThis is a game to capture good-looking boys controlling a girl by touching and dragging.
Bringing back specified number of good-looking boys, the stage is cleared.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
© Copyright 2015 Clayton News Daily
By Joel firstname.lastname@example.com In an effort to help local realtors sell more houses in the county, the Clayton County Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), partnering with Parks and Recreation, will begin hosting the "Quality of Life" program. The program will include a "familiarization tour" of the county's parks and amenities, aimed at giving realtors first-hand knowledge of the county's selling points, such as community parks, senior facilities, bike trails and nature centers. The first tour is scheduled for May 15. Beth Bailey, vice president of sales and promotions for the CVB, believes making realtors more familiar with the county's amenities will help bring more residents and tourists to the area. "It's really to help educate a group of people who really need education about our area," said Bailey. "They are meeting people who will potentially live here. When people move to the area, they need to know what they have to use on a daily basis, or when their friends and family come to visit." The tour will start with a breakfast at Clayton County International Park. From there, the tour will head to the Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center in Rex, the Reynolds Nature Preserve in Morrow, and then to the Steve Lundquist Aquatic Center and Lee Street Park in Jonesboro. The tour will conclude at International Park with a viewing of the Griswell Senior Center and Clayton County Tennis Center. For now, the tour will be a special program for realtors, done by invitation only. Bailey, however, hopes to eventually expand the program to include other groups, such as tour operators and meeting planners. David Barton, vice president of government affairs for the Metro South Association of Realtors, said the program is a "tool" local realtors have been waiting for. "This is exactly what we need ... tools to promote the county," said Barton. "That's exactly what we've been asking for. It shows that [Clayton County] is not just a bedroom community, but that it's a work-live-play community as well." While the general housing market is in a decline, Barton said "Clayton County is selling as many houses as Henry right now" due to "droves" of investors, mostly retirees and couples with no children. While the Clayton County Public School System accreditation crisis is an issue for some prospective home buyers, Barton said being familiar with what the county has to offer will keep realtors on their "A game." "The more people know [about the area], the more people will talk," said Bailey.
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- Residents looking for ways to deal with BOE ( December 21, 2007 )


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The brand of eye make-up remover I use comes in a clear plastic bottle. When new and unused, the liquid settles into two distinct layers, in a 50:50 proportion. I shake the bottle before I use it so the two halves are completely mixed. Despite this, with use, the proportion begins to vary. After I have used about a third of the bottle, the proportions are roughly two-thirds to one-third, with the upper layer becoming twice the depth of the lower. By the time half the bottle has been used up, there is a very thin bottom layer, with the majority of the liquid being in the upper layer. What is going on, and might it in any way alter the efficacy of the product?
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Today, Rogers Treasurer Jerry Hudlow returned to his job after being fired by Mayor Greg Hines in May of last year based on the advice of city attorney Ben Lipscomb that he could take that action. However a city ordinance requires a two-thirds city council vote to terminate an appointed treasurer so a judge ordered the city to return Hudlow to his post and pay damages, like lost wages and court costs.
We caught up with Hudlow this morning during his first day back on the job who said, "It's a privilege and a pleasure to be serving the citizens of rogers once again."
We have tried multiple times to get a response from Rogers city leaders asking what action they will take to hold someone responsible for making a mistake that is costing taxpayers around $450,000.
We spoke with city attorney Ben Limpscomb Thursday afternoon, he said he has advised city leaders not to comment on this case pending the expiration of an appeals window.
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A Gourmet Salt Lake City Breakfast Experience
At the Castle we believe a great day begins with a great breakfast! Each morning our friendly staff prepares a full multi-course, authentic Salt Lake City breakfast that will get your day off to a great start.
Our full breakfast includes Orange Juice, Coffee and fruit plate with one of our freshly baked breads or muffins, followed by a delicious main course that varies daily. Some of our most popular entrées include
- Stuffed Blueberry French Toast
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- Cinnamon Cream Belgian Waffles
- Sourdough Pancakes
- Strawberry Crepes
- Cinnamon French Toast
- Ice Cream Heart Waffles
Each entrée of our Salt Lake City breakfast is also served with a side of delicious house potatoes and bacon or sausage.
Special Dietary Needs
Talk to our staff in advance and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Upon Request we offer a lighter breakfast consisting of Yogurt Parfait, Freshly baked breads such as lemon, pumpkin chocolate chip or banana bread along with orange juice and coffee.
Castle-Lite is available to be delivered to your room.
Snacks and Beverages
Complimentary snacks and beverages are available for all of our guests. Soft Drinks, Bottled Water, Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate, Popcorn and Freshly Baked Pastries or Cookies await you anytime during your stay.


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At this time of year, birds will be available for pick-up only...The temparatures are way too hot to ship from Florida.
Shipping is very stressful on chicks and birds. Please be advised that the I do not refund for chicks or birds that do not make the trip. I will pack them with fruits for nutrition and hydration for their journey, but I do not give refunds on birds. When you purchase, there is no guarantee once they leave my farm. I have no control over the USPS.
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Cooking and Baking
"Good (CH)eats", anyone?
Got a call from a friend last night wanting my "recipe" for my banana bread. I don't bake, so had to think about what she was asking. When my sons were younger, this is what I did, always with excellent results. Took one yellow cake mix w/pudding in the mix, added 3 overly ripe bananas, mushed up, to the rest of the ingredients, and baked according to box directions. Poured into two loaf pans, and miracles happened in the oven! (Sometimes added shopped walnuts or mini choc. chips). Do you have any "good (ch)eats"? to share?
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Move over Linus; trooper grows 683-pound pumpkinA South Carolina trooper may have topped Linus Van Pelt in the search for "the Great Pumpkin."
By: Janet S. Spencer, Associated Press
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Chris Mace's search for "The Great Pumpkin" sometimes makes him feel like Linus from the "Peanuts" comic strip.
Linus the cartoon character stakes out the pumpkin patch by moonlight each Halloween, remaining on the lookout for a huge, orange bearer of goodies to treat all good little boys and girls.
Mace the state trooper puts in an average of three hours daily preparing, planting and tending his patch, hoping to set a pumpkin-growing record. Mace, 34, started growing pumpkins two years ago and is fast approaching his target.
"Just wait until next year," Mace said after the season's harvest yielded a 683-pounder — his biggest yet — and a 400-pounder, but no prizes.
Mace is undaunted by this year's national record — a 1,725-pound behemoth grown by math teacher Christy Harp of Ohio that could take the world title. He has done his homework and is well aware that differences in climate affect the growth of pumpkins, with the Northern region of the United State having the advantage.
Mace studies, reads, talks and now plants Atlantic Giant Pumpkins to get better results.
"I'll start the seed indoors in April, germinating them under a grow light, and the first of May, I'll put them in the ground," Mace said.
The five- to six-month growing period requires watering the pumpkins twice a day, and by July some begin to increase in weight by 30 or so pounds a day.
The fast growers are identified and the vines controlled early, as the watch to protect the potential prize winner is constant.
"My biggest one would have grown more, but I put a tarp over it to protect it from the direct sun. It rained, and the tarp drooped, causing a soft spot. Last month, I had to pull it," Mace said.
To measure his effort, he began looking for a place to weigh the pumpkin and stopped in to see Kevin Freeman, who owns Freeman Core Supply in downtown Chesnee.
"He kept saying they needed to weigh several hundred pounds," Freeman said. "Then he said, 'I know you'll think I'm crazy, but I have a pumpkin that weighs 700 pounds.' He was right. I didn't know what to think at first."
Freeman drove his F450 truck, and he and Mace used a winch to hoist the pumpkin and carry it to the scales.
"It almost filled the back of my truck. We got it weighed. I'm still amazed," Freeman said.
Freeman and Mace made photos and video of the weigh-in.
"My wife came down to the store. She wanted to see the big pumpkin. Just think how big the pumpkin might have grown if he hadn't had to pull it. I'm just glad I could be a part of it," Freeman said. "I told my mom in Georgia about it. She couldn't believe it either."
Mace said his first attempt at growing pumpkins was a stress reliever.
"I still do it for that reason. But it's the competition, too. The first year I bought a pack of seeds at a local store and grew a 130-pound pumpkin. I read up more on it and learned seeds from other big pumpkins work better. Now, I have seeds available," he said.
Mace is proud of his efforts to reproduce "The Great Pumpkin" and is optimistic that his continuing research will be beneficial, although currently he has no trophies to attest to his effort.
"I just have to tell people now that my big pumpkin so far was about the size of a Volkswagen, and it's true," he said.
(The Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
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1V4 Leads No. 13 Rowing in Day One of Dale England Cup
April 25, 2014
Site: Bloomington, Ind. (Lake Lemon)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The No. 13 Indiana Rowing team finished day one of the sixth annual Dale England Cup in third place with a total of 23 points. Rhode Island leads the standings with 40 points, followed by No. 10 Notre Dame with 37 points. Alabama is in fourth with a score of 20 points.
Indiana's First Varsity 4 led the way beating the Fighting Irish (7:14.2) by two seconds with a time of 7:12.1. The Hoosiers' First Varsity 8 crew recorded a time of 6:23.2, just six seconds behind Notre Dame (6:17.9). IU's Second Varsity 8 finished in 6:32.1 to take second, while UND took first in 6:24.8. In the Novice 8/Third Varsity 8, Indiana crossed the finish line in 6:45.1. Notre Dame took first in 6:43.7.
Day two continues on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. ET from Riddle Point Park on Lake Lemon.
Indiana Crews
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|calendar>>July 24. 2014 Juche 103
Kim Jong Un Lauded by German Organization, Institution
|Pyongyang, July 24 (KCNA) -- An organization and institution of Germany on July 17 posted on their websites special write-ups on the occasion of the second anniversary of the conferment of the title of Marshal of the DPRK on supreme leader Kim Jong Un.
The Anti-Imperialist Forum of Germany posted on its website an article titled "Marshal Kim Jong Un, Songun brilliant commander", illustrated with a photo of him inspecting a unit of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
He has wisely guided Songun Korea with his rare military wisdom as an illustrious commander, the article said, and continued:
He saw to it that Aug. 25 when leader Kim Jong Il started his Songun revolutionary leadership was instituted as the Day of Songun.
He indicated that to model the whole army on Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism is the general duty for army building and put forward a new strategic line of coping with the escalating U.S. nuclear threat.
He has visited many units associated with feats President Kim Il Sung performed by winning the victory in war and Kim Jong Il's Songun leadership feats, adding brilliance to the history of the victory in war and the victory in Songun politics and further strengthening the military and technological might of the KPA with his outstanding commanding art.
The MS Travel Agency of Germany in an article titled "The title of Marshal was awarded to Comrade Kim Jong Un on July 17, 2012" introduced in detail his Songun leadership feats.
The article said that through his energetic leadership, he strengthened the KPA into the invincible revolutionary armed forces capable of defeating any enemy at a single blow.
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YIELD: Makes 4 to 6 servings
For plum chutney:
Peel plums, if desired. Halve and pit. Cut into 1/2" wedges.
Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add shallot and cook, stirring occasionally, until shallot begins to soften, about 2 minutes. Add brown sugar, next 6 ingredients, and 1/4 cup water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir in plums. Cover and simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 8 minutes. Uncover and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until fruit is soft and juices have thickened, 20-25 minutes. Season to taste with salt. Let cool slightly. DO AHEAD: Chutney can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm slightly before serving.
For pork:
Stir rosemary, herbes de Provence, and oil in a small bowl. Rub all over pork; season with salt and pepper. Wrap pancetta slices around pork and tie at 2" intervals with kitchen twine to hold together. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
If using a charcoal grill, build a medium-hot fire; push coals over to 1 side of grill. If using a gas grill, heat all but 1 burner to high. Grill tenderloins over hot part of grill, turning frequently, until a crisp brown crust forms on all sides, 8-10 minutes. Move tenderloins to cooler part of grill to gently cook through; cover and cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the middle of each loin registers 145°F, 15-20 minutes longer.
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How will
the Action Plan revisions affect freshwater habitats?
To better collaborate on important freshwater issues and
resources, the FWC is adding a section to the Action Plan that will
identify priority river basins within the state. The basin
approach to conserving Florida's freshwater habitats and species is
designed to look at all freshwater systems on a statewide scale and
determine which basins are in the most need of conservation
actions. This basin approach will also help the FWC better engage
its stakeholders and partners, as well as develop actions that will
benefit fish and wildlife.
Why develop
a statewide basin approach?
The FWC is developing a basin approach to better define its
freshwater priorities and create greater opportunities to work with
partners. This approach will address the situation in a given
basin, from issues caused by surrounding land use to threats to the
stream channel itself. This approach will focus on two
types of basins, those that are currently in good ecological
condition and need to be preserved, and those that potentially have
good value to fish and wildlife but are imperiled and in need of
enhancement. Projects in these prioritized basins will vary
in size and scope but will include habitat restoration, research,
monitoring, education and stewardship.
How will
the priority basins be decided?
An internal team of FWC staff created a draft priority basin
list using GIS information including species occurrence data,
identified threats to basins and potential urban development in
Florida by 2060. The basin list and methods used are being
reviewed by both internal and external experts and
stakeholders. Final decisions on which basins will be
prioritized will be made based on the internal and external review
and comments.
softwater streams and spring and spring runs still be priorities
after the basin approach is adopted?
Softwater streams and spring and spring runs located within
priority basins will be recognized as priorities.
Special consideration may be given to specific projects that work
in softwater streams or spring and spring runs that are not in
priority basins if they address some other priority need.
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