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The following is a list of people booked into the Routt County Jail on suspicion of the listed charges. The arresting agency is listed in parentheses.
Saturday, May 27
Douglas Edward Werner, 58, Yampa — DUI, DUI per se (Oak Creek Police Department)
Christopher Scott Lear, 22, Steamboat Springs — Disorderly conduct (Steamboat Springs Police Department)
Jan Margaret Olsen, 49, Hayden — Fugitive of justice (check fraud) (Routt County Sheriff's Office)
Robert Lee Dicenzo, 32, Steamboat Springs — False reporting, possessing marijuana, possessing drug paraphernalia, driving without a valid license, traffic offense (SSPD)
Sunday, May 28
Melissa Sara LeBlanc, 23, Canada — DUI, DUI per se, weaving (SSPD)
Frank Chillemi, 18, Steamboat Springs — Minor in possession, resisting arrest (SSPD)
Samuel Edward Hedstrom, 23, Steamboat Springs — Driving while ability impaired by drugs, speeding, possessing drug paraphernalia, possessing marijuana (Colorado State Patrol)
Zachary Clay Reedy, 24, Hayden — Driving while ability impaired by alcohol, driving under revocation, no seat belt (Hayden Police Department)
Peter John Zenewicz, 32, Steamboat Springs — DUI, DUI per se, speeding (CSP)
Mary Elizabeth Effinger, 54, Steamboat Springs — DUI, DUI per se, weaving (SSPD)
Monday, May 29
Eriberto Silva, 21, Craig — Driving under suspension, weaving (SSPD)
Travis Paul Holly, 18, Milner — DUI, DUI per se, speeding (CSP)
Eric Scott Gordon, 30, Hayden — Harassment, third-degree assault (HPD)
Morgan Bruce Kiddell, 35, Steamboat Springs — DUI, driving under revocation, open container, possessing less than 1 ounce of marijuana, possessing drug paraphernalia (CSP)
Tuesday, May 30
Diego Rene Ortiz, 27, Fort Collins — Fugitive of justice (harassment) (Out of county)
Wednesday, May 31
James Patrick Branneky, 21, Orlando, Fla. — Theft, providing false information (RCSO)
Alfred John Flood, 26, Craig — Fugitive of justice (SSPD)
Thursday, June 1
Drew Lawrence Haris, 42, Steamboat Springs — Third-degree assault, harassment (RCSO)
Jason Christian Marker, 32, Steamboat Springs — Failure to appear (defective vehicle) (SSPD)
Darvin DeLaCruz Sanchez, 34, Steamboat Springs — Failure to appear (driving while ability impaired), driving under revocation, weaving (SSPD)
Friday, June 2
Michael Jack Mosbey, 34, Steamboat Springs — Violation of a protection order (RCSO)
Friday, June 2
4:02 a.m. A 30-year-old woman was taken to the hospital from the 400 block of Ore House Plaza because she was experiencing some problems with her pregnancy.
4:31 a.m. Someone reported a loud party in the 1400 block of Morgan Court. Officers gave the residents a verbal warning.
9:06 a.m. A student reportedly got mad at a teacher in the 30000 block of Amethyst Drive and left the school. The boy later returned to the school, where his father picked him up.
9:34 a.m. Someone reportedly was bitten by a cat in the 1200 block of Lincoln Avenue.
1:14 p.m. A loose dog was taken to the shelter from the 3800 block of Whistler Road.
1:52 p.m. Someone was concerned about a dog locked in a truck near Ninth Street and Lincoln Avenue. The dog was fine.
1:58 p.m. Several juveniles were lighting homemade fireworks near Second and Maple streets.
1:59 p.m. A 34-year-old Steamboat Springs man in the 12000 block of Routt County Road 51 in Hayden was arrested on suspicion of violating a protection order.
2:30 p.m. A woman reported loud music in the 400 block of Tamarack Drive.
4:02 p.m. A two-vehicle, hit-and-run accident was reported in the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue.
6:16 p.m. A two-vehicle, noninjury, hit-and-run accident was reported near Seventh and Yampa streets.
6:20 p.m. Someone reportedly stole some old barbed wire from a fence in the 100 block of Logan Street.
8:11 p.m. A three-vehicle, noninjury accident was reported near Walton Creek Road and Lincoln Avenue.
8:24 p.m. A woman reported someone tipping over in a raft on the Yampa River and "struggling." Officers said the incident happened at about 8 p.m. and that no one was around when they were called.
9:09 p.m. A man reportedly was locked into the track area of Steamboat Springs High School. Officers let the man out.
10:07 p.m. A man reportedly saw a bear in the 900 block of Yahmonite Street. The bear was gone when officers arrived.

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Last time we talked about ways to save energy overall in the winter. This go-around, we're going to focus specifically on heat since HVAC is the big spender when it comes to your monthly utility budget.
1. Like we mentioned last time, turn down your thermostat. Every degree lowered below 70 saves you up to 5% on heating costs. You can also set the temperature to go down (no lower than 55 though) while you're away for extended periods of time – even to work – to save even more on the bill. Don't be afraid to wear a sweater and slippers in the house. It's winter anyway – make yourself feel cozy. This is where a programmable thermostat comes in handy. We have ours set to 67 in the morning (we find it makes it easier to leave the warm cocoon of the bed), 60 upon leaving for work (we have a dog), 65 upon returning for work (make sure to pre-plan for an hr ahead of when you actually get home so it's warm by the time you get there), and 65 throughout the night until morning again (again pre-plan an hr for when you typically wake up).
3. Dial down your hot water heater. Turn it back to 110 and start there (be aware, though, that some dishwasher require a higher setting – so pull out the manual). If you find yourself needing more hot water at the end of the day (if you have a bigger family with more showers), turn it up 5 degrees. Keep testing until you've found a setting that works. The other thing to also dial down is the time you actually spend in the shower. While not everyone can maintain the military standard of a shower in 3mins, try to keep it to the length of 3 songs. Egg timers are a simple tracking method for this. You can do it in the same way you do the water heater. Time your typical shower, then resolved to cut off a minute every new instance.
2. Clean your furnace filters as frequently as required. You'd be surprised how much energy this can draw. Think of it this way: You get in your car in the winter and it's cold. You blast the heat to make it comfortable. What if you put a fishing net over the outlets (normal/clean filter)? Doesn't really change the flow. Change the thin film to a cotton ball (dirty filter). Even stretched out it's affecting your transfer of heat in a major way. You should also take the time at the beginning of the season to get your furnace serviced.
4. Seal leaks. We brought this up last time and it's getting brought up again for a good reason. As my dad use to say, he "doesn't care to heat the outdoors" and that's basically what you're doing if you are living in a poorly sealed home. The same goes for windows – use pane glazing or thick curtains to shut out the night cold. It might also be time to check your insulation.
5. Winter seems to be the season of cooking. Let the oven continue to do the work for you. When you're done baking, TURN IT OFF, but also leave the oven door open until it's lost most of its heat. Obviously you should choose safety over finances, so if you have a little one in the home this may not be ideal. Our first home was the space above a 2car garage and our winter cooking probably provided half the heat needed on those cold winter nights.
6. This seems like a no-brainer, but we're still going to mention it. Heat only the rooms you USE. You'd be amazed the price savings when you aren't heating that extra 2000 cubic feet of guest bedroom space. The same principle applies to sleeping arrangements. Unless you're living somewhere in a gluttonous gas environment (and if you live on Earth, we know that's not the case), it's cheaper for you to use an electric blanket at night than to heat the entire space of the bedroom. Or buy a down comforter and live like the nordic do.
7. When the fireplace is on, turn off the heat (or at least turn it down). When the fireplace is off, remember to shut the damper.
What other ideas do you have? We hope you're feeling warm and toasty tonight and that these tips and tricks help you out through the winter ahead!
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As the temperatures begin – or continue – to dip, it's important to make sure not only you are ready for winter, but also your home. We've created a list of tips for winterizing your home and keeping the energy bill down. If you follow it, you'll hopefully have some more spending money for the holiday season.
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As we mentioned before, if you currently have a home energy monitoring device – like the current cost powersave envi – there are plenty of othersoftware sources for analyzation out there. Google Powermeter also provides a list of other partners who can pick up the analysis where they left off.
If you're getting ready to take the leap into a home energy monitoring device, here's the lowdown on 3 products to look into:
1. GE Nucleus – tracks usage in kwh and shows estimated money spent (based on prices you plug in). Will adapt to the smart grid that the govt is looking to install and connects easily to the computer with provided CD (must have Adobe Air 2.3 or newer – free). It doesn't need to be installed into your main electrical box, but simply plugs into any outlet and monitors electric currency data. They also plan to have an app for smartphone monitoring while away from the home ready for public use later this year.
**It is, however, currently only available to utilities so you need to contact your utility company to see if it is available in your area. GE will have the Nucleus available for nationwide purchase soon.
2. TED (The Energy Detective) – 2 residential models: 1000 series and 5000 series. 1000 obviously has less features, but still collects realtime data at a 10kw minimum. The 5000 series has more bells and whistles, with an application for smartphones for realtime tracking at a 1kw minimum. Both systems require being installed to the electrical mainframe of your house. You also then plug a reader into the outlet near your computer so that the data can sync with your PC. They also have a list of other third party apps available to analyze your usage. The basic 5000 series product costs $199.95, and the 1000 series costs $164.95.
Energy Joule – made by ambient devices, this little cutie plugs into an outlet and changes color based on your energy usage or price increases based on heavy loads. It's only available for people who are customers of Consumer Powerline right now but hopefully it will expand as time passes.
Hope this has helped and you begin your challenge of decreased energy consumption on the right foot. Check back soon for our next look into something good for the home.
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As some of you might have heard, Google has decided to discontinue its service of "Google Powermeter" for a variety of reasons, which they explain here, mainly being that it did not take off as quickly/well as they expected or would have liked.
We mentioned the uses of Google Powermeter here and here as a tool to track, analyze, and hopefully curb electric usage.
The good news is that Powermeter is not a product being discontinued, but a source of analyzation, so if you have one of the actual products – like the current cost powersave envi – there are plenty of other software sources for analyzation out there.
It is unfortunate that Google is no longer supporting this service, but from a business standpoint it is understandable. Their objective was to "raise awareness about the importance of giving people access to data surrounding their energy usage." I can see why they think they didn't succeed wholly, because it's not necessarily a topic of conversation or an institution in everyone's household, but I do think they had an effect. Things that change how mainstream works tend to require more time to impact and what they began was a trickle effect, quite a feat in this bad economy where every dollar is important. As they mentioned, studies show that the average person can and will lower their electric usage by 15% if provided with the tools or ability to monitor their usage. The White House is even looking at the possibility of introducing smart grid technology nationwide. So yes, Powermeter is out, but it served its purpose.
For those of you with home energy monitoring devices, or those looking into getting one, check back for the next blog post – a follow-up on the latest and greatest devices and software available.
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Bill Bryson's latest work At Home has a good section in chapter 12 "The garden" about lawns and how they came about, and I feel it is worthy of a bit of back-story for this blog.
Pre-19th century lawns were for estates and institutions (read: lots of $$$$). People either scythed and gathered the grass nonstop or paid for a shepherd to manage sheep that would eat the grass. Either way it didn't look great and cost a lot. Then, in 1830, a one Edwin Budding created an early version of the lawnmower. A behemoth of a contraption made out of cast iron that…needless to say, didn't go far. A couple different people and side inventions later (namely a drive train on a bicycle and steel), a more lightweight, easy-to-use version was created and the phenomenon stuck. By 1875 the lawnmower was a mainstay in the household appliances and well-cut lawns were the sought after look. It became the "in" thing to have a manicured lawn because it showed you had so much money that you could frivolously use your land for looks instead of food.
"Today for many people gardening is about lawns and almost nothing else. In the United States lawns cover more surface area – 50,000 square miles – than any single farm crop. Grass on domestic lawns wants to do what wild grasses do in nature – namely, grow to a height of about two feet, flower, turn brown and die. To keep it short and green and continuously growing means manipulating it fairly brutally and pouring a lot of stuff on to it. In the western United States about 60 per cent of all the water that comes out of taps for all purposes is sprinkled on lawns. Worse still are the amounts of herbicides and pesticides – 70 million pounds of it a year – that are soaked into lawns. It is a deeply ironic fact that for most of us keeping a handsome lawn is about the least green thing we do." (my italics)
Man, I don't know about you, but that makes me feel HORRIBLE. So, this post is dedicated to the OTHER things you can do with your "lawn":
So there you have it. Four different things you could do with your lawn area besides mow and water it every week. Let us know: what are you going to do with that extra time/money/water?
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Summer growing season is amping up in most of the country, and hitting the peak in the northeast. As many people move to growing their own fruits and veggies, they also need water to help them along.
Good news. Making your own rain barrel is as easy as you think. First you need to find a barrel sizeable enough to meet your watering needs. We recommend around 50gal; more if your garden is more than 10 plants (incl flowers). These can be found at food vendors (think pickles) or other commercial entities. Just make sure that they didn't once hold something harmful to you or your plants.
You should also purchase a brass spigot with hose hook up, a secondary double sided hose hook-up, a hose (if you don't already have one), and a durable screen. You'll also need a (power) drill and drill piece that is just smaller than the diameter of the spigot.
First step is to edit the outside of the barrel (if you care what it looks like). First construction step is to flip the barrel upside down and drill a hole – as straight as possible – into the side about 9-12″ up. Then screw in the spigot, sealing it with some waterproof glue or caulk. Some people use washers between the barrel and spigot, but you don't have to. You should also drill a hole about 6″ from the top and attach the plain hose hook-up here. This is where your hose should be hooked to when not using it, as it provides a release for water before creating overflow issues. With the hose attachment you can also ensure that the water goes where you want it to.
Flip the barrel back over right side up and drill any number of holes in the top. You can do one big one or a bunch of little ones using the same drill bit. If you make a variety of little ones, just be sure to make enough to account for normal downfall in your area.
Tip the barrel back over to get the shavings out. When it is placed right side up again, lay the screen over the barrel mouth and then screw the lid back onto the barrel, securing the screen.
Your barrel is now ready for use! If you are feeding it under a gutter, you may have to cut some of the vertical length out if you want it to directly flow into the barrel. You can then re-attach the bottom L piece so that it sends it onto the barrel top. If you live in a New England home without gutters, then watch your home during a rain and see where the most water comes down. You'll also want to consider where this water will be used the most. You can then place your barrel here, just keep in mind that it will not fill as quickly as those with gutters (but it will also have less drain-screen issues).
Enjoy your new source of water! Be sure to check the screen after heavy rains to make sure no new leaves are blocking water access into the barrel.
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As summer begins to take full effect, many homeowners start paying much more attention to their lawn. Fertilizing, re-seeding, mowing, watering. Just thinking about it makes us tired, and when it comes to watering – it makes our wallets hurt!
What if you could plant a grass that, after it's first growing season, didn't need to be watered (except in extreme drought) and didn't HAVE to be mowed? No twice a week, or weekly nights spent out mowing when you could be at the park or having fun with the family. No daily waterings.
Wildflower farms has a grass seed called "eco-lawn", which has been in production and available for household use for the last 10+ years. It is a blend of 7 fine fescue grasses that grow into a thick turf that can thrive in a variety of soil types, even dry or infertile soils. The grasses are able to live in those conditions because of the deep roots inherent to their properties. In hard clay the roots can grow up to 9″ deep, while in sandy soil that depth can reach 14″. This allows the grass to pull water and nutrients naturally from a much greater area of soil.
Eco-lawn is quick to germinate, but slow-growing once solidified. Over the course of a full growing season, if left unmowed the grass would be 9″ long, but because of the thinness of the blades it falls over the a carpet-like look at a height of 4″. If you are still wanting the "classic cut lawn" look, however, it will only need to be mowed once a month to a height of 3-4″.
From a sustainability standpoint, this is the first major incentive. Lawn mowers drink gas like a child does koolaid. The EPA states that "operating a typical gasoline-powered lawn mower for one hour produces the same amount of smog-forming hydrocarbons as driving an average care almost 200 miles under typical driving conditions." Just think of all the places you could've visited, adding up all of those miles, instead of mowing the lawn!
The second, and yet equally great, issue from a sustainability perspective is the lack of watering needed for the turf to continue growing. While the seeding/germination process is similarly intensive to common grasses, once the turf has passed its first growing season successfully it only needs to be watered during times of extreme drought. Think of all the money, and WATER, you will save by cutting out the 3+/wk waterings! Wildflower Farms provides a chart, which can be seen here, of the cost effectiveness of eco-lawn compared to normal lawns.
Northern USA should plant in the beginning of May or around Labor Day if considering switching to eco-lawn. The seeds germinate best in cool temperatures (55-77), morning dew, and occasional rain. Their planting chart based on location can be found here.
If you decided that you would like to convert your lawn to an eco-lawn, the steps you take are similar to any other lawn conversion process. You should first eliminate any weeds and remove debris. If the home is new construction and grass has yet to be planted, then you should rototill the site at a dept of 3″, rake smooth, and then spread a weed-free organic compost 1/4″ deep.
If converting a lawn from a different grass type, you can either kill the current grass (and then either plant over top of it or remove it and re plant like new construction), or you can overseed onto the current grass. If killing you can use either organic or non-organic herbicides (the non-organic tend to take longer), mow the dead grass as short as possible and then rake hard before seeding. Overseeding into existing lawns can be done, but it takes longer to fully switch, requiring yearly re-seedings for up to 4-5 yrs. This time can be cut down, however, if you re-seed in both spring and fall.
When you reach the seeding process, you want to achieve 15seeds/sq. inch or 25/sq. inch if wanting extra thick grass to help keep out weeds. Gently rake the seed/soil mix so that they are just barely covered and then roll the lawn with a lawn roller.
During the germination process you should water every day for 3wks for about 20-30 minutes, or the time needed to make the soil moist up to a depth of 1″. After 3wks, cut the watering back to every two days for 2wks. (only water if it's not going to rain) The germination process typically takes 7-14 days and will take 4-6wks before it arrives at a hight of 4-5″ and is in need of it's first trim (if you prefer a manicured lawn). Once the grass has solidified after its first growing season, as mentioned earlier, it need only be watered during extreme droughts. If this case arises, remember that it is better to fully saturate the ground for this type of grass than to provide frequent light sprinkles.
Below is a video of a customer installation and review of eco-lawn at their home (a redsox fan it seems!). If you are interested in converting your lawn, eco-lawn can be purchased either online or at 8 retailers in Mass or 1 in NH.
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Permeable paving units are another option when trying to provide solid surfaces for vehicle or pedestrian traffic, while also managing stormwater issues onsite without having to create swales or retention ponds.
Hastings Concrete checker block gives you the stability of concrete and the porosity of grass combined. The concrete design has a steel reinforcing that provides the capability of the surface to hold cars up to and including fire trucks. Each 4sf piece also gives a surface area of 75% grass.
Hanover Architectural Products makes a variety of permeable paving units, from porous blocks to open paver grids. They currently offer four options: Aqua-Loc, EcoGrid, and two options for a 4×9 paving brick. The Aqua-Loc paver itself is not porous, but provides over 10% open space on installation, making it capable of filtering 7-8″ of rain per hour. It can also be installed mechanically to save time and money, as well as be used for moderate vehicle traffic and almost all versions of pedestrian traffic. The two 4×9 paving options provide less open space (about 7%) but give more solidarity to the ground structure and meet ADA standards. The EcoGrid paver is the most permeable option Hanover provides, at an open space rate of 39%. The paver still provides the ability for moderate vehicular traffic while allowing water to filter through the grass-filled voids.
Pavestone Grasstone also has an open paver system similar to EcoGrid and the checker block that allows for vehicle traffic while providing space for stormwater filtration.
There are obviously a variety of pavers that work well for installations wishing for grass, these being only the tip of the iceberg. The important thing to look for, if choosing this type of paver, is the structural capabilities of the paver and requirements needed for the project.
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While porous concrete and asphalt are quite similar in their effectiveness and how they work, there are enough differences in their makeup that it is worth discussing them separately. We covered the concrete version last week and today we will cover porous asphalt.
As mentioned, porous asphalt works similarly to porous concrete. Both are based on a void structure like a rice krispie and require subbase layers that were mentioned in the concrete post. The main difference comes in the physical act of making and laying the porous layer. The asphalt mixture is harder to create than the concrete version, but is easier to install. While we couldn't find any specifics on why, it is more than likely due to the petroleum-based binder that is used in asphalt mixtures, so it is important to choose a binder mix that is appropriate for your climate. This petroleum binder will also become tacky during summer heat, swelling and making the voids smaller. It will also provide less aid in preventing heat island effect compared to its concrete counterpart due to its darker color trapping more heat, but this also means it will speed the melting process in winter months when the heat is needed. The concrete version, however, requires less nighttime lighting because its color reflects more light naturally.
Maintenance for pervious asphalt is very similar to that of the concrete version, requiring an annual or bi-annual cleaning. During winter months it will also need to be maintained with plowing and salting (no sand!). It is important to note that for both the porous asphalt and concrete, studies have been done to show that only 25% of the salt needed for normal pavements is required for porous ones. It is also worth knowing that if 99% clogging were to happen (rare with regular maintenance), water would still pass through at a rate of 10 inches/hour, still more efficient that most sands and soils.
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While pervious concrete was first used over 100 years ago, it has taken until recent years for it's application to become more commercially mainstream. Thanks to the sustainable trend in building practices, and organizations like the EPA and USGBC*, it is becoming a more widely used material.
Pervious concrete is made of aggregate and a paste of cementitious materials and a specific amount of water. There is little to no sand found in pervious concrete because it inhibits the ability for the paste to leave voids. Think of it like a rice krispie treat. The paste is the marshmallow filling that attaches to the aggregate (rice) while not filling in the holes between.
Typical flow rates for pervious concrete are 480 inches per hour or 5gallons/square foot/min. This means it is both more economically and more environmentally smart than regular concretes because it allows stormwater to filter through its layer back into the soil, recharging groundwater levels immediately. The open pore system also greatly reduces heat island effect caused by impervious concrete.
The economics side of this means that because of this immediate filter and removal it drastically reduces – if not entirely mitigates – the need for retention ponds, swales, or other stormwater management systems. This not only lowers the overall cost of the project, but lets you use the land which would have been swales more efficiently for building use – something which becomes very economically obvious if swales are replaced by rentable offices or apartments. It could also remove any stormwater impact fees that government agencies are starting to implement from the project costs.
Pervious concretes are typically seen as parking lots or other pavements, sidewalks and paths, and residential roads/alleys/driveways. Increased study of its composition in recent years, however, has seen it also implemented as tennis courts, foundations for greenhouses/hatcheries, patios, low water crossings, slope stabilizations, zoo floors, artificial reefs, swimming pool decks, seawalls, and noise barriers (it has very good acoustic properties). Places in Europe have even used it for load-bearing walls.
Because of the makeup and the faster drying time, the entire process is done on-site, which means the ingredients can (and should) come from a local source, helping the local economy. This also makes it more easily adaptable to different regions.
Due to the fact that its main uses are still for locations where there will be interactions with cars, questions about what happens to oil and other liquids arise. Because of the way the pervious pavement forms, however, instead of pooling the liquids, it acts as a filtering device. The oil which might leak from a car is filtered through the voids in the surface. It does not merely run through like water, but attaches itself as a layer on top of the hardened edges of the void. Natural bacteria and fungi then break down the oil. Studies have shown that up to 99% of oil introduced in this way will be biodegraded.
While pervious concrete is not typically used for high traffic locations, like main roads or places where heavy semis will maneuver, the normal composite used can safely hold 3000psi – the weight of a fire truck. Special mixes can be made that allow it to hold more, and the introduction of subgrade aggregate also increases its strength.
The rice krispie treat look also aids vehicle traction, especially during inclement weather. The porosity ensures the filtration which also eliminates spraying and pooling of water. Because of its more rugged surface, however, it is important to know that it shouldn't be used where highly abrasive machinery will be used – like a snow plow that digs all the way down to concrete surface.
In general, a smaller amount of shrinkage during drying occurs and the minimal cracks that might occur have no effect on the structural integrity of the concrete. In colder climates, the implementation must be designed so that the voids would not ever become fully saturated. This is typically achieved by putting in 8-24″ of sublayer rock.
Pervious concrete can last 20-40 years with little to no maintenance, compared to other concretes or asphalts which continuously need resurfaced. The main source of maintenance is the prevention of clogging the voids through annual vacuuming and/or pressure washing.
*The use of pervious concrete is listed as a "Best Management Practices" by the EPA and will help achieve LEED credits SS-C6.1, 6.2; SS-C7.1; WE-C1.1; MR-C4.2, 4.2; and MR-C5.1, 5.2.


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1. Re: Versions of Word on Different Client MachinesMayumi-Oracle Nov 8, 2012 7:15 PM (in response to 944614)It should be one OPM version against one version of Micorosft word or Excel version.1 person found this helpful
If you installed OPM version to different directory may be possible. (no tested yet)
The mechanism should be MS Word or Excel plugin relation file can be found in your OPM directory
\Oracle\Policy Modeling\Oracle Policy Modeling Excel 2007.xlam
\Oracle\Policy Modeling\Policy Modeling Word 2007 Template.dotm
This plugin file could not exist multi versions in \Oracle\Policy Modeling directory.
For example if other version exist in this directory OPM project file not start excel or word file with double click.
It shows error message.
\Oracle\Policy Modeling\
Oracle Policy Modeling Excel 2007.xlam
Oracle Policy Modeling Excel 2010.xlam
Or you can start manually from Micorosoft Office menu and open project file can be work.
2. Re: Versions of Word on Different Client MachinesBrad Tuckett ----Oracle Nov 8, 2012 9:14 PM (in response to 944614)Unless Word reports some technical limitation when changing the associated template, OPM should be able to convert a Word document from the version it was created with to the version on the current machine.
Any project created in the same "minor" version of OPM will work interchangably. So a project in 10.4.0 will open in 10.4.1 or 10.4.2, and a project in 10.4.2 will open in 10.4.1 or 10.4.0. For the same major version, you can upgrade a project to a later minor version but not downgrade. So a 10.2 project will upgrade when opened in 10.4, but it is then no longer able to be opened in 10.2 (a backup is created prior to upgrade)


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Does This Woman Have Gestational Trophoblastic Disease?
Does This Woman Have Gestational Trophoblastic Disease?
A 36-year-old woman (gravida 2, para 1-1-0-2) had a positive pregnancy test 1 week before she began to have heavy vaginal bleeding with passage of tissue. She brought in a sample of the passed tissue to her primary care physician, which was read at an outside institution as "gestational trophoblastic disease, highly suspicious for choriocarcinoma."
The patient was referred to the University of Colorado Hospital for further evaluation and treatment. Review of her histology slides was not convincing for choriocarcinoma, and the university team favored a diagnosis of early abortus. Since this would make a huge clinical difference in the management of this patient, these physicians decided to send the slides for an extramural consultation to the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where Drs. Russell Vang, Brigitte Ronnett, and Robert Kurman reviewed the slides.
Further work-up was performed at the University of Colorado Hospital. A pelvic ultrasound showed no uterine or endometrial abnormality. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the pelvis, abdomen, and chest revealed no evidence of metastatic disease. When the patient presented to the University of Colorado Hospital, the quantitative beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) was 3 mIU/mL (normal < 5 mIU/mL) and creatinine was 0.7 mg/mL. Two weeks later, a repeat beta-HCG was < 1 mIU/mL.
Differential Diagnosis
Dr. Ali Akalin: What did the microscopic examination of the slides reveal?
Drs. Meenakshi Singh and Russell Vang: The review of the histology slides revealed predominantly decidual tissue with exaggerated placental site and a small focus of trophoblastic tissue composed of cytotrophoblast and syncytiotrophoblast with mild atypia (Figure 1). However, no necrosis or tissue invasion was identified. No villi were seen.
Dr. Akalin: What is your differential diagnosis in this case?
Dr. Singh: The differential diagnosis includes early placenta, choriocarcinoma, hydatiform mole, placental site trophoblastic tumor, and exaggerated placental site.
The characteristic histologic finding in hydatiform mole is enlarged, hydropic villi and trophoblastic proliferation. The fact that no villi are seen in this case argues against a molar disease although the absence of villi on the tissues examined does not completely rule out a molar disease since the villi may have all been passed with the abortus, leaving only implantation site trophoblast, cytotrophoblast, and syncytiotrophoblast. Therefore, appropriate clinical, radiologic, and laboratory follow-up is required to completely rule out this possibility.
The histologic findings in exaggerated placental site and its neo-plastic counterpart, placental site trophoblastic tumor, are similar and would show infiltrative proliferation of monomorphic intermediate-type trophoblastic cells between myometrial smooth muscle bundles without destruction, invasion into blood vessel walls with endothelial permeation, and abundant extracellular, eosinophilic, fibrinoid deposition (Figure 2A and 2B). Therefore, exaggerated placental site and placental site trophoblastic tumor may be confused with one another in a biopsy or curettage specimen.
The features that would favor exaggerated placental site include an absence of mass—forming lesion in the uterus on macroscopic examination and imaging studies, low or absent mitotic activity, intermediate trophoblastic cells admixed evenly with multinucleate trophoblastic cells and the presence of normal chorionic villi. However, the mere absence of chorionic villi in small tissue samples should not exclude the diagnosis of exaggerated placental site when all the other features support this diagnosis, as sampling error may account for this finding.
The absence of villi and the presence of an intimate admixture of cytotrophoblast and syncytiotrophoblast with a dimorphic arrangement and mild cytologic atypia in trophoblastic cells suggest the possibility of choriocarcinoma in this case. However, similar microscopic findings can also be seen in abortus material from very early gestation, as the earliest chorionic villi do not form until day 13 of pregnancy.[1] In addition, although one would expect the presence of villi after day 13, the villi might have been lost with the abortus, leaving only residual implantation site trophoblastic cells, cytotrophoblast, and syncytiotrophoblast in small tissue samples brought in to the clinician.
The histologic requirement for a diagnosis of choriocarcinoma is the presence of tissue invasion. Therefore, appropriate clinical, radiologic, and laboratory follow-up may be required to confidently distinguish between choriocarcinoma and early abortus in small tissue samples. Choriocarcinoma usually manifests as single or multiple well-circumscribed hemorrhagic nodular lesions that may extend deeply into the myometrium in the uterus.
Unlike choriocarcinoma, no mass within the myometrium is seen in early placenta on macroscopic examination and imaging studies. The serial determination of serum beta-HCG is also very important in differentiating choriocarcinoma from early placenta. In choriocarcinoma, one would see very high levels of beta-HCG for the estimated gestational age and a gradual rise during follow-up, whereas, in early placenta, the serum beta-HCG levels would be at the expected reference range for the estimated gestational age and would show a gradual decline to undetectable levels on follow-up, as observed in our case.


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In many cases, the current regulatory environment in the U.S. has manufacturers scrambling for solutions that don't exist or are too costly to implement. Regulators do not conduct a cost/benefit analysis before they implement new standards, placing an enormous burden on manufacturers.
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Most politicians are clueless about manufacturing, as evidenced by their support for regulations and taxes that put U.S. manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage, said executives speaking at a manufacturing summit in Cleveland Monday.
The executives, representing steel service centers and other metals providers, offered their insight into key presidential election issues at the event hosted by the Metals Service Center Institute. The summit took place at the headquarters of tooling components manufacturer Jergens Inc.
Uncertainty is one of the manufacturing industry's biggest enemies, said Robert Lapp, vice president of government affairs and community relations for Canton, Ohio-based Timken Co. (IW 500/197. Nobody in the industry knows what taxes, health care and regulations will cost in the upcoming year, he said.
A more simplified tax structure that includes a repatriation holiday could encourage more manufacturers to invest in the U.S., said Karla Lewis, executive vice president and CFO for metals service center Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (IW 500/124). Lewis said companies with overseas operations are "trapped" because they don't want to be double taxed if they bring their profits back to the U.S.
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The headquarters of the British Councilin India are in New Delhi, the capital of India. The avantgarde exterior design of the current premises that were opened in 1993, have made the building a significant sight in the posh Connaught Circus area of central Delhi. The eminent architect Charles Correa is responsible for this magnificent architectural contribution.
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I donate and volunteer at Community Lunch on Capitol Hill. It's a great organization that provides hot meals, clothing, medical assistance and other services to homeless and hungry people. Volunteers prepare and serve meals three times a week - there's great camaraderie among the volunteers and it's clear how important both the food and the sense of community is to the people Community Lunch serves. This is a grass roots organization that makes a real impact on people's lives. Food donations from local supermarkets, farmers' markets and restaurants help every dollar stretch a long way. I feel my donations to Community Lunch help make a difference in the lives of people in our community.
This place does an amazing job of feeding a whole lot of people. When possible, they give out toiletries as well.
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I have volunteered periodically over the past 4 or so years at Community Lunch on Capitol Hill. It is so well organized and so well run. There is always plenty of food for all the folks that need it. Don does a tremendous job. The main course is always healthy. There is food prepared for the folks to take with them. Sometimes there are hygiene products there.
Volunteering for Community Lunch is such a rewarding experience because of everyone involved - from the staff, to the Board of Directors, Central Lutheran Church, All Pilgrims Church, and all the other congregations, a host of volunteers and especially our guests. It's always such a joy for me to return and see all the familiar faces.
Kudos go especially to the Director, Don Jensen (arm twister extrordinaire) who has an incredible ability to find the amazing amount of resources that it takes to make this program such a success.
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I've been volunteering for what is now Community Lunch for 15 years. When I began it was a small program administered by Lutheran Social Services which relied on volunteer church congregations to provide and serve homemade pots of soup, bread and homemade desserts to 75 to 100 guests once a week. I still marvel at the changes that have happened to this service since that time! We now serve full balanced meals with a choice of hot entrees to 200 - 300 guests twice a week, and in addition, offer social services to help guests find access to other community and government resources. A large part of the credit for the excellence of the program is to due to the current director. He has done an amazing job of: finding cost-free resources (restaurants, grocery stores and food banks) for the high quality food stuffs used in the meals we serve; obtaining donations from companies and organizations for equipment such as freezers, refrigerators and stoves; organizing and administering fund raisers; and most of all recruiting volunteers.
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An anaesthetist banned last month under suspicion of stealing and injecting the powerful painkiller fentanyl from his workplace has been allowed to return to work.
The Medical Board of Australia's ban on the doctor, who can be referred to only as MLNO, was overturned after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal declared that much of the evidence the board relied upon was unsustainable.
Nursing colleagues of MLNO watched his behaviour at work and reported fidgeting, erratic behaviour and missing fentanyl on three occasions this year.
The tribunal was told during last month's hearing that while working overseas, MLNO had attempted suicide and that he had several medical conditions.
Nurses reported fentanyl being seen in a syringe in his pocket and his demeanour rapidly changing. He had bruises and a wound dressing on his inner arm.
The board held a reasonable belief that he "had an impairment . . . which caused a serious risk to MLNO's patients".
One nurse said of an encounter with MLNO in February: "I noticed his demeanour had changed. It was markedly different from his whole demeanour during the management of the first patient from what I had earlier witnessed. He was fidgeting, his hands were shaking, he was saying things . . . which described the tasks he next had to perform, for example words similar to 'I have to connect the drip' [and] 'I have to administer the narcotic'. He never used these words when performing these functions in the previous case, it was unusual."
Another said in her statement that MLNO placed a 10mL syringe in his front top pocket but she did not see him remove it later.
MLNO was also seen to rummage through a sharps bin, which he explained as trying to make sure he had not incorrectly administered drugs to a patient.
But the tribunal deputy president Heather Lambrick and members Brian Collopy and Barbara Burge ruled that the nurses' accounts did not provide sufficient evidence and was mere speculation.
It preferred the evidence of the doctor in which he explained how his medical conditions had made him itch and his pupils dilated. He regularly needed to use the toilet, he had anxiety and a psychiatric condition being treated with prescription drugs.
MLNO repeatedly said he did not have an illegal drug addiction and admitted drug experimentation at university.
An audit at the hospital found no staff properly complied with the required recording of drug disposal.
The board submitted that MLNO's suicide attempt was, in reality, a substance overdose and that the tribunal should consider whether it raised suspicions of drug abuse.
"We cannot, however, form a reasonable belief based purely on innuendo and suspicion," the tribunal members said in their judgment, made last month and published on Thursday.
"A reasonable belief must be based on something more than that. None of the professional evidence before us confirmed a substance misuse problem or disorder. To allay any concerns of the board, MLNO has undergone regular urinalysis testing and also hair testing. The results have all been negative."
It further added in relation to missing fentanyl: "It was not open to us to draw an adverse inference against MLNO for his failure to comply with the policy . . . It simply could not lead us to draw an inference that he was diverting fentanyl to his own use, which he adamantly denies."
The tribunal members also said they had more evidence before them than did the board when it made its determination.
Further, they noted that nurses working with MLNO were "on very high alert" about him and they "could not help but wonder how well any individual would shape up to such rigorous scrutiny and whether the observations were in any way coloured by being told of the suspicions or concerns of other people".
They suppressed identification of MLNO, the hospital at which he worked and the identities of the nurses who complained.
Medical board spokeswoman Nicole Newton said the board had the power to take immediate action to restrict a practitioner's registration, if it believed there was a serious risk to the health and safety of the public.
"The board takes this action cautiously and after careful consideration," she said.
"In overturning the board's decision, the tribunal has decided there is no serious risk to the health and safety of the public."
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The Steampunk fad seems unabating over the years, if anything it has gotten stronger. More and more people are getting into it, or at the very least showcasing their wares online.
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One such innovator is being showcased here. Taking a Chinese fly phone, the steampunker gutted it, made a brand new case for it complete with all the buttons and nobs, then reassembled a fully working phone. The pseudo-instructional version can be found here (Google Translate is your friend if you can't read the language).
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Active Substance: saxagliptin
Common Name: saxagliptin
ATC Code: A10BH03
Marketing Authorisation Holder: AstraZeneca AB
Active Substance: saxagliptin
Status: Authorised
Authorisation Date: 2009-10-01
Therapeutic Area: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Pharmacotherapeutic Group: Drugs used in diabetes
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Add-on combination therapy
Onglyza is indicated in adult patients aged 18 years and older with type-2 diabetes mellitus to improve glycaemic control:
as monotherapy:
- in patients inadequately controlled by diet and exercise alone and for whom metformin is inappropriate due to contraindications or intolerance;
as dual oral therapy:
- in combination with metformin, when metformin alone, with diet and exercise, does not provide adequate glycaemic control;
- in combination with a sulphonylurea, when the sulphonylurea alone, with diet and exercise, does not provide adequate glycaemic control in patients for whom use of metformin is considered inappropriate;
- in combination with a thiazolidinedione, when the thiazolidinedione alone with diet and exercise, does not provide adequate glycaemic control in patients for whom use of a thiazolidinedione is considered appropriate;
as triple oral therapy:
- in combination with metformin plus a sulphonylurea when this regimen alone, with diet and exercise, does not provide adequate glycaemic control;
as combination therapy with insulin (with or without metformin), when this regimen alone, with diet and exercise, does not provide adequate glycaemic control.
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Onglyza is used in adults who have type-2 diabetes to control their blood glucose (sugar) level. It is used on its own, in addition to diet and exercise, in patients who cannot take metformin and whose glucose levels are not satisfactorily controlled by diet and exercise alone. It is also used in addition to diet and exercise and together with other antidiabetes medicines in the following ways:
- with metformin in patients whose glucose levels are not satisfactorily controlled on metformin;
- with a sulphonylurea in patients whose glucose levels are not satisfactorily controlled on sulphonylurea and in whom treatment with metformin is not considered appropriate;
- with a thiazolidinedione in patients whose glucose levels are not satisfactorily controlled on thiazolidinedione;
- with insulin (with or without metformin) in patients whose glucose levels are not satisfactorily controlled on insulin (with or without metformin);
- with metformin and a sulphonylurea in patients whose blood glucose is not adequately controlled by combined metformin and sulphonylurea treatment.
The medicine can only be obtained with a prescription.
How is Onglyza used?
The recommended dose of Onglyza is 5 mg taken once a day, at any time of the day. The dose of Onglyza should be reduced to 2.5 mg once a day in patients with moderate or severe renal problems. If used in combination with insulin or a sulphonylurea the dose of these medicines may need to be lowered, to reduce risk of hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar levels).
How does Onglyza work?
Type-2 diabetes is a disease in which the pancreas does not make enough insulin to control the level of glucose in the blood or when the body is unable to use insulin effectively. The active substance in Onglyza, saxagliptin, is a dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor. It works by blocking the breakdown of 'incretin' hormones in the body. These hormones are released after a meal and stimulate the pancreas to produce insulin. By increasing levels of incretin hormones in the blood, saxagliptin stimulates the pancreas to produce more insulin when blood glucose levels are high. Saxagliptin does not work when the blood glucose is low. Saxagliptin also reduces the amount of glucose made by the liver, by increasing insulin levels and decreasing the levels of the hormone glucagon. Together, these processes reduce blood glucose levels and help to control type-2 diabetes.
How has Onglyza been studied?
Onglyza was investigated in ten main studies involving over 5,000 adults with type-2 diabetes.
Four studies involving a total of 2,531 patients looked at Onglyza when added to metformin, a thiazolidinedione, a sulphonylurea, or insulin with or without metformin, comparing its effect to that of placebo (a dummy treatment). A fifth study in 257 patients compared Onglyza with placebo when added to metformin and a sulphonylurea.
Five additional studies looked at Onglya given on its own, with four studies comparing Onglyza with placebo and another comparing Onglyza with metformin in patients who had not previously received substantial treatment with antidiabetes medicines.
The main measure of effectiveness was the change in the level of a substance in the blood called glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c), which gives an indication of how well the blood glucose is controlled. HbA1c levels were measured after 24 weeks.
What benefit has Onglyza shown during the studies?
Onglyza was more effective than placebo at controlling blood glucose, when used as an 'add-on' in patients in whom previous treatment had failed.
In patients who took Onglyza in addition to metformin, HbA1c levels had fallen by around 0.7% after 24 weeks (from around 8.1% to around 7.4%) compared with an increase of around 0.1% in patients taking placebo. For patients who took Onglyza with a sulphonylurea and a thiazolidinedione, HbA1c levels fell by around 0.6% and 0.9%, respectively, compared with an increase of around 0.1% and a decrease of around 0.3%, respectively, in patients who took placebo. For patients who took Onglyza in addition to insulin (with or without metformin), HbA1c levels fell by around 0.7%, compared with a decrease of around 0.3% in patients who took placebo. For patients who took Onglyza with metformin and a sulphonylurea, a reduction in HbA1c levels of 0.7% was seen, compared with a reduction of 0.1% in patients who were given placebo in place of Onglyza.
The studies with Onglyza on its own showed that, on average, in patients given Onglyza HbA1c levels fell by around 0.5% more than in patients given placebo.
The results of study with Onglyza plus metformin in patients who had not previously received substantial treatment with antidiabetes medicines were not considered to be clinically relevant and the company withdrew its application for the use of Onglyza as an initial combination medicine in previously untreated patients.
What is the risk associated with Onglyza?
The most common side effects with Onglyza (seen in between 1 and 10 patients in 100) are upper-respiratory-tract infection (colds), urinary-tract infection (infection of the structures that carry urine), gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and gut), sinusitis (inflammation of the sinuses), headache, vomiting and mild to moderate peripheral oedema (swelling, especially of the ankles and feet) in patients taking Onglyza with a thiazolidinedione. For the full list of all side effects reported with Onglyza, see the package leaflet.
Onglyza must not be used in people who are hypersensitive (allergic) to saxagliptin, any of the other ingredients or who have ever had a serious allergic reaction to any DPP-4 inhibitor.
Why has Onglyza been approved?
The CHMP decided that Onglyza's benefits are greater than its risks and recommended that it be given marketing authorisation.
Other information about Onglyza
The European Commission granted a marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union for Onglyza on 1 October 2009.
For more information about treatment with Onglyza, read the package leaflet (also part of the EPAR) or contact your doctor or pharmacist.
Source: European Medicines Agency
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Sportech's operating profits for the year to January 5th were predicted to come in at £18.4 million and the firm gave an optimistic trading update on its online gambling and football pool action.
Due to its European gambling base, the firm has not experienced the same problems with the UIGEA in the United States as other British gaming firms.
New management at the online businesses appears to be making a difference. Online bingo has added 5,500 customers in a year and online casino and poker have continued their recovery from the first half of 2006 and increased turnover and profitability, reversing an under-performing 18-month trend.
CEO Ian Penrose says these improvements are "part of a wide-ranging plan to get the basics right, dispose of unprofitable interests and build a strong backbone, with the new IT system on schedule. Sportech is now much more cash generative, netting around £680,000 of free cash flow per month during 2007, and this has helped reduce net debt 17 percent from this time last year to £90 million."
Penrose is planning a big marketing push and analysts are speculating that this could lift pre-tax profits for the year to December 2007 to around £13.6 million.
Sportech shares jumped by almost a third following the news.


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Sicelo Sithole
How Much I Love You - Poem by Sicelo Sithole
Sea shores can sing praises of the dead and lonely shells
Words from the inside can gather sweet melodies unbound by evil spells
I am the architect of all these words building towers and memories I glide on
How much I love you can't compare or even be shared within the hearts forlorn
I am used to the absence of you, in that time I build words of love for you
If words were roads to riches, the art of poetry imposed to the thoughts few
You will be the richest being, swinging forever on the eternal core of my love
How much I love you
Cannot be proven true by man of flesh mortal amongst us, including me and you
But by God who waits steadily on the shores of the good heavens above
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Glorious poetry Sicelo. Your love stretches across the page with beautiful images of love and heaven. Lucky is the one you have written it for as it is such a heartfelt poem.
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Sir: As a Roman Catholic, as a supporter of the free expression of ideas, and as a believer in the virginity of Mary, I offer Ti-Grace Atkinson my apologies for the outlandish behavior of Patricia Buckley Bozell [March 22]. Never before has the Virgin Mary required the use of armsor handsto defend her. Mrs. Bozell was rather presumptuous to think that Mary now needed her intercession.
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The purposes of this study are to investigate and analyze the actual conditions of the urban residential energy consumption, and hence to ascertain what will be the important factors that influence the annual energy consumption in Kunming, which has a mild climate. The questionnaire surveys reveal building characteristics, housing appliances, household characteristics, indoor thermal environment and aspects of life style, during winter and summer seasons. The questionnaire analyses show that only 5% of the investigated households have air conditioning, and 12% have heating appliances. Most households use solar energy as a water heater energy source because the sunshine hours in Kunming are long. The energy consumption analyses show that the average annual energy consumption of households in Kunming reached 12.2 GJ, and cooking accounted for 5.3 GJ, which is the largest part. Most of the time in summer, the outdoor temperature is lower than living room and bedroom temperatures; thus, natural ventilation is a useful cooling method for households in Kunming. The absolute humidity in summer is about 11 g/kg, while in winter it is about 5 g/kg. The influence factor analyses show that building construction year, water heater type and annual income are important influential factors on annual energy consumption.
The energy consumption of China has been increasing rapidly due to the recent economic growth and development. This leads to serious environmental problems such as air pollution and acid rains. The residential sector of China consumed 318.9 million tons of standard coal in 2008 [
Some researchers have made investigations to master the actuality of residential energy consumption in China. Yu
The survey is conducted in the urban areas of Kunming.
Location of the investigated cities.
This study was done using a questionnaire survey. The questionnaires were distributed as well as collected through the cooperative researchers in a local university. A total number of 90 families (in 90 buildings) living in urban area were selected by the researchers.
Houses of the survey.
|Climate zone
|Survey period
|Distributed questionnaires
|Feedbacks (summer/winter)
|Meter reading
|Moderate zone
Contents of questionnaire.
|Building characteristic
|Construction year, structure, floor areas, window
|Housing appliance
|Heating & cooling system, appliance of hot-water supply
|Family characteristic
|Number of occupants, annual income
|Life style
|Heating & cooling period, heating & cooling time, number of staying persons
|Satisfaction rating
|Satisfaction of environment and indoor environment
|Energy consumption
|Electricity & gas consumption, satisfaction of energy costs
The families are taken as samples, and all the items in the questionnaire are taken as variables. For the processing methods for the missing data please refer to the methods in research in [
Concerning the floor area, 27.4% of the dwelling units are between 60 m2 and 80 m2, which is the largest part. Twenty five percent of the dwelling units are between 100 m2 and 120 m2. The average floor area is 111.3 m2. It was about 80 m2 in the year 2004 [
For the building envelop, 29.7% of the investigated buildings use reinforced concrete as building structure, and 52.0% use brick concrete as a building structure. Sixty two percent of the buildings use aluminum as a window frame, and 3% use plastic steel as a window frame. Most of buildings use single glass as window panes. Eighty six percent of the external wall of the buildings is a 240 mm thick brick wall while most households in very cold and cold zones use a 490 mm thick brick wall. This is because Kunming is in a moderate climate zone.
Regarding the sun shading, 64.3% of the investigated households use a curtain as a sun shading measure, and 17.9% use blinds.
Building characteristics.
|Percentage (%)
|Construction year
|Before 1980
|After 2000
|Floor area
|<60 m2
|60 – 80 m2
|80 – 100 m2
|100 – 120 m2
|>120 m2
|Brick concrete
|Window frame
|Plastic steel
|Window pane
|Single glass
|Double glass
|Sun shading
Twelve percent of the investigated households have air conditioning. Fourteen percent of the households have fans. Only 5% of the households have domestic heating appliances. The possession rate of heating and cooling is less because the winter in Kunming is not cold and summer is not hot. Seventy five percent of the households use an individual water heater.
Because the duration of sunshine in Kunming is very long, 55% of the investigated households use solar energy as an energy source of their water heater. Nineteen percent and 26% of the households use gas and electricity as energy source of water heater, respectively.
Regarding the number of family members, three is the average number of people in the investigated families (accounting for 54%). The average family size is 2.9 people, and this is same as the average Chinese urban family size in 2008 [
All kinds of energy sources are converted into caloric value, and the unit caloric values of different energy sources are shown in
Energy conversion value of energy source.
|Energy source
|City gas
|Calorific values of units
|3.6 MJ/kWh
|46.2 MJ/kg
|27.3 MJ/m³
Monthly measurement data of gas & electricity consumption in a year are obtained. Energy consumption of space heating is not included in this study, because very few households use space heating in winter, as shown in
For the average monthly energy consumption shown on
Monthly energy consumption per household.
There are two types of energy use by households in each city. Type 1 has 14 households and Type 2 has 3 households. The classification of the end use of energy consumption is shown in
End use of energy consumption
|Energy source
|End use
|Sample size
|Type 1
|Heating & cooling, lighting, others
|Cooking, hot water
|Typ 2
|Heating & Cooling, lighting, hot water others
In the case of Type 1, the energy consumption for cooling was speculated by using the electricity consumptions (Type 1) in winter and summer minus the average consumption of mild seasons (spring and autumn) respectively, because typical weather for spring and autumn in China is generally comfortable, there is no need for cooling [
Correlation between consumptions of cooling and floor area.
Based on the information from the survey, the correlation between energy consumption of cooling and floor area was analyzed, and the results are given in
Annual energy consumption reaches 12.2 GJ/year per household, and consumption of cooking accounts for 5.3 GJ/year, which is the largest part of total energy consumption, as shown on
Annual energy consumption per household.
One typical household in the investigated city was selected for the measurement of humidity and temperature by a researcher of a local university. The measured points are set in the living room, master bedroom and outdoors. The small sensor with a data logger records humidity and temperature every 30 minutes.
In this analysis, the qualitative and quantitative variables of annual energy consumption are analyzed based on Quantification Theory I. Quantification Theory I is a multidimensional mathematic-statistical analysis theory which predicts dependent variables, and analyzes the influence of independent variables (qualitative and quantitative) to dependent variables [
The Quantification Theory I includes three important indexes for analysis of influential factors, namely score of category, partial correlation coefficient and significance probability. The partial correlation coefficient of Quantification Theory I is usually used as an important index to evaluate contribution extents of independent variables to the dependent variable. The significance probability is taken to judge to what extent the partial correlation coefficient would be, and then which factors will have an effect on residential energy consumption. The significance probability is higher, the partial correlation coefficient is lower, and the factor that affects residential energy consumption is less. In the model, it is assumed that if the significance probability is less than 0.05, the factor has an influence on energy consumption [
The qualitative and quantitative independent variables used in this analytic model refer to building unit characteristics, family characteristics and housing appliances. The annual energy consumption amount of each family sample is taken as the dependent variable. Software of SPSS (Statistical Program for Social Sciences) is used for calculation [
Influential factors on energy consumption.
This study investigated the urban residential energy consumption under actual conditions using a questionnaire survey on Chinese families that reside in a moderate climate zone. Emphasis was particularly placed on seeking a complete understanding of residential end-use characteristics and their influential factors in Kunming, China. The following are the key findings of this study:
1) Most of the investigated buildings were built in 90s. Floor area in 27.4% of the dwelling units is between 60 m2 and 80 m2. The possession rate of heating and cooling is less because the winter is not cold and summer is not hot. Most of the households are equipped with solar water heaters since the sunshine hours are long.
2) The annual energy consumption reaches 12.2 GJ/year per household, and cooking use 5.3 GJ/year, accounting for 43.3% of total energy use. The peak energy consumption appears in February with 1.76 GJ/month per household.
3) Most of the time in summer, the outdoor temperature is lower than in the living room and bedroom; thus, natural ventilation is a useful cooling method for households in Kunming. The absolute humidity in summer is about 11 g/kg, while in winter it is about 5 g/kg.
4) The construction year, the water heater type, annual income and the number of family members all contribute to the annual energy consumption. The construction year, the water heater type and annual income are the three important influential factors on annual energy consumption.
5) The investigated buildings built after the 90s are distinctly more energy efficient than before the 90s. One of the reasons is that the Department of Construction of PRC issued a national enforcement standard
Many thanks to the academics, students related to this survey from Kunming University of Science and Technology, and residences in urban area involved in the survey. They gave us sincere help.


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A documentary called "Koala Quandary" was screened on National Geographic TV on 28 January, 2005. The documentary, whose subject matter was the Koala Bear, which lives in
"In order to survive with such a weak diet, during the [alleged] evolutionary process koalas developed a metabolism that functioned very slowly and permitted foodstuffs to remain in their stomachs for a long time so that nutrients as many as possible can be absorbed."
The Darwinist myth we are dealing with in this documentary consists of a tale produced using familiar but unscientific methods. What is being done here is resorting to simple word games that bring evolution to mind when describing the digestive metabolism in the koala and the advantage it gives the animal. In this way, description is turned into an evolutionist fairy tale, and evolutionist propaganda is being produced under a scientific mask. Freed from its Darwinist accretions, the information provided in the documentary should objectively be given as follows:
"Koalas have a metabolism that functions very slowly, and permits foodstuffs to remain in the stomach for a long time allowing nutrients as many as possible to be absorbed. This metabolism makes it easier for them to survive with such a weak diet."
This claim concerning the koala has absolutely no scientific basis. Barbara Stahl, an authority on paleontology writes that the problem of koala evolution is far from being solved. (Barbara Stahl, Vertebrate History, Dover Publications Inc., 1985, p. 441)
We call upon National Geographic to abandon its efforts to keep the myth of koala evolution, for which there is no trace in the fossil record, alive by means of facile word games.
For further information about koalas, please visit: http://www.evolutiondeceit.com/chapter18_2.php2005-01-28 00:00:00


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|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|3 - 7 nights
The Lazy Hideaway at Blind Pass is a restored two bedroom, one bath cottage that is a Fisherman's Delight! With a private boat dock, screened lanai and bbq grill, Hideaway is reminiscent of island life as it used to be. The Gulf of Mexico beaches are directly across the street via private beach access.
The living room, kitchen and screened lanai overlook the bay. The eat-in kitchen features adorable sanddollar chairs and seats 4 comfortably. The bar has additional seating for 2, and the screened lanai has seating for 4.
In addition to beautiful views of the back bay waters, the Lazy Hideaway features eco-friendly bamboo floors throughout, plantation shutters, designer lighting, a fully-equipped kitchen, central air conditioning and 2 flat panel tvs with DVD Surround Sound.
A Queen bed can be found in the master bedroom, while 2 Twin beds are in the guest room. With an additional Queen Sleeper sofa in the living area, the cottage is ideal for families of all sizes. The bathroom is shared by the two bedrooms, and it has a custom shower for two.
Bring your boat and watch the dolphins swim right up alongside the dock.
The Lazy Hideaway is professionally managed by Cottages to Castles of Sanibel & Captiva. Under their care, you'll be sure to have everything you need.
An 11% tax, $50 reservation and minimum $80 departure house cleaning fee (for stays of less than 7 nights)are in addition to the rental rate.
Due to online booking limitations, this property may show as unavailable for your requested dates, when it actually may indeed be available! Please call or e-mail us directly with your dates and requirements, and we will check up-to-date availability for you.
This property is amazing and it feels like a home away from home. Everything was decorated very nicely and upscale beach cottage style. We had everything you could ask for and more at this property. Sharon the property manager was a dream and even arranged a private shelling/boat trip for us with one of the best captains in the area.We were picked up like royalty right at the little dock on the back of the property.
The kitchen has everything you need for cooking everyday with nice appliances. There are flat screen TVs everywhere and the shower is a double shower so tow can go in at one and get clean. There is a washer and dryer in the place as well.
The gem of a cottage is right at blind pass, the best place to shell and it take less than 30 seconds to cross the street and be on the beach.
We had a perfect stay at Lazy hideaway and I cannot say enough nice things about the property and the management. We even saw a rare bobcat there!
Thank you again Sharon for being the perfect hostess.
A comfortable, well-maintained cottage in a great location. We particularly enjoyed watching the wildlife from the lanai. The fiddler crabs on the foreshore attracted several species of birds including night herons, green herons, blue herons, sandpipers and the resident great egret. Kayaks can be rented from nearby and we also rented a couple of bikes for the week from Finnigans. (They deliver and collect.)
Just across the road are magnificent beaches in both directions. Staying here we really had the best of both worlds; the tranquil waters of the bay and the beaches of the Gulf.
The cottage was clean and well-equipped. Communications with the owners were excellent and, although we live in the UK, renting the property was quite easy to do.
We hope to return to Sanibel and the cottage will be our first choice of places to stay.
Santiva is where Sanibel and Captiva Islands meet, and the Lazy Hideaway is the perfect spot to fish, swim, kayak, shell and relax.
The Lazy Flamingo, Sunset Grill and Santiva General Store are just steps away, so you can enjoy the island's finest foods in the local's favorite restaurants, or grill your catch of the day on the backyard charcoal grill.
Walk right across Sanibel Captiva Road and over to the beach, just past our sister cottages (Little Palm and Bamboo Breeze).
The Blind Pass Bridge is a favorite fishing spot. Use your cast net to catch your bait for the day, watch the herons, pelicans and sea otters frolic alongside the manatees and dolphins while you fish for your supper.
Shellers delight in the abundance of beautiful seashells that are on the shores at Blind Pass. The variety and volume all vary with the tides. Mother Nature rarely fails to deliver beautiful souvenir shells.
Other Activities: Shelling! Kayaking, Flats Fishing, Snorkeling, Shore and Dock Fishing, Boating, watching sunsets.
Golf: The Dunes and Beachview Country Clubs are located just 10 miles away on Sanibel, and both are Par 72 courses. Open to the public.
*Plus compulsory or optional charges based on actual occupancy or consumption. The payment has to be made in the currency offered by the property manager, before use of conversion tool. Payments in other currencies have to be negotiated beforehand with the property manager. The currency conversion tool is provided for your convenience only and is non-binding.


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Kevin Scanlon
Ball of Wax
Bret Packard (Mark Mench) has it all -- he's rich, famous, handsome and the best baseball player in the world. But Packard is bored, so he amuses himself by using his power and charm to turn his teammates against one another and cause chaos in the lives of everyone around him. He thoroughly enjoys the misery he's created, but eventually, his teammates and family realize what's going on -- and decide to turn the tables on the spoiled athlete.