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Hydropower in Nepal- Most Sustainable Solution?
A dam or construction area that helps within the natural flow of water is used to generate power from a water source, often referred to as hydroelectric power or simply hydropower. So as to generate energy, hydropower uses the perpetual, never-ending water cycle, which uses water as a fuel and leaves no waste products behind. Although there are many various kinds of hydropower plants, they’re always propelled by the kinetic energy of water moving downstream. so as to turn this kinetic energy into electricity, which can subsequently be used to power buildings, businesses, and other establishments, hydropower uses turbines and generators.
Basic Terminology in Hydropower Sector
This section describes the basic terms and terminologies that are often used while talking about Hydro Electricity projects. Everyone must keep knowledge regarding these basic terms.
A dam is a massive wall or barrier across a flowing stream to hold water upstream in order to raise the water level to create a powerful fall. It is also used as a reservoir to hold back water and controls the flow of water.
A dam provides water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability. A dam is also supposed to prevent a particular place from natural calamities such as floods and landslides, it also helps to protect natural habitats of flora and fauna.
A forebay is a human-made pool of water that looks very much like a reservoir provided in front of the penstock pipe. The water from a forebay is taken out to run the equipment such as waterwheels or turbines. The capacity of any forebay depends on the volume of water that deposits in the intake area. Forebays have a number of functions, some of which are listed below:
- Acts as a buffer zone during flooding and release in a controlled way.
- To trap sediment and debris, in order to keep large bodies of water cleaner and clearer.
- Some forebays are used simply to create a natural habitat for flora and fauna.
A penstock is an intake structure that controls water flow which consists of an enclosed pipe that delivers water to the hydraulic turbines. Penstocks are made up of strong structures like metal or concrete and are placed at 45 degrees (optimal efficiency). Penstock can be steel or concrete structures and may be single or multiple pipes depending on water volume. Penstocks for hydroelectric installations are normally equipped with a gate system and surge tank.
- Penstocks gates are fixed to the initial of penstocks and the flow of water is controlled by operating penstock gates
- A surge tank is a storage reservoir located near the beginning of the penstock to receive the rejected flow when the pipeline is suddenly closed by a valve fitted at its steep end. It is usually provided in high-head plants
A water turbine is a rotary engine that takes energy from moving water, it is much like a windmill, except the energy is provided by falling water instead of wind. The turbine converts the kinetic energy of falling water into mechanical energy. Flowing water is directed onto the blades of a turbine runner, creating a force on the blade. The turbines are classified into two classes based on the size of the head of the power plant.
Impulse Turbine (High Head Plants)
- Pelton wheel turbines
- Turgo turbines
- Michell-banki turbines (cross flow or ossberger turbine)
Reaction turbine (Low and Medium Head Plants)
- Francis turbine
- Kaplan turbine
A powerhouse is also known as a power station, generating station, or power plant. It is a point of hydropower generation from water or an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy. The amount of electricity generated in the powerhouse depends on the capacity of Forebay and the height difference between Forebay and the powerhouse (head difference). At the center of nearly all power stations is a generator,
A generator is a rotating machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by creating relative motion between a magnetic field and a conductor. Converts the mechanical energy from the turbine into electric energy. Generators in hydropower plants work very much like generators in other types of power operations.
Potential Energy – Kinetic Energy – Mechanical Energy – Electrical Energy (Electricity)
A tailrace is a channel or part below the water wheel or a turbine through which the spent water flows without any disturbance. It is the downstream part where the water re-enters the river. It is usually the lowest point of the project.
8. Transmission lines
The transmission lines conduct electricity from the hydropower plant to homes and businesses.
How is Electricity Generated from Hydropower?
A sustainable energy source known as hydroelectricity uses the force of moving water to generate electricity. Long before you turn on the light at home or at work, the hydroelectric process has already begun. The majority of large-scale hydroelectricity projects use dams. Tidal and run-of-river projects also use the force of flowing water to produce sustainable electricity.
The potential energy that is held in a water reservoir behind a hydroelectric dam is transformed into mechanical energy, also referred to as kinetic energy. A turbine is turned by the water’s kinetic energy as it passes through the dam. The turbine’s mechanical energy is transformed into electricity by the generator. Then, before it reaches you, this electrical energy flows through a number of transmission procedures.
Hydropower in Nepal
There are over 6000 rivers in our country, with a total reach length of 45000 km. About 3.9% of Nepal’s entire land area is made up of them. The icy mountains and lakes formed by glaciers are also our main sources of water. The majority of Nepal’s hydroelectric projects are owned by the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and numerous Independent Power Producers. In the coming years, a number of hydroelectric projects that are currently under construction will be completed. Run-of-river hydropower makes up the majority of Nepal’s current hydropower.
History of Hydropower in Nepal
The installation of 500 kW of electricity at Pharping, known as Chandra Jyoti, on May 22, 1911, marked the beginning of the development of hydropower in Nepal. It is the oldest hydropower in Nepal which was inaugurated by His Majesty King Prithivi Bir Bikram Shah Dev in 1911 AD. It uses 2 Pelton turbines and has a total capacity of 500 kW but is no longer in operation due to the supply of water to Kathmandu valley.
The Pharping hydropower served electricity to the Kathmandu Valley and the periphery for many years. After a huge gap of time, 2nd hydropower of Nepal, Sundarijal hydropower was established in 1936. And then a number of hydropower like Panauti, Trishuli, Dhankuta, and Sunkoshi were established in Nepal.
After 25 years, the 900 kW, 640 kW Sundarijal Hydropower Plant was started in 1936 by Prime Minister Dev Shamsher. For many years, Sundarijal, hydroelectric development in Nepal was constructed. Later, through public-private collaboration, the Morang Hydropower Company, founded in 1939, finished building the third Letang hydropower plant with an installed capacity of 1800 kW in AD 1943.
The plant, which provided Biratnagar Jute Mill with energy, was eventually destroyed by a landslide. The Koshi and Gandak Projects, created in 1954 and 1959 to meet Nepal’s irrigation needs and serve as a hydroelectric component, were historically the country’s first bilateral agreements with India.
Electricity demand increased from 557 MW in 2005 to 1200 MW in 2013, according to estimates. In 2013, there were 733 MW of hydropower available, including 255 MW operated by the commercial sector and 478 MW owned by NEA. Similarly, the expected demand for electricity was 105 GWh in 2006–2007 and increased to 678 GWh in 2009–2010, with a brief peak of 745 GWh in 2008–2009.
Therefore, all RoR hydropower units, with the exception of those with a capacity of 92 MW for storage, were the primary cause of the issue. From the current growing demand of 4430 GWh per year to the system peak load of 17,400 GWh with the yearly growth projection of 3679 MW by 2027, the predicted growth rate of the energy demand will be 8.34 percent.
The Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower, the Biggest hydropower plant in Nepal, is an esteemed turning point in the country’s energy transition. The factory is situated about six kilometers from the Tibet border in a remote area of the upper Himalayas in the Tamakoshi River basin. With six underground units and a natural head of 822 m, it may generate up to 2,281 GWh of energy yearly. The country’s economy will grow and living standards will be raised thanks to this renewable energy.
Status of Power Generation and Transmission
This table shows almost all the hydropower projects with their capacity and date of establishment, that are generating power and connected to the national grid to distribute electricity throughout the country.
|Kali Gandaki||144||2002||Indrawati III||7.5||2002|
|Middle Marsyangdi||70||2008||Puwa Khola||6.2||1999|
|Khimti I||60||2000||Panauti (Khopasi) Hydropower||2.4||1965|
|Upper Marsyangdi A||50||2016||Seti||1.5||1985|
|Upper Bhote Koshi||45||2001||Fewa Hydropower||1||1969|
|Kulekhani II||32||1986||Jhimruk Khola||12||1994|
|Trishuli||24 (initially 21, rehabilitated in 1995)||1967||Sunkoshi||10.05||1972|
|Chilime||22||2003||Lower Modi I||10||2012|
|Gandak||15||1979||Andhi Khola||9.4 (initially 5.1, rehabilitated in 2016)||1991|
|Modi Khola||14.8||2000||Madkyu Khola||13||2018|
Hydropower Plants under Construction in Nepal
Some hydropower projects with great potential are under construction in Nepal. The following table shows the list of hydropower under construction in our country with their potential and the expected date of completion.
|Hydropower Station||Capacity (MW)||Date of Completion||Hydropower Station||Capacity(MW)||Date of Completion|
|Arun III||900||2022||Upper Sanjen||14.8||–|
|Upper Tamakoshi Project||456||2019 (November)||Iwa Khola||9.9||–|
|Rasuwagadi||111||2020 (February)||Rudi Khola A||8.8||–|
|Middle Bhotekoshi||102||2019 (June)||Upper Naugad Gad||8||–|
|Lower Solu||82||–||Theule Khola||1.5||–|
|Trishuli 3A||60||–||Mistri Khola||42||–|
|Upper Marsyangdi A||50||–||Khani Khola (Dolakha)||30||–|
|Lower Sanjen||42.5||–||Khani Khola I||25||–|
|Kabeli B1||25||–||Kulekhani III||14||–|
|Lower Hewa Khola||21.6||—||Gamgadhi||0.4||–|
Upcoming Projects for Hydropower in Nepal
The government of Nepal has plans to construct a few projects under hydropower in Nepal that have the greatest potential till now. Some of the listed projects have already been mentioned in the ‘Nation Pride Projects.’
|Hydro-Power Station||Capacity (MW)||Hydro-Power Station||Capacity (MW)|
|Kali Gandaki II||660||Khimti II||27|
|Lower Arun||308||Upper Modi||14|
|Upper Arun||335||Langtang Khola||218|
|Upper Karnali||300||Upper Seti||122|
|Thulo Dhunga||25||Upper Tamakoshi||456|
|Tavur/Mewa||101||Upper Modi ‘A’||42|
|Budhiganga||20||Upper Trishuli ‘B’||37|
|Rahughat Khola||27||Karnali Phase I||1,080|
Issues in the Hydropower Sectors in Nepal
It has become very essential to identify the real potential of hydropower projects in Nepal. Government must identify the need to develop hydropower projects according to the planned program. Current plans and policies must be improved so that hydropower in Nepal gets support from internal financial resources. Despite the fact that a lot has happened in this sector, Hydropower in Nepal is hampered by numerous issues. Some are discussed below.
1. Absence of Policy Interventions
The goal of Nepal’s first comprehensive hydropower laws, which were released in the early 1990s, was to prevent deforestation and close the supply-demand gap. Other objectives included obtaining money from the private sector for infrastructure development and utilizing domestic resources for hydropower development. The slower rate of public sector hydropower development is a definite setback for planners who had hoped that an alluring hydropower policy would attract additional investment capital to Nepal.
2. Market failure in financial intermediaries (FIS)
Market failure appears to be significant due to the short-term nature of the deposit base (the debts supplied by the banks and their capital base are limited), and it will be a portfolio mismatch for them to make long-term loans. Therefore, FIS seems reluctant to help private entrepreneurs take the necessary share in hydropower development.
3. Topological Difficulty
India borders Nepal on three sides (the south, the east, and the west), and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China borders Nepal on the north. Between Nepal and Bangladesh is the tiny Siliguri corridor, also known as the chicken neck of West Bengal. Long transmission lines are needed due to the challenging terrain and dispersed settlements, and connecting to national or regional grids may cost two to five times as much as producing electricity in large, centralized plants.
4. Fragile Structure
The Himalayas are the world’s most dynamic and vulnerable mountain range, frequently referred to as a live mountain with active tectonics. The Himalayas are still rising and their rocks are constantly under pressure because the Indian plate, which is moving toward the north, is pushing against the more stable Tibetan block. The Himalayas is compelled by this pressure to rise and shift horizontally southward along large thrusts, which is frequently reflected in a high frequency of earthquakes. The Himalayas is also fundamentally vulnerable due to the rocks’ poor geological features.
The demand for electrical energy over all other forms of energy, as well as the total installed capacity for power generation in Nepal, are hot topics. The government’s top priority should be to focus all of its efforts in a single direction to provide power as customers desire in order to energize the whole economic sector. In addition, the hydropower industry in Nepal attracts a lot of private-sector developers and large-scale domestic and foreign investors in addition to the public sector.
Fundamentally, hydropower’s enormous potential and incredible dominance in the electricity industry, which essentially has prolonged parturition in the form of capital investment, make it the investment hotspot in Nepal.
Therefore, by weighing the advantages and disadvantages, challenges and chances, and ups and downs of Nepal’s hydropower growth, one may basically identify the greater weight of potential prospects and act accordingly. After carefully examining all the issues, opportunities, and challenges highlighted, it is clear that the collaborative and united efforts of all the various project stakeholders—from the project developer to policymakers and government actors to institutional investors and donor organizations to consumers and electricity users to the project’s target population are essential, fundamental, and unavoidable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Which is the First Hydropower Project of Nepal?
Answer: Pharping Hydropower also known as Chandra Jyoti,500kW marked the beginning of the development of hydropower in Nepal. It was inaugurated on May 22, 1911, by his Majesty King Prithivi Bir Bikram Shah Dev. It was established in 1911. This hydropower uses 2 Pelton turbines.
Q. Which is the largest Hydropower project in Nepal?
Answer: The Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project (UTKHEP) has been placed into operation in Nepal for quite some time now, with its 456MW potential making it the largest project in hydropower in Nepal.


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If you're just here randomly, welcome! I hope you like what you see! I'm still a learning artist so my stuff isn't very flashy, but I have so much fun drawing (when I find the time) and I'm striving to improve. It's mostly just fan art at the moment while I get more practice - when I do get around to drawing my own characters I want to make sure they look good.
If you're here because I've just spammed you with a bunch of faves and comments, I apologize! Chances are I've already added you to my watch list if I've faved most of your gallery already, but if I haven't it might just mean I found a few things in your gallery or profile I personally disagreed with or didn't like, or just that I only liked those particular deviations that I faved.
On the other hand if all those faves/comments made you happy, you're very welcome! >///<
Whenever someone leaves me comments, replies to my own comments, faves my art, watches me or gives me a llama badge - even for no reason - it makes me curious about that person. So I'll always go to check out that person's gallery to see what kind of artist or person they are. If I've visited your gallery, most likely I've looked at most of your art - and if you're an amazing artist or just a friendly-seeming person I couldn't help but comment on most of your deviations. This isn't just me dishing out random meaningless compliments every time someone pays me a little attention though - rest assured I only leave comments when something has genuinely caught my eye and I have something to say or if I want to let the person know I've looked at a particular thing I liked. >_<
Because I'm an amateur I love to look at other people's art in order to learn from them. I'll often scroll through the newest deviations and leave comments on things that have caught my eye (or favorite those I especially liked). When I love a majority of a person's gallery and feel like I would love to see more I'll watch them. However, if I added you to my Watch list, please don't feel obligated to Watch me back unless you genuinely liked my art and/or would like to get to know me better.
Also, you don't have to feel afraid to thank me for llama badges or comments or faves - I know lots of deviants don't like that, but even a "Thank you" makes me happy to see. It lets me know the artist actually cares that I looked at and liked their art, and seeing how happy this makes some of them makes me happy.
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You don't know how much it means to me that you've put me on your Watch list! It's alright if you're not an active Watcher who leaves comments or favorites every single time I submit something. It's enough for me knowing that you've at least looked at my page.
I used to draw all the time as a kid, and in high school I even drew a series of comics with stick figures for awhile. Since around 10th grade up until this year (my last in university) I haven't drawn much of anything, and my skills have kind of frozen - I'm pretty sure my drawing style is still the same as it was when I was ten. Recently though I found the passion to get back into it again, and rather than lamenting my lack of talent I've learned to appreciate the style I have. And actually, it's been super fun! So now I just want to share what I've done with the world and see what happens!
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See what else I've read/watched on MyAnimeList.
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Of course there's a lot more cartoons I've seen and love but these are the ones I consider the best. Also I dropped Supernatural at season 7.

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Video Montage with captions going through the Great Lessons through images of the Universe and History, from the formation of the first stars, to our current reflection on religion and stars themselves.
Showing the continuity of the great lessons in the Montessori classroom.
- Used by people who call the work: Montessori Cosmic Education
- Applies a deep time evolutionary perspective to: Education
- Learning Stages: Elementary 3 - 5, Elementary K - 2
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- Why I love this Resource: Awe inspiring - gives a visual overview of what the Cosmic Curriculum covers in Montessori
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Pope Francis has written an Apostolic Letter on the meaning and importance of the nativity scene. He signed the Letter during his visit on Sunday afternoon to the Italian town of Greccio.
Dinners, deliveries and drives: how some Catholics serve up Thanksgiving for the poor
The Diocese of Peoria announced Monday that Venerable Fulton Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21 at the city’s Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception.
Today, on Tuesday morning, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles was elected to a three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore.
A Vatican Radio Archive programme marks the Fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989
Representatives of the Abrahamic monotheistic religions condemn euthanasia and assisted suicide, and encourage palliative care everywhere and for everyone
In a previously unpublished work, Pope Francis highlights the role of prayer in the Christian life. The text is contained in a new book entitled La Preghiera. Il respiro della vita nuova, (Prayer: the breath of the new life) published by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV), the Vatican publishing house.
Pope Francis appeals for honest and transparent dialogue to solve the current military crisis in northeast Syria. Also he says he is concerned by the social unrest in Ecuador and calls for peace and attention towards the most vulnerable.
Pope Francis presides over the canonizations of Cardinal John Henry Newman, Sister Marian Thresia, Sister Giuseppina Vannini, Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes, and Marguerite Bays. In his homily, the Pope reflects on the Gospel account of the lepers, and on the verbs “to cry out, to walk, to give thanks”.


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Lu Xiaohan and Fang Fei. The end of the author’s stars. It tells the story of Lu Xiaohan, who is a descendant of Doctor Yin and Yang, who saves people with one shot and cures ghosts with one shot. Knowing the yin and yang of the world, he claims to cure all diseases. I thought I would stay in the city forever, but I didn’t expect the troubles would continue, and there would be more ghosts. See how Doctor Yin and Yang cures ghosts and saves people in the city and embraces the beautiful.
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Since the Paoshan Old Building incident, she has not heard from her. The phone is always turned off. From the few words he left me, I can imagine that the situation in the patron’s old building must be extremely complicated. I can only choose to listen to her and stay away from the old building to inquire about the situation through other methods. But after so long, her figure has been lingering in my mind.
“Isn’t she fired? How could she appear here?”
I didn’t care about the unfinished meal, so I got up and chased in her direction. I must ask clearly, what did she see in the patron old building, what else did she experience, and what else will appear here?
I ran from one end of the canteen to the other, pushing away from the crowd, looking at each other through the overlapping heads. That Xia Duo Duo seemed to be aware of it, and even started to run in the other direction. Her figure floated like a cloud of mist that couldn’t be removed, and the crowd in the cafeteria did not stop her in the slightest.
I can’t let her run away anyway! I chased desperately and bumped into a lot of people along the way, and even almost knocked over a girl’s dinner plate. I chased her all the way out of the cafeteria. It was dark outside, and the wasteland was silent. Xia Duoduo’s figure was very conspicuous on the snow-white ground, and her feet quickly stepped on the snow and made a “creaking” sound.
“Xia Duoduo! Wait!” I shouted and continued to chase. My voice reverberated among the quiet buildings, and she looked back at me and ran forward faster.
My heart was tumbling, and this behavior completely confirmed my judgment. But why didn’t she dare to stop? I pursued desperately. We passed through the girls’ apartment, and finally she ran to the old patron building.
Now that I can’t care about anything else, I gritted my teeth and went straight to the old patrons.
The old patrons in the night are dark and quiet. It doesn’t seem to be inhabited at all, it looks like a huge tomb. My doubts and curiosity have surpassed my fears. I walked around in front of the building, and there was no girl in the red dress at all.
How is this possible? I gasped and patrolled around unwillingly. Could it be that Xia Duoduo went in again? As she suspected, those who moved into the old building were not expelled at all?
I called Cha Duo Duo again, and it was still turned off.
I came to the door of the building. Thinking of Xia Duoduo’s last text message to me, I hesitated, but in the end I didn’t get up the stairs.
At the moment I hesitated, something on the west side of the old paoshan building caught my sight firmly.
There was a black pickup truck parked there.
The car was black, like a unicorn lying on the ground. It is dusty, with a layer of dust on the outside, and it looks like it has traveled all the way. I felt as if I had seen it somewhere, so I walked over. I went to the car and looked at the license plate number, and suddenly I was stunned.
Jiang Xiaoyou! This is the car that Jiang Xiaoyou drove.
I stuck to the ground like a stake, my brain blank. A trace of cold sweat came out of my skin.
How could her car appear here, could it be that Jiang Xiaoyou is back?
I looked around and escaped the car like a plague. Her car is parked, indicating that her people must be nearby too! I quickly hid behind a wall and watched nervously.
Apart from the knee-length weeds on the wasteland, there are only these lonely buildings. The sky was pitch black, like the mouth of a beast’s open blood basin. The more I thought about it, the more I got scared, and rushed to the bedroom desperately.
After leaving the old building, I couldn’t wait to call Mo Fan. However, Mo Fan’s phone call couldn’t get through.
As soon as I returned to the bedroom, I hid under the covers, lying on the bed staring at the ceiling, my head was messed up.
Through the ceiling, I seemed to see a huge shadow from Jiang Xiaoyou covering the entire night sky.


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Ten years ago, long before the recent "green movement" caught on, the folks at Unicoi State Park were taking a look at how they could reduce waste.
A 22-month-old Flowery Branch boy was honored Tuesday for aiding his grandmother with a 911 call after she was seriously injured.
Swing sets, splash parks and blueways - just a few of the recreation ideas Gainesville residents have on their wish list.
Many local seniors are bracing for yet another Social Security freeze next year.
Water experts working on the Glades Reservoir project answered tough questions from the public and the Hall County Board of Commissioners as they expressed the importance of the reservoir at a special workshop Tuesday morning.
A Lawrenceville man suspected of at least 20 burglaries in Northeast Georgia and possibly others in Kentucky, Alabama and Illinois was arrested Monday night after eluding authorities for three weeks.
Employee retirement benefits could be the first thing to be reinstated as Hall County struggles to peel off austerity measures it started almost three years ago to battle the recession.
Gainesville neighborhoods may see more green space soon.
Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell is shipping out to Boston on Friday to learn new ways to tackle one of the county's toughest issues - water.
The Hall County Board of Commissioners will host a public meeting on the progress of the Glades Reservoir after its 9 a.m. work session today.
Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is getting a small facelift this week.
Truett-McConnell College in Cleveland plans a major expansion on its campus, totalling about $8 million.
Angela Ewerf's daughter, Emily, was a stillbirth. Ewerf also experienced two miscarriages. Now she is hoping to help others who have experienced the same kind of loss.
The Oakwood City Council approved the tax rate for 2011 - with no increase - at a first reading Monday night.
Families took a step back in time at the Northeast Georgia History Center as they participated in "Harvest of History," this month's Family Sunday event.
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The new Lanier Christian Academy's campus is buzzing with activity before its first day of school - ever.
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Two West Hall High School football players are accused of taking smartphone accessories from a Flowery Branch department store, police said.
Authorities are seeking help in identifying a man suspected in a robbery at A Wireless in the 4700 block of Lanier Islands Parkway in Buford.
Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System is accused of medical malpractice in a lawsuit involving a Gwinnett County woman who suffered amputations as part of her ...
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The leader of Georgia's university system announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of the year, closing a term of more than ...
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Flowery Branch has a new community development and planning director.
A single-vehicle wreck on I-85 Wednesday morning killed two people and sent two others to the hospital with serious injuries, the Georgia State Patrol said ...
Plans for the new Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy will be discussed Saturday as part of the Gainesville City Schools Board of Education retreat.
Plans to open a sober living home for men are on hold after the Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board failed to reach a quorum Tuesday.
Gala Sheats-Hester, who works as the Fair Street International School bookkeeper, will replace Gabe Shippy on the Hall County Elections Board as a Democratic member.
Former Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell has joined the Republican National Committee as a senior strategist and national director of African-American political engagement, a move ...
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When you think that we spend more than 80 percent of our lifetime indoors, whether it be at home or in the office, it is very important to consider the quality of our indoor environments.
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What you may not know is that not only do indoor plants improve the aesthetics of your indoor spaces, they also have numerous amounts of health benefits, both psychological and physical!
Plants make you happy!
Your mood is very much reflective of your surroundings. Plants can liven up a dull space by adding much needed colour and vibrancy. They can make you feel more 'at home' by creating a cosy environment in which you can more happily live in.
Indoor plants can help you to feel more optimistic, and reduce feelings of sadness, anger and anxiety. It is said that hospital patients who have a garden view to look at out a window recover far more quickly that those who face a wall.
Plants in the office are a great way to improve morale among your colleagues. They help motivate employees by stimulating the brain. Some businesses who have placed several potted plants around their office have reported definite increases in productivity and creativity, and a significant reduction of stress among their staff.
Plants help you fight away colds and allergies!
It is understood that indoor plants can help you to fight sore throats, coughs, congestion, minor headaches, itchy skin, asthma and other symptoms related to colds, flu's and common allergies. They do this by maintaining appropriate humidity levels in your home and decreasing levels of dust.
Plants are your own personal bio-filtration system!
You may have heard of the term 'sick building syndrome' before, it relates to a combination of ailments associated with an occupants place of work or residence. These ailments are due to poor interior environments. Buildings with inadequate ventilation systems, air conditioners and heaters can actually make their occupants very ill. Poorly ventilated indoor spaces are susceptible to many forms of biological pollutants such as:
Another contributor of poor air quality can be gas stoves or ovens. Regular use of household gas appliances can create a build up of unwanted nitrogen oxides in your home.
The good news? Plants are a natural filtration system and have oxygen replenishing qualities! They actually absorb pollutants in the air and emit fresh oxygen - It is said that they absorb nasty toxins and pollutants in the air through their leaves and then transmit these toxins to the roots, where they are converted into nutrients for the plant.
By having plants in your home you can reduce the levels of these toxins and contaminants dramatically, leaving the air cleaner and fresher.
Cacti and your computer...
Some electronic devices, such as computers, televisions, video recorders and DVD/CD players emit small amounts of EMF radiation. Cacti are believed to be excellent absorbers of these emissions and can help ease minor headaches and reduce electromagnetic stress associated with EMF radiation. How it works is that the spines on a cactus apparently attract charged ions in the air and change ionisation levels of a room.
So it is a great idea to keep a cactus or two on your desk and definitely next to your computer!
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Team USA would have probably been willing to give RG3 a try if he was willing Wednesday night. After a solid win over Scotland, the U.S. Soccer team had high hopes going into their friendly match with Brazil. Beating Scotland is one thing, but if they hang with Thiago Silva (Brazil's captain) and company, then they know they're good.
Well, it looks likes Team USA might have to wait for the next game for a little encouragement.
Brazil pretty much had its way with the U.S. team scoring two goals within the first 30 minutes en route to a 2-1 halftime lead. The second half was all Brazil though. The U.S. was not bad on the attack, but was unable to score while Brazil simply had little trouble doing so.
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- Guest Rooms: This luxurious hotel offers a total of 62 comfortable luxurious guestrooms. The rooms are exquisitely decorated with rich embellishments and are furnished with all modern amenities. The tastefully decorated rooms with complete marble inlay, with individual open terrace overlooking the panoramic view of Lake Fatehsagar and the town, attached bath, 24 hour hot & cold water, telephone, airconditioning, color television with satellite channel.
- Dinning: Restaurant at Hotel Hilltop Palace offers the best of classical North Indian food and also choice of chinese and continental specialities, along with breathtaking view of sunset over the lake Fatehsagar. The elegant SAROOR BAR serves a wide range of special cocktails and drinks. Zannat, open air roof top restaurant offers cocktails and snacks.
- Location: The Hotel Hilltop Palace is located on top of Ambavgarh Hill. Ambavgarh Hill is the highest point of Udaipur overlooking Lake Fatehsagar, Swaroop Sagar & the town.


The Kromschroder VSBV safety relief valve reduces temporary pressure surges in the controlled system. When pressure builds upstream of the burners, the VSBV will purge this extra pressure to keep the JSAV safety shut-off valve from being activated unintentionally. It will also reduce temporary pressure surges caused by fluctuations in the system operation downstream, or a too-high pressure increase caused by gas creeps that result from gas pressure regulators that are not tight-closing.
The VSBV is specified for gas pressure regulating plants with inlet pressures greater than 100 mbar. It is suitable for air, technical combustion gas according to the DVGW G 260/I, biogas, and gas produced at trash plants.
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text: The present study investigated the antiplatelet activity of a novel formula composed by malic acid, succinic acid and citric acid with a ratio of 3:2:2. The IC50 and inhibition of platelet aggregation induced by various agonists as well as platelet adhesion were evaluated in vitro. Of note, the IC50 for the formula inhibiting adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-induced platelet aggregation was 0.185 mg/mL. Meanwhile, the formula showed more potent inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation induced by ADP and thrombin than the single component at same concentration (0.37 mg/mL). Moreover, the formula could prevent platelet adhesion significantly without influence on platelet viability. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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What is climate litigation?
South Africa: Court hears challenge to Shell seismic tests
EU: Croatia, Hungary and Portugal referred to Court of Justice over renewables
Europe: ECHR to stagger climate hearings
International: Australia and New Zealand set to back ICJ ruling bid

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A blast from the past? The east coast of Australia was once lined by volcanoes that were so explosive they could shoot sand-sized particles 2300 kilometres – all the way across to the west coast.
The volcanic activity occurred 100 million years ago, at a time when New Zealand began tearing away from Australia’s eastern edge.
Until recently, the only evidence of the scale of these eruptions were the 20-kilometre-wide dormant craters and the solidified lava flows left behind.
But now, Milo Barham at Curtin University in Western Australia and his colleagues have found that these eastern Australian volcanoes flung material to the other side of the country.
UCI physicists confirm possible discovery of fifth force of nature
Light particle could be key to understanding dark matter in universe
Irvine, Calif., August 15, 2016 – Recent findings indicating the possible discovery of a previously unknown subatomic particle may be evidence of a fifth fundamental force of nature, according to a paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters by theoretical physicists at the University of California, Irvine.
“If true, it’s revolutionary,” said Jonathan Feng, professor of physics & astronomy. “For decades, we’ve known of four fundamental forces: gravitation, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. If confirmed by further experiments, this discovery of a possible fifth force would completely change our understanding of the universe, with consequences for the unification of forces and dark matter.”

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The Downside of Government-Compelled Exposure Needs Scrutiny
Privacy in Focus®
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in NAACP v. Alabama in 1958 that the First Amendment protects the privacy of political associations and donations. The State of Alabama had sought to compel the NAACP to disclose the names of its members and donors in order to establish that the NAACP had been doing business in Alabama without registering over several years. The NAACP resisted the disclosure because government officials would make the information public, thereby exposing NAACP members and donors to harassment, loss of employment, and even threats of physical harm. The Supreme Court ruled that government exposure policy is responsible when it triggers private retaliation and harassment against the citizens who are exposed. It struck down the disclosure requirement under the First Amendment, thus protecting the political privacy of NAACP members and donors. This landmark case recently was analyzed in Privacy in Focus.
The Supreme Court subsequently protected the right to associational privacy in many contexts following its holding in NAACP v. Alabama. However, two decades later, in its 1976 Buckley v. Valeo decision, the Court made an exception, upholding a law requiring the disclosure of contributors to election campaign committees. The government argued that people making contributions to campaigns for public office presented a unique need for public exposure. Such exposure was necessary, the government posited, to combat the corruption of politicians. So long as contributors were publicly disclosed, it reasoned, the public could hold candidates and elected officials accountable, thereby reducing the chances of politicians doing improper favors for contributors.
The government did not argue – indeed denied – that other candidates or public officials would weaponize public disclosure of campaign contributors to retaliate against them, harass them, or hold them out to public ridicule, economic loss or perhaps worse. But that happened recently when U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro published the names of 44 Trump campaign contributors (some of whom ironically were Castro contributors too), accusing them of responsibility for the President’s rhetoric about immigration that Castro found objectionable. He also identified their businesses. This was publicly interpreted by many as a shaming or “doxing” exercise intended to invite retaliation against the disclosed individuals. The Castro event has renewed legal and popular debate over the proper and improper uses of government-compelled exposure of private associations. The Castro event also has underscored the inherent dangers and potential misuses of government-compelled exposure.
Since the Buckley decision, the lower federal courts have blithely extended the public exposure rules tailored for campaign finance and upheld mandatory public disclosure requirements in far-flung contexts such as speakers and associations engaged in issue advocacy, public policy discussions, nonprofit solicitations, and state ballot measure advocacy. Many of these scenarios involve little risk of corrupting politicians but do enable doxing designed to silence speakers. Although the Supreme Court has reiterated its endorsement of compelled exposure of donors in the campaign finance context in a number of cases (see, e.g., Citizens United v. FEC in 2010), the Court has been reticent to clarify the First Amendment limits for compelled exposure in other contexts. However, after the Third Circuit upheld a Delaware law requiring the disclosure of donors to groups that post public officials’ voting records on the internet, in Delaware Strong Families v. Attorney General of Delaware (2015), two Justices – Justice Thomas and Justice Alito – voted in favor of granting certiorari. Observers are watching closely to see if the two new Justices, Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh, will join them to provide the four votes needed to grant Supreme Court review of government-compelled exposure in such other contexts and, at least, delimit Buckley to campaign finance and the corruption of politicians.
A handful of cases are pending in lower courts that could make their way to the Supreme Court for review and offer the opportunity for the Court to provide needed clarification. They include two cases in the Ninth Circuit, Center for Competitive Politics v. Harris and Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra, which require disclosure of donors to certain nonprofits. A petition for certiorari is expected in Becerra by August 26. Another potential review vehicle is The Washington Post v. McManus, pending in the Fourth Circuit, which involves The Washington Post’s challenge to Maryland’s law requiring internet-based advertising platforms to collect and publish extensive detailed information about political advertisers. So, stay tuned.
For more detail on the First Amendment political privacy issues in need of clarification by the Supreme Court, see the recent article by Lee Goodman in Privacy in Focus.
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Warner Bros. Pictures today released a teaser for Justice League today, featuring some really great moments with Ezra Miller as a very different Flash than the one we see Grant Gustin playing on the TV series every week.
In addition to the teaser, the studio released an image of the assembled Justice League cast — including, of course, Ezra Miller as The Flash.
You can see the teaser and the photo below; click on the photo for a larger look. Justice League hits theaters in 2017. If you’re looking for TV show news, stay tuned — the Flash panel is this afternoon!


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Based on the data from the first nine months of 2016, the number of ransomware attacks this year will be four times higher than last year, according to a study from Beazley, a data breach response insurance company. Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2016/10/26/430541.htm
Healthcare organizations are more and more the targets of malicious hacker attacks. Ransomware, a type of malware, is clearly one of the biggest threats the healthcare industry has had to face in years.
There are two types of ransomware: Type one locks the computer screen, whereas type two encrypts predetermined files. If it locks the computer screen, a full-screen image or notification will be displayed on the infected system’s screen and the system can’t be accessed any more. This notification usually shows the instructions as to how victims can pay the ransom to access their files. The second type of ransomware prevents access to critical or valuable files like documents and spreadsheets.
Wondering how ransomware can be downloaded onto your organization’s system? It’s easier than you might think. It can be downloaded when unknowingly visiting malicious websites, it can get into your system as a payload either dropped or downloaded by other malware, and it can also be delivered as attachments from spammed email, downloaded from malicious pages through malvertisements, or dropped by exploit kits onto vulnerable systems. The threatening possibilities are nearly endless. (Source: http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/definition/ransomware)
For healthcare providers, human error also presents a high risk, due to the amount of information shared between organizations. And if you think that data protection through password and user ID is enough, think again. Though this is a good starting point, it’s not sufficient. No matter how long or complex your password is, hackers are able to download something on your computer that records and reports your keystrokes. The moment you type in your user ID and password, cybercriminals will get your information.
Preventing cyber-security risks and protecting patients and their PHI data has become more pressing than ever before. The key to protecting your organization’s data? Simple and affordable, but strong solutions that identify risks without placing too many barriers in front of system users.
Our experience allows us to understand that privacy and security in health IT is more than just safeguarding data. It’s about identifying risks and protecting your healthcare organization’s infrastructure. Our experts agree that the only way to address cyber threats are practical solutions that are easy to implement, scalable, and cost-efficient. We have designed our Privacy&Security Solutions Toolkit as a simple and affordable monthly subscription service.
Protecting your organization’s sensitive patient data no longer is a choice, it is a necessity. Stop presuming that it won’t happen to you. If your healthcare organization has not established a Privacy and Security solution yet, don’t wait another day.


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So, I met a woman that's a good match to me. She's smart, funny, demure, intelligent, witty, and pleasant. She's interested in the things I'm interested in and has a pleasant and cheerful outlook on life. She's great. The only problem (other than she's a patient)? She's 60 something.
And I guess that the only thing wrong with dating a 60 year old is the horrible social stigma of dating a woman that's more than twice my age and the fact that it's not where I see my life going, but it's not something I'm eager to pursue.
That doesn't seem very fair, y'know? I finally meet a girl that has everything I'm looking for, but she's as old as my mom. It seems like I can't get anything going when it comes to romance. It's all fruitless.
I really long for some human contact. I wish I had someone I could confide in, y'know? That's what's missing in my life, and at this point, I don't see that hole being filled anytime soon.

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Adolphe Albert lived an interesting life, divided into two careers. On the one hand Albert was a career soldier who made his way through the ranks, from hunter in 1873, then promoted to lieutenant (1888), captain (1895), and battalion commander (1911). In August 1914, he took command of the 66th Territorial Infantry Regiment based in the Indre and took part in the First World War. In 1906 his service was recognized with the prestigious title of “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur”, and then even further by being made an “Officier” in January 1918. During the campaign in North Africa, he met the artist Jean Veber, who became a close friend.
Albert took art classes in both the atelier of Léon Bonnat and of Fernand Cormon. Circa 1882-1883 he met Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, with whom he maintained a very close bond of friendship. The two men liked spending time in the same cafés and cabarets of Montmartre. In 1887 Albert exhibited at the “Salon des Indépendants” for the first time.
In October 1893 Adolphe Albert married Léontine Vert (Renée Vert, 1856-1930). That same year Lautrec painted the portrait of Mme. Albert (“La Modiste Renée Vert”). In February 1894 Lautrec and Albert visited museums in The Netherlands. And in December 1897 Albert executed a pencil portrait of his friend (now in Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec). In turn Lautrec drew a lithographic portrat of Adolphe Albert, entitled “The Lithographer” or “The Good Engraver” (“Le Lithographe” or “Le Bon Graveur”).
From February 1891 Adolphe Albert, who had become primarily a printmaker, became the secretary of the “Society of French Painter-Engravers” (“Société des Peintres-Graveurs Français”).
After the death of Lautrec in 1901 Albert first moved to Giverny where he met Claude Monet. Later, he and his wife moved to Les Andelys, where he bought a house, “Villa Les Tilleuls”. After the war, the home became a gathering place for many friendly artists, such as Félix Vallotton and Jean-Eugène Clary.
Albert is remembered for his etchings, his woodcuts and his color monotypes. He also left many oil paintings of landscapes representing views of the Eure, Chateau-Gaillard and Andelys
(Paris, June 28th 1855 – Andelys, March 30th 1938)
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National Hispanic Heritage Month is an opportunity for us to pause and reflect on the many significant contributions Latinos have made—and continue to make—to the United States’ history and culture. On campus, Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations are the product of the Case Western Reserve University’s Alianza Latina or Latino Alliance, who aims to bring together faculty and staff from across campus to celebrate Latino culture, engage in public service and support students of similar heritage.
“What’s special about planning Hispanic Heritage Month is how all the various facets of the community come together to produce a month-long celebration,” says Alianza Latina’s executive sponsor and Vice President for Research and Technology Management Dr. Suzanne M. Rivera. The events are planned by students, staff, faculty and administrators from every corner of the campus and, with few exceptions, are free and open to the broader public. Rivera highlights that “by inviting Greater Cleveland to participate in these events, we strengthen our connections to the Latino community in Northeast Ohio and build bridges of friendship with others who want to learn more about Hispanic culture.”
Hispanic Heritage Month shines the spotlight not only on Latino culture, but on the contributions of immigrants, their descendants and their legacy in the United States. Marina Corleto, a double alumn of CWRU and a member of Alianza Latina, says “we all benefit from the diversity as a result, and in these politically divisive times we’re living in, anything that brings us together and celebrates what binds us and makes us stronger and more interesting is worthwhile in my book.”
Corleto is an immigrant from Argentina, and her mother’s roots in Cleveland are tied to the Slovenian community. Corleto underlines that from the time she was a student to being an alumni and on the staff now, she has valued both the diversity that exists in Cleveland and on campus and the efforts to increase it, including Hispanic Heritage Month.
“Incredible things can happen when people of different backgrounds get together, but being part of a minority group has its challenges, so my colleagues and I on Alianza are grateful for the camaraderie and support we give each other,” says Corleto.
Alianza Latina works in coordination with the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity and with the Office for Multicultural Affairs to put together activities that are not only appealing for the university community, but also that represent the values and contributions of the Hispanic population in the United States. For instance, one of the speakers this year was journalist Ray Suárez, who talked about the changing racial and ethnic dynamics in the United States.
“We put a lot of effort and time to plan theses activities, and there is a group of people very committed and involved in making them a success,” comments Associate Professor of Spanish Damaris Puñales-Alpízar.
There are about 55 million Hispanic people in the United States, and their contributions range from fruit fields to science to medicine to education, touching every aspect of life. Having a month to celebrate it here at the university is a way of celebrating not only the Hispanic population and their contributions within our academic community, but also the diversity and richness of our university space. For Puñales-Alpízar, Hispanic Heritage Month is “a window to let others know about our culture and history but also about our concerns and hopes,” and that is what Alianza Latina hopes to convey with the different events that they coordinate.
Alianza Latina starts planning these events a year in advance. This year, to close the celebrations, CWRU will host the XV Ohio Latin American Conference. Scholars and students from not only Ohio, but also other states will come to share their academic research in different areas, all related to Latin America.


On December 4, 2012 the Oakland City Council will meet to decide the fate of Astro Park. The proponents appealed the Planning Commission's unanimous rejection of the dog park plan, so Council decides. The formal business starts at 6:30pm. The meeting takes place in Council Chambers in City Hall. We await information about overflow rooms and speaking and ceding. Here people have the opportunity to speak - be sure to collect a speaker card at the beginning of the meeting and hand it in up-front to ensure your voice is heard.
On May 2, 2012 the City of Oakland Planning Commission met and unanimously rejected the plan to put a dog park at Astro Park. Over a hundred people spoke on each side of the issue. Commissioners had also read 1436 pages of written testimony. After all of that they agreed that Astro Park is the Wrong Place to put a fenced dog park.
Oaklanders were invited to comment on the Lake Merritt Master Plan in 1998 and 1999. The Oakland Dog Owners Group (O'DOG) collected signatures from 740 dog owners around east bay parks who indicated they would be pleased to see a dog park at Lake Merritt.
In July 2002 the Lake Merritt Master Plan was published.
It describes the Lake as “a connector - a common thread that joins the surrounding communities”. Here is the mission statement from the Master Plan: “Lake Merritt should continue to be a park for all of Oakland. Its green space, water area, playgrounds, and attractions should serve the widest audience of Oakland citizens and visitors. From the programs we should learn about the park as a natural resource - a unique ecology within our urban city. The needs of human users must be carefully balanced with goals for improving habitat value and water quality. Our City's youth should take their first sail and grow comfortable in a kayak on this water. We should be free to explore our park in all modes of transport. The grand perimeter roads should be made grand for bikes and pedestrians too. The rich botanical collections should be made inviting and in keeping with their famed status. As our Park ages with each generation, we must make the needed repairs that maintain the glory of Lake Merritt.”
It marked a site of a "potential" off-leash dog area with a small icon in Chapter 3 (see attachment below).
In the “Maintenance” section of the Plan document, it notes that “Public comment throughout the LMMP's process indicated a high level of enthusiasm for improved maintenance practices- funding, operations, skill levels, etc. It was well understood that the current level of degradation in the park is mostly attributed to lack of proper maintenance. The public was critical of potential, future funding sortages [sic] after improvements are made.”
Also in 2002 the Adams Point Urban Design Plan was developed and presented to the Community and Economic Development Agency of the City of Oakland. The City Clerk has no record of the document being accepted by the Committee, but we were recently able to obtain a copy from the Berkeley firm who had the $90,000 contract to produce the work. See the PDF attachments below. (Note, each is 6MB so not recommended if you are on a dial-up or cellphone connection.) The Plan focuses on Commercial Revitalization of the Grand Avenue corridor and traffic analysis prior to reconfiguration of El Embarcadero. There is evidence in the documentation that one community meeting was held to discuss the plan at a Senior Center, at which 99 individual comments were collected across all topics (possibly more than one comment per participant). There's no information about how that meeting was advertised. Here's an extract of the goals of this effort:
On December 8th 2010, a hearing was held at the Parks and Recreation Committee (PRAC). The meeting was poorly noticed. Most residents within the Lake Merritt neighborhood groups were completely unaware of the meeting. Dog park proponents, including O’DOG members, attended and voiced their support.
The next stage is for the City of Oakland’s planning department to review O’DOG’s application for a Conditional Use Permit, which will allow the lawn to be removed and fenced off for dogs. Within the coming weeks, it is anticipated that there will be a 17-day public comment period with the opportunity to submit written comments to the staff. The comment period will be publicly noticed with bright colored signs at the site. There is currently some confusion about whether or not a public hearing will be heard on the Conditional Use Permit (CUP).
If the Change of Use Permit is issued by the City Staff, the item will move to the City Council. An appeal of the CUP decision can be made. The appeal is heard by the Planning Commission.
On Wednesday, March 23, 2011 a Community Meeting was held regarding proposed dog play area at the corner of Lakeshore Ave and MacArthur Blvd.Sponsored by Councilmembers Pat Kernighan and Nancy Nadel, and co-sponsored by Adams Point Action Council, Cleveland Heights Neighborhood Network and Grand Lake Neighbors.
In Pat's own words on February 28, 2011:
"Dear Cleveland Heights and Grandlake Neighbors,
The dog park proposal is certainly a topic of great interest and I think the neighborhood listserves have been a good forum to notify more residents about it. The volume of comments indicates to me that a community meeting is in order. I have asked Councilmember Nadel if she would participate and she said she will. We are still in the process of finding a date and location for the community meeting and will notify the listserves when we have it scheduled. (I'm thinking the date will be in about three weeks.)
In the meantime, feel free to email your opinions to me and Councilmember Nadel. I am keeping a tally. Perhaps that will be an alternative that can take the debate off the listserves, as I see that some of you are annoyed with the volume and intensity of the comments.
Oakland City Councilmember, District 2
1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, 2d Floor
Oakland, CA 94612


Second Tranche of FOFA Released - Corporations Amendment (Further Future of Financial Advice Measures) Bill 2011
The Government has released the draft legislation and explanatory memorandum for the second and final tranche of its Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms. Our earlier In Brief of 29 August 2011 discussed the first tranche of the FOFA reforms.
The Corporations Amendment (Further Future of Financial Advice Measures) Bill 2011 (draft legislation) is expected to pass through the Senate in early 2012, and is scheduled to commence on 1 July 2012. The draft legislation covers the key components of the FOFA reforms:
- banning conflicted remuneration;
- banning of benefits from product providers;
- banning volume-based shelf-space fees;
- banning asset-based fees on geared funds; and
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Hidden town wants parish recognition
Elkinsville, a small community, wants official town plaque
|Shonna Riggs/Herald Guide|
Residents of Elkinsville want the parish to put up a sign that would officially recognize their town, which was founded by free slave and business owner Palmer Elkins around 150 years ago.
Now, members of the Elkinsville Historic Revitalization Association hope that parish officials will put up a sign to give the community official recognition as a historic town.
“Palmer Elkins was a free slave and business owner that purchased more than a hundred acres of land to develop between River Road and Airline in the 1800’s,” Dwayne Harris, resident and one of the co-founders of the association, said. “Those areas he developed right now are called 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Streets, but all four streets should be called Elkinsville.”
Harris says it took him about three years to gather the historical background of the community.
On Sunday Oct. 26, the elder descendants of Elkins were honored during a special ceremony to celebrate the community’s plans to push for town recognition.
“During the time when land was plentiful, Palmer Elkins purchased 160 acres or more at an auction for $943.50,” Harris said. “Back then, he developed the community and everyone who settled there were families. Everyone knew everyone, people were able to leave their doors open and didn’t have to worry about the things we worry about today.”
According to historical documents, Elkins came from the northern United States after the Civil War ended and settled in the south. He spotted a vast portion of land, about 12,000 acres, in St. Rose that was owned by Union Insurance Company of New Orleans.
Elkins bought 160 acres of that land and then established one of the oldest churches in St. Rose - Mount Zion Baptist Church.
“There are two churches here over 100 years old,” Harris said. “The graveyard is also over 100 years old, so there are a lot of historical landmarks in this community that deserve recognition.”
The remainder of the property remained vacant for about six years until Elkins partnered with other freed slaves and developed 1st through 4th Streets.
“I learned a lot through my research about the history of these four streets and the contributions to the community that Palmer Elkins made,” Harris said. “And we hope the signage will serve as a reminder for future generations of who founded this community.”
Ricardo Smith, another co-founder of the historic organization, says the oldest member of Elkinsville is over 100 years old.
“There’s a lot of history here,” he said. “Most of us who live here and grew up here are all related and we’re all descendants of Palmer Elkins. The oldest resident is Sister Virginia Harris, who is well over 100 years old.”
Smith says the goals of the historic organization are to restore historical integrity to the four streets.
“We want to remove all of the blighted housing, use the green space to make a park for the kids and anything that will enhance or uplift the community,” he said. “It’s truly about family. We take the advice of our elders in this community and we want to continue to instill pride and integrity back to future generations that will have to grow up here.”
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The Coalition of Youth and Students for a Better Liberia (CYSBL), a local advocacy group, has said it is disappointed in Mr. Benoni Urey, political leader of the All Liberian Party (ALP), for his recent letter to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf disputing Cellcom GSM’s three-day free calls bargain offered to customers.
Mr. Urey is chairman of Lonestar Cell MTN in Liberia; a GSM company that once sold SIM cards for US$65 and scratch cards for US$15, with a duration period of only a week.
CYSBL Executive Director Ishmael Koffeh contended that Mr. Urey’s request to the President to stop the three-day Cellcom promotion was not right and called on him to apologize to Liberians.
He said the ALP political leader’s attitude has proven to ordinary people that if he is elected President, Liberians will encounter prolonged suffering, “because prices of goods and services will sky-rocket, only for his presidency to maximize profits.”
Mr. Koffeh, however, praised Cellcom for breaking the barrier created by Lonestar when it was the only service provider in the country.
“We thank Cellcom for breaking down Lonestar’s monopoly virus to the extent that all Liberians and foreign residents are able to communicate through the cheapest means,” Mr. Koffeh said.
He said the Cellcom promotion is helping every mobile user in the country to communicate with their loved ones for any length of time. “Therefore, we are angry with Mr. Urey for his so-called letter to the President. Because of that, we do not trust him with our country,” he added.
Mr. Koffeh called on Liberians, particularly those using the three-day Cellcom promotion, to campaign vigorously against Mr. Urey’s “cheap propaganda against a GSM provider that is in the interest of the downtrodden masses.”
It may be recalled that on March 14, Mr. Urey wrote a letter to President Sirleaf calling her attention to what he said were the damaging effects of certain promotions he called ‘freebies’ offered by telecommunications service providers operating in the Liberian economy.
In that letter, Urey said government was losing tens of millions of United States dollars in potential tax revenues as a result of the promotions.
He also linked the loss of potential tax revenues to loss of industry revenues, and subsequent loss of industry jobs.
Cellcom, however, dismissed Urey’s claims as “carefully calculated attempts to prolong Lonestar/MTN’s goal of restricting competition and thereby continuing to exploit the Liberian people.”


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Yaaay! I finally took the time (thanks to Masterchef Slovenija) to visit another culinary workshop. And not just any culinary workshop but a workshop with the winner of last year’s Masterchef contest in Slovenia – Darko Klemen. I’ve religiously been following the show and his creations anyway, but now I got to spend 3 hours in his company and all I can say is, he’s so awesome! And all my “classmates” were so cool as well that the workshop ended up being super fun and educational.
We started with a glass of wine (because who doesn’t love to cook with wine) to toast to a great workshop. We were then divided into four groups, each assigned to prepare one of Darko’s original recipes:
- green pea soup with scallops and shrimp
- barley “risotto” with dried fruits, horseradish and smoked seabass
- ravioli with shrimp and truffle sauce
- chicken breast in bacon and smoked goose breast with chickpeas and cranberry sauce with green pepper
Our work stations were full of ingredients and the recipes were already waiting for us. We started with the preparations – cutting, chopping, choosing herbs, studying the recipes and drowning Darko in questions.
There was so much going on that we could barely follow who is making what, how, why this way.. but in a good way of course. I got so many cool ideas and inspirations and I also gave some good ideas on how to improve the flavour of some components. I “ended up” in the group preparing the chicken breast. To be honest, I stood next to that working station because I really wanted to make that dish and I was lucky to be assigned to that group.
So, what did we make? The dish itself already sounds complicated, so you can probably imagine that it’s even more complicated to make it. First, we baked the chicken breast quickly on each side and set them aside. We lined some bacon and smoked goose breast slices on plastic foil and covered it with chicken breast. We rolled them tightly into a roll and fixed it with some aluminum foil. The chicken was then off to a boiling bath while we continued with the chickpeas. We placed bacon, onions and garlic in the pan and after the onions turned translucent, we added the chickpeas. Herbs and celery were next to follow and last but not least, a tablespoon (or two) of mascarpone! Yum! We mixed it all in the thermomix and it was so delicious I could easily eat it all with a spoon or some carrots and grissini as a dip. Well, if that wasn’t enough, we covered small balls of this chickpea mixture with some kataifi (never heard of it before!) to create lovely little nests, which we then fried. Before that, we made a cranberry – red wine sauce with green pepper and sent the chicken rolls to a quick bake in an extremely hot oven.
Meanwhile we were also jumping around the kitchen to see what the other groups were doing, tasting their dishes, trying to help them improve their taste, and of course, making sure our wine glasses weren’t feeling lonely.
Darko demonstrated how he imagined his dishes to look on the plates and then allowed us to get creative with the food plating ourselves. I played a little with the plating of the pea soup and of course “our” chicken dish. What do you think, how did I do? Darko said I have quite the talent for food plating (as you can imagine, that made me blush.. :P)!
We then jumped right into the tasting – it’s a tough job but somebody has to do it, right? And OMG was everything delicious! Individual components were super yummy when we tasted them during cooking but boy were they amazing when put together! The tasting was followed by a mandatory toast with another glass of wine, a group photo and some chat. We just could not make ourselves go home. At the end of the day, our bellies were happy and full, our heads full of new knowledge and ideas, and I even got myself a new “bestie”! 😀

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Do you geek out about technology, fantasy and science fiction? Each of these books features a healthy dose of nerd-culture reference and hidden humor for readers in-the-know.
Ready player one by Ernest Cline
Geektastic: stories from the nerd herd by edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci
Soon I will be invincible by Austin Grossman
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
JPod: a novel by Douglas Coupland
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Program by Suzanne Young
Pulse by Patrick Carman
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
- Walk for 30 minutes, 5x a week
- Quit drinking soda for (at least) one month
- Find and join a local martial arts group and attend at least 3 meetings
Enjoy steampunk? Try these books out:
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Cinder by written by Marissa Meyer
Clockwork angel by Cassandra Clare
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
The hunchback assignments by Arthur Slade
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Etiquette & espionage by Gail Carriger
Here at the Canton Public Library we love reading in any form—and for those of you with an eReader, smartphone or tablet computer we have a world of tech-savvy options! OverDrive offers thousands of downloadable eBooks and audiobooks. Our newest addition, Zinio, allows you to read new magazines on your smartphone or tablet. Once you finish, don't forget to log on and claim your Geek Out badge!
Are you a tech-savvy dad looking to Geek Out with your kids by sharing your love of science and technology. Ken Denmead, editor of GeekDad, a blog on Wired magazine's Web site has a fun series of books filled with activities for all ages.
Geek dad: awesomely geeky projects and activities for dads and kids to share by Ken Denmead ; foreword by Chris Anderson
And for Moms who want to get in on the fun—geek out with your kids over science experiments, super heroes, and fun crafts!
Check out these inspirational stories from people who have hit rock bottom and lived to tell the tale.
Broken: my story of addiction and redemption by William Cope Moyers with Katherine Ketcham
Fall to pieces: a memoir of drugs, rock 'n' roll, and mental illness by Mary Forsberg Weiland
Guts: the endless follies and tiny triumphs of a giant disaster by Kristen Johnston
Drinking: a love story by Caroline Knapp
The heroin diaries: a year in the life of a shattered rock star by Nikki Sixx ; with Ian Gittins
Long past stopping: a memoir by Oran Canfield
The Children's Library has lots of nonfiction on your favorite geeky subjects. Here are some fun ones to help you geek out.
The dangerous book for boys by Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
Star Wars head to head by Pablo Hidalgo
Lego Star wars: character encyclopedia by written by Hannah Dolan with Elizabeth Dowsett, Shari Last, and Victoria Taylor
The Lego ideas book: unlock your imagination by author, Daniel Lipkowitz
Crazy concoctions: a mad scientist's guide to messy mixtures by Jordan D. Brown; illustrated by Anthony Owsley
Discovery Channel young scientist challenge: taking science to the extreme! by Rosanna Hansen and Sherry Gerstein
Console wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the battle that defined a generation by Blake J. Harris ; foreword by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg
The art of video games: from Pac-Man to Mass Effect by Chris Melissinos & Patrick O'Rourke
Extra lives: why video games matter by Tom Bissell
Need something to fill that X-Files-shaped hole in your TV viewing? These TV series feature investigations into the spooky and strange. (Warning: May contain aliens.)
Torchwood. The complete first season, Disc 1 [videodisc] by British Broadcasting Corporation
Supernatural. Season 1. Disc 1 & 2 [videodisc] by Kripke Enterprises, Inc. ; Wonderland Sound and Vision ; Warner Bros. Television
Eureka. Season 1. Disc 1 [videodisc] by Universal Studios ; Sci Fi Channel
Warehouse 13. Season one. Disc 1 [videodisc] by Universal Media Studios
The world of steampunk literature imagines a different historical path-a world run on iron and steam, where the preferred method of travel is the dirigible and everything that moves is run on clockworks.
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Dead iron by Devon Monk
The windup girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
The diamond age ; or, Young lady's illustrated primer by Neal Stephenson
Mainspring by Jay Lake
Soulless by Gail Carriger
The half-made world by Felix Gilman
The first step to geeking out about comics is to read some. The second step is to read all about them. Check out these great histories and analyses of modern comics.
Comic book nation: the transformation of youth culture in America by Bradford W. Wright
Understanding comics: the invisible art by [Scott McCloud]
DC Comics: sixty years of the world's favorite comic book heroes by Les Daniels ; introduction by Jenette Kahn
And don't forget to stop by the Geek Out table during the CYS kickoff and complete a Nerd Knowledge quiz! Completed quizzes can be put into a drawing for summer movie passes from Goodrich Theaters. We'll select and announce the winner just before the movie starts! Join us in the Community Room on Monday, June 17 at 7:00 PM for the first in our Movie Mondays summer film series!


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Proponents of organic lawn care are pushing to bring clover back to wide use as a lawn plant, mixed with more conventional turf grasses. They point to clover's benefits, which include its ability to withstand drought, thrive in poor soil and supply nitrogen to other plants.
White Dutch clover used to be common in lawns. But once petrochemical-based weed killers were introduced after World War II, that started to change, said Paul Tukey, founder of the nonprofit organization SafeLawns.org and author of "The Organic Lawn Care Manual" (Storey). The synthetic products got rid of the weeds, but they also killed the clover.
Clover came to be looked down on as a weed, something that marred a lawn's uniformity and put children at risk by attracting bees. Now, however, interest is growing in more natural lawn care.
Clover has much to recommend it as a lawn plant, said Melinda Myers, a horticulturist and author of several lawn guides. Its biggest benefit is its ability to fix nitrogen, which means clover is its own little fertilizer factory. Clover takes nitrogen from the air, converts it to a form plants can use and eventually releases it to the surrounding soil.
In fact, clover is nature's way of healing soil that's nitrogen-deficient, Myers said. That's why it tends to move into areas with poor soil, often to the homeowner's chagrin.
That nitrogen-fixing ability can go a long way toward eliminating the need to fertilize, Tukey said. Say you had a lawn that was 5 percent clover. If you left your grass clippings on the lawn after you mowed, the clover and the clippings together would supply all the nitrogen your lawn needed once the lawn was established, he contended.
Clover also has deep roots that help it tolerate dry conditions, so it stays green long after grass has turned brown. If it's mixed in fairly evenly with grass, Myers said, it can keep a lawn looking good even at the height of summer, without the need to water.
Another of clover's attributes is something of a mixed blessing: its flowers' attractiveness to bees.
Bees, especially honeybees, are important pollinators of many food crops. Clover supports imperiled bee populations, and it also helps vegetable gardeners by bringing bees to their yards, Tukey said. But some people fear bees, he said, and a small part of the population is severely allergic to their stings.
However, he noted that clover blooms heavily for only a couple of weeks a year, and the flowers can be kept in check with frequent mowing.
Clover has other drawbacks. Probably the biggest is its tendency to spread and form patches, especially in poor soil. Clover also doesn't hold up as well to heavy foot traffic as grass. Myers said it might not be the best choice for a play area such as the ground under a swing set, although it should be fine in the rest of the lawn.
Clover's leaf form is different from grass too. A lawn with a mix of grass and clover has a more varied texture and tends to look bumpier than an all-grass lawn. "It's not necessarily the easiest thing to have a game of soccer on," Myers said.
However, that bumpiness has diminished with the development of micro-clover, a type of white clover that has been bred to grow smaller and mix in better with grass.
Micro-clover produces smaller leaves and grows closer to the ground, said Rick Myers, sales manager for DLF-USA, the U.S. branch of the company that developed the plant.
Myers said he has had a micro-clover/grass mix in his own lawn for about four years. "If you were 10 feet away from my lawn … you can't even see any micro-clover in it," he said.
White Dutch clover seeds are widely available, especially from stores that supply seed to farmers. Micro-clover seeds are a little harder to find, but you can buy a micro-clover/grass mix from Good Nature (whygoodnature.com or 330-836-9800).

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Ellie Goulding is set to perform in Dubai this February.
The star will be a major attraction at the Untold Dubai music festival, a four-day extravaganza scheduled to take place from February 15 to 18 at Expo City Dubai.
Untold Dubai is shaping up to be a mega event, featuring a lineup of more than 100 outstanding artists. Fans can look forward to performances from an array of international talents including G-Eazy, Major Lazer Soundsystem, Armin Van Buuren, Bebe Rexha, Don Diablo, Paul Kalkbrenner, Timmy Trumpet, and Hardwell.
Goulding, known for her unique blend of electropop, synth-pop, and folktronica, is anticipated to deliver a captivating performance that will leave the audience in awe. The festival will provide a platform for her to showcase her musical prowess alongside other prominent figures in the music industry.
Adding to the excitement, Dutch DJ Armin Van Buuren is slated to take over the Main Stage, promising an electrifying experience for electronic music enthusiasts. The DJ lineup is further boosted by the presence of Hardwell and Don Diablo, setting the stage for an unforgettable musical journey.
Tickets for this much-awaited event are available starting at Dh700 and can be purchased on the festival’s official website, untold.ae.