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Drawing a tic tac toe board and playing with a friend is a great way to entertain yourself during those slow minutes. Or as a kid, you just want to try and win the game, one more time.
Now you can make a version of this classic game and give it away as party favors, door prizes, hostess gifts and more.
Follow this quick and easy tutorial to learn how to make your own tic tac toe board and packaging using inexpensive materials and your Cricut cutting machine.
I purchased the burlap bags and wooden tile squares on Amazon. You can probably find them at your local craft store as well.
Ready to Make Some Party Favors?
These are classic and shabby chic at the same time. You can add your own touch of creativity by changing the images on the tiles (no one says you have to use "x's and o's"). I made a set with bumble bees and they just make me smile when I look at them!
Use the pattern in the member's only library to cut out your X's and O's and the lines for the bag. It also includes the bees if you want to try those too.
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Cut out the shapes on vinyl and iron on vinyl. You can use the iron on vinyl with the wood tiles or use regular vinyl and then warm it up a little with the heat press set at a lower heat.
Set your heat press to 290 degrees and set the timer between 30-45 seconds. I used a sheet of Teflon between by press and the burlap because I wasn't 100% sure what materials it was made from. I didn't want it melting onto my machine.
TIP: scoot the burlap and the Teflon to your press area. Place the edge of the heat press or iron on the bottom edge of the thick area of the top of the bag. This lets your iron sit a little flatter on the bag and you get a better press on the iron on vinyl.
Once you have all the tic tac toe boards set on your burlap bags, turn the heat down on your press to it's lowest setting (the Cricut Heat Press goes as low as 210 degrees).
Place all your chosen designs on your tiles. I chose to print my tic tac toe pieces in two different colors. You could also choose two different images and then print them all in the same color. This all depends on your supplies and the style you are going for with your project.
You could also think outside the box and change up the board shape (think hexagons for the honeybee pieces!! or flowers for butterflies…so much fun!).
Once you have all your tiles decorated with their vinyl shapes, put them on your heat press pad and cover them with the sheet of Teflon. If you are using regular vinyl, press them for about 15 to 20 seconds. This will melt the vinyl in a little onto the wooden tile. The heat helps set the adhesive and make it a little more permanent.
If you are using regular heat transfer vinyl then you will want to leave your iron set at 290 degrees and use that to press your pieces. I would still cover with the Teflon piece to protect the wood of your tiles.
Place all the pieces for your tic tac toe game inside the bag and add a tag or ribbon.
Share and have fun playing this classic game in a new and fresh way.
Wedding Favors, Hostess Gifts, and MORE!
Whether you are making these as wedding favors to help entertain kids during your wedding reception, as a birthday party favor, or a hostess gift, these little tic tac toe boards are sure to please. They are very inexpensive to make and they don't take long to assemble.
Feel free to share your completed project on social media with the hashtag #LemonyFizzCrafts. I'd be happy to reshare it and spread the creative love.
Want to remember this? Post this Tic Tac Toe Board Party Favor to your favorite Pinterest board!


Tokyo (Reuters) - The PGA Tour announced a six-year deal on Tuesday for an official tournament in Japan from next year, to be sponsored by a company whose CEO has signed up to orbit the moon.
The inaugural $9.75 million Zozo Championship will be played Oct. 24-27 at Narashino Country Club in Chiba, part of the PGA Tour's three-event Asian swing.
Yusaku Maezawa is CEO of online fashion retailer Zozo. He recently became the first paying passenger to ante up for a moon orbit on Elon Musk's rocket ship.
Back on earth, the Japan tour stop for all intents and purposes replaces the CIMB Classic, which has been scrapped after nine years on the schedule in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
"CIMB is realigning its sponsorship with the tour," the tour said in a press release that raised more questions than it answered.
The Zozo Championship will feature a 78-man field comprised of 60 from the PGA Tour, 10 from the Japan Tour (JGTO) and eight special exemptions, the PGA Tour announced at a press conference in Tokyo.
The event will be co-sanctioned with the Japan Tour. It will fall between the CJ Cup @Nine Bridges in South Korea and the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai.
JGTO president Isao Aoki, the first Japanese player to win on the PGA Tour, said he wondered if he would live to see the day when the American-based organization planted its flag in Japan.
"I'm 76 years old. Finally this day has come," said Aoki, who won the 1983 Hawaiian Open.
The media launch was also attended by Zozo founder and CEO Maezawa and Japanese number one Hideki Matsuyama.
Maezawa's trip around the moon is tentatively scheduled for 2023. He has bought all six seats on the SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket.
On Tuesday, he demurred when asked whether Matsuyama would be one of his invited guests.
"I'd love to go, if asked," Matsuyama said.


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I don't know about you, but I feel like I am always waiting and pushing for the next big thing; anxious and impatient to move into our new home, for prayers to be answered, for my kids to grow up, to buy the next thing I think we need, or direction for health concerns. And this year my biggest one was getting my book launched. Do you find yourself always looking forward to the next big thing instead of just enjoying the process to get there?
Getting my book published took way longer than I ever expected! It felt like there was always something to accomplish, adjust, or wait for, as I kept pushing to get it published faster. Finally exasperated, I realized I just needed to trust Gods timing. His is always perfect and when we commit our plans to Him, we will succeed (Proverbs 16:3), so why do I need to stress? (I get this reminder every time we are waiting for big things to happen) Sound familiar?
Sitting in church on Sunday (I was listening, I promise;0), I had this revelation that it has always been God's timing, and His timing has always been perfect in our lives. Even when we were not always paying attention to Him! Sometimes we have had to learn the hard way, but His grace has always abounded and He made something beautiful out of our mistakes. He still ended up working it out for our benefit and for His glory (Rom 8:28). Can you remember a time that God's timing came in at just the right moment? Where He protected you from mistakes or greater heartache? Or are you in the deep, treading the water looking for an answer right now?
He has kept us from so many mistakes and has answered every one of our many prayers at just the perfect time (it would take me days to list all these answered prayers big and small). He just answered them in His perfect timing and thankfully not in mine. Why can't our prayers be answered instantly? Because maybe we needed to learn something in the process. Because if it happened too soon we would not appreciate it the same. We have learned to be thankful. He has protected us from greater pain because maybe we were not ready yet for what He has called us to. I personally feel like my whole life as all been practice for the next thing and then the next thing, and somehow I feel like all the roads are all coming together to collide into this one moment that stands before me. So what is my point in all of this?
The Lord knows how many hairs are on your head. It says in Psalms 139, every moment of our lives was laid out before a single day had even passed. He planned the days of your life my friend, so why do we get anxious? My advice for today? Rest in His perfect plan. Pray and surrender your plans to the one who knows what you need. Take one step at a time. Don't get ahead of Him in your impatience. The grass on the other side may look easier and much prettier, but that my friend, is someone else's grass. It is not yours, and won't fit the life God intended for you. It takes much time and work to get green grass and a manicured lawn, so do the work, persevere and you will begin to see Gods plan for you unfold with all of the blessings begining to spring forth.
Just like our lawns, it takes much work to get it looking pretty, and then some maintenance to keep it that way.
So how do we get the pretty lawn (or find the beauty in waiting)?
Surrender everything before the Lord, trusting Him for every need. Take it one day at a time.
Ask the Lord to show you a picture of your life and where He wants to take you. This will help you head in the right direction and remove any of those thorns getting in the way of the beautiful garden He wants to create in your life.
Trust the Lord's timing and do not get ahead of His perfect plan for your life.
Spend time with the Lord in prayer and in scripture. He is after a relationship with you after all. He is not your servant or your magic genie, He is your Heavenly Father looking out for your best interest and wants to spend time with His adopted child!
Sometimes a great hurt in your life can break your faith for a time. Sometimes things happen that can feel completely devastating and it can be hard to find your faith again and you feel deeply wounded. Chances are this was a very big tactic from the enemy trying to break and distract you from our good, good Heavenly Father (Don't be afraid to seek Godly counsel if you are having trouble getting past the pain). But guess what? God's goodness remains even in the ashes. That's where the beauty comes in. He waits for you to trust His good plans for your life. None of your pain will be wasted if you just trust Him. This life is temporary, and trusting that truth will help you move forward.
As I say this, my book was released this week! The craziest part? My book was launched a year to the day I started writing it. I had a whole pile of rainbows this week too which gives me such a sense of God's promise for breakthrough in my life. Thank you so much for your patience, prayers and support friends! It has and will always be His amazing timing when we trust and give it over to Him. So ask the gardener to help you clean up your lawn so you can enjoy the fruits in due season, my friend! Sign up below for more heart encouragement right to your inbox!


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CONTENTS: Tests for Lung Cancer
6.2 Methods of Obtaining Lung Tissue for Diagnosis
6.2.1 Guidelines for Tissue Sampling
6.2.2 'Minimally Invasive' versus 'Invasive' Biopsy Procedures
6.2.3 Sputum Cytology
6.2.4 Bronchoscopic Biopsy Techniques
i. Endobronchial-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
ii. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA)
iii. Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy (EMN)
6.2.5 Transthoracic Biopsy Techniques:
i. Transthoracic (Percutaneous) Needle Aspiration/Biopsy (TTNA/B)
ii. Standard Cervical Mediastinoscopy (SCM)
iii. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
6.2.6 Sampling the Pleura
i. Thoracentesis
ii. Pleural Biopsy
Forward to 6C Lung Samples and Cytology . Back to 6A The Pathology Report
What do you call a Moose with no name? 'Anony-moose'
6.2 Tests for Lung Cancer: Methods of Obtaining Lung Tissue for Diagnosis
For individuals who undergo lung cancer screening the hope is to detect lung cancer at an early stage, when it is more amenable to treatment. But for non-screened individuals, approximately 65 % to 75 % of patients with Non Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSLC) present with advanced-stage disease that is not amenable to surgery. For this non-screened group, the diagnosis is frequently made on small biopsy and cytology specimens.
If a lung tumor is present, imaging with contrast-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest and upper abdomen may be performed to assess the stage prior to biopsy. If imaging shows suspected metastases, some patients may require additional imaging such as positron emission tomography (PET) or integrated PET/CT (e.g., for stage IB to IIIA NSCLC to detect occult metastases).
The clinical team will follow the guidelines and recommendations below before taking tissue samples:-
The Tumor Node Metastasis (TNM) staging of NSCLC (Goldstraw et al., 2007)
Guidelines issued by the ACCP (Alberts et al., 2007)
The IASLC lymph node map (Rusch et al., 2009)
The IASLC/ATS/ERS guidelines (Travis et al., 2011)
The ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (Silvestri et al., 2013)
The revised ESTS Guidelines for preoperative mediastinal lymph node staging (De Leyn et al., 2014)
I saw that show, 50 Things To Do Before You Die. I would have thought the obvious one was 'Shout For Help'.
The clinical physician has a number of minimally invasive and invasive procedures to biopsy a patient if he suspects NSCLC. The choice of site depends upon operator proficiency, patient safety and eventual goals for treatment. Minimally invasive techniques are obviously preferable to invasive one but they tend to be less sensitive so an additional biopsy may be necessary.
Other tests for lung cancer is sputum cytology. Indeed, sputum cytology is often the first diagnostic step in patients with central lung lesions. The presence of relevant tumor cells in the sputum specimen is vital for the accuracy of the test. In addition, the handling and preservation of the sputum specimen is also important. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) is the most useful test for central lesions, where bronchial brushing and washing samples may be obtained.
For peripheral lung lesions, the sensitivity of navigational bronchoscopy (R-EBUS, and TTNA) is greater than that of conventional bronchoscopy. Newer and less invasive procedures, such as EBUS-TBNA, mean that fine needle aspiration (FNA) for cytology examination are usually the primary means of diagnosis. Furthermore, accurate molecular and histological subtyping is now possible, even with needle aspirates of lung lesions or lymph nodes.
Wow! That has all gone 'Whooosh' totally above my head.
I find that my hair does that in a soft-top car.
Sputum cytology has diagnostic value when large, centrally located lung lesions are present, rather than small, peripheral lesions. It does not accurately stage lung cancer.
There are multiple bronchoscopic techniques including forceps biopsy, brushings, ultrasound and needle aspiration and these increase the sensitivity for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer.
Bronchoscopy is best for accessing large, visible, or central lung lesions and suspected paratracheal, sub-carinal and hilar lymph nodes.
Conventional flexible bronchoscopy with forceps biopsy, brushing, or washing is best for accessing large, central lung tumors and those with airway involvement.
Two major limitations of standard flexible bronchoscopy are the inability to reach peripheral lung segments and the limited diagnostic tissue obtained from lesions less than 3 cm in diameter. CT-guided percutaneous biopsy is an alternative test to bronchoscopy. However, the possible complications of CT guided biopsy include hemorrhage and pneumothorax.
Do you ever get the feeling that you're being watched? Because if it's bothering you, I'll stop.
i. Endobronchial-Guided Trans-bronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
Endobronchial-guided, trans-bronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is the first-choice technique for sampling large, central lesions and suspicious mediastinal lymph nodes. The limitations of EBUS-TBNA include its inability to access mediastinal lymph node stations and the variable rates of operator proficiency.
Bronchoscopic TBNA can be performed based on CT imaging or under real-time guidance by endobronchial ultrasound. Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) requires a special bronchoscope and image processors distinct from conventional flexible bronchoscopes. EBUS has a sensitivity of 73 % to 85 % for large, central, symptomatic or visible lung lesions.
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a sensitive staging tool for suspected lung cancer involvement in sub-carinal and paratracheal lymph nodes. EUS-FNA can be combined with EBUS-TBNA to enhance mediastinal staging.
iii.Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy (EMN)
Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy (EMN) is a promising modality for sampling peripheral lung lesions but is a technique that is not widely available.
Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy (ENB) systems have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to guide endoscopic diagnosis in the respiratory tract. Recently published studies have shown that the diagnostic yield of ENB for small peripheral lung lesions are between 54% to 77%.
Maaan! this is all quite heavy going!
Yes, unless you or your loved one are about to undergo one of these investigations and then they become a lot more interesting.
When you're curious you find lots of things interesting like the e-book and the e-bus.
6.2.5 Transthoracic Biopsy Techniques
Transthoracic biopsy techniques have a risk of complications, such as pneumothorax, which make them a less likely first-choice diagnostic procedure.
This is a sensitive procedure for acquiring tissue for most intraparenchymal lung lesions, particularly peripheral nodules. Transthoracic Needle Aspiration (TNA) may also be used when lung tumors appear to involve the chest wall and as an alternative procedure when tumors cannot be safely accessed using another sampling technique.
TTNB has a sensitivity of 74 % to 90 % and can access most intraparenchymal lesions and almost all mediastinal lymph nodal stations. However, traversing the pleural space and lung tissue is frequently unavoidable resulting in high rates of pneumothorax (on average 10 to 15 %).
SCM is a sensitive staging procedure for sampling lymph node stations and may use video mediastinoscopy and systematic lymph node sampling.
VATS is an accurate technique to assess the extent of invasion (chest wall, mediastinal) by the primary lung tumor (T) and mediastinal lymph node (and pleural) involvement (M). But it requires general anesthesia and carries higher morbidity and mortality than other diagnostic or staging techniques. VATS is most often used when alternative procedures cannot access the primary tumor or when they are non-diagnostic.
Maybe the day doesn't want to be seized. Maybe the day thinks that you're a little bit too grabby.
Sampling the pleural space (effusions or solid lesions) is essential in all patients with suspected pleural involvement.
i.Thoracentesis
Thoracentesis is performed as a first-line technique for evaluation of pleural effusions. Pleural biopsy (image-guided or thoracoscopic) is performed when pleural fluid cytology is negative or to obtain tissue from a solid pleural lesion. Thoracentesis removes fluid from the pleural space for cytologic analysis.
If the pleural fluid cytology is negative a surgeon may perform a pleural biopsy.
I told my girlfriend to get me a newspaper. 'Don't worry' she said, 'use my I-Pad'. That spider never knew what hit it!
Alberts WM. (2007). Introduction: Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (2nd Edition). Chest 132(3), 20S-22S. (Retrieved 19th Feb 2015): http://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(15)35508-2/fulltext
Ernst A, Silvestri GA, Johnstone D. (2003). American College of Chest Physicians Interventional pulmonary procedures: Guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians. Chest. 123(5), 1693. (Retrieved 19th Feb 2015): http://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(15)33706-5/abstract
E-Medicine Health Bronchoscopy (Retrieved 25th April 2015): http://www.emedicinehealth.com/bronchoscopy/article_em.htm
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American Rebels
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livre / American Rebels How The Hancock Adams And Quincy Families Fanned The Flames Of Revolution
Auteur : Nina Sankovitch
Editeur : St. Martin's Press
Genre : History
Nina Sankovitch's American Rebels explores, for the first time, the intertwined lives of the Hancock, Quincy, and Adams families, and the role each person played in sparking the American Revolution. Before they were central figures in American history, John Hancock, John Adams, Josiah Quincy Junior, Abigail Smith Adams, and Dorothy Quincy Hancock had forged intimate connections during their childhood in Braintree, Massachusetts. Raised as loyal British subjects who quickly saw the need to rebel, their collaborations against the Crown and Parliament were formed years before the revolution and became stronger during the period of rising taxes and increasing British troop presence in Boston. Together, the families witnessed the horrors of the Boston Massacre, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and Bunker Hill; the trials and tribulations of the Siege of Boston; meetings of the Continental Congress; transatlantic missions for peace and their abysmal failures; and the final steps that led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. American Rebels explores how the desire for independence cut across class lines, binding people together as well as dividing them—rebels versus loyalists—as they pursued commonly-held goals of opportunity, liberty, and stability. Nina Sankovitch's new book is a fresh history of our revolution that makes readers look more closely at Massachusetts and the small town of Braintree when they think about the story of America's early years.
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SOUTH African banks have blocked their Zimbabwe counterparts from importing United States dollars as a measure to mitigate the risk associated with dealing with Harare-based institutions, a senior Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) official has said.
RBZ deputy director for financial markets William Manimanzi said the move by South African banks would give headaches on where to source the greenback, mostly needed to pay small-scale gold miners, from.
Manimanzi said the lowering of the forex retention threshold for small-scale miners from 70% to 50% was mainly informed by the fact that traditional sources of USD cash had shut their doors on Zimbabwe.
"Let me come to the most fundamental issue that most of you are interested with. It's important to note that gold from small-scale miners is paid for in USD cash. What it means is that we have to import that cash and we got to earn foreign exchange first. We need to bring the foreign currency in the country and give to whoever is responsible of buying gold," Manimanzi said.
Zimbabwe adopted the USD as a transacting currency among a cocktail of other currencies in 2009 to avert runway inflation, which had rendered the local currency worthless.
"I think you are all aware that we are not officially dollarised. When I say officially dollarised, I mean we don't have an agreement with the United States that we were going to adopt their currency officially; we just unofficially dollarised. What that means is it's very difficult to bring cash (USD) in this economy. Where do we get our cash (USD) from? Ordinarily, we import from South Africa and most of the banks due to what is called risking issues, have now given us notice that they can no longer provide our own local banks with cash. So we are in a catch 22 situation. The only bank remaining was FNB and they gave notice in December that they will no longer supply our own local banks with cash," he said.
Manimanzi said the country had a lot of USD circulating, mostly in the informal sector due to lack of confidence in the formal banking system.
"But do we not have enough cash in this economy. I am not sure, but the only challenge is that when cash gets out of the system, it never goes back. Why? It is because of confidence issues. Where does the cash go to? Under mattresses in homes? If you go to the informal market, you will be amazed with the amount of US dollars circulating there. So we have enough cash, but that cash is not circulating in the formal sector," he said.
Mr Manimanzi the USD entry point into the informal market is principally the small scale gold miners that you are "officially" paying in foreign currency. Can't you see that? You have put us in a fix you people and whole gang of pretenders up there.
Why would i put my us doolars in a bank which will not be able to give you the cash when you need it, or simply it says what you gave us is no longer usd but rtgs, which is then halved to get it back in usd cash. Kana benzi chairo harichada musuwo weBank.
Kusvika mati bhuuuu… why killing your kith and kin just because of different political opinion?


The President today announced his intention to appoint Jimmie Lou Fisher of Arkansas, as a Public Member of the Rural Telephone Bank Board.
Ms. Fisher is currently serving her sixth term as Arkansas State Treasurer. She is the Secretary of the State Board of Finance, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System, the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas State Highway Employees Retirement System, and the Arkansas Development Finance Authority Board. Ms. Fisher attended Arkansas State University and is a graduate of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
The Rural Telephone Bank Board was established in 1971 and is the principal source of financing for rural telephone utilities. To date, the Rural Telephone Bank has made $3 billion in loans to 613 telephone companies to help build rural America's telecommunications infrastructure.


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Archive for Facts and figures
Water conservation facts and tips
Less than 2% of the Earth's water supply is fresh water.
Of all the earth's water, 97% is salt water found in oceans and seas.
Only 1% of the earth's water is available for drinking water. Two percent is frozen.
The human body is about 75% water.
A person can survive about a month without food, but only 5 to 7 days without water.
Every day in the United States, we drink about 110 million gallons of water.
Landscaping accounts for about half the water Californians use at home. Showers account for another 18 percent, while toilets use about 20 percent.
Showering and bathing are the largest indoor uses (27%) of water domestically.
The average American uses 140-170 gallons of water per day.
If every household in America had a faucet that dripped once each second, 928 million gallons of water a day would leak away.
There are 7.48 gallons in a cubic foot of water. Therefore, 2000 cubic feet of water is 14,960 gallons.
An acre foot of water is about 326,000 gallons. One-half acre foot is enough to meet the needs of a typical family for a year. There are 7.48 gallons in a cubic foot of water. Read more
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100 Ways To Conserve
There are a number of ways to save water, and they all start with you.
02. When washing dishes by hand, don't let the water run while rinsing. Fill one sink with wash water and the other with rinse water.
03. Some refrigerators, air conditioners and ice-makers are cooled with wasted flows of water. Consider upgrading with air-cooled appliances for significant water savings.
04. Adjust sprinklers so only your lawn is watered and not the house, sidewalk, or street.
05. Run your clothes washer and dishwasher only when they are full. You can save up to 1,000 gallons a month.
06. Choose shrubs and groundcovers instead of turf for hard-to-water areas such as steep slopes and isolated strips.
07. Install covers on pools and spas and check for leaks around your pumps.
08. Use the garbage disposal sparingly. Compost vegetable food waste instead and save gallons every time.
09. Plant in the fall when conditions are cooler and rainfall is more plentiful. Read more
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Did you know…? Facts and figures about the Po River Basin (Italy)
The Po River basin generates nearly 40% of the Italian national GDP through intensive industry and other economic activities.
The Po River basin extends from the Alps in the west to the Adriatic Sea in the east and covers an area of 74,000 km2. While 5% of the basin lies in Switzerland and France, most of it is situated in northern Italy. This is where the basin is the largest, its main channel the longest (650 km), and its discharge the biggest.
The Po basin is home to some 16 million people (2001), and extends over 24% of Italy's territory. The regions of Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia Romagna and Tuscany lie partially or completely within it, as does the Autonomous Province of Trento.
Average precipitation varies from a maximum of 2,000 mm in the Alpine range to slightly less than 700 mm in the eastern plains, with an annual average of 1,100 mm. Read more
Erkin | October 6, 2011
Facts and figures about the Cholistan Desert (Pakistan)
Cholistan is the largest of four major deserts of Pakistan. It is bordered on the south by the Thar desert in Sindh province and on the east by the Rajasthan desert in India. The Cholistan Desert covers about 26,000 km2, which corresponds to 26% of the 110,000 km2 of the country's total desert area and 3% of its overall surface area.
The average annual rainfall in the desert ranges from 100 to 200 mm. Consequently, freshwater availability is very limited. There are no perennial or ephemeral streams, and most of the groundwater is saline with a medium to high range of dissolved solids that make it generally unfit for drinking.
The only source of freshwater for about 110,000 inhabitants and their approximately 2 million head of subsistence livestock is the occasional rainfall. Fortunately, the average annual potential of 300 million m3 for rainwater harvesting is more than sufficient to satisfy the combined water demand of the people and livestock.
To make the best use of this potential the herders have found ponds known locally as tobas. These store runoff water for use during the dry periods. Harvested rainwater is also stored for household use in large circular or rectangular tanks called kunds. Read more
Erkin | September 17, 2011
Did you know…? Facts and figures about the impacts of water use on water systems and the environment
On average freshwater species populations were reduced by half between 1970 and 2005, a sharper decline than for other biomes.
As of 2000 there were more than 50,000 large dams in operation.
Some 589 large dams were built in Asia from 1999 to 2001.
Of the world's 292 largest river systems in 2005 (accounting for 60% of the world's runoff), more than a third (105) were considered to be strongly affected by fragmentation, and 68 moderately affected.
The section "Did You Know…?" is taken from the 3rd World Water Development Report "Water in a Changing World". Read more
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Denver court dismisses lawsuit challenging…
Denver court dismisses lawsuit challenging Colorado law that limits shuttle competition
Steamboat Springs man sued after he was denied permit to start new shuttle to hot springs
November 18, 2021 at 3:52 p.m.
A Steamboat Springs man has lost the first round in his attempt to challenge a Colorado state law that allows regulators to limit competition among shuttle services.
Abdallah Batayneh sued the Colorado Public Utilities Commission in March, contending that its denial of his permit application to start a new shuttle service to Strawberry Park Hot Springs, outside Steamboat, relied on an unconstitutional law to protect two existing shuttle providers. On Monday, Denver District Court Judge Marie Avery Moses dismissed his lawsuit, ruling that its legal claims against the statute were insufficient.
Batayneh said he planned to appeal the ruling in a news release issued this week by the Arlington, Virginia-based Institute for Justice, a libertarian public-interest law firm that's representing him.
"I think the decision is wrong and I feel like I should get my day in court," said Batayneh, whom the commission had found was capable of starting and operating a new shuttle service before denying his application.
Other Colorado courts have upheld the law setting out the "monopoly rule" that the commission follows. That rule allows the commission to limit competition in the common-carrier market with the intention of ensuring that companies provide a quality service without getting stretched so thin by competition that they can't earn a profit.
But Batayneh's attorneys argue that the law allows too much interference in the marketplace, violating his right to due process. His lawsuit contended that the law effectively gave his prospective competitors veto power over his permit application.
Colorado Public Utilities Commission