Sometimes known as the Crusader, the NB-36 was intended to prove the feasibility of carrying a nuclear reactor in flight, towards an eventual goal of a nuclear-powered aircraft with unlimited endurance. The NB-36H was built using components from a B-36 destroyed in a tornado with a new nose compartment heavily lined with lead and thick yellow tinted glass to protect the crew from radiation. The consequences of an NB-36H crash were so frightening that several support planes, including one filled with a team of paratroopers, followed the aircraft on every flight. Should the NB-36H crash or have to jettison its reactor, they would jump and secure the site and help with clean-up. A hotline to the president's office was set up in case of disaster. It was nearly used on one flight when a smoke marker went off in the reactor compartment.
I would like to know if drawings of the WS-125 (B-72) are around? Would like to build an RC model of this. That is the plane that the they were testing the reactor for. Thanks for your help.
There was only ONE, so whatever you saw at Mojave was NOT one of these. The reactor was removed from the NB-36H and it was buried under what is now the employee parking lot for what is now Lockheed Martin. Whether being buried in Fort Worth qualifies as "somewhere far away from civilization" or not, I'll leave for others to decide. :-) Best of luck to the one who is "writting an artical".
I worked in Flt. Tes at GD during the late 50's. T freequently inventoried Bailment instruments on this aircraft. I knew all the Flt. Test engineers on this aircraft. The man who said he flew one of these one time -- didn't. I only know of 1 aircraft. Never heard of a 2nd. It would have been our inventory and I would have had to verify its existence and location and flying tatus.
I do not know what became if the plane. The plain itself would not have been radioactive. They only loaded the reactor when it flew.
My daddy worked on this project. He was a nuclear physicist, his name was Barry Spears. Cool plane.
THERE IS ONE PARKED AT THE ENTRANCE TO MOJAVE INT. AIRPORT CA.
I believe the major reason for the NB-36 was to verify that a nuclear reactor could maintain stability despite the flight vibration/shock environments. Conceivably, vibration could cause displacements in the position of the reactor control rods resulting in the reactor going super-critical. Ground tests, analyses, and simulation can only go so far in resolving this issue but only flight testing would put the matter to bed. I am sure the government was close to 100% sure no reactor incidents would occur but there is always some element of risk.
Hullo: A friend who completed his dad's contract at Oak Ridge searched for the NB-36. he was told it was so radioactive, it was dismantled (perhaps by robotic devices), and buried in the ground somewhere around Oak Ridge. That is the usual thing...bury it and not know if there is an Aquifir nearby or under it. Anybody want to trade photos of this aircraft, I only one or two not good quality, can trade for what you have. I have loads of all kinds of aircraft photography.
There were two NB-36s built. One was non-radioactive and, I think, scrapped in Ft Worth in 1958. The second, the nuclear test-bed, is parked somewhere far away from civilization...like a National Nuclear lab somewhere...does anybody know?
i flew one of these....back in the day.
Was the NB-36H rebuilt in Ft. Worth? Tornado damage suggests that. Or, was it done in Southern California?
I worked at Convair from 1955-1959 on the NB-36H as an electronics tec. We also had a 3 mega watt reactor which we did many tests on various equipment used by Nasa.
I started my days at Consolidated- Vultee with the B-36D and then went on to the C-T29B/C followed by the C-440 and later on the C-880/C-880M finishing my aircraft time with the C990/C990A. I retired from Convair after a long time with Atlas and AtlasII at both Harlingen TX.and Vandenberg AFB CA, Presently am doing research on writting an artical on all of Convair/Canadair a branch of G-D Turbo-Proped aircraft along with pictures and 1:144 scale models of same. I'm well into the whole line of Convair aircraft prior to WW2 and during same I presently have most of all the models produced and some I produced myself. I guess one could say I'm well into Aviation History. Maybe I might be hearing from you sometime. By the way the C-990 was leftout on the Convair Aircraft page 3 for 1960 thru 1962 period.
� The five-man crew, which included a pilot, copilot, flight engineer and two nuclear engineers, were located in the forward section of the aircraft, while the atomic reactor was located in the rear section.
� The crew were so isolated from the engines and the outside world because of the thick shielding that they could barely hear the very noisy engines and likened the experience to flying a submarine.
� The engines of a normal B-36 were inspected in flight by the aft crew members. On the NB-36H this was done by a television camera system, as was observation of the reactor itself.
� The reactor did not power the aircraft or any of its systems. It was only operated when the XB-36 was over a test range in New Mexico. In all the 'Crusader' only made 47 flights, all of them in daylight and beginning and ending at Carswell AFB, Texas.


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Thomas Jackson Sullivan, 73, resident of the Oak Ridge community near Mount Olive, passed away Monday afternoon, May 17, 2021 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Jackie, as he was known to locals, was a military man having enjoyed a fulfilling career with the United States Army. Upon his retirement, he continued as an airplane mechanic through military contracting.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Faye Pate Sullivan; his parents, Henry Sullivan and Beatrice Hill Sullivan Jones; a brother, John Henry Sullivan; and a sister, Mary Anne Sullivan Moats.
Survivors include his daughter, Thomasine Sullivan and her boyfriend, Scott Wallace; five grandchildren, Madison, Julie, and Alyzabeth Sullivan, and Tiffany and Tyler Wallace; and several cousins and their families.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 20, at Tyndall Funeral Home, officiated by the Rev. Frank Harrison, followed by visitation. Burial will be Friday, May 21, at 11:30 a.m. in Maplewood Cemetery with military honors. An American sign language interpreter will be provided at both events.

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Blockade of Cuba among the most decried issues at the UN, says FM
Havana, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Friday that the rejection of the U.S. blockade against the island was a recurring point in the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly.
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'Among the 8 most discussed topics in the speeches of the high-level debate of #UNGA76 was the call for the lifting of the inhumane US blockade against #Cuba, deliberately tightened in the midst of the pandemic,' the incumbent wrote on his personal Twitter account.
The foreign minister said that in this way the international community reaffirmed its continued demand for the cessation of Washington's siege.
Since last week, when the high-level segment of the 76th session of the General Assembly began, numerous governments and high-level representatives of international organizations have condemned the blockade against Cuba.
In his speech before the plenary, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, opposed the obsolete US blockade and denounced that Washington wants to impose its will on the island, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
For his part, the Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, condemned the economic, commercial and financial siege of the United States against Cuba.
Representatives from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, Grenada, Laos, Lesotho, Gambia, Benin, among other countries, also demanded an end to the blockade.
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Just in case you feel like sneaking away from that big family dinner to curl up with a book, we lowered the prices on 6 great Ebooks.
Black Friday? Check. Small Business Saturday? Check. Cyber Monday? Check. We've got you covered. Prices will stay at 99 cents through December 2nd.
Man from the Sky by Danny Wynn
Networking: How to Make the Connections You Need by Ellis Chase
The Man Who Built Boxes and other stories - Now Only 99 cents
There are those books that stir up a lot of passion. Some people love them, others don't. Since most readers tend to be quiet types, when they speak up - you know you've hit a nerve. Ever since its release, The Man Who Built Boxes and other stories by Frank Tavares has had people talking.
We tend to look at the positive.
"Must read."
"Wonderful."
"Excellent collection of short stories."
"I would recommend this book for anyone who enjoys a quick short story before bedtime--or anytime!"
We know short stories aren't for everyone. But if you enjoy them, this is a great time to pick up a copy for only 99 cents.
And while you're at it, enjoy the holiday.
Going Free - Which Way to Go?
Surprisingly, the debate over whether to offer eBooks for free continues. We don't wish to talk about whether it's worth doing, We think it is. For the exposure, if nothing else. But also because it provides something different to break up the monotony of marketing.
So yes, based on the experience of running promotions for seven books, free days help. Doing three days is better than two, but two is better than nothing. We've seen increased sales, and more reviews (even though many readers pick up free books simply for the pleasure of writing snarky ones).
What's new is that with Kindle Unlimited, many more people who missed out on the free days, will borrow the book.
There's also that ranking thing, but so far, while it's nice if a book reaches the #1 spot, or stays in the top 100, we haven't seen any uptick in sales due to rankings.
What we want to address instead is how to go about listing your book on those sites that will
help promote your free days.
But first. While the indie community is amazingly generous in sharing information and advice, there are some people who will always advocate doing everything yourself. We're not those people.
We've gone that route. Spent several days hand-posting to more than 70 sites. Even woke up at 3 am on the first day of the promotion to add the book to several more places. We got good results, but as publisher, our time could be better spent doing other publisher kinds of things.
So we tried those sites that, for a fee, will do the posting to other sites for you.
Our approach depends on the type of book and the size of the budget. Which is why we started with Fiverr. Low cost, not great results but better than nothing.
Then Author Marketing Club's Free Book Submission Tool. We love AMC for all the good tips we've picked up in the past two years. This was better than doing it ourselves, but still took up time.
Then, because we also like the people over at BookMarketingTools, we tried their eBook Submission Tool. Not too expensive, not too time consuming, access to more than 30 sites. Using them and doing a few sites on our own, we saw more than 7,000 downloads on one of our promotions.
For our most recent promotion, we tried EBookBooster - 50+ sites for $40. Easiest one yet. At the end of the second day, there were more than 5,000 downloads. And yes, the book hit #1 in its category.
One surprise from using them - something called FamilyFriendlyFrugality.com appears to have a really eager tweet team. It's not a site we would have thought to use before, but now we'll add it to the list.
I know you want numbers, rankings, after sales, and reviews, but what skews this is BookBub.
If there really is a 600 pound gorilla that suddenly walks into the room, this is it. If you're lucky enough to get listed on BookBub, downloads skyrocket. One of our books went from less than a 1,000 downloads to more than 20,000 in a matter of hours.
Since the promotion ended, we're seeing a rapid increase in reviews. We've seen this before and it's a mixed blessing. Evidently too many readers pick up books in genres they don't ordinarily like. Instead of just closing the book and moving on, they feel the need to comment. Free country, free speech and all that, but honestly, doesn't it say more about the reader than it does about the book?
For the first time, we're seeing significant post-freebie sales and borrows. While we only used EbookBooster and BookBub for this promotion, we have no way to measure which one is driving these increases. We're not complaining.
But it brings us back to the question of - how much is enough? As publisher, we're not entirely sure if there's a magic number for how many books we'd like to see downloaded. It's great to have thousands of new readers all around the world. Terrific for getting authors' names known so that their next books might do well. But isn't there's something a little excessive about giving away 20,000 or 30,000 books? Most of those readers might never have bought the book, the thinking goes, so it's not like losing sales. Still, there's something about this freebie frenzy that is a little unsettling. If we figure out what it is, we'll let you know.
Meanwhile, we'd welcome your thoughts.
One thing we ought to mention. it's entirely possible that what drives readers to download a book is its cover. We have to thank Al Pranke at amp13 for making such appealing ones.
Man from the Sky by Danny Wynn - Now Only 99 Cents
We can't be the only ones who think the novella is the perfect size book for tablets and phones. Long enough to draw you in and short enough to finish on the train from New York to Washington.
As part of our holiday price drop, we're cutting the price on Man from the Sky by Danny Wynn to 99 cents.
Here's what readers are saying:
"Danny Wynn understands how suddenly a life can turn from one thing to another. Man from the Sky is a thriller that is more than thrills, a psychological tale about a man on a journey out of his element, forced to confront his own mortality. It reminds me of my favorite Patricia Highsmith novels." Dean Wareham from Luna and Galaxie 500
"Conjuring shades of Steinbeck's meditations on nature, this enjoyable, pleasant yarn passes like the cool summer breezes described within its pages."-- Kirkus Reviews
" . . . there are real moments of beauty and wonder as well as passages that speak of Wynn's ability to understand the inherent frailty of the human condition . . . --Kirkus Reviews
Pick up a copy as a gift for yourself or someone else. Available on Amazon and Smashwords.
Identity Thief by JP Bloch Free Ebook November 6-8
If you've been wondering what all those rave reviews are about, now's your chance to find out. Identity Thief by JP Bloch is free on Amazon from November 6th through 8th.
Here's just a small sample of what readers are saying . . .
"Expertly written, flows smoothly, and intriguing to the very end. . . . I would definitely recommend this to friends and followers."
"A winning, suspenseful thriller."
"I was drawn into the book with the first page!"
"I couldn't put it down!"
Pick up a copy and enjoy.
Black Friday-Cyber Monday - Readers Won't Miss Out This Year
Books make the perfect gift. Even for yourself. Always appreciated, never the wrong size. So we figured we'd act like the big kids and drop prices even before the holiday season begins.
Bacon Press Books will be cutting prices on all our ebooks. Starting now and running through December 2, we'll be dropping prices on different books each week, until they're all priced at 99 cents in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Right now you can pick up a copy of
Blues for Beginners: Stories and Other Obsessions by Judith Podell, available on Amazon and just about any other reading device. It's a short collection of very funny stories. Best for people with a great sense of humor.
Networking: How to Make the Connections You Need by Ellis Chase. The perfect gift for anyone who's thinking of changing careers or is already looking.
More great books coming soon.
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Judo at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven events for men.

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Five-Dimensional Vacation 2 (Ryan Lamb, 2010)
One in a series of videos exploring issues of time through visual representation. This video appropriates amateur 8mm film footage depicting a 1960's family vacation, which Lamb found on the Web, and manipulates the image so that each moment seems to visually "echo" until it fades into the next image.
Voice on the Line (Kelly Sears, 2009)
Kelly Sears' collage animation was made from figures cut out of late 1950s ephemeral films. The film repurposes these images to narrate the story of a secret government operation involving telephone operators tasked with monitoring the personal lives of US citizens. While it dabbles with absurdity, Voice on the Line nevertheless reflects on current and troubled relationships between the areas of national security, civil liberties and telephone companies, pointing toward the ways in which technology can be used to shape our fears and desires.
Nuke Em, Duke (LJ Frezza, 2010)
The production of the film titled The Conqueror, starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan, took place downwind from a nuclear testing site, and close to half the cast and crew developed cancer, including "the Duke" himself. Drawing from this as well as other John Wayne films and footage from current wars in the Middle East, LJ Frezza's Nuke Em, Duke examines "conquest" as it appears in past and present media, both fiction and non-fiction. Literalizing the media's "compression" of these experiences into mediated forms ready for consumption, the film emphasizes the continuities between "conquest" in the analog and digital eras.
Suspension of Belief (Wago Kreider, 2010)
By alternating rapidly between the sound and images from Tarnished Angels (Douglas Sirk, 1958) and Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964), Wago Kreider's Suspension of Belief produces a dizzying effect while emphasizing the ways in which aerial technologies are fundamentally linked to the desire to dominate the landscape.
Pfft.. Pfft.. Pfft.. (Catherine Ross, 2009)
Appropriating snippets of footage from American popular movies of the last two decades, Catherine Ross's Pfft..Pfft..Pfft.. is a sequence of impossible pairings of sound and image that nevertheless almost "fit." The improvised vocal effects by Adam Matta focus the viewer on the connection between the human and the mechanical as well as the magic in our everyday actions.
World on Wheels (Tanja M. Laden, 2008)
Tanja M. Laden's World on Wheels combines vintage animation from the Prelinger archives and music from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at UCSB to produce an image of the world structured entirely by the roads and other transportation technologies that keep human beings in perpetual motion.
A Movie by Jen Proctor (Jennifer Proctor, 2010)
Using online video culled from YouTube and LiveLeak, Jennifer Proctor creates a (nearly) shot-for-shot remake of Bruce Conner's epic 1958 film A Movie. By closely following the template provided by Conner's film, Proctor's video offers a parallel set of images that reveals the changes in historical and visual icons from 1958 to 2010. Yet, even as these differences emerge, we become simultaneously aware of all that remains surprisingly, disturbingly, and delightfully the same.
Blow Job (Stuart Sandford, 2009)
This tongue-in-cheek homage to Warhol's film of the same name features a brief, repeated clip of teen heartthrob Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar's character on Saved by the Bell), which suggests that he is on the receiving end of some sort of off-camera pleasuring. Although this film is potentially very funny, by sexualizing this originally G-rated footage of a teenager, Stuart Sandford's film also puts the viewer in a precarious ethical position.
Galactic Docking Company (Clark Nikolai, 2009)
In footage that will be familiar to many viewers, NASA technicians and administrators watch their screens in order to monitor the launch of a space shuttle. However, in Clark Nikolai's version, what their eyes follow with such eagerness is not only a space shuttle, but also a range of penises and penetrations. By inserting these images into the NASA footage, Nikolai's film both sexualizes and queers this footage, rendering it "inappropriate" in relation to both the sober discourse of science and progress and heterosexual social norms.
Thoughts (Julian Krubasik, 2008)
By adding a contemplative first-person voiceover to a reedited version of Jean-Luc Godard's 2 or 3 Things I Know about Her, Julian Krubasik transforms Godard's imagery into a meditation on missed opportunities.
The Western Front (Lauren Cook, 2010)
Three different narrators tell stories of senseless violence and cruelty, both political and personal, which are ultimately one in the same. By juxtaposing hand-painted images from nature films, science films, and ethnographic films with Lauren Cook's own footage, the film examines the events we choose to remember and forget in order to be able to live our lives – and the continued violence inherent in the act of forgetting.
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As yet another tranche of students leave colleges and universities to look forward to a well-deserved summer of R&R after long hours of revision and exams, the facilities, maintenance and estates managers who are responsible for their vacated halls of residence will be looking forward to another type of R&R, in readiness for the start of the new academic year in September.
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Indeed, the cost of disposing of waste to landfill rose again this April to £72 per tonne; the sixth consecutive yearly rise; a staggering 200% increase in the same period. Next year, this will be hiked up to an eye-watering £80 per tonne.
It makes even more sense, then, to repair the damage in any sort of educational facility – more and more student accommodation providers such as Unite & UPP have already realized this, and will again call us in over the summer to make good all the room interiors ready for the next generation of students.
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Then the swamiji performs pujas to aksaya paatra and the cows. The aksaya vessel and ladle are preserved and worshipped from the time of Madhvacharya. It is believed that the Acharya himself presented these vessels and blessed that the annadaana or the mass feeding will continue in this holy place forever. That is why the vessels are worshipped even now.
The cows have free access and freedom of movement in the precinct of Sri Krishna who was grazing the cows sporting with the gape youths and maidens in Vrundavan. The cows, which come out of the cowshed in the morning, move about around the shrine. A cow specially selected for the worship stands at the doors of the doors of the sanctum sanctorum. The Swamiji worship that cow.
Fried rice, laddus of country sugar, bananas etc are offered first to Lord Krishna and the aarati is waved around the idol. The same aarati is waved around the aksaya paatra and the cow. The dishes are offered to the cows.


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Home | Company News | This Morning in Metals: U.S. Steel Mills Hit 80.6% Capacity Utilization Rate
This Morning in Metals: U.S. Steel Mills Hit 80.6% Capacity Utilization Rate
by Fouad Egbaria on February 12, 2019
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This morning in metals news, U.S. steel mills produced at a capacity utilization rate of 80.6% for the year through Feb. 9, U.S. steel mill shipments rose 4.8% in 2018 on a year-over-year basis and a Peruvian plant used to produce copper will be partially suspended for the next 3-5 days.
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Capacity Rate Maintains Level Above 80%
U.S. raw steel production for the year through Feb. 9 reached 10.9 million tons, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), up 9.3% from the 9.9 million tons produced during the same period in 2018.
For the aforementioned period this year, U.S. steel mills produced at a capacity utilization rate of 80.6%, up from 75.7% for the same period in 2018.
For the week ending Feb. 9, production hit 1.9 million tons at a capacity utilization rate of 81.5%.
December Steel Shipments Up 6.5%
According to another AISI report, U.S. steel mills in December shipped 7.8 million net tons, marking a 0.8% increase from the previous month and a 6.5% increase year over year.
Shipments for the full year hit 95.3 million net tons, up 4.8% compared with 2017 shipments.
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Southern Copper Corp. Announces Suspension of Peru Plant
According to a Reuters report, Southern Copper Corp. announced the partial suspension of a plant in Peru used to produce copper.
The plant will not restart for another 3-5 days, according to the report, as the miner works on tailings and railway infrastructure.
Eddy Rush says:
Eddy,
This is one of the daily steel feeds I get updated on market conditions.
Article is very upbeat on Steel sales for 2018 and current mill capacity levels .
Stainless MMI: Stainless Prices Bounce Back After Last Month's Losses
Europe Formalizes Provisional Steel Tariffs from the Start of February


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Building Research Establishment: EAM & CfSH
ENVIRONMENTAL METHOD STATEMENT (EAM)
The Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) is a widely used tool which addresses a wide-range of environmental and sustainability issues and enables developers and designers to prove the environmental credentials of their buildings to planners and clients. There are several variations of the BREEAM assessments which deal with various building uses including: Offices, Retail, Education and ecoHomes. Each of these variations have a chapter dealing with site ecology and land use which should be completed by a suitably qualified ecologist.
BREEAM UK New Construction is an assessment method that is used to improve, measure and certify the social, environmental and economic sustainability of new buildings.
This is achieved through the integration and use of the scheme by clients and their project teams at key stages in the design and construction process. BREEAM New Construction addresses the major sustainability issues that arise when constructing a new building using the following nine key categories:
LAND USE & ECOLOGY
Within the categories issues such as acoustic performance, construction site impacts and the responsible sourcing of materials are addressed. The assessment of the project against these issues enables the client, through the BREEAM Assessor and the BRE Global certification process, to measure, evaluate and reflect the performance of their new building against best practice in an independent and robust manner.
To have a new building formally certified, the services of an independent BRE Global licensed BREEAM New Construction Assessor must be employed. Throughout the assessment, the specifications of the new building will be assessed by the licenced BREEAM Assessor who will verify that the building meets the requirements as outlined in the BREEAM New Construction Technical Manual, validate the evidence obtained, and request final formal certification.
We have had extensive experience in dealing with the above BREEAM chapter and, in addition to rating the site against the BREEAM scoring system, we provide recommendations to enhance site ecology to increase the total credits that may be accrued.
CODE FOR SUSTAINABLE HOMES (CfSH)
The Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) is one of the latest instalments to the BREEAM family and from 1st May 2008 it is mandatory for all new homes to have a rating against the Code. The code provides 9 measures of sustainable design:
Energy/CO2
Surface water runoff (flooding and flood prevention)
It uses a 1 to 6 star system to rate the overall sustainability performance of a new home against these 9 categories.
The code is voluntary, and we do not intend to make it mandatory. It is not a set of regulations and should not be confused with zero carbon policy or the 2016 zero carbon target.
The only circumstances where the code can be enforced are where:
local councils require developers to comply with the code by including a requirement in their planning policy
affordable housing is funded by the Homes and Community Agency that requires homes to be built to code level 3
the level 3 energy standard is now incorporated in the building regulations
The code applies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Within England it replaces the EcoHomes scheme, developed by the Building Research Establishment.
We have had extensive experience in dealing with the CfSH ecology chapter and, in addition to rating the site against the CfSH scoring system, we provide recommendations to enhance site ecology to increase the total credits that may be accrued.


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Q: why AbstractQueuedSynchronizer didn't make acquire() exclusive? the doc said that  acquire() is in exclusive mode:
// Acquires in exclusive mode, ignoring interrupts.
public final void acquire(int arg) {
    if (!tryAcquire(arg) && acquireQueued(addWaiter(Node.EXCLUSIVE), arg))
        selfInterrupt();
}

Without any restrictions,it first invoke tryAcquire(arg).
If a thread already held the synchronization (acquired and didn't release),other threads can also invoke tryAcquire(arg) without any restrictions and may succeeded in acquiring.
Simply speaking,I mean,why AbstractQueuedSynchronizer doesn't check if a thread has held the synchronization before invoking tryAcquire(arg).
although user can implement tryAcquire(arg) ,making sure that the second tryAcquire(arg) can not succeed.but I think this is AQS's responsibility.
after thinking a while,I agree that is not good to implement exclusive in acquire(),it's better to implement exclusive in tryAcquire().

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The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has confirmed the settlement of debt owed by the Zenon and Forte Oil boss, Femi Otedola, to the asset management company.
The amount owed is said to be worth N140,999,620,395.80.
The AMCON boss, Mustafa Chike-Obi stated that the board of AMCON met last Thursday and approved the transfer of the businessman's assets as well as an undisclosed sum of cash to it as full and final settlement for his liabilities.
Chike-Obi however declined to identify the assets which were transferred to the AMCON citing he confidentiality agreement binding the transaction.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had recently named Otedola as one of the 112 blacklisted individuals and companies owing huge amounts of money to the AMCON, it prevented his companies from taking further credit from banks, until full liquidation of the agreed indebtedness.
A source privy to Otedola's financial dealings said the Zenon boss accumulated the debt after obtaining a syndicated loan from five banks which was adversely affected by the global economic downturn in 2008.
Reports say it took six months of long drawn negotiations between Otedola's Zenon and the AMCON to reach an agreement on the modalities of settling the huge debt.
"Zenon Petroleum has paid AMCON the full and final settlement of its obligations/loans to some Nigerian banks, which was bought over by AMCON in May 2011," the source said.


Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Apr 5;42:20-34. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2011.11.003. Epub 2011 Nov 15.
There is increasing interest in and evidence for altered immune factors in the etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Stimulated by various epidemiological findings reporting elevated risk of schizophrenia following prenatal exposure to infection, one line of current research aims to explore the potential contribution of immune-mediated disruption of early brain development in the precipitation of long-term psychotic disease. Since the initial formulation of the "prenatal cytokine hypothesis" more than a decade ago, extensive epidemiological research and remarkable advances in modeling prenatal immune activation effects in animal models have provided strong support for this hypothesis by underscoring the critical role of cytokine-associated inflammatory events, together with downstream pathophysiological processes such as oxidative stress, hypoferremia and zinc deficiency, in mediating the short- and long-term neurodevelopmental effects of prenatal infection. Longitudinal studies in animal models further indicate that infection-induced developmental neuroinflammation may be pathologically relevant beyond the antenatal and neonatal periods, and may contribute to disease progression associated with the gradual development of full-blown schizophrenic disease. According to this scenario, exposure to prenatal immune challenge primes early pre- and postnatal alterations in peripheral and central inflammatory response systems, which in turn may disrupt the normal development and maturation of neuronal systems from juvenile to adult stages of life. Such developmental neuroinflammation may adversely affect processes that are pivotal for normal brain maturation, including myelination, synaptic pruning, and neuronal remodeling, all of which occur to a great extent during postnatal brain maturation. Undoubtedly, our understanding of the role of developmental neuroinflammation in progressive brain changes relevant to schizophrenia is still in infancy. Identification of these mechanisms would be highly warranted because they may represent a valuable target to attenuate or even prevent the emergence of full-blown brain and behavioral pathology, especially in individuals with a history of prenatal complications such as in-utero exposure to infection and/or inflammation.