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WATER (continued): • Water boils at 212 degrees F (100 degrees C) at normal conditions at sea level. However, water’s boiling point changes according to the barometric pressure, boiling at 154 degrees F (68 degrees C) on top of Mt. Everest. • About 65% of the human body is made up of water. The brain is about 70% water, muscles are 75%, blood is 92% water, and bones consist of about 22% water. It’s no wonder that drinking enough water on a daily basis is important! While the body can survive more than a month without food, it can only stay alive about a week without water. Most recommendations are for eight cups of water per day, however, not all must be in liquid form. Almost all foods contain some percentage of water. • We should drink water even when we’re not thirsty. By the time you feel thirsty, you have lost more than 1% of your body’s total water amount. The body loses about a cup of water (237 ml) every day by exhaling it. • Water intoxication, known as hyponatremia, occurs when a person drinks too much water too quickly. This is the result of the water diluting the bloodstream’s sodium level, causing an imbalance of water in the brain. A person might experience confusion, disorientation, nausea, and vomiting, which can lead to seizures, coma, and even death. About 6.3 qts. (6 liters) can kill a 165-lb. (74.8-kg) person.

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WATER (continued): • About 85% of U.S. residents receive their water from the over 54,000 public water facilities across the country. The average resident might use 175 gallons (145 Brit) per day compared to 5 gallons (4.1 Brit) used by the average African family, who typically walk an average of 3.7 miles (6 km) a day to collect that water. Every day, 200 million hours are used by women collecting water around the world. • About 780 million people across the globe have no access to an improved water source. About 80% of illness in developing countries is waterrelated, with 3.4 million people perishing each year from water-related causes. Two hundred children die every hour from unsafe water. • Bottled water consumption continues to rise every year, with the average American drinking over 30 gallons (25 Brit) a year. Total sales exceed $13 billion annually, yet out of all the water used each year, bottled water accounts for only 0.01%. • The first water pipes were made from firecharred bored-out logs. Today, there are about one million miles (1,609,344 km) of water pipes and aqueducts in the U.S. and Canada, enough to circle the globe 40 times. • Because the Earth’s water is being constantly recycled, you might take a drink of water today that existed during the era of the dinosaurs. • If you have “hard water” in your area, this refers to a higher amount of dissolved calcium and magnesium in the water. This doesn’t present a health issue, but hard water does contribute to a mineral buildup in your plumbing fixtures and water heater, along with causing poor performance of soaps and detergents.

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members as well. “These brave individuals are putting their life on the line for us everyday, and just like our vets have done in the past, they never rest in their endeavors. Can you imagine if they were to only serve once a year? They’re there for us night and day, 365, we should do a little more for them than just a quick thank you one day out of the year.” Daniels said the support for the program was overwhelming last year and there were even a few cards left over, the proceeds from which went to sponsor a free Thanksgiving dinner for homeless vets through the help of another organization. “I was taken aback at the show of appreciation we saw and hopefully we can match, or even surpass those numbers this year”

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KOALAS (continued): • A baby koala about the size of a jelly bean at birth, blind and furless, and is moved into the mother’s pouch shortly afterward where it will remain for six or seven months to continue its development. After it emerges from the pouch, the joey rides on its mother’s back for another six months or so. The young koala isn’t fully weaned until it’s a year old. • The koala will grow to a height of 23.5 to 33.5 inches (60 to 85 cm) and weigh about 20 lbs. (9 kg) Those in southern Australia grow bigger and have thicker fur than their counterparts in the north. Their brain is very small, 60% smaller than other marsupials, weighing just 0.68 oz. (19.2 g). • A male koala has a scent gland in the middle of his chest that secretes a dark sticky substance. Whenever he enters a new tree, he “marks his territory” by rubbing his chest against the tree’s trunk or branches. • The life expectancy of a koala in the wild is about 20 years. They have very few natural predators, only dingos and large pythons, plus owls and eagles that prey on their young. The number of koalas is decreasing because of the destruction of their natural habitat, as Australia’s industrial and urban development swallows up the eucalyptus forests. A single koala needs about 100 trees to stay alive. Many koalas die from collisions with vehicles and from attacks by large domestic dogs, about 4,000 a year. In the wild, a koala dies from starvation, as its teeth begin to wear down and they are unable to chew enough to feed themselves properly.

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• Around the year 2000 B.C., the ancient Egyptians began using a wild herb found growing in marshlands to produce a sweet treat. The roots of the marsh mallow plant, or Althaea officinalis plant, (related to the cotton plant), provided a sap that was boiled with sugar or honey until the mixture thickened, Open Daily 10AM - 5PM • Closed Tuesday after which it was strained and cooled. The little candies were given only to nobility and Pharaohs, and it was a punishable crime for others to consume them. • During the 1400s and 1500s, the medicinal qualities of the mallow’s sap were discovered, and it was brewed to make treatments for sore 2692 Saunder Settlement Rd., RT 31 • Sanborn, NY 14132 throats, toothaches, coughs, digestive issues, (716)628-0796 • lewistonantiquemall@hotmail.com and as a poultice to combat inflammation. The doctors of the 1800s cooked the plant’s roots Lewiston_Antique_Mall_FB.indd 1 6/28/16 with egg whites and sugar, then whipped the concoction into a meringue that hardened into sore throat lozenges.

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VA Bungles Solar Projects By harvesting the sun’s rays and converting them into electricity, solar panels can mean big savings on electrical costs. To get those savings, however, the solar projects have to actually be completed. The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs investigated 11 solar projects undertaken by the VA and rated them on the end result. These projects had been awarded between 2010 and 2013. Between 2010 and 2015, the VA spent $408 million. By March of 2016, only two of the 11 projects were up and running. Solar projects are designed to be completed in less than 372 days. The projects the VAOIG inspected (at least the ones that were finished) had an average completion time of 1,269 days. In Arkansas, an $8 million solar panel project had been created in the parking lot. It was never activated because it had to be dismantled when a new parking garage was built. The finish date was to be May 2013, and cost overruns are already at $1.5 million. In California, a company was awarded a $22.5 million solar project in 2011, with an expected finish date of 2012. The state’s historic preservation office got involved and required modifications to the plan, something nobody apparently considered. The solar array started producing electricity in 2015. In Florida, a project was delayed for almost five years because no one realized that the roof of the parking garage would need to be raised to accommodate buses. And so on, through another half dozen projects. In one, the connection point wasn’t indicated on the plans. Another has been delayed 28 months so far, with one problem being welds versus bolts. The VAOIG issued four suggestions for future improvement. The interim assistant secretary for management disagreed with two of them, including doing a lessons-learned analysis.