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What can you get out of a Napoleon wood stove? If you're looking for a unique home heating solution that offers plenty of modern as well as traditional advantages, then Napoleon wood stoves offer a lot for your dollar. Napoleon wood stoves are built using the exact same demanding specifications that Napoleon uses to build all their world-famous fireplaces and fireplace accessories. Ready for years of use, Napoleon wood stoves are available in both wood-burning and gas varieties. Napoleon also offers some unique choices in pellet burning stoves for homeowners who want to warm specific areas but want to remain environmentally responsible as well.

If it sounds strange to talk about a gas- or pellet-burning stove as a ""wood stove,"" that's only because the common term for these compact, energy efficient stoves have retained their tradition description. But make no mistake: Napoleon wood stoves are much more diverse than just the wood-burning variety of stove. These stoves also don't conform to the traditional wood stove designs, either. Of course, they proudly offer wood stoves to evoke the memory and tradition of classical, 19th Century varieties of wood stove; you can imagine for yourself their classic iron construction and sty ling. But Napoleon wood stoves have kept pace with the changing of design styles over the years, too, so that shoppers can choose a wood stove that more accurately compliments their own contemporary design sensibilities.

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Escalator Safety
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants you and your family to be safe when riding escalators. The CPSC estimates that there were 7,300 hospital emergency room-treated injuries from escalators in 1994. Seventy-five percent of these injuries were due to falls, another 20 percent occurred when hands, feet or shoes were trapped in escalators.

Here are some steps you can take to help prevent escalator injuries, especially injuries to young children:

    * Be aware that loose shoe laces, drawstrings, scarves, and mittens can get trapped in escalators. In the past year, CPSC reached an agreement with a number of children's clothing manufacturers to remove drawstrings from the necks and hoods of children's garments. If your child's clothing still has drawstrings, remove them.

    * Always hold children's hands on escalators and do not permit children to sit or play on the steps.

    * Do not bring children onto escalators in strollers, walkers, or carts.

    * Always face forward and hold the handrail.

    * Avoid the edges of steps where entrapment can occur.

    * Learn where the emergency shutoff buttons are in case you need to stop the escalator.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers/American National Standards Institute Escalator Committee set a voluntary standard for escalators. The standard requires:

    * That the emergency shutoff buttons be at the top and bottom of each escalator. The button should be on the right side of the escalator when facing the stairs.

    * That sidewalls be made of low-friction material so soft-soled shoes cannot get caught easily.

    * That "skirt obstruction devices" (which sense the presence of a foreign object and automatically shut off the escalator) be at the top and bottom of the escalator.

    * That side clearance at the edges of steps be no more than 3/16 inch

    * That warning signs be placed on escalators reminding parents to hold children's hands and face forward.

    * That each step have painted foot prints or brightly colored borders.

Comparison of three residential mosquito traps against riceland mosquitoes in southeast Arkansas.

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Field trials were conducted at 3 locations in Arkansas County, AR, to compare the effectiveness of 3 residential mosquito traps, the Stinger Mosquito Vacuum, the Mosquito Magnet Defender, and the Mosquito Deleto 2500 Active System, against riceland mosquitoes, specifically Anopheles quadrimaculatus and Psorophora columbiae. Both the Stinger Mosquito Vacuum and the Mosquito Deleto captured significantly more An. quadrimaculatus and total mosquitoes than did the Mosquito Magnet Defender. The Mosquito Deleto captured significantly more Ps. columbiae than did either of the other 2 traps.

Heating, Ventilation, and Cooling (HVAC) System: Improve indoor air quality with best practice installation of ducts and equipment to minimize condensation problems, whole-house and spot ventilation to help dilute and exhaust indoor pollutants, and air filtration to remove airborne particulates.
Combustion-Venting Systems: Protect residents from potential exposure to combustion gases by installing direct-vented or power-vented gas- and oil-fired equipment, properly vented fireplaces, garages fully sealed from living spaces and equipped with a continuously operated exhaust fan, and carbon monoxide alarms in each sleeping area.

Public Playground Safety Checklist

   1. Make sure surfaces around playground equipment have at least 12 inches of wood chips, mulch, sand, or pea gravel, or are mats made of safety-tested rubber or rubber-like materials.

   2. Check that protective surfacing extends at least 6 feet in all directions from play equipment. For swings, be sure surfacing extends, in back and front, twice the height of the suspending bar.

   3. Make sure play structures more than 30 inches high are spaced at least 9 feet apart.

   4. Check for dangerous hardware, like open "S" hooks or protruding bolt ends.

   5. Make sure spaces that could trap children, such as openings in guardrails or between ladder rungs, measure less than 3.5 inches or more than 9 inches.

   6. Check for sharp points or edges in equipment.

   7. Look out for tripping hazards, like exposed concrete footings, tree stumps, and rocks.

   8. Make sure elevated surfaces, like platforms and ramps, have guardrails to prevent falls.

   9. Check playgrounds regularly to see that equipment and surfacing are in good condition.

  10. Carefully supervise children on playgrounds to make sure they're safe.

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Le Meridien Sunny Isles Beach, Miami (Opened May 12, 2005 --210 units) - This new 25-storey hotel comprised of one and two bedroom suites with state-of-the-art kitchens, is located just north of Miami in Sunny Isles Beach. Combining a beachfront resort experience with sophisticated European style, the hotel features chic contemporary design, a 6,300 square foot spa and fitness centre, beach cabanas, infinity-edge swimming pool and the newest BiCE restaurant, known for fine Italian cuisine.