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What will be the quality of water?
You are putting rain water into the ground, which once contaminated, cannot be cleaned easily. Do not let water with sewage or other dirt flow into your recharge pits. This is why the cleanest rainwater is from our rooftops. There are also filters to keep some dirt out.
Once or twice a year, at very little cost. Remember rainwater harvesting means that you have to get involved. This is about making water all our business and about building our relationship with water, with the environment. Harvest rain and learn the value of each raindrop.
What are types in rainwater harvesting?
It is a simple, economical and ecofriendly technique of preserving every drop of water falling on the earth.
It is the process of gathering and storing rain drops and preventing runoff, evaporation and seepage for its efficient utilisation and conservation.
It is an effective option to gather rain water and store it.
Harvesting helps utilise a large quantity of good quality water which otherwise goes waste.
Harvesting rain needs little space.
A dried bore well, a row of soak pits or a tank concealed below the ground are all that is needed.
The open spaces, rooftops and ground can be used as catchment area.
Groundwater will be recharged, and as groundwater finds its way around, the neighbourhood will gain too.
The cost is calculated based on the size of the building and various other considerations.
Pune receives a total rainfall of around 700 mm through the year.
An apartment block or a bungalow with 1,000 sq ft terrace can save around 60-70,000 litres of water every year.
Harvested rain water can be diverted to existing bore well water or flushing water storage tank.
Approximate cost of this storage tank is Rs five to six per litre of the tank capacity.
A building of Rs 24 flats will incur an expense of about Rs 1 lakh for installation of the system.
The Universe's Dark Secret: Where Did All the Antimatter Go?
Electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons, interact around a neutron star in this visualization. Why is there so much more matter than antimatter in the universe we can see?
Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University, host of Ask a Spaceman and Space Radio, and author of Your Place in the Universe. Sutter contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
So there's this stuff called "antimatter." You may have heard of it. It's just like normal matter, with all the same properties and all the same abilities to make up atoms and molecules, except for one crucial difference: It has an opposite charge. Take the humble electron, for example. Mass of 9.11 x 10^-31 kg. Quantu...
It has an antimatter evil twin, the positron. The positron has a mass of 9.11 x 10^-31 kg. Quantum spin of 1/2. Charge of … 1.6 x 10^-9 coulombs.
It's the same for every other particle out there. There's a dark-side twin for the top quark, the neutrino, the muon and on and on and on. All the fundamental particles that make up our daily lives have a partner, living just on the other side of the charge fence.
That's all well and dandy and no big deal at all, except for one thing, which is a tiny bit of a big deal. As far as we can understand the theory and see in the observations, not only are matter and antimatter paired up like this, they're symmetric. Every particle of normal matter produced in a reaction comes paired wi...
The only conclusion: Our universe ought to be swimming with antimatter, existing in equal parts with normal matter. Whole planets, stars and galaxies made of antimatter! Or at the very least, loads of antimatter particles just floating around in space, minding their own business.
But when matter and antimatter meet, it's bad news. Just as the pairs are produced in perfect symmetry in fundamental interactions, they are destroyed in symmetry as well. When a particle finally gets to meet and shake hands with its antiparticle best friend, they end up like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: going d...
All their combined matter is converted into energy, usually in the form of high-energy gamma-ray radiation.
We don't see signs of abundant free-floating carefree antimatter, because we don't see the aftermath of its inevitable destruction upon meeting regular matter. The universe is filled with constantly-interacting stuff. High-energy particles zipping across light-years. Fountains of material escaping from galaxies and new...
So if the antimatter isn't here anymore, where the heck did it go?
One possibility is that our universe was simply born this way, with an abundance of matter and a severe lack of antimatter. While that's certainly an excuse, it isn't much of an explanation. "That's just the way it is, folks" isn't the most compelling argument in scientific circles. So while you could always say that, ...
Perhaps something in the early universe caused an imbalance between matter and antimatter.
It's not that crazy of an idea. The early, early, early days of the universe were pretty funky times, with all sorts of crazy physics and exotic interactions at play that are now, thankfully, merely a cosmic memory. So maybe something happened. Maybe the universe was rolling along just fine, with each particle met with...
And then … a shift. An imbalance. A strange process that produced more matter than antimatter. Most of the pairs would be annihilated, but a few normal particles would remain. It wouldn't have to be much: Just one particle in a billion would be enough to lay the foundations for all the stars and galaxies that we see to...
It would indeed have to be a very peculiar set of conditions to cause such an imbalance. Our universe is governed by rules of how particles and forces should interact and behave. It's these rules that lay the framework for all the wonderful interactions that make up the richness of everyday life.
But sometimes rules need to be broken, as in the case of the early universe. After all, it's those same rules that say that the divergence between matter and antimatter ought not to be in the first place.
Whatever interaction, whatever process, led to matter's ultimate victory had to be strange indeed. It had to start with producing not just an excess quantity of regular matter, but also an excess quantity of charge to counterbalance it. Otherwise, because total charges must stay the same throughout a process, that matt...
Plus, this process had to happen during a sharp boundary, when the infant cosmos was transforming rapidly from one state to another. It's only there that the physics would permit such a rule-breaking violation to take place; otherwise a universe in equilibrium would just end up balancing all interactions out anyway.
Is there anything in all of known physics that could make the antimatter go away? Well, maybe. There are some hints and suggestions buried in rare particle interactions involving the weak nuclear force. We understand these interactions only dimly, especially the way they would occur in the early universe, but even ther...
The origins of the asymmetry between matter and antimatter is an outstanding problem in physics. A problem that pushes the boundaries of current knowledge and pushes our understanding of the universe into some of its earliest moments. A problem that, you could say, really matters.
Learn more by listening to the episode "Hey, who took all the antimatter?" on the Ask A Spaceman podcast, available on iTunes and on the Web at http://www.askaspaceman.com. Thanks to 185transformer, William G., Matthew A., Bogdan V., dave B., Eric D., Kent B., and Kahandran for the questions that led to this piece! Ask...
Former President Bill Clinton tells Hanover crowd on Monday, America's future remains bright.
John Tolleris, 64, says Hillary Clinton "is fighting to bring us together, not tear us apart."
Hillary Clinton memorabilia was being sold outside the Bill Clinton event at Dartmouth College on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016.
Bill Clinton told the Hanover crowd he is sick and tired of hearing from the other side that "America is going to Hell in a hand basket."
This positive message seemed to strike a chord with people – many of whom said there’s been too much venom and mudslinging this election cycle.
Such as John Telleris, 64, who was sporting a hat reading: "America is Already Great." He's been a Hillary supporter since the get-go, he says, "she's fighting to bring us together, not tear us apart."
He, like voter John Telleris, said that America is better than ever before, focusing on what he called the social progress and economic growth of the past few years. And he contrasted that vision with what he called Trump’s “hell in a hand basket” rhetoric.
“You cannot give this country’s future away to people who think anger is better than answers, that endless conflict is better than cooperation, and that the path forward in the world is walls not bridges, you can’t do it – it’s your life," Clinton pleaded to the nearly 500 person crowd.
He also stressed the importance New Hampshire plays in next month’s election, and cited fond memories of his time in the state when he was campaigning such as attending fairs and the fall foliage.
60 year-old Carol Stedman, who came across the border from Hartland, Vermont to hear Clinton speak, said handing the keys to Hillary is an easy choice for her.
"Not only can Hillary drive the truck but she's going to bring everybody in the truck together - stay on the road not drive us off the cliff," Stedman said.
During Clinton's 30-minute remarks, he stayed clear of the recent headlines from the other side who've pointed the finger at him when it comes to mistreating women and made accusations that the election is rigged.
Hargis Thomas, 73, of New London, was pleased Bill Clinton didn't address these concerns. Thomas's thoughts on these claims are simple.
"In a word wah, wah, wah," he said with a chuckle. "He [Trump] is just grasping at straws."
The former president also made an appearance in Keene. This is Clinton’s first visit to the Granite State since the Primary.
Over the weekend Trump hosted a rally in Portsmouth. The two presidential candidates will face off for their final debate on Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Bill Clinton will campaign for his wife in New Hampshire on Monday. The former president plans to make stops at Keene State College and Dartmouth College in Hanover.
In Nashua Monday, Bill Clinton drew more than 700 people to his first campaign appearance for his wife this primary season. And while the former president remains popular among New Hampshire Democrats, many in the crowd at Nashua Community College said his wife's candidacy rests on her own record.
First Lady Tells N.H. Crowd Trump's Comments Have "Shaken Her"
First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a rally for Hillary Clinton Thursday afternoon at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester.
But Obama's speech didn’t focus on Clinton but rather on Donald Trump’s treatment of women.
Jim Lawrence is running for Congress in District 2 in New Hampshire. He’s a Republican, going up against incumbent Democrat, Ann McLane Kuster. His pitch to voters relies heavily on his record as what he calls "a small business owner." But it’s hard to get much detail on what exactly that record entails.
The latest polls show Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by about four percentage points in New Hampshire — closer than in many other battleground states. And for Trump supporters here in the state, a week of increasing allegations didn’t keep them away from a weekend rally in Portsmouth.
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Today's (Tuesday) Microsoft event was a showcase for a lot of slick new devices, including new Lumia phones, new Surface tablets, and the company's first-ever laptop.
The snazzy hardware is part of Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq: MSFT) goal of rejuvenating the company with an ecosystem that can compete with Apple and Google.
There is a first time for everything, as we learned from the dro p in Microsoft profits the company reported yesterday (Thursday) after market close.
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) posted its first quarterly loss as a public company - breaking a 26-year record.
Now the company hopes its crop of new products launching this fall will not only boost profits, but edge out the strengthening competition.
"Microsoft is a very strong enterprise player," Tony Ursillo, an analyst at Loomis Sayles & Co. told Bloomberg News following the report. "There was lots of evidence in tonight's report that they are a force to be reckoned with in the enterprise."
DETROIT, MI - It's hard to remember the last time the word "its" has held such gravity in a proposed piece of state legislation, let alone one that relates to vehicle sales.
But in a bill that has made it onto Gov. Rick Snyder's desk, the word "its" would be taken out of a Michigan law, and that would essentially ban Palo Alto, Calif.-based electric car maker Tesla Motors from doing business in the state, according to Todd Maron, Tesla's general counsel.
HB 5606 states a manufacturer cannot "Sell any new motor vehicle directly to a retail customer other than through franchised dealers, unless the retail customer is a nonprofit organization or a federal, state, or local government or agency."
MCL 445.1574 states that a manufacturer cannot "Sell any new motor vehicle directly to a retail customer other than through its franchised dealers, unless the retail customer is a nonprofit organization or a federal, state, or local government or agency."
"It's hugely important and that's why dealers sought to have it stricken," Maron said. "By taking that out it changed to whether you had franchised dealers."
That's not all the legislation does to make it an "anti-Tesla" bill, according to Maron.
He said that words near the end of HB 5606 also alter how cars are permitted to be shown in the state, meaning that Tesla would not be permitted to display its cars to potential customers.
"These changes were put in at the last minute with nobody vetting them," Maron said, adding, "It looks like what they were trying to do is completely shut us out of Michigan."
In Michigan, Maron acknowledged that the company is not licensed to sell directly, but said it had been working with the Sec. of State Ruth Johnson's office to change that.
With parts suppliers and other support, Tesla said it represents $140 million of economic activity in Michigan this year.
"This is a state that we've shown huge commitment to and we wan to show more commitment to," Maron said.
Gov. Snyder has until Oct. 21 to act on the bill. Dave Murray, Snyder's spokesman, told MLive last week that it is being reviewed.
Nesbitt, one of the bill's sponsors, maintains that though the bill's been amended, it has nothing to do with Tesla. He said he thinks Tesla is "using this as kind of a red herring to talk about their issue, which is already covered under current law."
Burns, of the Auto Dealers, said that the amendment was to clarify the bill's application to all deals, as some have tried to claim exemptions in the past. It doesn't represent a regulatory change, he said.
"All the original equipment manufacturers in the world that do business here comply with the law, and it's worked very well," Burns said last week.
Maron said that even in its pre-amended form, the bill should raise consumers' eyebrows. He said it is designed so that dealerships can tack on additional fees to the purchase price for all vehicles.
"Those are the kind of fees that we as a company don't ever charge. They're controversial," he said, adding, "The whole thing here is anti-consumer."
A heart attack happens when blood flow to the heart is blocked. It’s different from a stroke, which happens when a blood vessel that feeds the brain gets blocked or bursts.
A heart attack is usually caused when plaque — made of fat, cholesterol and other substances — slowly builds up in coronary arteries and then breaks open, causing a blood clot to form, according to the American Heart Association. If the clot becomes large enough, it can block an artery and the flow of oxygen-rich blood...
When that happens, the heart muscle begins to die. The longer a person waits to get treated, the more heart muscle damage he or she risks. A less common cause of heart attack is a severe spasm of a coronary artery.
The flu can raise people’s risk of a heart attack, reinforcing the importance of getting a flu vaccine, researchers reported.
About 735,000 Americans have a heart attack every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The classic sign is chest pain. The feeling could be sharp, dull or the sensation that an elephant is sitting on your chest. It can also feel like heartburn or indigestion.
More subtle signs include nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, unusual fatigue, lightheadedness, dizziness and breaking out in a cold sweat.
Women have more fatigue, shortness of breath, or nausea and vomiting than men. Women also more frequently have pain in the neck, jaw, throat, abdomen or back, the CDC notes.
How is a heart attack treated?
Immediate treatment includes chewing a single full-sized 325-mg aspirin. It stops platelets from clumping together, which helps to stop the clot from building up.
Nitroglycerin can help improve blood flow through the coronary arteries.
Medicines known as “clot busters” can dissolve blood clots that are blocking the coronary arteries. To work best, they must be given within several hours of the start of heart attack symptoms.

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