| Sealing house can enhance air quality, inhibit mold growth
Dear Jim: My children have allergies to mold. I want to make my house more airtight for better energy efficiency, but I heard this can exacerbate mold problems. What safe efficiency improvements can I make? - Karla S.
Dear Karla: People often think airtight, musty, mold-ridden indoor air quality is the price one has to pay for greater energy efficiency. Actually, making your house more energy efficient can positively affect air quality.First test your house for mold. Several laboratories offer home mold test kits. For a "viable" test, you grow your house test samples in a petri dish. At IMS Laboratory, it costs only about $10 for the kit. If you find mold growth, they charge about $35 more to analyze the mold types. Some types of mold cause few problems, while others are quite toxic.A better test is "nonviable" test, where the sample is analyzed for many types of mold.
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Quixtar Among Top 150 on InformationWeek 500 Quixtar Among Top 150 Most Innovative Users of Business Technology for 2006Quixtar Inc., the leading online health and beauty retailer, was ranked 147th on the 2006 InformationWeek 500 list of the most innovative users of business technology. Quixtar operates the leading health and beauty retailing site based on sales, according to Internet Retailer. More than just an online storefront, Quixtar provides the infrastructure support for the businesses of hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs who drive the site's sales. Quixtar Independent Business Owners (IBOs) rely on the site to not only sell and order products, but also to track and transfer their business volume, register new IBOs they recruit, manage contact lists, obtain valuable business information, experience product tutorials, and much more.
Cameco Announces Progress in Cigar Lake Remediation
In addition, we have just completed a test on the effectiveness of the underground seal. The results are positive and demonstrate that the seal is effective with no indication of plug deterioration throughout the six-day testing period. Additional testing will be conducted as we prepare to dewater the mine. On February 12, 2008, we began testing the effectiveness of the seal by pumping water from the shaft down to approximately 100 metres below surface. When the water was down to that level, the pumps were turned off and we measured the rate at which the water rose in the shaft. The water was allowed to rise to a set elevation before pumping it down again to the 100-metre level. This procedure was repeated a number of times during the test period which ended on February 18, 2008.
ABC Names Todd S. Mann Chief Operating Officer
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today announced that Todd S. Mann has joined the association as its chief operating officer. Mann, a certified association executive, will have full oversight responsibility for ABC's financial, administrative and program activities. In addition, he will oversee its operational divisions and serve as the chief internal advocate for ABC national and chapter staff. "Mann offers proven leadership skills along with an impressive track record in association and private industry management," said Kirk Pickerel, ABC president and CEO. "We are very excited to have Todd in this key position as ABC continues to lead the merit shop construction industry." Before joining ABC, Mann served as senior vice president of business development for the National Restaurant Association in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for increasing revenue, directing membership, business partnerships and sponsorship fundraising.
Hasbro Previews G.I. Joe , Hulk , Iron Man , Indy & Clone Wars
Their Marvel line will include Iron Man's Hulkbuster armor from "World War Hulk," as a tie-in to the two Marvel movies. You can check some of those out here. Hasbro's 2008 line of Indiana Jones toys will roll-out in four waves that include characters and vehicles from all four movies, starting with Raiders of the Lost Ark and the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on May 1, then figures from "The Last Crusade" will follow in July and "Temple of Doom" in September, although Hasbro has promised that these will be ongoing toys and not just done simply to tie into the movie. There was more secrecy revolving around the upcoming "Crystal Skull" than any other movie presented by Hasbro with a bunch of the toys not shown at all, since some of them might give away key plot points of what happens in the movie.
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