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...troops to protect against nerve gas, and pesticides sprayed around barracks, dining halls and uniforms to protect against insects. But the panel did not rule out the myriad other toxic chemicals that soldiers faced on the ground, including "hundreds of burning oil-well fires that turned the Kuwaiti sky black with smoke, dramatic reports of uranium-tipped munitions, sandstorms, secret vaccines, and frequent chemical alarms, along with the government's acknowledgement of nerve-agent releases in theater ... Studies have also indicated that Gulf War veterans developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) [also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease] at twice...
...dominated. Home solar power currently generates 12 times as much energy as small wind power, which is defined as turbines that have a capacity of 100 kW or less (though most household turbines will produce 10 kW at most). That's partly because residential wind turbines require space and sky - at least half an acre of open land - to get access to consistent winds. Still, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), some 15 million homes in the U.S. fit that definition - and small turbines, unlike large wind farms, can be productive in weaker breezes, which puts more...
...just really excited about the opportunity of playing the sport that I hadn’t grown up playing,” Ajayi says of his ultimate choice. “It was so different for me, and the sky seemed to be the limit. So it was just kind of a spontaneous decision...
...meantime key priorities are going forward. “It’s not as if the sky has fallen. I don’t know of any department that has actually had to cancel a [faculty] search that was already under way,” he said...
...Also, I should mention that the sky has cleared up and according to weather.com, it's a balmy 71 degrees. Not at all what I expected, but I'm still knocking on wood...