 and areas which are served by vacuum sewers.
Decentralisation at ‘on-site’ level (on-site sanitation) — In these cases, the whole system lies within one property and serves one or several buildings.
Decentralised and low‐cost wastewater treatment systems can augment limited treatment capacity. The mainstreaming of decentralised wastewater treatment systems needs a policy-level thrust from the government.
Hence, sound policy and regulatory interventions by the Central and state governments are a prerequisite for launching innovative reuse projects. Government interventions will need to focus on incentivising the use of reclaimed water and developing institutional support mechanisms.
States including Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh have announced a wastewater treatment policy.
The National Green Tribunal in August said decentralised technologies such as bioremediation and / or phytoremediation or any other remediation measures could be started as an interim measures until STP units become functional.
Not only government but also many institutes and non-profits like the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), have for the past few decades, been advocating and capacitating practitioners on the approach of decentralised wastewater management, with the aim of recycling and reuse of wastewater.
Also, as part of capacity-building, knowledge dissemination and technical support, CSE has been instrumental in the implementation of high-visibility and high-impact model projects such as a decentralised wastewater treatment system at Delhi Jal Board (DJB) headquarters at Varunalaya, where the treated wastewater is used for horticulture purposes.
To generate awareness, involvement, and participation from local users for the decentralised approach, an online web-based tool — MOUNT (Menu on Un-Networked Technologies for Sewage and Septage Management) — is being created by the CSE which comprises successfully implemented decentralised wastewater treatment technologies.
The socio-economic situation and the context of urbanisation highlight the need for decentralised wastewater solutions. In such circumstances, local reuse and recycling of treated wastewater too holds immense potential in terms of overall urban environmental sustainability.
"Dana Priest: Washington Post Avoids ‘Civil War’ Language Because Iraqi Gov’t Does Not Use It"
Today on MSNBC’s Hardball, Washington Post national security reporter Dana Priest explained that her newspaper does not use the phrase “civil war” to describe the current violence in Iraq in part because Iraqi government officials say it is not a civil war.
Priest said she “absolutely” believes the “level of violence [in Iraq] equals a civil war.” But she acknowledged that the Post has “not labeled it a civil war,” explaining, “We try to avoid the labels, particularly when the elected government itself does not call its situation a civil war.” Watch it:
Government officials in Iraq have a direct interest in avoiding the characterization of violence there as a civil war. The Washington Post’s job is not to act as stenographers for officials in positions of power, but rather to report facts as they exist on the ground.
Not surprisingly, experts disagree with Iraqi officials about the current conditions. According to scholars surveyed by the New York Times, not only is Iraq in the midst of a civil war, the current level of bloodshed “already puts Iraq in the top ranks of the civil wars of the last half-century.”
Full transcript:
MATTHEWS: It seems to me the President’s afraid that people will begin to think it is a civil war and not the way he wants to define it, which is we gotta fight them there before they fight us here.
PRIEST:m.Capewell goes ‘on the road’
Shark Kurt Capewell was joined by NRL representative Anthony Minichiello last week as the pair visited south-west Queensland as a part of the NRL’s Road to Regions initiative.
Capewell and Minicheillo attempted to excite and inspire the locals ahead of the 2018 NRL season as they visited schools, participated in local Come and Try clinics, went into classrooms to teach lessons of respect and wellbeing and lent their support to local fundraising events.
It was a jam-packed itinerary, one which included two school visits in Roma on the Thursday, attending a local training session in St George later that night, then more schools and the district swimming carnival the next day.
Added to that was a couple of fundraising events in the evening aimed at supporting the local junior league clubs.
All up it was a trip Capewell enjoyed, especially in a region not too far from his family home and nearby to where his rugby league journey began.
“I finished up in St George on the Saturday and drove the five hours to Charleville so it was good to have the opportunity to take part in the NRL roadshow and to also be able to get home to visit the family,” Capewell said.
“When we do get to travel for programs like the NRL Road to Regions initiative, to places we’re not able to visit regularly, we always enjoy it, and for me having grown up in the south west Queensland region, to get back close to home and to an area I’m familiar with, was an added bonus,” said Capewell.
NRL Head of Government and Community Relations, Jaymes Boland-Rudder said the visits would extend on the annual community visits that NRL clubs have traditionally made to regional parts of the country, particularly during pre-season.
“The start of any NRL season brings with it a renewed sense of excitement and hope for fans and players,” Mr Boland-Rudder said.
“The visits will no doubt add to the anticipation of the year ahead, but importantly, it’s an opportunity for players to thank fans for their support throughout the year and help support local community and league programs that take place across so many townships.
“The Road to Regions initiative will see NRL players engaging with rugby league communities in parts of regional and remote Australia where there haven’t been high levels of NRL engagement historically – helping ensure the game continue to grow across the country.”
The NRL Road to Regions tour, supported by the Rugby League Players Association, will continue to see select players from NRL clubs participate in local community programs and help out with junior club training, as they thank some of the thousands of fans from rural and regional Australia that support the game.
Junior Rugby League registrations for the 2018 season are now open. To find out more visit.
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Yay, we are free! But free to do what? I would like to say free to be happy.
But what gives us that elusive thing? It isn't wealth, or anything that others can bestow. It's something that we choose to allow to grow.
So enjoy the day, wherever you are. Freedom of the mind can be yours, whether you live in the USA, or the USSR!
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The next Far Cry sends the open-world franchise back to the Stone Age, trading guns and explosives for spears, clubs and bows. But Far Cry Primal, Ubisoft revealed today, adds a powerful new weapon to its primitive arsenal: the ability to command Mesolithic era predators, like sabre-tooth tigers, wild dogs and even bears.
Core to the gameplay of Far Cry Primal is the ability to become a "beastmaster," to tame wild animals and hunt alongside them. With a leopard or wolf at one's side, it's not impossible to take down the megafauna of the era or lead a one-man assault against an enemy tribe.
Far Cry Primal gives players control of Takkar, which the game's creative director, Jean-Christophe Guyot, described as an experienced hunter and the lone survivor of his hunting party. He's a capable warrior on his own, but as players progress through Far Cry Primal, they'll learn to how to tame wild predators, making Takkar a force to be reckoned with.
During a preview event Polygon attended in Los Angeles this week, we had the opportunity to go hands-on with Far Cry Primal for a few hours. The section of the game we played was roughly "mid-progression," according to Guyot, and Takkar was already well-outfitted with a set of powerful skills and a handful of already-tamed predators.
From the start of our session, Takkar could summon a leopard, brown bear and white wolf with little more than a whistle. We could only partner with one animal at a time, and each had its own strengths and special skills. A leopard, for example, might excel in stealth over strength, where a bear might be powerful, but slow and draw enemy attacks away from Takkar. Each predator appears to have its own set of skills: a dhole can spot and gather nearby resources; a wolf can warn of nearby enemies; a jaguar can silently attack an enemy without alerting its allies.
According to Ubisoft — we didn't see this for ourselves — players will even be able to ride some beasts, like mammoths and tigers. Better still, you can also pet all of your furry friends. Even the bears.
Taming these wild beasts simply requires the unlocked skill, some bait to distract them and a little patience. In our playthrough, we managed to tame a sabre-tooth tiger by luring it in with some meat, but later failed in our attempt to tame a wolf — and were summarily mauled by the thing.
"It's primitive man versus gigantic nature."
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