APARTMENT GUIDE 4
DECORATING
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Find creative ways to eliminate sharp corners and edges. In feng shui, sharp corners represent negativity. They are like a finger or gun pointed at you. Try to cover corners with curtains, fabric or pillows.
Adding a plant is a quick, easy way to change up room decor.. Plants are considered a source of life and can therefore enhance the life in your room. The plant does not necessarily have to be a flowery one. A ficus or cactus will also do the trick-both of which are easy to nourish.
The toughest part of maintaining feng shui
is to keep the room organized and clean. Constant clutter represents an unorganized energy in life. It may seem like conventional wisdom, but less clutter equals less chaos, which equals a peaceful flow of energy.
Harte admits that she previously had a messy desk, but has come to the realization that after cleaning it, she feels more organized.
"I feel like I don't have to go to the library anymore to get stuff done," she said.
Not all the tips need to be followed to implement feng shui effectively, like and leave the ones you do not. Enjoy your new, peaceful apartment.
— Edited by Emily Soetaert
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MONDAY, APRIL 18,2011
used in a remote control engine the incident illustrates precautions that the University and Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical take when responding to reports of hazardous materials.
Jerry Wang/KANSAN FILE PHOTO Hazmat-trained firefighters assess the situation in the Allen Fieldhouse parking garage earlier this month. The suspicious material turned out to be fuel for a remote-controlled engine left by a KU student.
"Wealwayssay, 'when in doubt, get out, and call for help,'" said Mike Russell, director of KU Environmental Health and Safety.
Drive, are the nazmat experts. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical Division Chief Doug Green said these firefighters go through monthly exercises and an 80 hour Hazmat training course. Firefighters take the course through the Kansas State
The "call for help," which Russell said can be made either
"Our number one priority is life safety."
DOUG GREEN Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical Division Chief
First dispatchers, who are often trained in identifying hazardous material situations, determine the seriousness of the call. If the caller reports a non-serious situation on campus, such as spilled gasoline, trained KU EHS employees clean it up. If the situation is more serious, dispatch notifies emergency units and sends them to the scene.
to KU EHS or 911, sets off a chain of highly structured responses by emergency crews.
"Ninety-nine percent of any response to a call like that is a law enforcement unit and fire units," Russell said. "They are going to be rolling to the scene just because they've got to get the right people."
Fire Marshal's Office to become certified as hazmat technicians by Kansas Fire Rescue and Training.
KU EHS and KU public safety will also be noti-
fited the situation through dispatch, and respond. The responding units then set up a command station where the units will formulate a plan.
In the case of last week's hazmat call, the bottle was labeled biodiesel and heptane, a fuel additive and solvent. At the time of the call it was unknown if heptane was dangerous or if that was even what the bottle contained.
"Hazmats are usually one of those things that go real quick. It's hurry up and wait," Green said. "Our number one priority is life safety."
While the first steps of the hazmat process are fairly consistent, the next steps are full of
variables. Some hazardous materials take days to clean up, while others take a few hours. In the parking garage situation, respondents cleared the area, sealed the bottle in another container and it was taken from the scene within an hour.
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Green said each hazardous material case is unique. The cleanup time and the number of fire trucks, police cars, ambulances or hazardous material trucks dispatched varies on the severity of the case.
What does not vary is who foots the bill. Green said a hazmat call to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical is treated like any other emergency call. The University does not pay for extra service from the city of Lawrence or Douglas County. It does, however, pay for KU EHS employees
Green said this variability makes it difficult to assign a specific cost to a hazardous material call.
What is a hazardous material?
A hazardous material is anything that can cause physical damage, but usually, in the campus context, it refers to dangerous chemicals.
MIKE RUSSELL Director of KU Environmental Health and Safety
who clean up the materials or assist in the process. Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical has an operating budget of $13,422,605 this year.
Regardless of costs, the KU EHS and hazmat teams are ready to respond to situations large and small.
"We get a lot of calls and the majority of those calls are not big events or have any severe or negative outcomes," Russell said.
Russell also said that, although KU EHS does not keep compiled
records of hazmat incidents on campus, they deal with about one large or labor-intensive call a year. Russell said that the incident at the parking garage did not count as such a call.
Russell did not provide the student's name, and no charges were filed. He thought the bottle had been returned to either the student or his professor.
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After surveying its customers, the local grocery store decided to eliminate plastic sacks in favor of paper or cloth options. The new effort to be more sustainable coincides with this year's Earth Week.
The Merc does away with plastic for good
From Jamaica to Lawrence
Denesha Morris' decision to come to Kansas from her home country allowed her to experience many shocking firsts, including snow and indoor tracks.
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