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More and more kids are surfing the web each year. And criminals know it. If your children like to go online, they’ll cross paths with scammers from time to time. But with some basic awareness, kids can avoid criminals with ease. http://www.deliveringtrust.com/index.phpOnce you’ve reviewed the “Learn” section, try out the quiz below with your kids. The higher the score, the better prepared they’ll be to fight fraud. Good luck!
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Happy World Toilet Day – November 19, 2010
Choose a Video or Witty E-card below to send!
SEND AN E-CARD with your favorite video or witty illustration. In honor of World Toilet Day 2010, we’ve made some of the entries to our in-progress “Support a Movement” Sanitation Video Competition available for you to share with others. You can play the videos first by clicking on them to see which you like best. Click the E-card links to set up your card or just scroll down – the form is below.
Toilets account for almost 30% of residential indoor water use in the United States.
Why Pottygirl?
How much water could we save this Thanksgiving if every U.S. citizen turned off the tap rather than letting it run continuously while doing the post-feast dishes?
A. 100,000 gallons
B. 1 million gallons
C. 1 billion gallons
See this issue of the WaterSense Current for the correct answer! Could it be C?
If one in every 10 American homes upgraded their bathroom to WaterSense®-certified fixtures, the U.S. EPA estimates a savings of 74 billion gallons of water and about $1.5 billion nationwide per year. Read more about this project here…
Clean Air Action Day has been called for Thursday 11/11/10 for high levels of Fine Particle Pollution.
What You Can Do to Reduce Fine Particle Pollution
· Carpool, ride Metro Transit bus, walk or bike to work or recreational activities.
· Combine errands and reduce trips.
· Don’t let engines idle — It gets 0 MPG!
· Conserve energy at home and work by turning off unnecessary lighting, computers and other electrical devices when not in use.
Note: “Dane County will experience elevated PM 2.5 levels that have are unhealthy for sensitive groups.”
Why does Every house needs 2 plungers?