Os profissionais da Clean estiveram em campo de 29/MAI a 3/JUN fazendo o start-up de duas das mais modernas estações hidrometeorológicas já instaladas no Brasil.  Estas modernas estações monitorarão parâmetros qualiquantitaivos da água dos rios Juguari e Camanducaia, com sistema de telemetria e tomada de decisão em tempo real, garantindo a água que abastace mais de 10 milhões de pessoas na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo.  Num momento de descontração no campo, o Professor Pardal da Clean, Luciano Possari, dá uma de Gugu Liberato e manda uma dança do piu-piu em plena chuva.  E mais uma vez, vale a filosofia de que “parece trabalho, mas é só diversão”.

I submit the following article as further proof that what I’ve been calling the painkiller epidemic is coming to a dangerous head—not only here in the U.S., but internationally as well.

The U.K. and Australia are considering reversing their decade’s long policy of allowing codeine and dihydrocodeine-containing painkillers to be available over-the-counter (OTC). Many of you probably didn’t even know that codeine preparations were available OTC just across the pond… did you? This tells me that these countries are acknowledging that, much like the U.S., they are experiencing the escalating negative effects of a substantially increasing painkiller-addicted population.

Codeine is a serious drug. In fact, Codeine is the starting material of strong opioids such as hydrocodone (Vicodin) and oxycodone (OxyContin). In the U.S. codeine is a Schedule II Controlled Substance. According to the U.S. Controlled Substances Act (CSA), a substance qualifies as Schedule II when the following is found:

• » The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
• » The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions.
• » Abuse of the drug or other substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.

Further controlling these substances is a good start, but I believe Australia and the U.K. will find (if they are not lobbied out of this move in the first place by the pharmaceutical industry) that it does little to stem the rising tide of abuse and addiction surrounding these medications. As usual, the only real answer seems to be education.

For more information:
» Codeine at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
» Controlled Substances Act at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Image courtesy of Wikipedia.

Article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk

I posted a list like this before, but now I am trying to post the same things on the same days of the week, plus that must have been a couple of months ago at least. Plus this list helps remind me how many projects I have going on right now and how I should finish these ones before starting a new one. Isn’t the fresh start of a new project always the best. Here’s to finishing what I started (because it’s the right thing to do)

WIP:

replace the other free glider rocker with a still photography area for items in the shop spot to put the TV that has been sitting on our bedroom floor for 8 months / replace our table with a sideboard / organize my craft storage. Yes, these all have been rolled into the same project, which also includes moving the DH’s “study area”/place that I never learned to never touch.

Curtains for the Bedroom

Black Curtains for the pantry closet, the bedroom closet and the bedroom entry (our apartment is really lacking in doors)

Blue Shaggy Raggy Rug for his bathroom

Pot Lid Holder made from curtain rod

Blue Crocheted Wool Wrist Warmers I’ve made one, but not the second.

finish organizing the closet

laundry, bills, dishes, dusting, cleaning and recycling (always a WIP)

replace standard bulbs with cfl’s This is mostly done, I am just waiting for the other bulbs to wear out.

replace disposable batteries with a rechargeable system

find out how to recycle more of the things we throw away

sew or buy cloth bags for shopping/for the shop

lose 10 more lbs.

finish vintage cloth measuring tapes for the shop

finish the wee wonderfuls pointy cat

make a friend 2 lab coats

Hang the thrifted mirror.

Finish a friend’s Etsy banner and avatar

Update my portfolio site

New Ideas:

Cabinet Doors made from canvas stretcher bars

Cover half of open kitchen shelving with a curtain

needlebooks for the shop

coasters for the shop

soft vintage baby blocks for the shop

find old architectural letter “L” for the living room

paint the bottom of the kitchen cart black

paint the free/cheap dresser black

replace our free glider rocker with a real chair

create a still photography area for photographing items for the shop.

find a low round white coffee table for the living room

make a black hand quilted duvet (lol, that would be a lot of work)

make or find a white eyelet shower curtain for my bath and a grey one for his bath

make or find a soft white rug for my bathroom

make a red woven rug for the bedroom

clean the sofa / find out why it’s sagging in the middle (i.e. broken) and fix it

find under the bed storage for our blankets/sheets (that would help the closet org) We almost thought we found this one day with something we already had at the house, but it ran into the rails. I can’t remember what it was now, but it was seriously so close.

make red and black pillowcases for the bedroom

make fused plastic lunch bags for the shop

Blog about/photograph weeknight dinners.

tutorial for no-glue fabric covered button thumbtacks

Figure out how to remove stains from the laundry better

Figure out how to be a better/more thrifty housekeeper

Clean out the magazine stack

Make a monthly cookbook that highlights simple/cheap recipes for food in season

Sew a blazer (That’s ambitious!)

Move my blog from a wordpress.com blog to a wordpress.org blog.

Figure out how to hide the refrigerator/microwave cord. (Probably not a problem for most people, but when I take a picture you’ll agree, it’s a problem)

Make/buy a padded sleeve for my laptop.

Things I’ve finished! (i.e. things I need to tell you about by writing a new post)

Grey Crochet Cord Cover

find a recycling center (and actually go there)

apron for the sassy apron swap

build or find a shelf that will raise the extra fridge in the pantry off the ground

set up a recycling area in the apartment

lose 10 lbs

Hope you’ve enjoyed my list this week. I’ll be posting about the finished projects soon!