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Ben Newhouse, the Hurricane city manager of Putnam country said that the West Virginia Affordable Housing Trust Fund has presented the city of Hurricane, with an amount of $35,700 for the home repairs of the citizens with low to moderate-income. This amount will be utilized to purchase materials for the home repairs.

The city of Hurricane will offer a town named Eleanor with $10,000 out of $35,700 grant. Moreover, a non-profit making organization named Rebuilding Together, has donated $15,000 to the REACH Work camps program for the home repairs to take place in the Eleanor area.

M.R. Newhouse also said that the REACH Work camps are going to provide rehabilitation and home repairs for almost 180 Putnam County homes by this summer. The website named www.reachwc.org provides a lot more facts about the Reach Work camps program. This program manages volunteers and assists them to finish with the initial project of home repairs meant for the low-income families as well as the old and disabled citizens of the country.

Newhouse said that "This program is very advantageous for the local economy as the last year's camp in Hurricane generated over a $320,000 infusion for the local economy. The camps are the best way to teach skills like carpentry to the high school youth.

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Autoclaves are invented to sterilize laboratory equipment using high pressure. Its use technically exceeds the water's boiling point and disinfects things in 15-20 minutes at 120 degrees Celsius. The normal boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius. There are small and big autoclaves. One can use either of the two depending on the size of the laboratory equipment that will be sterilized. The smaller one generally looks like a regular pressure cooker and the big one typically looks like an oven.

When autoclaves were invented, it was aimed at killing germs and bacteria from laboratory equipment and other medical instruments that would fit in it. The high pressure it makes boils the water 20 degrees Celsius higher than its normal boiling point. This is a temperature that easily kills microbes and disinfects the items.

The term "autoclave" comes from the Greek word 'auto' meaning self and Latin word 'clavis' meaning key. Together it means self-locking device. The lock of the autoclave contributes to the high pressure inside that makes the air molecules unable to escape. The steam helps in the boiling of water and the killing of microbes. Like some of the pressure cookers, autoclaves have a valve chamber where the steam pressure is monitored to ensure that the steam created is at safe level. Check the internet and read more about autoclaves.

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The authorities of the University of Alabama have decided to make renovations of the Sam Bailey Track Stadium situated on the Hackberry Lane. Besides renovating the stadium, they have also planned to construct a new facility for UA's women's rowing team.

The cost of the renovations of the track stadium as predicted by the authorities of UA is around $3.45 million. The proposal for the renovations will be presented by the Board of Trustees in the meeting which will take place on Thursday.

Lynda Gilbert, who is the vice president of financial affairs, mentioned in her letter to President Robert E. Witt that "The renovations will contribute in the university and will remain competitive among NCAA track and field programs." The documents of the proposals provided by the trustees show that the renovations are mandatory for meeting the requirements of NCAA as well as to improve the appearance of the stadium.

These renovations include the construction of new track surface, improvement in the present press box, restrooms, concessions as well as storage areas. Besides these, a new scoreboard, sound system, aluminum bleachers will also be constructed. The university authorities are willing to complete the renovations before the first meeting of the track team for the 2012.