KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 (Bernama) -- The hot and dry spell Malaysia is currently experiencing, which is expected to last until end-March, is causing the public to become jittery.

Besides health concerns like fatigue and higher risk of stroke due to the extreme temperatures, the public, especially Klang Valley residents, are also worried about a looming water crisis and water rationing exercise, similar to what they had faced last year.

There is already cause for concern because the Sungai Selangor dam, which supplies water to 60 percent of consumers in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Selangor, has been seeing its water level dropping since Feb 2.

According to the National Water Services Commission index, the average domestic water consumption per person in Malaysia was 210 litres in 2013, enough to fill up 140, 1.5-litre-capacity, bottles.

The consumption level is considerably high when compared to the World Health Organisation's recommendation of 165 litres per capita domestic consumption.

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It is worth pondering why most urban Malaysians are totally dependent on their supply of treated water to carry out daily activities like washing their toilets, floors and cars and watering their gardens. Why don't they consider performing these tasks using rainwater?

In kampungs, it is not uncommon to see villagers placing huge jars or containers outside their homes to collect rainwater, which they use for washing purposes or watering their plants.

National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM) Director-General Datuk Ir Ahmad Jamaluddin Shaaban said it was unfortunate that most people still did not realise the value of reusing rainwater

"Rainwater goes to waste just like that, it's not given any value... when there's not enough water, we panic.

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Mantecas ugly ducking thoroughfare Moffat Boulevard is inching closer to swan status.

The $1.16 million Moffat Community Center in the 500 block that is expected to break ground in the coming weeks is the latest city investment along the road that once served as the southern Highway 99 entrance to Manteca. The city may also locate a dog park along Moffat this year as well.

The City Council reaffirmed last month during their goal setting and budget review workshop that eliminating blight along Moffat Boulevard is still a city priority.

Moffat Boulevard just over 19 years ago was one of the last few left exits for northbound traffic traveling Highway 99 through the Central Valley.

Once motorists crossed over southbound traffic on an arching bridge they were dumped onto Moffat that ran past tumbleweed infested fields, an aging cattle feed lot, the back entrance to Spreckels Sugar, shuttered businesses, inexpensive motels, abandoned gas stations, dilapidated buildings, recycling centers and not much more until they reached South Main Street.

Ten years ago the city launched an effort to breathe new life into Moffat. The city with the community center construction will have invested almost $13 million along Moffat during the past decade.

Among the municipal investments:

The Spreckels Park BMX Park.

Extending Industrial Park Drive across the railroad tracks to Moffat where it intersects with Spreckels Avenue.

A landscaped storm basin complete with trees.

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Justice Secretary Leila de Lima slams Arroyo allies over actions that can 'be contemplated as conspiracies relating to sedition, rebellion, or coup d' etat'

WORST CRISIS. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III responds to questions on February 6, 2015, after he delivers his second televised address regarding the killing of 44 police officers in a clash in southern Philippines. Photo by Ritchie Tongo/EPA

MANILA, Philippines The government vows to apply the full force of the law against the President's critics who push for an unconstitutional and illegal power grab, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Sunday, February 22.

De Lima singled out the National Transformation Council (NTC), a group composed of allies of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

The group includes Norberto Gonzales, a former defense secretary and national security adviser under the Arroyo administration.

In a statement, De Lima slammed the NTC for urging the installation of a civilian-military junta. She pointed out that the group wants to become the de facto government of the Philippines.

She also criticized the NTC for proposing or conspiring to commit the crime of coup d'etat, as when it requested the military's support.

The NTCs pronouncements and publicly declared strategy for the capture of state power through active military support to the NTC are therefore acts which already constitute conspiracy or proposal to commit rebellion and coup d etat (Art. 136 in relation to Arts. 134 and 134-A, Revised Penal Code), conspiracy to commit sedition (Art. 141 in relation to Art. 139, RPC) or, at the very least, inciting to sedition (Art. 142, RPC), as well as illegal assemblies (Art. 146, RPC), the justice secretary said.

She explained: A junta by any other sanitized name is still illegal and unconstitutional. By calling for people power and military support to force the Presidents 'resignation' in order to pave the way for a junta, the NTC and its mushrooming allied alphabet soup organizations of discredited government officials consisting of charged plunderers, grafters, and tax evaders, or of those under investigation for such crimes, may have just crossed the line of legitimate dissent.

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Published: Thursday, 2/19/2015 - Updated: 17 hours ago PEACH WEEKENDER | SPECIAL EVENTS

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As February winds down, the city of Perrysburg winds up for its annual Winterfest, featuring three days of ice carving plus a flurry of family-friendly activities.

Set for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday along Louisiana Avenue in downtown Perrysburg and in The Town Center at Levis Commons, the Perrysburg Winterfest presented by Ed Schmidt Auto Group is hosted by Downtown Perrysburg Inc. and The Town Center at Levis Commons.

This most certainly is not ice carving amateur hour. Rather, this is a National Ice Carving Association-sanctioned, three-day event with the U.S. National Ice Carving Championship as the weekend highlight. Twenty first-class master and professional ice carvers will compete for $15,000 in prize money and the 2015 national title.

Area residents are invited to watch the technical and creative expertise of the professional ice carvers as they carve out their art live on Friday at Levis Commons and Saturday in downtown Perrysburg.

In addition, more than 100 ice carvings, including numerous carvings commissioned by area businesses and organizations, will be on exhibit during the three-day event.

A variety of childrens activities crafts, guest appearances by princesses, story times, and scavenger hunts are planned in downtown Perrysburg and at Levis Commons.

Music, food, and other attractions are part of the Winterfest lineup. For additional details, visit perrysburgwinterfest.org.

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FLORHAM PARK - What better time to think about pool fees than the dead of winter?

While the Borough Council listed municipal pool fees on its meeting agenda for Jan. 22, there was no action due to the sensitivity of the issue: raising fees 18 percent for senior citizens and 9 percent for everyone else.

The council instead decided to table the introduction of the pool fee ordinance, by a 4-2 vote. Councilman Scott Carpenter abstained and Councilman William Zuckerman voted against the motion to table. Carrying the motion were Council President Charles Malone Jr., Councilmen Charles Germershausen and Thomas Michalowski, and Councilwoman Carmen Cefolo-Pane.

Although the municipal pool is in the midst of an expensive renovation, Malone indicated the scope of the proposed fee increases still gave him pause.

'Rushed'

"I moved to table the proposed ordinance, because -- as written -- it indicated an 18 percent increase for senior citizens and a 9 percent increase for all others," the council president said after the meeting.

"At that time, the proposed ordinance had been rushed to introduction without adequate time or opportunity for proper discussion, review, and analysis by myself and by borough staff," he added.

Mayor Mark Taylor suggested that the council would revisit the issue at a later date.

There is time. The Florham Park Municipal Pool, located off Vreeland Avenue, is scheduled to open for weekends as of the Memorial Day weekend in May, with regular hours beginning on Saturday, June 21.

The borough awarded a contract for a $1 million makeover of the pool last fall to CFM Construction of the Stirling section of Long Hill Township.

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