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Residents of Sequim and Port Angeles and neighborhoods around those cities might now qualify for grants to replace old, uncertified wood stoves with cleaner home heating systems.

The Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA) secured a Wood Smoke Reduction grant from the state Department of Ecology to provide wood stove replacement rebates for the more densely populated areas of Clallam County.

One of the primary pollutants within ORCAAs jurisdiction is fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and the main source of that pollutant is burning, according to a press release from the agency.

With the removal of just 60 uncertified wood stoves from the community, residents will reduce emissions by 10 tons of PM2.5 per year, Dan Nelson, public information officer for ORCAA, said in the release.

The Wood Stove Replacement Incentive is available for residents of the most densely populated regions of Clallam, Mason and Thurston counties who burn at least one cord of wood per year.

To verify address eligibility, see here: bit.ly/Woodstove-replacements.

Residents who live in qualifying locations must remove and destroy one or more pre-2000 certified wood stoves, pre-2000 certified fireplace inserts, uncertified wood stoves and uncertified fireplace inserts.

Available rebates are:

$1,200 for installation of any natural gas, propane or electric heating system.

$1,800 for installation of heat pumps, including Ductless Heat Pumps (DHP).

$750 for installation of pellet stoves.

Residents who simply want to remove and destroy an old, uncertified wood appliance without installing a new gas or electric appliance might qualify for a $500 bounty.

To participate in the program, contact your local hearth products dealer or HVAC installer. ORCAA works with those contractors, making it easier for the consumer.

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The ridiculous popularity of Popeyes' fried chicken sandwich is definitely a shot across the bow of industry leader Chick-fil-A. But the return of the limited-time offer from Popeyes -- aRestaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) chain -- is a much bigger threat to McDonald's (NYSE:MCD), which still doesn't have a viable chicken sandwich of its own.

After the hit sandwich popped up at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in August, McDonald's admitted its own sales "did go a little bit the opposite way" in the third quarter, although it gained hamburger market share.

Now with Popeyes bringing the sandwich back this month, and notwithstanding all the other turmoil McDonald's finds itself in these days, it suggests the burger chain could be tarnished once again as it continues to struggle getting customers to visit its restaurants. Without an attractive chicken sandwich response, McDonald's franchisees are left standing on the sidelines.

The Popeyes fried chicken sandwich is back. Image source: Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen.

Popeyes knows fried chicken, having been in business for over 45 years. But before its buyout in 2017 by Restaurant Brands International, it was largely an also-ran behind Chick-fil-A, which has long been the favorite of teens and adults alike, and Yum! Brands'KFC.

Yet the acquisition infused the chicken chain with a new sense of purpose as Restaurant Brands wanted to see innovation occur at a faster pace. The fried chicken sandwich landed at just the right time because chicken has become the favorite protein of American consumers as beef fades.

According to the National Chicken Council, per capita consumption of chicken is expected to exceed 95 pounds this year, compared with about 57 pounds for beef and 51 pounds for pork. Back in 1992, chicken and beef were about even at 66 pounds per capita.

The popularity of chicken catapulted Chick-fil-A into the third largest fast-food chain by sales last year, pushing it ahead of Taco Bell, Burger King, and Wendy'sand knocking Subway out of third place. McDonald's remains tops, with Starbucks second.

The response to the sandwich was phenomenal. Systemwide sales were up over 15% in the third quarter on top of an 8% gain last year, and comparable sales -- an important metric to understand if you invest in restaurant stocks -- soared 9.7% versus a negligible 0.5% gain in the year-ago period.

No doubt Popeyes fried chicken is as good as everyone says. But it took some snarky tweets to get social media to notice before the sandwich actually gained traction, and now it's almost a cultural phenomenon. When the sandwich hit restaurants on Nov. 3, there were lines out the door at my local Popeyes, and it was no coincidence it was relaunched on a Sunday -- the one day of the week Chick-fil-A is closed.

Hoping to avoid the shortages that occurred last time, Popeyes promised there would be plenty of chicken sandwiches to go around, though in some areas it still reportedly ran out. And franchisees were hiring more staff to handle the crush of customers clamoring for the sandwich.

It doesn't bode well for McDonald's. While it responded with a limited-time chicken offer of its own after Popeyes ran out,it didn't really pay off. Comps rose 4.8% for the quarter, but that was based on promotions, store remodels, and higher prices. Customer traffic was still negative,and it will only further agitate franchisees who have complained about the lack of a premium chicken sandwich that could compete against the likes of Chick-fil-A.

As a national chain and the industry leader, it's surprising McDonald's doesn't have one on its menu, the McChicken sandwich notwithstanding. Still, its chicken sandwich is just one of the things that needs fixing, and with Popeyes coming back with a second helping that so far seems just as popular as the first, investors might be left squawking when McDonald's reports fourth-quarter earnings.

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Leading providers of home improvement solutions, 800 Remodeling has established a new eco-friendly recycling solution for old home materials. Recycling old materials, like pavers, allow the company to re-create a new eco-friendly & energy-efficient material. The company offers the recycling solution with no additional cost.

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After weeks of work, a team of elementary school students will put a wide-range of skills on display this weekend when they take their city shaping, affordable housing and interpersonal skills with hopes of advancing past the first round of the annual First Lego League competition.

The UCode Lego team, which has been meeting for two months at UCodes Ithaca Mall location and working on the project, includes four students from two local schools. Avital Sagan, Shaan Jena and Eafan Chen all go to Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School, while Robert Kong attends Northeast Elementary School. They are coached by David Sagan, a Cornell physicist and senior research associate. The competition is being held this weekend in Corning, with 17 teams competing from around the region. If the UCode team is able to place in the top 40 percent of participants, they move onto the next round of competitors. UCode is a learning program that teaches kids coding and computer programming, among other tech-centric skills.

The team has been working to construct a course and program a robot since the summer. The robot is controlled by a computer that the kids have pre-programmed, mapping out its movements around a city that they have constructed using Legos. The course includes several tasks that the robot, which is also made of Legos, should accomplish, including releasing a swingset and dropping an anvil, among others. The students have 90 seconds to complete all this, meaning they cant waste much time with mistakes or missed tasks.

It all depends how efficient we are, Jena said at a recent practice.

The number of tasks they are able to accomplish are worth certain amounts of points that are added together to compile a final score, along with points picked up from other competition criteria. The robotics aspect makes up one of the three total portions of the competition. The other two are called Core Values, which measures how the teammates interact with each other and the way they handle respecting the other teams while in competition with them, and Innovation Project.

The Innovation Project requires teams to identify a societal problem and then create a solution for it, quite separate from the robot competition. Ithacans ought to be familiar with the problem the team chose to tackle: affordable housing. With so much discussion about that, though, the team wanted to choose a new potential approach to the problem, which led them to settle on a new kind of construction, modular housing, instead of the more conventionally discussed options. The team prepared a PowerPoint presentation, with each member researching and making a different slide, to explain their solution.

Modular housing is made off-site in a factory, then transported to its site and placed on a permanent foundation. This is what separates it from mobile homes, as once they are set in place the intention is for them to stay there long-term. Modular housing is noted for its affordability, since their production is cheaper than on-site home construction, and also its energy-efficiency advantages that are usually included during its factory construction. The team said they felt that modular housing isnt as discussed as other affordable housing solutions, and so, to keep with their intention of thinking outside the box, they chose it as their solution.

We wanted to help the homeless, but we already have a homeless shelter here, Avital Sagan said. So we did research, and modular housing seems kind of underrated.

Confidence is important as well. So, does the team think they will be able to win? When asked, the answer is a resounding no. Then a small pause. As they test the robot, theyre right, sometimes it doesnt work; twice in a row its motions are not strong enough to set the chain of events in motion that will drop the anvil as it is supposed to do. On the third attempt, it works, drawing small cheers from Kong and Jena as they watch.

Its important to have positive expectations, Avital Sagan said.

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Could modular, pre-fabricated homes be the answer toNew Zealand's housing shortage?

Nautilus Modular'shome that can be builtin a week debutedthis week, sparking several hundred inquiries from potential buyers over 24 hours.

General manager Jason Watkins said the interest had been "extraordinary".

The company had been contacted by families looking for their first home,product designers and large-scale developers and was already having discussions with "a number of parties", he said.

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Founder Peter Marshall hoped the products would get the support of Kiwis who werestruggling to find affordable, comfortable homes.

The prefabricated, standardised modules are not limited to residential dwellings but could also be used asschool rooms, hiking huts and commercial buildings.

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A peek inside a Nautilus Modular home.

But it's not clear yet how much of a disruption - if any - they couldcreate in the stretched construction sector.

Principal economist at theNew Zealand Institute of Economic Research Eilya Torshizian said modular homes offered a valuable addition to the property market.

"It's providing choices and helping people to construct in a short timeframe. At a larger scale we still don't know what are the preferences of New Zealandhouseholds for modular building," he said.

Nautilus Modular

These pavilion-style homes can be installed in less than a week.

Kiwis might enjoy the option to customise the design, but larger-scale developments using modular homes would probably resultin them looking very similar.

Wider constraints in the sector - the lengthy building consent process, supply chain issues, the size of the market - might not be solved by the introduction of modular homes, he said.

But New Zealand could learn from other countries that had already adopted the modular construction method. They were widely used in Scandinavia, Torshizian said.

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Peter Marshall, founder of Nautilus Modular, hopes to establish factories across the country to build his modular, prefabricated homes.

"I personally have some doubts about how materialthe role of modular systems in the construction process in New Zealand will be in comparison to other constraints."

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SARANAC LAKE Point Positive, an angel investor group based in Saranac Lake, meets with vetted entrepreneurs for pitch sessions twice a year. This October, seven member investors and Point Positive Coordinator Melinda Little met at Workshop in Lake Placid to hear from three entrepreneurs.

Decisions to invest or not are up to the member investors, and the time commitment is tailored to preference. Members can lead, mentor, advise or just monitor, and invest on an individual basis in fully vetted, promising ventures across multiple industry sectors.

The three companies that presented needed various areas of support.

Provider One is a start-up medical scribing business out of Syracuse seeking seed money to develop an app that will allow users to do scribing remotely. The woman-owned, woman-run company is looking to relocate to the North Country and proceed with a beta phase. Provider One became familiar with Point Positive through former entrepreneurs in whom Point Positive has invested previously.

MCM Development, developers from Malone who have already developed apartments in the Richardson building (with a waiting list), are looking to create an Opportunity Zone Fund to help accelerate their second project, the River Building, which is already 55% complete. At the pitch event investors learned about the opportunity to put capital gains in the project so they pay less capital gains or none, depending on the length of time their money is invested.

New Leaf founder and architect Tim McCarthy, who currently operates out of a warehouse in Bombay, New York, attended the pitch event seeking advice to further his business and manufacturing plans. He has produced customized versions of net-zero modular homes and has developed a design for a single-box version. He has a vision of building these homes now in large quantities in an expanded facility in Bombay. He is looking to establish next steps financially as he works to verify the cost to produce and source interest with pre-funding. Point Positive member investors have expressed and shown interest, and Point Positive is facilitating the process whereby interns from Clarksons Shipley Center will assist McCarthy with the financial analyses needed.

Investments committed to entrepreneurs through Point Positive are taxed a modest percentage to support Point Positives overall operations. In addition, potential investors are charged an annual membership fee that allows them to participate in Point Positives research and due diligence, and to attend the semi-annual pitch sessions. Over the past four years, Point Positive has vetted more than 40 ventures from a wide range of industries, committing over $3 million in capital, fueling new jobs and a stronger, diversified economy in the Adirondacks.

The next pitch events are scheduled for next year: Friday, July 31 and Monday, Oct. 5, 2020.

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Mart Research new study, Global Manufactured Housing MarketReport cover definite aggressive standpoint including the piece of the overall industry & profiles of the key members working in the worldwide market.

The global Manufactured Housing market will reach Volume Million USD in 2019 and with a CAGR xx% between 2020-2026.

Manufactured Housing Market Segment as follows:

Manufactured Housing Market by Type(Market Size & Forecast, Major Company of Product Type etc.):

Mobile Homes

Modular Homes

Pre-cut Homes

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Manufactured Housing Market by Application(Market Size & Forecast, Different Demand Market by Region, Main Consumer Profile etc.):

Residential

Commercial

Others

Manufactured Housing Key Companies(Sales Revenue, Price, Gross Margin, Main Products etc.):

Clayton Homes

Champion Home Builders

Schult Homes

Hammond

Manufactured Housing Enterprises, Inc.

Cavco

BonnaVilla

Crest Homes

Titan Homes

Sunshine Homes

River Birch

Pine Grove Homes

Nashua Builders

Moduline Homes

Marlette Homes

Karsten Homes

Kent Homes

Giles Industries

Fleetwood

Design Homes

Franklin Homes

Destiny Home Builders

Commodore Corporation

American Homestar Corporation

Colony Homes

Cappaert Manufactured Housing

Cardinal Homes

Chariot Eagle

Golden West Homes

HALLMARK-SOUTHWEST

Manufactured Housing By Region

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Some Points from Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Industry Overview

1.1 Manufactured Housing Industry

1.1.1 Overview

1.1.2 Products of Major Companies

1.2 Market Segment

1.2.1 Industry Chain

1.2.2 Consumer Distribution

1.3 Price & Cost Overview

Chapter 2 Manufactured Housing Market by Type

2.1 By Type

2.1.1 Mobile Homes

2.1.2 Modular Homes

2.1.3 Pre-cut Homes

2.2 Market Size by Type

2.3 Market Forecast by Type

Chapter 3 Global Market Demand

3.1 Segment Overview

3.1.1 Residential

3.1.2 Commercial

3.1.3 Others

3.2 Market Size by Demand

3.3 Market Forecast by Demand

Chapter 4 Major Region Market

4.1 Global Market Overview

4.1.1 Market Size & Growth

4.1.2 Market Forecast

4.2 Major Region

4.2.1 Market Size & Growth

4.2.2 Market Forecast

Chapter 5 Major Companies List

5.1 Clayton Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.2 Champion Home Builders (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.3 Schult Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.4 Hammond (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.5 Manufactured Housing Enterprises, Inc. (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.6 Cavco (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.7 BonnaVilla (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.8 Crest Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.9 Titan Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.10 Sunshine Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.11 River Birch (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.12 Pine Grove Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.13 Nashua Builders (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.14 Moduline Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.15 Marlette Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.16 Karsten Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.17 Kent Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.18 Giles Industries (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.19 Fleetwood (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.20 Design Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.21 Franklin Homes (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.22 Destiny Home Builders (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.23 Commodore Corporation (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

5.24 American Homestar Corporation (Company Profile, Sales Data etc.)

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Temporary supportive housing on Terminal Avenue. (File photo)

Supreme Courts ruling a mean-spirited example of establishment versus the people, says letter writer

To the editor,

Re: Temporary supportive housing isnt subject to zoning, says Supreme Court, Nov. 12

After the provincial government overrode zoning bylaws with a community-destroying project, a resident went to the B.C. Supreme Court on behalf of herself and the neighbourhood. The court not only ruled against her, however. On the defendants request, the court ordered she pay the defendants costs. Thats an especially arrogant, mean-spirited expression of the establishment versus the people. Our provincial government, especially our MLA, should be deeply ashamed.

And by the way, the site isnt temporary. The modular homes are temporary the location will later house a permanent building for the same purpose.

Greg Klein, Nanaimo

RELATED: Terminal Ave supportive housing lawsuit goes before B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo

The views and opinions expressed in this letter to the editor are those of the writer and do not reflect the views of Black Press or the Nanaimo News Bulletin. If you have a different view, we encourage you to write to us or contribute to the discussion below.

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Italian designerLuca Nichetto has created furnishings, including tables, sofas and benches, to be used in workspaces, residences and museum galleries.

Designed in collaboration with American brand Bernhardt Design, the Luca Collection marks Nichetto's US furniture debut. The designer wanted to create "universal" pieces that suit various environments and that can be arranged both collectively and individually.

"The brief was to create a modular seating system so I immediately gravitated towards designing something universal, meaning that it works as a collective but also as freestanding pieces," the designer said.

"These days public spaces are becoming more like home, and our homes are becoming more public, so why not do something that can cross over to both worlds?" Nichetto added.

"I wanted to do a project that emphasised the idea of 'connecting by communicating,' designing a classical typology as a modular seat with a little twist, allowing it to fit into any environment."

The 41 pieces in the collection all feature "gentle curves" and were designed for display and use in a range of interiors.

"The collection, with its uniformity and gentle curves, was conceived to anchor open spaces in diverse environments ranging from museum galleries and corporate lounges to modern living rooms," Nichetto continued.

Seating options in Luca include upholstered benches, loveseats, chaises, and sofas, which easily connect to one another either linearly or by their curved corners. All of the pieces come in modular and can be re-configure in a number of ways.

Upholstery on the pieces is also customisable and can include any of Bernhardt Textile's designs, leather, or leather alternatives. Legs are available in a polished aluminium, matte black or satin white.

To make the series adaptable to working environments, the designer has inset a flat, wood board into several of the pieces that can be used as a work surface or end table. Several outlet ports for charging devices or lamps are also included.

Freestanding rectangular and circular benches and poufs are designed to provide colourful accents to the larger furnishings, which feature the same curved forms in their design.

Tables in the collection were designed to meet the various needs of both commercial and domestic settings and come in a variety of shapes and heights. Designs include rounded accent tables, rectangular coffee tables and circular laptop stands.

Finishes for the tabletops include oak, walnut, solid laminate or Corian and cast aluminium or matte on the angled legs.

Luca Nichetto founded Nichetto Studio in 2006. His previous projects include a colourful lighting collection that uses Murano glass and the Canal Chair which pays homage to Venice through its boat like form and pattern.

Bernhardt Design was started in 1980 by the 130-year-old Bernhardt Furniture Company and represents many designers including Ross Lovegrove, No Duchaufour-Lawrance and Yves Behar. In 2015 French designer No Duchaufour-Lawrance created a collection of oval shaped lounges for the brand and to celebrate its 125th anniversary it commissioned several designers to reinterpret a piece of traditional American furniture.

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The future of Kiwi homes may be found in those that look the same and can be put up fast.

Currently around 10 per cent of new homes are flatpack or pre-fabricated, meaning they're built off-site and transported, or put together like Lego blocks from a factory.

But that's expected to expand, with planned Government changes and new tech taking up residency around the country.

Wanaka company Nautilus Modular claims its factory homes can be made the fastest.

Bunnings believes its flatpack homes are among the cheapest.

And Fletcher Building reckons the factory it makes them in is the biggest.

Scott Fisher, Prefab NZ CEO, says its a growing industry.

It's an industry going from strength to strength and there's a lot of great innovation happening in the sector, he says.

Prefabricated homes have been around in New Zealand for a long time.

The 1920's railway housing scheme used pattern books and prefab as did much of the state housing in the 1930's and 50's.

Despite this just 10 per cent of new builds today are constructed off-site.

"In reality there's going to be the market but the issues related to financing of the product in the first instance are significant, planning for the product resource consenting the product, and then residual value, says John Tookey, AUT Engineering Professor.

Another problem, New Zealanders want big, traditional houses.

But a series of changes are tipped to make prefabricated homes a lot more attractive such as streamlining consent processes.

You can strip out a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of hurdles put in the way of getting rapid consents in place, says Mr Tookey.

Up to 90 per cent of homes already have at least some prefabricated parts - like roof or wall trusses, or whole bathroom modules for apartments thats expected to increase too.

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