In all, the district will emit 70 percent less carbon dioxide and consume 30 percent less water than an equivalent conventional community.

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That analysis shows significantly less effectiveness than what has been the conventional wisdom within the scientific community, Osterholm said.

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Trust spokesman John Oliver told BBC News the additional staff would be able to provide a "conventional" ambulance station service for the growing local community at the new town of Cranbrook.

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The tactic might seem counter to the conventional notions of summer jobs, an opportunity once reserved for a community's local unemployed hands.

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This practical and related-to-real-life type of learning is the result of the combination of traditional classroom-based learning with activities outside the school which do not only include conventional homework, but also several opportunities for learners to involve their community members in the learning process.

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Interest in this area came first from the alternative medicine community, but interest and systematic investigative research into it has grown in conventional medicine.

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"The international community can claim full ownership of this treaty, which will make trade in conventional arms more responsible and transparent, thus reducing human suffering and tangibly contributing to international peace, security and stability, " Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, said in a written statement.

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She said conventional appointments were not meeting women's needs, and other kinds of support such as community drop-in centres should be considered.

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