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TruncatedDomesDepot.com: New Expanded Website

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TruncatedDomesDepot.com: New Expanded Website

The Truncated Domes Depot website offers individuals, commercial builders and contractors, small business owners, schools and property managers, direct access to purchase American Made ADA and California compliant truncated domes in all styles, colors, and sizes.

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Concrete (the surface under truncated domes) that sucks CO2 out of the air?

Concrete (the surface under truncated domes) that sucks CO2 out of the air?

A new way to make concrete (the surface under truncated domes) that doesn’t pollute... Cement plants are major league emitters of carbon dioxide, which is blamed for climate change.

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Are Truncated Domes a Secret Skateboarding Deterrent?

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Are Truncated Domes a Secret Skateboarding Deterrent?

Almost every week we get an inquiry along these lines:  "Greetings, Truncated Domes Depot.  The other day when I was coming out of CostCo I pushed my overloaded shopping cart across those bumpy yellow things, you know, I call them "beer shakers," but youse guys call them trunkerated domes or something like that.  Anyway, I had a brilliant idea: I can use those bumpy domes things to get rid of all the annoying skateboarders who are always doing their thing on my property! I mean, those dang daredevil kamikazes are putting me at risk for liability and law suits and...

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Are The Nation’s Schools Following The ADA?

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Are The Nation’s Schools Following The ADA?

A group of federal lawmakers is requesting an investigation into accessibility at the nation's schools. Members of Congress are asking for a federal investigation into whether schools across the country are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Nearly thirty years after passage of the landmark disability rights law, three lawmakers are asking the Government Accountability Office to find out if the nation’s schools are as accessible as they should be. “Students with disabilities, from New York City to coastal Virginia and all across the country, are entitled to a ‘free, appropriate public education’ under the Individuals with Disabilities Education...

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Illegal Pot Shops Still Have to Follow Access Laws, Suits Argue

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Illegal Pot Shops Still Have to Follow Access Laws, Suits Argue

Since September, a San Diego man has filed nine lawsuits against properties hosting unpermitted marijuana storefronts, alleging landlords are discriminating against disabled customers. Illegal storefronts likely have a higher incentive to settle such suits rather go to court, which would make their existence much more conspicuous. Karel Spikes wanted to buy marijuana. He just couldn’t get his wheelchair through the door. Since September, the San Diego-based entertainer has filed nine civil rights lawsuits against properties hosting unpermitted marijuana storefronts. Citing state and federal disability laws, Spikes alleges that the landlords are discriminating against people like him because they haven’t provided...

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