The gift is the latest in a year in which city parks emerged as major beneficiaries of philanthropy, joining more traditional recipients like museums, hospitals and universities.
But to the surprise of many lawmakers, the senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, both Democrats, ended up favoring the traditional recipients of commodity subsidies, inadvertently undermining the conservation programs promoted by most of the state's farmers.
The United Way has cut back on its contributions to traditional recipients, like the American Heart Association, and poured money into programs that will help train new immigrants for jobs and help them buy homes.
The Liberals and latterly Lib Dems have been the big gainers, as the traditional recipients of the protest vote - at least before 2010: 20 seats gained and none lost.
Bilaterally, Lusophone countries were the traditional recipients of Brazilian health assistance, with Mozambique, Timor-Leste and Guinea Bissau topping the list of beneficiaries between 2005 and 2010.
India's emergence as a regional and global power, the 2012 annual letter from the U.S. Agency for International Development said, "creates an opportunity to evolve the traditional donor recipient model of development into a true partnership".
The traditional donor-recipient models should be broken down through building virtual communities which openly share ideas and expertise around their problems, and co-produce knowledge.
As emerging economies that still have their own development requirements, the Ibsa members are determined to distance themselves as far as possible from traditional donor-recipient relationships.
The Tripoli summit follows the 2007 meeting of European and African governments, which changed the tone of talks between the continents, introducing key phrases such as a "partnership of equals" and promises to move beyond the traditional "donor-recipient relationship".
Solar disinfection was performed using two types of reactors: (i) 20-L batch borosilicate glass reactors equipped with CPC to optimize solar irradiation, and (ii) 1.5-L PET bottles, i.e. the traditional SODIS recipients commonly used for disinfection of drinking water in developing communities.
