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Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation
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Belt Loop and Pin
Wildlife Conservation Academics Belt Loop
Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation requirements
Belt Loop Requirements
Complete these three requirements:
Academics Pin Requirements
Earn the Wildlife Conservation belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
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- Earning the Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout is requirement 13 of the Webelos Naturalist Activity Badge.
Requirement resources
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Related awards
- 5G. Hike at a nature center state or national park for Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Pin #1 or #8.
- Tiger Cub Electives
- 31. Learn about an endangered animal for Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop #3.
- 7b. Protecting natural resources - see Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Loop requirement #1.
- 7d. Service project - Clean up litter - see Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Pin requirement #9.
- Wolf Electives
- Elective 12f. could be met while completing Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop requirement 2
- 5c. Explain what a wildlife conservation officer does. - See Wildlife Conservation Pin requirement #7
- 5d. Visit one of the following... - See Wildlife Conservation Pin requirement #1
- 5e. Endangered species - See Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop requirement #3
- 6g. Take part in a den or pack neighborhood clean-up project. - See Wildlife Conservation Pin requirement #9
- Naturalist Activity Badge requirement 13. (earn the Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout)
- Cub Scout Science Pin requirement 8 could be combined with Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop requirement 3
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A LOT on my Plate
A LOT on my Plate
Create a talking point with this fabulously kitsch, vintage Johnson Bros china plate pair, upcycled with a collage made from ceramic decals.
Whether for yourself or as a one of a kind, cool gift, this fabulous, decorative plate set looks stunning displayed on a wall.
**NB: Heavy duty Velcro strips for safe and effortless hanging are supplied FREE with every plate pair.
The strips are ready for immediate use and full instructions are provided to ensure perfect alignment of the design across the two plates**
The top plate measures approximately 23 cms/9 inches and the bottom plate, 20.5 cms/8 inches.
The plates are really for decorative purposes - although they can be gently rinsed, in order to preserve the fragile design, please do not soak, scrub or place in a microwave or dishwasher.
Please be aware that you may see slight blemishes on the plate and/or fading in parts of the rim - I hope you will agree that these are true signs of having been pre loved and only add to it's quirky vintage character!


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Question for the Money Doctors
Question submitted on Apr 15, 2010.
QuestionI'm in good health and living on Social Security. I'm 82 and my wife is 80. I have access to a Reverse Mortgage Fund and am considering investing $10,000 to add income. What should I do without risking my investment? Thank you for your advice.
I personally am not that big on reverse mortgages due to the costs associated with them and an end result that could lead to a significant lack of flexibility down the road.
Some people I have come across are house rich and money poor. It is not uncommon in parts of California, New York, and other areas up and down the coasts to have a home worth millions, but a bank account worth only a few hundred thousand.
In those circumstances, I generally suggest that a close evaluation is made of what size home is necessary and to consider the location where you're living.
For instance, if the homeowner lives in California, significant benefits can be derived by downsizing and living in another state with lower or non existent income taxes and lower property taxes. California still has the Prop 13 for very slow growth in property taxes. However, if homes were purchased at a high tax base, there could be significant benefits in moving to a lower tax base.
In the financial planning area, having little savings can be the result of a lack of retirement planning with the end result of a lower standard of living, lower flexibility, and moving toward making decisions that may not be in the best interest of the reverse mortgage candidate.
For instance, a reverse mortgage will charge significant fees, in addition to unpaid interest accumulating, reducing what you could have had otherwise. I look at these as financial minimizers over time.
For more information, refer to the following Bankrate.com discussion. http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/financial_literacy/borrowing_money/reverse_mortgages_work_sheet_a1.asp
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'Citizen Scientists' To Help Gauge Wild Bee Population
Scientist Gretchen LeBuhn is trying to save the nation's wild bee population. But to achieve her goal, she's resorting to some unconventional means, namely the help of ordinary citizens from across the country.
On Saturday 100,000 'citizen scientist' volunteers will spend about 15 minutes counting the number of bees that visit "lemon queen" sunflowers they've planted following instructions on LeBuhn's website,www.greatsunflower.com. Participants will monitor the flowers for bees twice monthly through the end of the summer, uploading the information into a central database.
Studies have shown that pollinators affect 35 percent of the world's crop production, but climate change and a little-understood phenomenon called "colony collapse disorder" are threatening honey bees, a key pollinator. Though researchers have reported a drastic decline in the populations of domesticated honeybees since at least 2006, the statistics on wild bees have remained more elusive.
LeBuhn hopes the new data will help scientists identify where native bee populations are doing well and where they're doing poorly. Hopefully, the hundreds of thousands of sunflowers planted by volunteers will have the added benefits of providing wild bees with an enriched and expanded habitat.
"We're really leveraging science dollars to do a survey we could never do using traditional methods," said LeBuhn, an associate professor at San Francisco State University. "It would just be incredibly cost prohibitive. I was thinking of sending my grad students up to Napa [County] and having them count bees," she added. "But to do that at any bigger scale than one county would be impossible. So it's amazing to get all these people participating."
Participants don't need to know whether the bee they're watching is a bumblebee, a carpenter bee or a honeybee, LeBuhn said, though a guide available on her website can help with identification.
There are more than 4,000 different species of native bees in North America, according to Science Daily, but many of them have already disappeared. LeBuhn says that of the nine species of bumblebees known to live in the San Francisco area, researchers have only been able to find four of them in recent years.
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They have been called poor man's salmon and white shad. The exquisite taste of their meat is reflected in their Latin species name, sapidissima, meaning savory. They are American shad, largest member of the herring family.
Native Americans harvested shad during the annual spring spawning runs and taught colonists how to catch shad in order to feed their families. Dried shad has been credited with saving George Washington's troops from starvation as they camped along the Schuylkill River at Valley Forge. By the 1800s fishermen caught shad by the ton. Even farmers took advantage of this seemingly endless supply of fish, using shad as fertilizer for their fields. People prized shad for their succulent meat and tasty roe (eggs). Everyone eagerly awaited the spring migration of shad.
Here are other fish found in Chesapeake Bay:
Life History
Rising spring temperatures prompt shad to leave the ocean and return to the waters in which they were born. Biologists believe the fish find their natal streams through their uncanny sense of smell. Males arrive on the spawning grounds first, followed by egg-laden females. A female releases 100,000 to 600,000 eggs into the water to be fertilized by several males. Adult shad return to the ocean soon after spawning.
The transparent fertilized eggs are carried along by
the current. The larvae hatch in 4 to 12 days. Juvenile shad spend their
first summer in freshwater. By autumn, the young shad gather in schools
and swim to the ocean. They will live in the ocean from three to six years,
until sexually mature then return to freshwater to complete their life
cycle. This sustained a thriving shad population for centuries, but this
changed as America prospered.
Declining Populations
By the late 1800s, excessive harvesting took its toll on shad. This exploitation coupled with pollution and loss of spawning grounds began a downward spiral of shad populations. From an annual harvest of 17.5 million pounds at the turn of the century, Chesapeake shad harvests dwindled to less than 2 million pounds by the 1970s.
The Susquehanna was once the Bay's most important river for spawning shad. The Pennsylvania canal system, built in the 1830s, required feeder dams that restricted migration to the lower 45 miles of the river. Later, four hydroelectric dams eliminated all shad runs in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile people continued damming other rivers throughout the watershed.
Early attempts at creating fish passage, or fishways, around dams failed. Resource managers attempted to restore shad stocks by releasing hatchery-reared shad into rivers. This attempt proved futile since overfishing continued and spawning grounds remained blocked. Populations continued to decline and restocking efforts ceased by the 1930s.
Growth brought pollutants from mills, factories, mines and domestic sewage that degraded vital shad spawning grounds. Improper timber harvest and farming practices led to excessive erosion, further degrading rivers and streams.
Shad all but disappeared from the Potomac River by the 1950s. In 1980, Maryland shad harvests fell to a record low of 25,000 pounds and the state placed a moratorium on shad harvests in the Chesapeake Bay. Shad was one of the most abundant fish in Virginia. In the 1980s, catches ranged from two to three million pounds. In 1992, fishermen harvested less than 500,000 pounds. Virginia banned shad fishing in rivers and the Chesapeake Bay after the 1993 spring harvest.
Restoring American Shad
Shad restoration is underway in 15 river basins from Maine to Virginia. Success will depend upon improving water quality, preventing overfishing and reopening spawning grounds. The goal is to achieve self-sustaining runs of shad and to reopen hundreds of miles of spawning habitat. Federal and state agencies and private organizations, working together, developed an American Shad Fishery Management Plan. The plan calls for actions to restrict harvests, restore stocks, and provide fishways around dams and other barriers to spawning grounds.
One successful fish passage facility is an elevator system at Conowingo Dam near the mouth of the Susquehanna River. Two elevators, or fish lifts, move migrating fish to the top of the dam. The shad are sorted out and transported, by truck, 60 miles upstream, past 3 dams to their spawning grounds. Fish lifts at three other dams in Pennsylvania should be in place by the year 2000. Other fish passage efforts have focused on the Patapsco River in Maryland, the James River in Virginia and Rock Creek in the District of Columbia. More than 170 miles of spawning habitat are now open to anadromous fish.
Throughout the watershed, barriers are being removed or modified, opening spawning areas to shad and other migratory fish. Road culverts and gauging stations are being redesigned to provide the gradient and flow of water the fish need. Dams no longer in use can be breached. Breaching removes all or part of a dam to allow fish to swim upstream.
Dams still in use may require a fish ladder. A fish ladder is an inclined water channel structure with a series of baffles or weirs. The baffles interrupt and slow the flow of water, simulating pools and rapids. Fish swim up the ladder just as they would swim up natural rapids. Larger dams require fish lifts.
Fishways alone will not restore shad populations. After a stream blockage is removed, biologists must reintroduce shad into newly opened spawning grounds. Fertilized eggs and juvenile shad can be released into upriver areas. Another technique captures adults that are ready to spawn and releases them into newly accessible spawning areas.
Fishways and stocking must be reinforced by protecting important fish habitat. Larval fish are more susceptible to pollutants in the water and require good water quality to survive. Establishing sustainable harvests is also critical to restoration. Atlantic Coast states have agreed upon coast-wide harvest limits but not all states have enforced these limits through legislation. Coastal harvesting still intercepts many shad before they can reach protected waters to spawn.
Cooperation between federal and state agencies, private businesses and individuals is the key to successful restoration of shad and other living resources. The steps taken today to conserve migratory fish will sustain commercial and recreational fisheries now and for future generations.


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My girlfriend and I got together last Sat. and she brought me some of these to look at to see if I could make them. They were given to her from an elderly neighbor of hers.
After three tries I finally was able to figure them out.
I ended up making three different sizes. Large (casserole dish size)
Medium (large bowl) and small (for a cereal sz. bowl)
These are great for heating up that bowl of soup or chili or just about anything you can fit into a bowl and RE-HEAT in the microwave. You pick the whole thing up out of the microwave: bowl and all,l and place it on the table and "dig in". The nice thing about them is you do not need a pot holder and they are much easier to handle, and (of course) "they are washable".
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Beirut, Lebanon, Sep 15, 2012 / 12:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a speech to Lebanese leaders on Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI called for the strengthening of a "culture of peace" that is built upon respect for life, the family and religious liberty.
It is "quite demanding" to achieve peace, the Pope told a gathering of political, cultural and religious leaders at the Presidential Palace in the city of Baabda, Sept. 15. Peace involves "rejecting revenge, acknowledging one's faults, accepting apologies without demanding them, and, not least, forgiveness. Only forgiveness, given and received, can lay lasting foundations for reconciliation and universal peace."
He praised Lebanon as a Middle Eastern country where Christianity and Islam "have lived side by side for centuries." In Lebanon, he said, it is "not uncommon to see the two religions within the same family." If it is possible to have harmony within the same family, he asked, "why should it not be possible at the level of the whole of society?"
Pope Benedict had begun the second day of his apostolic visit with a private Mass at the Apostolic Nunciature of Harissa before being taken by car to the Presidential Palace. There he was greeted by the President of Lebanon, General Michel Sleiman. The two men then had a private meeting.
Following further meetings with the President of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, and the country's Prime Minister, Nagib Mikati, the Pope then held discussions with the leaders of Lebanon's Sunni, Shiite and Alawite Muslim communities, as well as with leaders of the Druze community.
The Pope's subsequent address to civil society leaders concerned "understanding and harmony between cultures and religions."
Religious coexistence and peace, he said, require a "profound transformation of mind and heart" at the level of the individual in order to recover both "a degree of clarity of vision and impartiality" and "the profound meaning of the concepts of justice and the common good."
Without this, the Pope warned, "all our coveted human 'liberations' prove disappointing" as they become "curtailed by our human narrowness, harshness, intolerance, favoritism and desire for revenge."
In order to build this desired "culture of peace," however, there has to be a constant need to "return to the wellsprings of our humanity."
"A person comes into this world in a family, which is the first locus of humanization, and above all the first school of peace," he said, "To build peace, we need to look to the family, supporting it and facilitating its task, and in this way promoting an overall culture of life."
The effectiveness of our commitment to peace, proposed the Pope, depends on our understanding of human life.
"If we want peace, let us defend life!" he urged.
This approach should lead society to reject not only war and terrorism "but every assault on innocent human life, on men and women as creatures willed by God."
Wherever this "truth of human nature is ignored or denied", he cautioned, it becomes impossible to respect the "grammar which is the natural law inscribed in the human heart."
Securing peace for future generations requires that we "educate for peace in order to build a culture of peace."
Education in both the family and the school must focus on "those spiritual values which give the wisdom and traditions of each culture their ultimate meaning and power," the Pope exhorted. "The human spirit has an innate yearning for beauty, goodness and truth."
The Pope's call for peace comes amid armed conflict in Lebanon's neighbor Syria between government and rebel forces. That conflict has at times reflected religious divisions.
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When the Republicans gather in Tampa, Fla., in August, the news media would love nothing more than a brokered or contested convention.
A convention that starts with any doubt about the identity of the nominee guarantees news. Otherwise it's just a pep rally.
But as things look today, chances are slim that the Republicans won't know in advance who they're nominating, says Josh Putnam, an expert on "delegate math."
"There's a less than 1 percent chance that we go to a deadlocked convention or contested convention," says Mr. Putnam, a political scientist at Davidson College in North Carolina. Putnam also writes the Frontloading HQ blog, where he crunches the numbers and explains the varying and complicated ways each state awards delegates.
Baked into Putnam's "1 percent" assertion is his forecast that April will be good to Republican front-runner Mitt Romney.
"He will potentially do quite well throughout April and be able to peel off quite a few delegates in those states," he says.
Seven states plus the District of Columbia hold primaries in April. The states are Maryland, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. All but Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, home state of Romney's top rival, Rick Santorum, are Romney territory, as is the District, where Mr. Santorum isn't on the ballot.
Even before April, Romney stands to rack up a solid share of delegates. Puerto Rico, which holds winner-take-all caucuses on Sunday, is now a sure thing for Romney after Santorum's gaffe on Wednesday, asserting that Puerto Ricans must adopt English as the official language if they want statehood.
Next Tuesday's primary in Illinois should also give Romney a bounty of delegates, even if the popular vote is close. Santorum failed to file voter signatures in four congressional districts, making him ineligible to compete for some of the state's delegates. Santorum is favored to win the Louisiana primary on March 24, but the proportional awarding of delegates means Romney will get some.
Last Tuesday's contests presented a perfect example of how Romney can win even when he loses. The headline of the night was his close third-place finish in the Mississippi and Alabama primaries. But after winning big in the American Samoa and Hawaii caucuses, Romney won the night overall by six delegates.
The Associated Press "delegate tracker" now shows Romney in the lead with 495 delegates, Santorum in second with 252, Newt Gingrich with 131, Ron Paul with 48, and Jon Huntsman with two, with 1,144 needed to secure the nomination. (The keeper of the official count, the Republican National Committee, shows lower numbers, because it has not released updated delegate totals since the March 13 contests. Unlike the AP, the RNC also does not include the announced preferences of "super-delegates" – party leaders who can back whomever they want .)
But there's another layer of analysis that works against Romney. After Tuesday, he had won only 41 percent of the delegates awarded so far. Going forward, Putnam says, Romney needs to win nearly half the delegates at stake if he is to reach the magic number of 1,144 by the convention.
For Santorum and Gingrich, the math is impossible, says Putnam. "Santorum has no mathematical shot at 1,144 if the current dynamic in this race is extended through the rest of the race," he writes.
One factor that could change the dynamic is momentum, which has eluded all the candidates. But on the assumption that no one captures the Big Mo, the best bet for Santorum and Gingrich, then, is to keep Romney from getting to 1,144 before Tampa. Romney insists that won't happen, media fantasies aside.


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42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia
The Holy 42 Martyrs of Ammoria: Constantine, Aetius (Aetitus), Theophilus, Theodore, Melissenus, Callistus, Basoes and the others with them. During a war between the Byzantine Emperor Theophilus (829-842) and the Saracens, the Saracens managed to besiege the city of Ammoria (in Galicia in Asia Minor). As a result of treason on the part of the military commander Baditses, Ammoria fell, and forty-two of its generals were taken captive and sent off to Syria.
During the seven years of their imprisonment, their captors tried in vain to persuade them to renounce Christianity and accept Islam. The captives stubbornly resisted all their seductive offers and bravely held out against terrible threats. After many torments that failed to break the spirit of the Christian soldiers, they condemned them to death, hoping to shake the determination of the saints before executing them. The martyrs remained steadfast, saying that the Old Testament Prophets bore witness to Christ, while Mohammed called himself a prophet without any other witnesses to support his claim.
One of the captives, Theodore, had renounced the priestly office to become a general. His captors taunted him, "We know that you forsook the priestly office, became a soldier and shed blood in battle. You can have no hope in Christ, Whom you abandoned voluntarily, so accept Mohammed." But the martyr replied, "You do not speak truthfully when you say that I abandoned Christ. Moreover, I left the priesthood because of my own unworthiness. Therefore, I must shed my blood for the sake of Christ, so that He might forgive the sins that I have committed against Him."
The executioners took each one separately and led him off to be beheaded, then threw the bodies into the River Euphrates. In the service to them, these holy passion-bearers are glorified as: the "All-Blessed" Theodore, the "Unconquered" Callistus, the "Valliant" Constantine, the "Wondrous" Theophilus and "the Most Strong" Basoes.
The betrayer Baditses did not escape his shameful fate. The enemy knew that it is impossible to trust a traitor, and so they killed him.


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Açai: The Jewel of the Amazon
Origin: Pronounced "ah-sah-EE", açai is a small, dark-violet berry crowned with a white ornamental whorl. Grown in the heart of the Amazon, açai berries have a unique phytonutrient composition of antioxidants, polyphenols, vitamins, minerals and amino acids.
Amazonian superfood: Indigenous Brasilians have been eating açai berries for centuries due to their health and wellness benefits.
Sustainable: The berry-filled fronds are harvested, leaving the açai palm tree to grow year after year.
Carefully processed: After harvest, the açai pulp is removed from the seed. The pulp is then flash-pasteurised to help the retain the flavour, colour and beneficial nutrients.
Premier Açai Fruit Blend
- Açai berry
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Plant-based glucosamine
Active contains one of the few plant-based sources of glucosamine. Each 60 mL serving contains 750 mg of vegan-friendly glucosamine. Derived from corn, this non-animal, non-shellfish glucosamine can be consumed by those with shellfish allergies.


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Former Royal Ballet Principal and Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcey Bussell will give audiences around the world a glimpse behind the scenes as the live presenter of the cinema relay of The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker on 12 December.
The cinema relay will see the performances relayed to over 1,100 cinemas in 29 countries as Darcey covers the build-up and backstage goings-on from Covent Garden. As with all Royal Opera House live cinema relays, the event will also feature interval films exploring the making of the ballet.
Darcey danced with The Royal Ballet from 1988 to 2007 and was made a Principal aged just 20 in 1989. She danced the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker on a number of occasions, as well as other iconic roles such as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake and Giselle in Giselle.
Tickets for The Nutcracker in cinemas are on sale now. Find your nearest cinema and sign up for our cinema newsletter.


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Waiting for The Crown Princess. Photo: Stefan Jerrevång/Scanpix
The King began with a brief speech to The Crown Princess, after which he led the singing and cheers. Photo: Stefan Lindblom/Stella Pictures
Celebrations to mark The Crown Princess' birthday continued at Borgholm Sports Arena on Öland. From left: This year's Victoria Scholarship recipient, skier Johan Olsson, Prince Daniel, The Crown Princess, The King, The Queen, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Madeleine and Mr Christopher O'Neill. Photo: Stefan Jerrevång/Scanpix
The magazine Medi@Boom was granted an interview with The Crown Princess after the celebrations at Solliden. The Crown Princess had previously met representatives from Medi@Boom in 2004. Photo: royalcourt.se
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By Gwen Ruta
Today on Sequoia Lab Blog, Gwen Ruta discusses how we can spread the principles of sustainability beyond the Fortune 500.
Recently in Harvard Business Review, Michael Porter and Mark Kramer wrote about "The Big Idea" – that companies must take the lead by "creating economic value in a way that also creates value for society by addressing its needs and challenges." Driven by win-win success stories, by a vacuum in policy leadership, and by the embrace of thought leaders like Porter, this idea has surged into the mainstream. Even in the grip of the recession, companies across the Fortune 500 – from Walmart (#1) and GE (#6) to Owens Corning (#431) and SunGard (#472) – are actively pursuing a sustainability agenda.
But for the companies that make up mainstream corporate America, environmental issues may still largely be seen as a cost center rather than a competitive edge. What will it take to show these companies that environmental innovation can be an opportunity rather than a burden? How can we spread the principles of sustainability from the Fortune 500 to the next 5,000?
- Start with energy efficiency
Every company uses energy, and can do so more efficiently. The consulting gurus at McKinsey & Company calculate that by deploying an array of NPV-positive efficiency measures, commercial and industrial users could generate $732 billion in energy savings by 2020 while avoiding some 660 million tons of annual greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, we can make a lot of money and cut a lot of emissions simultaneously by using proven technologies.
But, it's not quite as easy as it sounds. Companies fail to reap the benefits of energy efficiency for reasons that have nothing to do with what we learned in Econ 101. In the real world, managers are overburdened, useful information is hard to find, lease arrangements stand in the way of smart investments, and competition for corporate dollars is sharp.
Sometimes it takes "fresh eyes" to overcome the barriers to change. Our EDF Climate Corps program uses business students to find energy savings opportunities at participating companies. In just 10 weeks at 50 companies last summer, we found $350 million in potential operating savings. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
- Stimulate innovation
Environmental goals, combined with open networking, can be a great way to stimulate innovation that can lead to new products and greater market share. The impetus can come from the top, because when executives set rigorous goals and metrics for measuring them, they unleash innovation throughout the company. GE's Ecomagination program, which generated $18 billion in revenue on $1.5 billion in investments, is a good example of this approach.
Innovation can also come from the bottom up, as illustrated by Toyota's "Treasure Hunt" process, which uses operators, engineers and maintenance staff to find process innovations and energy savings.
And innovation can come from the outside. Breakthrough ideas can – and often do – emerge from bringing a new and diverse perspective to a familiar problem. Environmental Defense Fund recently teamed up with InnoCentive, a global leader in crowdsourced innovation, to work with companies to create business breakthroughs that deliver environmental results. InnoCentive's web-based platform gives over 250,000 entrepreneurs, inventors and scientists around the world the chance to solve them. With the likes of Eli Lilly, NASA, and Procter & Gamble using the platform, it's redefining the innovation process.
- Capture operational excellence
For most companies, including those that provide business capital, environmental issues are still thought of as a liability rather than an opportunity. To build value, firms must think beyond compliance. Smart companies are positioning themselves to compete in a resource-constrained world, where efficiency and innovation trump risk management.
Working with private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co., EDF has developed tools that are available to any company for systematically identifying opportunity and measuring improvements in environmental and business performance. In just two years, those tools generated $160 million in operating savings for companies including Dollar General and US Foodservice.
- Drive supply chain improvement
Companies will want to focus first on their own operations, but for many small and medium-sized businesses, their biggest impacts lie not within their own fencelines, but in the lifecycle of the products they buy and sell. And while smaller companies may not feel that they have the clout to create supply chain mandates, they do have ability to ask pointed questions and shop around for the best prices. Why should your company be paying for the extra energy or water or wasted raw materials embedded in products made by another company that has not yet embraced sustainability?
There are several good examples to work from. Walmart's Supplier Sustainability Assessment questions are simple, straight-forward and a good place to start. Procter & Gamble has a similar supplier scorecard designed to track and encourage improvement on key environmental sustainability measures in P&G's supply chain. The company reports that about 40% of the completed scorecards it receives have offered at least one innovation idea.
Today, we are all feeling the stress of a pinched economy, resource constraints, volatile fuel prices and global competition. At the same time, we're seeing examples every day of companies that have successfully turned environmental sustainability into competitive advantage. By building capturing energy and operational efficiencies, stimulating innovation through aggressive goals and creative networking, and driving lifecycle change through the supply chain, we can bring Porter's big idea to life.


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'''Sub Urban''' is a [[Clothing in GTA San Andreas|clothing store]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
'''Sub Urban''' is a [[Clothing in GTA San Andreas|clothing store]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
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Sub Urban is a clothing store in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto V.
Unlocked after "Nines and AKs", Sub Urban is one of three clothing stores initially made available in the game (alongside Binco and ProLaps). Presumably marketing to those interested in modern urbanwear, the store's interior is decorated in a gritty urban theme, and even features a stage, which use is unknown.
There are three Sub Urban outlets in the state, each based in the following locations:
Jefferson, Los Santos, near the Jefferson Safehouse;
Hashbury, San Fierro, near Hemlock Tattoo; and
Creek, Las Venturas, at the Creek strip mall.
Sub Urban may be considered a lower-mid range clothing outlet, and like Binco, specializes in generic attire or urbanwear popular among street gangs. However, items on offer in the store generally cost more than those in Binco, though they are still priced reasonably as most of them still cost below $100.
- For a comprehensive list of clothing available from Sub Urban in GTA San Andreas, see /Clothing in GTA San Andreas.
- As implied, the outlet's name is likely to a jab on the trend of selling urban attire to those who are not even city folk to begin with, such as suburbanites.
- The interior of the shop has a surfboard with a Rockstar Games logo on it, along with a plaid pattern.
- By zooming in on the mirrors next to the changing rooms with a Camera or a Sniper Rifle, the player can catch a glimpse of a portion of the outlying "blue hell"; an Ammu-Nation store layout, complete with a shooting range, is also visible from that position.
- The brand is mentioned in passing in Grand Theft Auto IV, where it is advertised on the Designerslave.com website and owns the White Widow brand.
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Sub Urban billboard, GTA San Andreas.


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Starvin Marvin's is a happening place
Have a hankering to try something just a bit different or simply want to hang out with friends and family? You might want to factor Starvin Marvin's at 2310 N. 11th Street in Beaumont into your thinking. Very casual atmosphere, good food, lots of fun, and a big patio to enjoy live music or sit and visit.
Owners Marvin (yep, the place is named after him) and Debbie Atwood have a right to be proud of their business investment since it is doing well. One of the five managers, Gina Ponzio, who has been there since the establishment's beginning, tells us that the restaurant will celebrate it second anniversary on Saturday night, May 19. "It should be a lot of fun. We have many regular customers and they'll likely come in to help celebrate," said Ponzio. "Many seem to enjoy sitting on the patio where smoking is allowed (not allowed in the enclosed restaurant itself, and that is good for those that prefer it that way) and there's always live music in the evenings."
Ponzio also described a play area out back that we did not see on our visit to Starvin Marvin's. "Oh, yes, the play area is kind of like a friend's back yard," said Ponzio with enthusiasm. "Kids love to go out there to play and we have washer board and other games. You'll see parents and groups out there playing around with the kids or just talking among themselves."
The manager said there is a family friendly atmosphere and that kids are welcome until 10 p.m., but after that no one under 21 is allowed in. "It becomes more of a club atmosphere around 10. We welcome families before 10, but after 10, it is mostly the evening crowd out for fun, music and, of course, good food."
Various bands and musicians take the stage at Starvin Marvin's. Ponzio's personal favorite is the Sabine River Band, but she also enjoys the House Rockers, and Larry Tillery. "We have different groups and individuals, and those are listed on our Web site if folks want to see who is playing before they come out to eat," Ponzio said.
Speaking of food — that is what our group went to experience. I personally had the prime rib special cooked medium, and it arrived at our table piping hot and delicious. It wasn't too done or too raw. It was served with my choice of two sides, and I had the typical baked loaded potato and a fresh green garden salad. The first thing I found to be really good was the bread served as soon as we were comfortably seated.
My husband decided on one of his all time Texas cowboy favorites, the chicken fried steak, which is a staple to Southeast Texas eating. It must have been very tasty because he ate every bite, along with the two sides he chose. The third member of our party decided to be the adventurer in our group and ordered the barbeque chicken. She was amazed at the delicious smoky barbeque flavor with the added enhancement of fresh blackberries in the sauce. She insisted that we all at least taste the combination of which none of us had ever heard. "Yummy" is the best word to describe the concoction. Between the barbecue sauce, the smoky flavor cooked into the chicken and the sauce, and the addition of the blackberries, it was really different and taste tempting. I considered that I had never been brave enough in my own kitchen and made a mental note to buy some fresh blackberries at the local market.
No one had room for any dessert although it was offered — twice.
We were eating rather early on a Friday afternoon and by the time we had ordered and received our food, the entire restaurant and much of the patio had filled with folks coming from work, it appeared. Old friends greeted each other and families met for dinner in a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere.
Ponzio said that the restaurant offers a fully bar stocked with every drink mix imagined. She also said that the bartenders would mix what the customer ordered, but they suggest everyone try a Marvin the Martian (yep, named for the owner again), which is a green drink concoction. I stopped her before she could give the secret ingredients and have others steal their specialty. She said they have several drink combinations originated by one or the other of the bartenders. Starvin Marvin's also has a wide beer and wide selection to top off any meal.
One of the things the Atwoods are most proud of with the opening of the nearly two-year- old restaurant is that they have provided anywhere between 110 and 130 jobs for the community. We were there during a shift change and were amazed at how many folks were coming into the building to work on a Friday night. Ponzio says they have five different alternating managers and they all work in various areas, from hostess duties to the bar.
Happy Hour is designated as Monday through Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and there's never a cover charge.
Customers can check out the drink specials, entertainment, and planned events at www.starvinmarvins.com. Or you can call the restaurant at (409) 347-0058. Starvin Marvin's is open 11 a.m. until 1 a.m. Monday through Wednesday and again on Sunday and from 11 a.m. until 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. Marvin suggests you try the famous Blackberry Baby Back Ribs, a hand cut steak, and the delicious pecan pie. And he wants you to know that Starvin Marvin's features the largest outdoor dining area in Beaumont on the beautifully landscaped multi-level patio.
Brenda Cannon Henley can be reached at (409) 781-8788 or at brendacannonhenley [at] yahoo [dot] com.


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In the running community, as with many groups, there is a large mutual sharing of information. The majority of the time, it is based on genuinely good intentions of trying to share what people have found works best or may have been helpful to others. But there has been a few verbal stoushes recently (for example, on the subject of non-coeliac gluten sensitivity) whereby one or more persons subscribe to a particular belief and defend it fanatically, without realising that they don't actually have and good evidence to back it up. A common example is using the opinion of an "expert", which has long been considered by the research community and the lowest level of evidence.
When you look into health related issues (if you ever do), do you have access to or know how to interpret medical research? Do you tend to use news sites or other people's knowledge for info? Or have you been in a similar situation as above?


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Montana Democratic Sen. John Walsh drops election bid, dogged by college plagiarism case
Sen. John Walsh, the Montana Democrat dogged by revelations that he plagiarized large portions of his U.S. Army War College research paper, abruptly ended his election bid Thursday acknowledging that was unable to overcome the scandal.
'The 2007 research paper from my time at the U.S. Army War College has become a distraction from the debate you expect and deserve,' Walsh said in a statement Thursday on his campaign website. 'I am ending my campaign so that I can focus on fulfilling the responsibility entrusted in me as your U.S. Senator. You deserve someone who will always fight for Montana, and I will.'
Walsh was appointed to the Senate to fill the term of Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, who was appointed U.S. ambassador to China by President Barack Obama. Walsh was seeking for his first full term in the Senate. He said nothing Thursday about resigning from the Senate before his term expires in January 2015.
Already trailing Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., in the polls, Walsh's campaign suffered a fatal blow when The New York Times first reported on the plagiarism episode. Walsh acknowledged the incident and said he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from a military tour in Iraq and was on medication in 2007 when he wrote his master's thesis.
Walsh has apologized and called lifting the work of others a mistake. The war college is conducting a review of his work.
Walsh's withdrawal came after two of the state's largest newspapers called on him to drop out of the race. Expectations that he would exit heightened this week when he canceled several campaign events.
Jim Larson, chair of Montana's Democratic Party, said in a statement that the senate race 'is not about one person; it's about Montana.'
'The Montana Democratic Party looks forward to an open and transparent opportunity for Democrats to come together to decide a new nominee,' Larson said.


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It didn't take as long as yesterday, but the result was the same: Republican senators emerged from an hour-long closed-door session to announce they still haven't decided if same-sex marriage, which has 31 publicly committed supporters, will come to the floor.
"We will continue our discussion. You know, one of the things about our conference — and you're beginning to see that — is we take a very deliberative approach to different issues," Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Long Island, said. "Those discussions are going forward."
He also knocked Democrats for voting down a mini-extender of rent control laws. They expired last night.
What's different today is that New York City Michael Bloomberg made a surprise trip to Albany to lobby senators for same-sex marriage. The mayor has in the past promised support — read: money — to senators who support the bill.
Alas, no commitment to bring the bill out.
"I'm still opposed to same-sex marriage. There's not a case to make — there's a law that's been around since the beginning of time," Sen. Marty Golden, R-Brooklyn, said. "People should ahve rights. There's no reason people should be discriminated against on any issue. But the definition of a marriage is between the man and a woman."
"I'll be honest with you — there's more struggle today with last night's stupidity on rent regulations than anything else here," he said.
After meeting with Bloomberg and other senators, Skelos descended to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office. Cuomo did not emerge to take questions.


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Dirs: Emma Davie, Morag McKinnon. UK-Denmark. 2012. 73mins
The final months of a young man stricken with Motor Neurone Disease form the heart-breaking core of I Am Breathing, a simple, straightforward documentary that quietly demonstrates how life continues to flourish even in the face of death. Directors Emma Davie and Morag McKinnon don't attempt any grand statements in their look at a 34-year-old Scottish architect coming to terms with the end, and such modesty goes a long way to celebrating an ordinary man facing the unimaginable.
Utilising subdued but resonant music from Kieran Hebden and Jim Sutherland, I Am Breathing doesn't strain for overly poetic musings about life and death.
Making its North American premiere at the True/False Film Festival, I Am Breathing may have a tough time with theatrical prospects because of the subject matter. (With that said, though, the recent Oscar-winning Amour could spur interest in more stories about lovers coping with grave illness.) At the very least, the film's emotional pull should make it a sure-fire festival attraction, not to mention a perfect fit for cable and PBS.
I Am Breathing introduces the audience to Neil Platt, who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, also known as ALS, which soon made it impossible for him to manipulate his limbs and left him confined to a wheelchair, using a ventilator to breathe. With his death fast approaching, Platt (an architect by trade) focused on a blog to chronicle his reactions to his deteriorating condition. (Because of his immobility, he had to use dictation software to transcribe his observations.) Sad to be leaving behind his supportive wife and one-year-old son, Platt tries to make sense of a life tragically cut short.
Some audiences might resist going along on this difficult journey simply because they haven't heard of Platt, who isn't a larger-than-life figure like an athlete, artist or other kind of celebrity. Nor does he behave in a pronouncedly inspirational way that is meant to offer a feel-good message to viewers. But such superficial complaints miss I Am Breathing's larger point, which is that the nearness of death is a constant, showing no favouritism in whom it strikes.
Davie and McKinnon record Platt as he and his wife Louise accept the fact that there's no chance of him recovering from this disease. There are no big emotional meltdowns or revelations, but instead there is a series of small, understated moments that slowly bring us to Platt's inevitable demise. By emphasising Platt's humility and sweetness, the filmmakers highlight the casual grace and humour that he showed near the end of his days, looking back at his time on earth while at the same trying to decide how best to prepare his child for a life without his father.
Utilising subdued but resonant music from Kieran Hebden and Jim Sutherland, I Am Breathing doesn't strain for overly poetic musings about life and death. (No tortured thematic metaphors are explored, thankfully.) Instead, the documentary incorporates excerpts from Platt's blog, as well as old home movies that offer glimpses of a man very happy with his new bride. If Platt emerges as a quietly brave person, then so too does Louise, who shows incredible strength in the most impossible of times. They may be ordinary people, but their deep, abiding love is anything but.
Production companies: SDI Productions Ltd., Danish Documentary Production ApS, Creative Scotland, Danish Film Institute, Channel 4, Wellcome Trust, MNDA, DR, YLE
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Producer: Sonja Henrici
Executive producer: Noé Mendelle
Editor: Peter Winther
Music: Four Tet (Kieran Hebden & Jim Sutherland)
Website: www.iambreathingfilm.com


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PA daily: "Jews, Jews! Your holiday [Passover] is the Holiday of Apes"
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
An article in the official PA daily newspaper claims that Palestinian Christian youth perform a spring march in the streets that includes the chant: "Jews, Jews! Your holiday [Passover] is the Holiday of Apes." (See
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for examples of the Palestinian Authority referring to Jews as "apes and pigs.") The journalist writes that these "meaningful messages" are in response to Israel's security measures in Jerusalem during the holiday of Passover:
"For many years the holy city [Jerusalem] has been deliberately closed to Palestinians, under security-related pretexts and for the Jewish festival of Passover."
The writer says that the Easter services in Jerusalem have lost their Palestinian flavor because of western Christian pilgrims:
"The festivities at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre have begun to assume a western character, because of the massive presence of foreign Christian pilgrims and the limited presence of Palestinians."
But the writer insists that in Palestinian Authority cities, the festivities have retained their Palestinian flavor. He describes youth chanting that the Jewish holiday of Passover is the "Holiday of the Apes":
"The spring carnival has retained its [Palestinian] flavor in towns such as Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Ramallah... with the demonstrations of the Scouts, songs, dances, and popular Palestinian hymns about Christian-Islamic unity and internal Christian unity. These hymns carry meaningful messages, in response to the Israeli prohibition [to enter Jerusalem], as seen in the calls of the youth who lead the procession of light, waving swords and not caring if anyone accuses them of Antisemitism: ...
'Our master, Jesus, the Messiah, the Messiah redeemed us, with his blood he bought us, and today we are joyous while the Jews are sad,' and, 'Jews, Jews! Your holiday is the Holiday of the Apes, while our holiday is the Holiday of the Messiah.'"
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There's something a bit bizarre about seeing such a violent, destructive force condensed into such a visually compelling two-minute clip.
This time-lapse video, shot from a waterfront vantage point in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, captures Hurricane Sandy slamming into the nation's largest city. The video, which spans multiple days, from Oct. 29 to 30, culminates in the darkness that spread across lower Manhattan as large swaths of the borough lost power after a power substation was flooded and subsequently caught fire. For more than 650,000 in lower Manhattan, the lights have been out since the storm hit Monday.
(PHOTOS: Hurricane Sandy: Scenes of Wreckage and Recovery)
YouTube user SMvideoChan, who created and uploaded the video, told Yahoo! News that it was shot from Williamsburg's Northside Piers Towers, looking across the East River toward Manhattan. The bridge visible in the video is the Williamsburg Bridge.
The clip opens with a view of the glittering Manhattan skyline, soon marred by heavy winds and rains. And then, about a minute in, the city goes dark, backlit only by the lights of Brooklyn. The video ends as daylight returns and errant storm clouds continue to pass by. Of course, the video doesn't capture the damage left behind, but it provides a sinister yet stunning view of Sandy as she tears through one of the nation's most vibrant cities, plunges it into darkness, and then gracefully makes her exit.


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ECIMT boasts of a huge campus space very much needed for academic excellence. Not only our library , laboratory , multipurpose hall and classrooms are spacious and well lighted , our outdoor facilities such as - lawns , sit outs , parking space and mess etc also are huge and green.
ECIMT is ECC's premier Institution of Professional Post Graduate education , and once here a student is pappered beyond all limits so that he/she can perform and learn to the best of his potentials and make it big in the coming professional world.
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Research company Artemis Intelligent Power, Edinburgh, Scotland, revealed a new type of hybrid car and truck transmission based on hydraulic technology. Artemis has been developing a hydraulic hybrid car transmission for the past two years, deploying its Digital Displacement technology.
The Energy Saving Trust, one of the UK's leading organizations set up to mitigate the damaging effects of climate change, confirmed that independent tests on a prototype car, based on a BMW 530i, had doubled the fuel efficiency in city driving compared to the same car with a manual transmission.
Overall, including highway driving, the prototype had 30% lower CO2 emissions than it had before the company fitted its energy saving transmission. The tests were conducted at Millbrook Proving Ground, one of only two locations in the UK officially approved for emissions testing by manufacturers.
Project background
Artemis' goal is to make hybrid cars an economical — not just a lifestyle — choice. Rather than using electric motors and batteries, the Artemis car uses its Digital Displacement hydraulic motors to drive the wheels and compressed gas to store energy. This makes the company's hydraulic transmission potentially much more durable, lighter, and cheaper than electric hybrids. In most vehicles, the company expects substantially better fuel savings than electric hybrids.
Artemis developed new transmission components and technology, then switched them with the standard manual transmission. The new transmission is automatic, but apart from this the new components fit in the same space as before, so the car looks and feels the same as it did before.
Artemis replaced the standard transmission of a BMW 530i with a hydraulic one built around its efficient computer-controlled Digital Displacement hydraulic pumps and motors. As well as saving fuel by optimizing the engine speed, energy that would otherwise be lost when applying the brakes is captured and stored in a hydraulic accumulator about the size of a scuba diver's air tank. The engine can actually be switched off and the car driven just from the stored energy, further decreasing its emissions.
Artemis' Digital Displacement hydraulic hybrid is about one-third the size and weight of a similar electric hybrid transmission. And by being a series rather than parallel architecture, and by storing captured braking energy in a hydraulic accumulator instead of a battery, full power is available instantly, even with the engine off.
To power the vehicle, Artemis has fitted a Digital Displacement hydraulic pump and two Digital Displacement motors, one driving each rear wheel. The three machines are coordinated by a central transmission controller unit that also reads the driver's pedal and controls the engine, taking information from a variety of sensors located around the car.
Each Digital Displacement unit has a controller located behind panels in the car's trunk. The units peak at 97% efficiency, and Artemis claims that "the Digital Displacement technology ensures that they maintain higher efficiencies than any other hydraulic machine around."
The car demonstrated in Edinburgh had a gasoline engine, and the Artemis technology can be used equally well with diesel and biofuel engines.
Commercial vehicles, rather than passenger cars, will most likely be the first on-highway vehicles to be fitted with the new transmissions. The Artemis Digital Displacement technology is built on hydraulic components for vehicles such as trucks and vans. Commercial vehicles make up almost 20% of road traffic in the UK, but contribute disproportionately to the country's emissions because of their higher weight and high annual mileage. Artemis chose to work with a BMW because its engine is of similar power to medium size commercial vehicles.
Bosch Rexroth Corp. has purchased the worldwide rights to use the company's Digital Displacement technology in on-highway vehicles. Another international manufacturer of hydraulic systems to the construction, agricultural and handling machinery industry has also signed up to use Artemis' technology off-road.
As the project grows, Artemis plans to expand into the rapidly growing renewable energy sector. It has plans to replace wind turbine mechanical gearboxes with its hydraulic technology. Independent studies show that 30% of wind turbine downtime is due to mechanical gearbox failures. The increasing demand for wind turbines to be sited offshore is encouraging wind farm developers to look ever harder at gearbox reliability because maintenance costs are much higher offshore. Artemis has already begun developing the components for full size wind
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Longtime puppeteer production director Jay Tyson and his cast of actors and puppets take the audience on a ride through the ages, beginning Friday night with New Bern Civic Theatre�s production of the H.G. Wells classic �The Time Machine.�
Longtime puppeteer production director Jay Tyson and his cast of actors and puppets take the audience on a ride through the ages, beginning Friday night with New Bern Civic Theatre�s production of the H.G. Wells classic �The Time Machine.�
It is the second all-puppet production for Civic by Tyson, a former Jim Henson Muppet performer, and his puppet company, Doctor Puppet.
The stage play by Tyson and Keith Boyd is based on the novel by H.G. Wells. The show is produced by Karen Pierson.
Shows are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Aug. 9 and 10. On Aug. 4 and 11, shows are at 2 p.m.
The Victorian cast includes: Mark Lytle as The Traveler; Cliff Nielsen as The Doctor; Chuck Moore as Phylbe; David Carta as William Hartness; Jane H. Maulucci as Mrs. Watchett; and Tyson as H.G. Wells.
The puppets and puppeteers for the Future cast includes: Winna, Alix Black; Primary Eloi/Morlock, Audrey Moore; Elois/Morlocks, Levi Edwards, Jacob Fisher and Jane H. Maulucci; Morlock Leader, Cliff Nielsen; Morlocks, Grazie Boccia, Ben Fisher, Nancy Hitchcock and Jane H. Maulucci; Giant Centipede, Jacob Fisher and Levi Edwards; White Moth, Nancy Hitchcock; Grey Men, Grazie Boccia and Audrey Moore; Giant Crab, Cliff Nielsen, Nancy Hitchcock and Jane H. Maulucci; and the Crab, Jay Tyson.
The production staff includes: Director Jay Tyson; Producer Karen Pierson; Stage Manager Dorothy Minervini; Assistant Director Keith Boyd; Assistant Stage Manager Susan Johnson; Script Writers Tyson and Boyd; Script Editors Alix Black, Mark Lytle, Jane H. Maulucci and Karen Pierson; Set Designer Jay Tyson; Set Construction Chief Joe Sullivan; Set Construction Crew/Painters John Baldwin, Brian Blalock cast and crew members; Machine Builders Jay Tyson, Chris Cooper and Brian Moyer; Machine Electrician Terry Frederick; Machine Consultant Frank Eason; Lighting Designer Kris Pierson; Lighting Board Operator Alex Norwood; Sound Designer Mike Lewis; Sound Technician Brittany Lewis; Puppet Designer Jay Tyson; Costume Designer Jane H. Maulucci; Puppet Builders/Costume Assistants Melissa Hardison, Chason Lapointe, Heather Maher, Dorothy Minervini, Audrey Moore, Chuck Moore, Cliff Nielsen, Karen Pierson and Deanie Singleton; Properties Manager Dusty Dustin; Stagehand Chris Powers; Flyrail Operator Noah Auten; and Photographer Shawnee Martinez.
Mark Lytle has the role of The Traveler, going from the 19th century in a fantastic time machine. He goes through the fourth dimension into the future world in the year 802,701. He discovers finds the human race has split into two factions, the lovable childlike Eloi and the cruel cave dwelling Morlocks.
According to Civic, �He must fight this future world and the horrors and dangers within it to escape the Morlocks, retrieve his time machine and rescue Wenna, the Eloi he befriends. He then pushes farther into the future to witness the death of our sun and the end of Earth itself.�
Group rates are available. Photo opportunities are available before or after the show with the puppets and the �Time Machine.�
This show is sponsored by Potash Corp.
Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 at door, $10 for students and active duty military with ID.
Call the box office at 633-0567 or order online at newberncivictheatre.org. On facebook: newberncivictheatre.org
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In a kitchen, storage space is very essential. You need to store away food, pots and pans, utensils and miscellaneous items like cutleries and kitchen tidy bags etc. Cupboards should be at least 450mm deep. Adjusteble shelves and a lot of drawers are useful. Pullout storage racks are a good idea for holding tea towels, aprons and other clean linen.
The choice of benchtops will depend on the look you are trying to achieve, as well as your budget. The more expensive options includes stainless steel, granite and solid surfaces such as corion top. All are hardwearing and have their benefits, not the least being their ability to handle hot-pots. For many, laminates remains the surface of choice because of the great variety of looks available and also, the price.
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GCN LAB REVIEWS—Projectors
The GCN Lab tested seven portable projectors for brightness, color accuracy, features and portability.
Portable projectors
Epson PowerLite 1735W
Mitsubishi XD95U
Samsung L300
Sharp PG-F255W
Toshiba TLP-X150U
ViewSonic PJ260D
Road warriors have known this for years, so they often tuck a projector into their travel bags. Luckily for them, most projectors these days are extremely portable. But having a portable device is not enough if it projects images that are dim, inaccurate or hard to see. Traveling employees can't always control the environment in which they will be making their presentations. Windows sometimes can't be shuttered, lights can't be dimmed, the walls in a conference room might be green or yellow, and a projector might need to be set up too close or too far from a screen, assuming there even is a screen. To a presenter on the road, time is a precious commodity, and the less of it they spend wrestling with their projector, the more of it they can spend presenting.
So we put out a call for portable projectors that were real road warriors — light and easy to carry, simple to set up, accurate in color display, and bright enough to tackle almost any lighting condition. It's a tall order, but seven companies rose to the challenge.
We measured projectors for the brightness in lumens 10 feet from the lens — a real-world measurement, we think. The projectors were set at their native resolutions, and the window each projected was as small as possible at 10 feet. We took measurements in the middle of the screen and in the corners to test for uniformity. Anything greater than a 100-lumen drop from the middle, where most projectors produce their brightest images, to the corners of a screen might be noticeable to the naked eye.
For color accuracy, we compared screen colors to their real-world physical counterparts. We also used test images that had light or faint grids and samples with blocks of text at various point sizes and in various fonts. In addition to the internal GCN Lab benchmarks, we also used DisplayMate Technologies' DisplayMate Professional benchmarking suite, which includes excellent color stepping and color registration tests, to help fine-tune the projectors and conduct some of the tests. For more information, visit www.displaymate.com.
The ideal projector for our review would be light, highly accurate, bright and easy to use. Several products met those challenging criteria.
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Hemp is a fabric made of natural fibers that's lightweight, long-wearing,
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Discover and Support Indie Comic Books with Emanata App for iPad
A tablet is an pretty awesome way to read comic books, especially if you're an enthusiast and don't want to tarnish the value of your physical collection by "cracking the seal". The well-known comic book artists/publishers have the resources to create colorful, immersive, and interactive digital experiences with their titles. An app like Emanata gives enthusiasts a new way to discover, read, and support not-so-well-known artists, while giving indie artist a cost-effective way to publish their work to reach new readers and get paid.
"Tablet devices are the natural platform to showcase great art and storytelling" said George Chen, CEO of Emanata. "We want to provide a dedicated place where the independent artists can find new audiences, and for the connoisseur of comic books to discover something unexpected and edgy".
Emanata doubles as a comic book marketplace and reader. Readers can browse titles and read free samples before purchasing. After purchase, Emanata provides a visual story reader that takes advantage of the iPad's Retina Display to provide a beautiful and fluid reading experience. The app also offer features like a built-in news feed that makes it easy for readers to follow their favorite artists and stay up-to-date on new releases. Readers can also share content via email, on the web and via social networks.
Emanata has also teamed up with Indie comic book artist community to offer a platform where artists keep control over their work and can choose how to monetize their titles. Artists can offer up their work for free, or make money by selling chapters and stories via in-app purchase. Publishing is completely free for artists, and Emanata (and Apple) gets paid when readers purchase content. As a special "grand opening" offer from Emanata during its first month of launch starting yesterday, artists take home all of the revenue (after Apple takes its in-app purchasing cut, of course). Afterwards, artists and Emanata split what's left after Apple takes its 30% cut.
According to Publshers Weekly, digital comics are projected to be a $87.5 million-dollar market in 2012, so it behooves Indie artist to jump on the digital band-wagon. Emanata offers a pretty attractive way for artist to expand their reach and get paid, and still keep that "Indie swag" and maintain control over their work that would otherwise be diminished if they tried to sign with a larger publishing arm.
Yeah, the struggle between the Indie comic book artist community and the "industry" is real too.
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A limited amount of inventory is still available for these items. Please inquire with your Armstrong Flooring sales representative or local distributor to confirm product availability for your project.
Nearly 2,000 square feet of custom-designed flooring displayed as part of exhibit featuring work of Spanish sculptor, Juan Muñoz.
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Here's one thing that's clearer than ever after Facebook's IPO mess: Google has a magic money making machine, and it's possible no other internet company will ever have the same sort of (relatively) easy success.
The number one comparison point for Facebook as it headed towards an IPO was Google. Facebook, like Google, was a giant web company that had hundreds of millions of users. Facebook, like Google, was working on highly-targeted ads that could hit hundreds of millions of consumers.
But a funny thing happened on Facebook's path to becoming Google 2.0 (from a business perspective). Everyone suddenly realized Facebook's ads aren't that good. And everyone realized that Facebook's ads, while very good at targeting, aren't nearly as powerful or effective as Google's.
And then everyone realized Facebook isn't going to have its own magic money making machine. If it's going to make lots of money, it's going to be more of a grind to figure it out.
In our newsroom, someone threw out a good analogy for Facebook's ad business*: It's like you're at a party, standing around, talking to your friends, and someone made the posters on the wall advertisements. Maybe you'll look at them, but they're not really what you're there to do.
Google, on the other hand, is like you're walking through a grocery store looking for whatever you need and the advertiser gets to jump in at the last second and offer you what you're looking for.
As Chris Dixon has written, successful online advertising is all about purchasing intent. How do you capture commercial consumer interest?
Google's entire business is based on people asking commercial questions and giving advertisers an opportunity to provide the top 2-3 answers to the question.
That's an amazing business. And it's one Facebook doesn't have.
That's not say Facebook isn't going to figure out a way to make gobs and gobs of money. It has 900 million users. It has a team of super smart people looking to solve a hard problem. It can figure something out.
It's just not likely to be a magical money making machine like what Google has.
Don't Miss: Here's What Could Happen Next To Facebook's Stock
*We apologize if this analogy was from somewhere else and we didn't realize. Credit to whoever came up with it.
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Jessica Chastain to Lead Liv Ullmann's MISS JULIE Film with Colin Farrell
According to Variety, Jessica Chastain has been confirmed as the lead in Liv Ullmann's film adaptation of Miss Julie, alongside Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton. Oliver Dungey and Teun Hilte will produce.Read the original report here.
Miss Julie is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg dealing with class, love, lust, the battle of the sexes, and the interaction among them. Set on a midsummer night of 1874, on the estate of a Count in Sweden, the young woman of the title, attempting to escape an existence cramped by social mores and have a little fun, dances at the servants' annual midsummer party, where she is drawn to a senior servant, a footman named Jean, who is particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Miss Julie's father's manor; here Jean's fiancée, a servant named Kristin, cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk.
Chastain currently stars in Broadway's The Heiress as 'Catherine Sloper'. The production runs through February 9th. Her recent film projects include Zero Dark Thirty, for which she picked up a Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Drama, and the horror film Mama.
Ullmann's recent projects include the film Faithless and a stage production of A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Cate Blanchett and Joel Edgerton.


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This section provides a few query examples.
The following query returns all players called Michael. It defines a filter that compares the name field with a string literal:
name == "Michael"
The finder element of the sun-ejb-jar.xml file looks like this:
<finder> <method-name>findPlayerByName</method-name> <query-filter>name == "Michael"</query-filter> </finder>
This query returns all products in a specified price range. It defines two query parameters which are the lower and upper bound for the price: double low, double high. The filter compares the query parameters with the price field:
low < price && price < high
Query ordering is set to price ascending.
The finder element of the sun-ejb-jar.xml file looks like this:
<finder> <method-name>findInRange</method-name> <query-params>double low, double high</query-params> <query-filter>low < price && price < high</query-filter> <query-ordering>price ascending</query-ordering> </finder>
This query returns all players having a higher salary than the player with the specified name. It defines a query parameter for the name java.lang.String name. Furthermore, it defines a variable to which the player's salary is compared. It has the type of the persistence capable class that corresponds to the bean:
mypackage.PlayerEJB_170160966_JDOState player
The filter compares the salary of the current player denoted by the this keyword with the salary of the player with the specified name:
(this.salary > player.salary) && (player.name == name)
The finder element of the sun-ejb-jar.xml file looks like this:
<finder> <method-name>findByHigherSalary</method-name> <query-params>java.lang.String name</query-params> <query-filter> (this.salary > player.salary) && (player.name == name) </query-filter> <query-variables> mypackage.PlayerEJB_170160966_JDOState player </query-variables> </finder>


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No one yet has called him �Benedict Toomey� but make no mistake: Many conservatives view his recent effort to broker a gun compromise as a stunning act of betrayal.
These critics see compelling evidence that Toomey�s flirtation with compromise has damaged seriously his re-election chances while disappointing his conservative supporters that expect him to hew to ideological rigidity on guns as well as other issues. Already invidious comparisons are being made between Toomey and the late Sen. Arlen Specter � long the reigning bogyman of conservatives.
Or if the Specter analogy doesn�t appeal to you, others charge that Toomey is going down the same failed path tread by former Sen. Rick Santorum, talking like a true conservative but doing deals with Senate liberals and moderates who are destroying the country.
In short, Toomey isn�t being ideological enough. His offense: He actually tried to reach compromise in Congress on a bill favored in Pennsylvania by a stunning 94 percent of voters.
Equally damming, Toomey did something similar in 2011 when serving on the infamous congressional �super� committee, tasked to fashion reasonable legislation to address America�s looming deficit. On that committee, he actually offered some serious compromise proposals to help breech the chasm between the two parties.
The alleged sins of Pat Toomey only get worse. On gay rights even before taking office, he had broken from right wing orthodoxy by openly advocating repel of the military�s �don�t ask don�t tell� policy. On Judicial appointments he initially backed the nomination of Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, arguing that judicial qualifications should trump political calculus.
But few of these charges hurled at Toomey are fair or even factual. For example, the much maligned gun bill he promoted in Congress is actually very similar to current Pennsylvania law, passed in the 1990s, including instant background checks. This Pennsylvania law, now more than two decades old, was adopted by a Republican-controlled legislature, and signed by Republican Gov. Tom Ridge. How radical is that?
Nor do the aspersions cast on Toomey that he is becoming another Specter or Santorum merit serious thought. Specter could be unpredictable and Santorum was polarizing. Toomey is neither. Whether one agrees with Toomey or not, in practice he has been a principled fiscal conservative who consistently promotes and votes his beliefs. Indeed, the National Journal found him to be the fourth most conservative senator in 2012. Just because he avoids shrillness or demagoguery on issues, whether fiscal or social, does not mean he has not been true to his core beliefs.
Moreover, reaching across the aisle to find compromise with political opponents is not apostasy. It�s what Americans expect their representatives to do to solve the nation�s greatest problems.
In reality, Toomey�s approach might well make some Republicans angry, but he could be showing the way for his party to maintain its principles while speaking to voters in a way that prevents the party from slipping into permanent minority status in the years ahead.
Toomey seems to understand what many of his political allies do not. As Pennsylvania increasingly becomes a blue state, it is going to become more difficult for the GOP to win statewide elections unless they figure out how to reach out to moderates and independents.
Fortunately for Republicans, there is no arcane mystery about how that could be accomplished. Generations of Republicans won statewide in Pennsylvania back to the 1960s and earlier � despite often crushing voter registration deficits. Throughout this period, the state GOP was not greatly different than now in terms of having a voter base with clear conservative leanings. But it also had plenty of moderate voters, especially in the suburbs and urban parts of the state.
Republican success required a tacit agreement between GOP moderates and conservatives. The arrangement was almost formulaic: to win elections consistently, Republicans had to maintain party unity, avoid nasty ideological splits, and share the fruits of electoral success.
That consensus, maintained throughout most of the 20th century, is now broken. Without it, the GOP seems likely to remain divided; a split rendered even more threatening by the steady gains Democrats are making in the cities and eastern suburbs.
It may now become Pat Toomey�s role to rebuild that consensus. Many movement conservatives won�t be happy if he does it. But they will like it more than its alternative � a future in which the GOP becomes a permanent minority party, unable consistently to win statewide elections or maintain their traditional role in Pennsylvania�s two-party system.
If Toomey fails, Republicans may well look back upon this period as their last best chance to keep Pennsylvania from turning completely blue.
Terry Madonna is professor of Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall College, and Michael Young is a former professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Penn State.Email: firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com.