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Seven Years CarbonFree® Matters More to MWW
Seven years into its long-term commitment to environmental leadership, MWW is achieving great things towards its goal to do its part to make the world a better place. MWW, one of the nation's top mid-sized public relations firms and one of the ten largest independent agencies, is recognized for its work in consumer lifestyle marketing, digital marketing and social media, corporate communications, and visual branding.
MWW is also dedicated to reducing its global warming impact, improving quality of life and US energy security. Since 2007, MWW has led by example, committing to being CarbonFree® in partnership with Carbonfund.org. Over the past seven years, MWW has reduced the carbon impact from its business operations, totaling over 19 million pounds of CO2 mitigation, which is equivalent to the electricity use of 1,291 homes for one year through support of Carbonfund.org's renewable energy and forestry projects. That's also equivalent to the emissions from over 20,058 barrels of oil consumed or taking 1,797 cars off the road for one year.
"Our work in corporate social responsibility and corporate citizenship is some of the most important we do," emphasizes Michael Kempner, MWW President and CEO. "MWW remains firmly committed to doing our part to protect and preserve the environment, and we are pleased to continue our seven-year partnership with Carbonfund.org, a leader in carbon reduction and offset solutions. We challenge our peers in the industry, as well as our clients and partners, to join with us in this important work, or to adopt their own programs to help bring about a clean energy economy."
Employees at MWW give back through Good Matters, a company-wide Corporate Social Responsibility program, which enables employees to support local charities and other causes that are close to their hearts. Each year, team members can take advantage of eight hours of paid time off to volunteer for an organization of their choice. These collective efforts have defined MWW's commitment to corporate citizenship, for the environment, community, employees, and their clients. Carbonfund.org is proud to partner with MWW in helping to make the world a better, cleaner place to live.
Wakeup Call – Frightening Global Warming Gas Milestone Reached
Last week our planet reached a scary milestone for carbon dioxide, the most important global warming gas. The average carbon dioxide reading exceeded 400 parts per million at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO) on the island of Hawaii for the 24 hours that ended at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Earth hasn't had this much carbon dioxide concentrated in the air for at least three million years, which is before human life on the planet.
This should be a wakeup call that major and potentially catastrophic global weather changes are coming and a sign we're not doing enough to tackle climate change.
We've seen carbon dioxide levels above 400 parts per million in the Arctic last year and even in some hourly readings at NOAA's MLO. However, this is the first time we've seen the average reading for an entire day exceed that level. Carbon dioxide levels do rise and fall along with the seasons. As foliage grows over the summer in the Northern Hemisphere, 10 billion tons of carbon will be pulled out of the air. But it's only a temporary pardon in a situation that's becoming direr by the moment.
We simply must invest in alternative energy technologies and begin curbing our dangerous global appetite for fossil fuels. Otherwise, the time will come soon where no measurement of the ambient air anywhere on earth, in any season, will produce a reading below 400.
The official target to limit the damage from global warming is 450 parts per million (PPM), which is generally agreed to be the maximum level compatible with that goal. Our relentless, long-term increases in carbon dioxide emissions are likely get us to 450 PPM in well under 25 years. The time to slow down global warming is dwindling quickly. Twenty five years may seem like a long time, but our planet is huge. It will take more time than that to right the ship.
Not every country has agreed to set binding emissions targets, either. Unfortunately, the United States count among those shirking their responsibility. Now greater efforts are necessary, and are all but impossible without severe economic disruptions.
Can we live on a planet that is warmer and wetter? Probably, but billions of people are going to suffer as we make the transition. It's a better plan to lower our carbon footprints and speedily move to no and low carbon energy sources. The price is going to be high either way, and it's only getting steeper as we hurtle towards the point of no return.
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With Earth Day (April 22) fast approaching, it is time for all of us to evaluate how our daily activities affect our planet and see what we can do about it. As of April 22, Solosso, a premium custom clothing company that lets you design your own eco-friendly custom dress shirts online, launches an initiative to plant a tree for every shirt sold, thus taking their operations from carbon neutral to carbon negative. "As a clothing company, we want to lead the way to sustainability in an industry that is infamous for its carbon emissions," says Jan Klimo, Head of Business Development at Solosso.
The initiative is executed through the Carbonfund.org Foundation, a non-profit organization leading the fight against global warming by collecting and investing funds into high-quality carbon offset projects resulting in real carbon emission reductions, such as reforestation.
Jan describes Solosso's partnership with Carbonfund.org: "We've been partners with Carbonfund.org for over three years now, completely offsetting our carbon footprint with their help. As of this year's Earth Day, we are excited to go the extra mile and turn our operations from carbon neutral to carbon negative by planting a tree for every shirt we sell. As a clothing company, we want to lead the way to sustainability in an industry that is infamous for its carbon emissions."
Plant a Tree initiatives are popular among a range of business, such as Dell, Baby Check List, Global Basecamps, or Euroloan to name a few. Money funneled into reforestation projects has an obvious positive environmental impact all over the world. Linda Kelly from Carbonfund.org explains: "Tree-planting projects benefit the environment, the atmosphere and the local community, by creating jobs in the tree-planting activities and maintaining the ongoing forest management. The tree-planting projects we support are numerous and geographic locations are worldwide. Some of our tree-planting projects are in the US, but the majority are in India, South America and Haiti."
With Carbonfund.org's portfolio of carbon-reducing projects worldwide, carbon offsetting is available to any individual, business or organization.
What are you or your business doing to help achieve a zero carbon world?
Global Energy Focus on Renewables
Those of us living in the United States can easily get wrapped up in the domestic energy picture, but it is important to stop and take a look at how renewables are doing in other countries too.
If you peruse a list of countries by 2008 emissions, the top emitter of carbon dioxide is currently China, followed closely by the U.S. China accounts for 23.5% of world emissions, and the U.S. is responsible for 18.27%. However, the good news is that China's renewable-energy industry is currently on the upswing due to supportive government policies and generous subsidies; so much so that they've achieved the height of the world's wind and solar industries. We've all heard the phrase, "Everything is made in China." The U.S. does import many goods from China, but a report released this week titled, "Advantage America" analyzed trade between the two countries in solar, wind and smart-grid technology and services in 2011.
The analysis, by Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Pew Charitable Trusts, showed $6.5 billion in renewable energy technology and services traded between the U.S. and China. But the U.S. sold $1.63 billion more to China than it imported.
It's good to see both countries making such strides in renewable energy. Oftentimes, the countries are perceived as being in competition with one another, but a more accurate picture would be that they are interdependent. The bottom line is that both countries should be doing as much as possible to focus on renewables, especially considering they're the top two carbon dioxide emitters on the planet. And the global interest and investments in renewables doesn't stop there.
Saudi Arabia, a country with the world's second largest oil reserves, is beginning a green revolution. This week, Saudi King Abdullah revealed ambitious plans to develop renewable energy programs that will produce 54,000 megawatts of electricity by 2032 as part of a strategy to save 1.2 million barrels of their oil per day for export.
King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-Care) is a strategy paper set up by King Abdullah in 2010 to develop alternative energy sources so the country won't have to burn millions of barrels of oil a year on power generation. KA-Care outlines the preliminary phases of the kingdom's agenda for its energy future and focuses on thermal solar, photo-voltaic solar, wind, geothermal and waste-to-energy. Much of the desert landscape in the Persian Gulf is well suited to solar energy production; a fact that has not escaped the Saudi's neighbor, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The UAE, with 8% of the world's proven oil reserves, has also embarked on a major renewables program, which focuses on nuclear and solar energy production. By taking a look at the global energy picture, we see that even those countries with vast fossil fuel resources recognize the finite limitations of their reserves and the importance of investing in sustainable energy projects, which is great news in the fight against climate change. Every country on the planet contributes to global warming, and every country will have to do their part in order to pave the way to a sustainable energy future.
Could a Carbon Tax Be the Answer to Curbing Global Warming?
Most of the time, we do not take into account the complete costs to producing or consuming a good or service. This is because we focus on the explicit costs. For example, if we were to bake a loaf of bread, we would take into account the cost of the flour, yeast, sugar, salt, water, milk, and butter. Perhaps we would even calculate our labor time to make the dough and the cost of running the oven, but would we account for the carbon dioxide dumped into the atmosphere for the delivery truck that delivered the baking supplies? How about the CO2 emissions from the power plant burning fossil fuels to generate the electricity to run the oven? The problem is that we are not required to bear the full cost of production. Some of the costs to bake that loaf of bread were shifted to society as a whole.
Even if we did not bake the loaf of bread ourselves, we're still shifting costs to society as a whole just by consuming it. Our cars burn gasoline to drive to and from the grocery store, and regardless if we walked or biked, gasoline was likely also burned to deliver the bread to the grocery store in the first place. Sure the delivery truck paid for the gasoline, but many companies do not pay for the carbon emissions their operations generate.
We need to make some drastic changes to avoid the ills of global warming, which we are beginning to see affect our daily lives, but the logistics of transforming our world's energy system can be intimidating. The first thing we need to do is get off fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy sources. Easier said than done, I know. It will be a complex and time-consuming process converting power plants, vehicles/transport systems, homes and commercial buildings. Unfortunately, time is not on our side here. We really need to reduce carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
So then the question becomes how can we transition the world's energy infrastructure to sustainable sources by mid-century? One of the ways suggested is to implement a tax on CO2 emissions that begins low and gradually increases. There should be no mystery either about how much and at what intervals over time the tax will rise. Then people, businesses and governments can plan their fossil fuel exit strategy.
The revenues the carbon tax generates should be directed into subsidizing renewable energy innovation and overhauling energy infrastructure.
Ideally, the carbon tax should be global. Again there are logistical challenges to this climate change solution. The key is that we need a systematic and practical process. Isn't it time we started taking responsibility for the full costs of production and consumption? Society is bearing the cost as a whole, and society as a whole needs to be part of the solution.
Rising Sea Levels and Sustainable Desalination
Depending on where in the world you live, it might be easy to forget that the environment is more than just the air we breathe or the land under our feet. It's important to keep in mind that the oceans also are being affected radically by climate change. The oceanic problems are too numerous to list. However, this week we are taking a closer look at one issue that people in different parts of the planet face, rising oceans as the polar ice caps melt and more saltwater.
Those of us that live in the United States might not be aware how rich we are in freshwater sources as say countries in the Middle East that are very arid environments. Obviously those countries have other resources that we lack, but water is essential to life. Our planet may be covered in a great deal of water, but much of it is unusable to humans in its natural state because of the high salt content.
Did you know that salt is expelled from seawater when it freezes? Although some brine is trapped, the overall salinity of sea ice is much lower than seawater. So the seas are rising as previously permanently frozen parts of the planet melt. This means that not only is there more water, but it's becoming salty as it melts.
Desalination is any of several processes that remove some amount of salt and other minerals from saline water. Unfortunately, it is quite an energy intensive process. Last week, a new renewable energy desalination project was announced in Masdar, Abu Dhabi, which is in the United Arab Emirates. The project seeks to transform seawater into useable, freshwater on land by building a commercially viable and renewable energy-powered desalination plant by 2020.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region of the Middle East is comprised of the Arabian Peninsula countries of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman. The GCC formed in 1981 and uses about half the world's desalinated water.
Of course, accessing renewable energy is not the only impediment to sustainable desalination. Another effect of global warming is oceanic acidification that contributes to massive algae blooms. These algae blooms can shut down a desalination plant. There are other unwanted components that might be present in seawater such as radioactive material from warships and nuclear power plants which would need to be removed before the water could be used safely.
Despite other lingering issues, it is still worth asking the question, "Can these enormous desalination plants powered by renewable energy help mitigate some of the issues we face from rising sea levels?" The answer is, "Every bit helps." But don't start thinking it's a magic bullet since none exists. We still all need to do our parts in reducing our carbon emissions and footprints. However, it is good news that desalination can be a sustainable and environmentally responsible industrial solution and worth noting that low cost, low impact renewable energy technologies do exist.
Actions the US Federal Government Can Take to Demonstrate Climate Change Leadership
The United States is one of the richest and most powerful nations in the world. What can our country do for the good of the planet with this role?
One thing the U.S. federal government does every few years is engage hundreds of experts to evaluate the impacts of climate change, now and in the future. The resulting National Climate Assessment report, which was recently released, showed that America's current efforts to reduce carbon pollution are too little to avoid dangerous climate change. Last year President Obama announced new CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards for cars and light trucks such as minivans and sport utility vehicles. Let's build on this historic progress to limit carbon emissions. There are several ways that the president and federal government can make a real difference in the fight against global warming.
The Clean Air Act is a powerful tool that our nation's leaders could be leveraging more fully. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged with using the Clean Air Act to issue rules to reduce greenhouse pollution. This farsighted law has reduced damaging air pollution for forty years, saving many lives. The EPA has already used it to protect public health and welfare from six extensive and harmful pollutants including: ozone, particulate matter, sulfur and nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and lead. Now is the time to lower atmospheric carbon dioxide levels by setting a national pollution cap for greenhouse gases.
Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA has also proposed higher emission standards on coal-fired power plants. These standards need to be fortified, finalized and implemented posthaste. Why stop with power plants? There are other places where higher greenhouse gas emission standards can be successfully applied to help save our planet such as oil refineries, cement plants, and even the airline industry.
Another way to help the environment would be for President Obama and the State Department to decline approval on the Keystone XL pipeline, which proposes moving oil down from Canada through the western United States to refineries along the Gulf Coast. There are no guarantees that the pipeline won't spring leaks. Furthermore, there is evidence that extracting oil from the sands are increasing levels of cancer-causing compounds in surrounding lakes far beyond natural levels. Denying approval would show that America is committed to transitioning away from a dependence on fossil fuels.
Of course, it's not all up to the federal government. We can all do our parts to speed the transition to a clean energy future. First we can encourage our elected officials to take the climate change actions recommended above. Second we can reduce our own carbon footprints. Consider lowering the heat or air conditioning depending on the season, using a clothesline, rake, hand mower and other manpowered devices, composting, forgoing meat at least one day a week and riding a bicycle. Lastly, we can all find simple ways to be part of the solution such as planting trees and offsetting remaining carbon emissions.
Climate Change News Coverage Declines in 2012 but Local Governments Heed Warning Signs
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed this week that 2012 was officially the warmest year on record in America's contiguous 48 states, based on 118 years of temperature records dating back to 1895. Despite this fact, news coverage of climate change actually declined in 2012. According to The Daily Climate, worldwide climate coverage decreased by two percent between 2011 and 2012, which represented the fewest number of published stories since 2009.
Last year the US was experience droughts in more than just rainfall. During the presidential election there were accusations of a "climate silence" until Superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast in the days leading up to the election. In President Obama's acceptance speech he said, "We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet."
However, President Obama's statement has not reassured everyone that he and Congress are going to make any meaningful efforts to tackle carbon pollution and climate change. In fact, the League of Conservation Voters and a coalition of 70 environmental organizations recently wrote an open letter to President Obama, which encouraged him to spotlight climate change during his second term. A quote from the letter includes, "Cutting carbon pollution at home and rejecting dirty fuels will establish America's leadership and credibility, enabling [President Obama] to create clean energy jobs in the United States while forging an effective international coalition to cut global carbon pollution."
Whether or not President Obama and Congress heed the global warming warning signs, the bright spot is that local governments are undertaking real strategies to mitigate and adapt to climate change right now. ICLEI USA, a network of local governments working to address climate and sustainability challenges, recently highlighted 20 communities across the continental US that are leading the efforts to plan for the future and respond to extreme weather. Some particularly prominent examples by local governments include:
- Atlanta, GA – Urban heat island effects worsened by hotter seasons. Addressing the problem with a climate action plan, including cool roof/pavement standards and 10,000 new planted shade trees.
- Chicago, IL – Responding to extreme heat and flooding with the milestone Chicago Climate Action Plan and the most installed green roof square footage in the country.
- Eugene, OR – Ravaged by major wildfires and mega-dry conditions. Mitigating these issues by increasing water conservation, reducing hydroelectric power demand and planting drought-resistant trees.
- Miami Dade Count y, FL – Known as the most vulnerable city in the world to sea level rise as demonstrated by severe flooding. Urban planning now addresses sea level rise and disaster response, and they're also investing millions in flood mitigation projects.
- New York, NY – Suffered $19 billion in damage from Superstorm Sandy. Taking positive action with a $2.4 billion green infrastructure plan, restoring barrier wetlands, and initiating a climate risk assessment requirement for new developments.
It's wonderful to see these steps being taken towards a more sustainable future. It would be even better if federal leadership ensues, taking their cues from local governments. Media silence or not, climate change is here and further delayed action will only result in catastrophic results. The time is now to secure a low carbon global economy and thereby the planet for current and future generations.
Most Domestic Oil and Gas Companies Fail to Cut Emissions
According to a recently released report by the World Wildlife Fund, 58 of the United States' Fortune 100 companies set goals in 2012 to either reduce greenhouse gas emissions or use more renewable energy in their operations. However, oil and gas companies are lagging far behind in this movement. Eight of 11 domestic energy companies on the Fortune 100 have not set internal energy goals.
This is in direct contrast to 68 of the planet's 100 largest companies who recognize the impact of global warming and are making investments in greenhouse gas reductions and renewable energy goals. Sadly, energy companies represent the lowest participation rate of any industry worldwide. The few exceptions are Hess and Chevron who have both set renewable energy and greenhouse gas targets, and ExxonMobil who set a greenhouse gas target.
Why have three quarters of the nation's industrial companies voluntarily set some sort of environmental target? There are a variety of potential reasons including: policy pressures, public relations or perhaps even the forward thinking that sees renewable energy's potential to someday be less expensive than, or at least competitive with, oil and gas.
And why haven't most oil and gas companies voluntarily set environmental targets? It may be because the very products they put on the market directly contribute to climate change. There is also a lack of urgency to act; little pressure comes from investors or policies. An example of a type of policy that was successful in the past is the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, which worked by making large companies publically accountable for which potentially toxic chemicals they use and where they are released. Then the information is posted on the EPA's website for anyone to see.
The planet would really benefit from a similar policy focusing on oil and gas company emissions, or better yet, a broader climate change policy such as a national carbon tax or cap-and-trade program. There are other options that could pave the way towards a cleaner energy future. The federal government could require that a certain percentage of electricity come from renewable sources and offer further tax incentives for wind and solar production. Many companies are setting their own internal goals, but for others such as the majority of the oil and gas industry, they're not going to do anything about increasing efficiency and reducing their carbon footprints until someone makes them.
Coal Industry Mega-Player Plans for Climate Change
In a telling and ironic move, coal industry giant BHP-Billiton, is replacing one of its coal export facilities in Queensland, Australia because of its vulnerability to increasingly frequent hurricanes from global warming. BHP-Billiton is an Australian coal company that produces one-fifth of globally traded coal for steel making and is the largest mining company on Earth. The upgrade represents a major investment in planning for climate change. In fact, the company's coal operations are led by Marcus Randolph, who confirmed they are planning, "to rebuild the facility to be more durable to climate change."
Readers of this blog already know that increasingly extreme weather events are the result of climate change in addition to the fact that many businesses are planning now for climate change's effects. Why not a coal company too? The announcement makes it obvious that BHP-Billiton understands that climate change is real and the time is now to begin making changes even if the manufacture of their product contributes to the issue.
Randolph has even warned investors about the implications of remaining dependent on the non-renewable resources of fossil fuels by saying, "In a carbon constrained world where energy coal is the biggest contributor to a carbon problem, how do you think this is going to evolve over a 30- to 40-year time horizon? You'd have to look at that and say on balance, I suspect, the usage of thermal coal is going to decline. And frankly it should."
When a company that mines and exports coal starts planning for climate change it means the writing is on the wall. Businesses and individuals alike should all be working to decrease carbon footprints and offset the remaining carbon emissions. Let's give the planet a holiday present and start doing all we can this season to embrace a cleaner energy future.


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Still no definite date for when us Brits will be able to play nice with Moto's slate.
The Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi only model has just been put up for pre-order across the pond, with the 3G-free tablet costing a hefty $599 (£370) up front. It comes just weeks after the Xoom first hit shelves in the States.
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Stateside gadget fanatics who front up now will get their mitts on the Xoom from the 27 March, next Saturday. While that's great news for everyone in the US, there's still no specific UK release date, with only the vague promise of 'April' keeping Android fanatics interested.
The Xoom is the first Android Honeycomb tablet to be released, packing a Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 5 megapixel camera and lush 10-inch screen.
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Seriously. People are such media led sheep.
Also agree. Doing unverified slam pieces on Joe Paterno is getting old.
Where do they get these people?
Penn State fans and alums are very, very happy to support JVP Properties. I rather buy from them then the school.
Still a friend of mine, too. And a man I respect greatly. Thanks for speaking up. Joe supporters stand strong!
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The Namesake team has been hard at work : we've been secretly plotting to launch an anthology Kickstarter in August. and THIS is the first official announcement!
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Valor is an anthology of re-imaged fairy tales showcasing the talent of some of the top creators in the field of digital comics. The purpose of this book is to pay homage to the strength, resourcefulness, and cunning of female heroines in fairy tales. Some of these are recreations of time-honored tales. Others are brand new stories, designed to be passed to future generations.
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Anyone who wants to become a minister must wrestle with the question, "What or who calls me to ministry?" Here is what happened to me. My employer, Northstar Computers, was dying a slow death trying to compete with IBM and Apple in 1985. A loyal employee, I should have jumped ship much earlier with the […] [Read More]
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Hello, guys ! I've been on this forum for a while, but not posting. Just following some threads, mostly Ana's.
I've been an Ivanovic fan since 2008 when she won RG. Always liked her tennis, forehand, agressive play. A fan of Ivanovic -player, but of course I like her as a person too. I'm a 21 years old girl and I was happy for her every time she had a success, a big match or an important win.
Of course like you all, it's been very frustrating and sad for me to watch her career decline :-( It's sad to say, Ana has recently become an average player and the 4th round in a GS is a good result for her . Sad.
As to this new boyfriend (not confirmed yet) I was surprised to learn that Ana's dating a Serbian . I remember her saying that Adam takes care of her, not like Serbian men . :-D As a fan, I'd like to see her date a serious man, not an athlete maybe, who'd take care of her and motivate her. But I don't decide anything lol. I only wish her the best and I hope she won't have to spend too much mental energy on this type of rel'ships (you said famous, womanizer, etc.)
As to Adam, no woman would like to be teated like that, talking about ex-girlfriends and taking her so easily as a regular gf :-((
I want to see Ana rise as a tennis player, win tournaments, not skip them. And I want to see her happy . It's sad to see less talented players on the tour do well, win tournaments and Ana only making big statements, unfortunately.
Perhaps as she seems a very delicate person, with a somewhat childish soul, her entourage wants to protect her and tells her all's fine, all's good. In fact, it's good, yes, her ranking is not bad, she plays more or less consistenly now, she's successful off court. But is that all she wants?
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Johnnie Brines, or Antlers, celebrated his 100th birthday on Tuesday, October 15th, 2013. Johnnie was born to Luther and Freda Brines in Addington, OK., on October 15, 1913. He has three brothers: Forest, Eddie and Luther; along with three sisters: Nadine, Minnie and Jarata.
Johnnie married Lela Pearl Donaldson on May 15, 1986 in Antlers. They attended the Freewheel Baptist Church together. Lela passed away on January 29, 2005. Lela's son, Johnnie's stepson, Ken Donaldson, has taken care of Johnnie since Lela's death.
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Slow down Santa; some of us aren't quite ready
CORPUS CHRISTI - Dear Santa,
I realize I'm 30-some-odd years too old to clog your mailbox. I have to get something off my chest, though, and I couldn't find your cell phone number or Facebook page.
According to La Palmera mall, you're arriving at 5 p.m. Thursday. Personally kicking off the season and all that. Therein lies my annual bah with a sidecar of humbug.
Man, are you busting my chops already? Really? As I write this letter, a bag of Halloween candy sits on the kitchen table. A forgotten costume loiters on the floor nearby. While one could argue the joint will get tidier as the kids begin appreciating the ratio of completed chores to holiday loot, I mention the mess to remind you of our calendar coordinates. Today is Nov. 7. Single digit. Well before Thanksgiving.
We're all hankering for some P.F. Chang's China Bistro or Grimaldi's Pizzeria. I get that. Fella needs a break from candy canes and cookies. Surely we can broker a deal involving express shipping.
Perhaps you were enticed by our recent cool front. Would it help if I mentioned Thursday's forecast is sunny with a high of 84 degrees? Pack electrolytes for the reindeer. I'm just sayin'.
Dude (may I call you dude?), I appreciate your generosity in helping retailers get a jump on the holiday season. Along with seasonal colds and flu, we'll continue battling economy-related fa-la-la funk. Our friends at Gallup say we'll spend an average of $715 on gifts this year, down from $740 in 2009 and $909 in 2007. That's still a lot of Justin Bieber dolls.
In case you missed our national news, some of our noisier residents claim to be fed up with excessive spending. Not sure whether this means we'll be relying on you more than ever or whether children will be instructed to view your gifts as handouts.
On a kinda-sorta related note, as you prepare for your return visit on Christmas Eve, I would advise against leaving toy elephants or tea sets in Democratic stockings. No one likes to see tears Christmas morning, and I think our blue friends still will be licking Tuesday's election wounds at that juncture.
I trust your logistics elf mentioned your arrival coincides with Veterans Day. Bring extra treats for our veterans and their families, who are very good every year.
Please accept my plea in the not-quite-ready-for-the-holidays spirit in which it was written.
Santa Baby, we do want you to hurry down the chimney.
Just not tonight.
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Reading Monday's newpapers, it's hard to remember that Friday marked a small step forward in efforts to improve India-Pakistan relations.
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Reading Monday's newpapers, it's hard to remember that Friday marked a small step forward in efforts to improve India-Pakistan relations.
Hafiz Saeed, the Pakistani militant leader, has made a strange offer to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy.
If you are looking for signs the India-Pakistan warming is far from a fully-fledged détente, search no further than comments Sunday by Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Mr. Gilani told reporters in Lahore that Pakistan needs "substantial evidence" before it arrests Hafiz Saeed, the militant leader whom India claims masterminded the attacks on Mumbai in 2008, killing more than 160 people.
Mr. Gilani was speaking as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, meeting in New Delhi with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, agreed to visit Pakistan soon for talks.
But Mr. Singh will find it politically costly to make such a trip unless Pakistan changes its rhetoric on people like Mr. Saeed. Read More »
There's a gap this morning between official and unofficial reaction to news the U.S. has put a bounty of up to $10 million on Pakistani militant leader Hafiz Saeed's head.
India and the U.S. believe Mr. Saeed is the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which killed more than 160 people. Yet he is still able to address rallies of Islamists across Pakistan, despite supposedly being under house arrest.
Many Indian reactions to the bounty were variants of this question: "What difference will it make? He's already protected by Pakistan intelligence and so why issue a bounty on him when all that's needed is for Pakistan to formally arrest and charge him." Read More »
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Navy aircraft makes emergency landing
CORPUS CHRISTI - A pilot and student Thursday morning were not injured after the training aircraft they were in failed to release its landing gear and both men were forced to make an emergency landing.
The incident happened at Waldron Outlying Field in Flour Bluff at about 10 a.m. when the student pilot was practicing take-offs and landings, said Lt. j.g. Brett Dawson, a spokesman for Chief of Naval Air Training. Take-offs and landings, of which there are about 500 daily at the outlying field, are standard practice for students, he added.
An investigation into the crash is being conducted and further details were not available Thursday, Dawson added.
The previous two incidents involving a T-34 occurred in January 2006.
On Jan. 12 of that year, a T-34 made an emergency landing near Oso Creek. The pilot and student walked away unharmed. Two weeks later, a training plane crashed in a field off Yorktown Boulevard, killing the pilot and student.
The crew involved in Thursday's crash belongs to Training Air Wing Four, established in March 1972 and one of five training wings under the Chief of Training Air Training Command. Four units - squadrons 27, 28, 31 and 35- made up the wing.
Student aviators receive basic flight training in Squadrons 27 and 28. In squadrons 31 and 35, students receive intermediate and advanced flight training using multi-engine aircraft. The student pilot in Thursday's incident belonged to Squadron 28, Dawsons said.
Units within Training Wing Four have a combined total strength of approximately 800 officer and enlisted personnel and more than 180 aircraft and simulators, according to the Navy.
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Currently, that is not permitted under UIL rules in Texas. It kept West Brook senior receiver Robert Redd, a transfer from West Orange-Stark, off the team for three games. State officials initially ruled that Redd had transferred for purely athletic reasons. But the UIL executive committee reversed that decision with a 6-0 vote on Monday. For Redd, the controversy […] [Read More]
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It's hot, but it's also time for area high schools to begin football practices. So they have. Most teams started two-a-day practices this week. West Brook, Memorial, Port Neches-Groves and Ozen will start next week because they had spring football practices. Some coaches believe that the summer workouts help players get in condition for the grueling […] [Read More]
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It can't happen now in Texas under UIL rules. Television stations can have pre-game shows and post-games shows, and highlights too, of course. But no Friday night lights in prime time, though Saturday games are OK. Whaddya think about that? Is it an outdated rule that's no longer relevent? Would a change reduce attendance at Friday games […] [Read More]
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That's the hope of one group of Vidor residents, whose name says it all: The Vidor Committee for Economic Growth According to The Enterpirse, the group is "circulating two petitions to get rid of citywide alcohol restrictions, which it says cost the city tax revenues and drive shoppers elsewhere. The first petition seeks to legalize […] [Read More]


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Viewsonic has rolled out two sub-$700 LCD projectors with wired networking and the ability to project color corrected images on nonwhite surfaces.
The new projectors, dubbed the PJL6243 and the PJL6233, feature a native resolution of 1,024 x 768(XGA) and an automatic Keystone correction of ±30 degrees.
The PJL6243 has a brightness of 3,000 lumens, a contrast ratio of 2,000:1, and a 10-watt speaker, while the PJL6233 comes equipped with a brightness of 2,600 lumens, a contrast ratio of 500:1, and a one-watt speaker.
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Mystical traditions agree that beneath our protective layers lies a Self, an untarnished essence from which flows healing, spiritual energy, and wisdom. Most of us rarely live from that state because, through life experiences, parts of us have absorbed extreme emotions and beliefs that not only obscure our Self but also govern our daily lives. This workshop offers participants the opportunity to learn and experience concrete ways to help those parts trust that it is safe to remain in the calm, confident, and compassionate state of self leadership, not only during meditation but throughout the day, even in the face of strong provocation.


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If the Pay Sales tax window is open, click Adjust.
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Federal appeals court strikes down 'Choose Life' license plate
Feb. 11, 2014 @ 03:35 PM
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court has ruled that a North Carolina license plate with an anti-abortion message is unconstitutional.
The unanimous decision Tuesday by a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond upholds a federal judge's ruling striking down the "Choose Life" license plate.
Lawmakers approved the anti-abortion plates in 2011 and rejected proposals to offer plates with messages "Trust Women" and "Respect Choice." The appeals court said that is blatant viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment.
The court rejected the state's argument that it owns the plates it issues to motorists and has the right to use them to convey its preferred anti-abortion message.


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Sidewall Sample, ca. 1930
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Friends of Wallcoverings Funds. 2001-14-59
Some of the people involved with this object include
- Isidore Leroy Company (Producer)
- Isidore Leroy Company (Producer)
What is this?
Flowering cherry tree branches with weeping foliage. Printed in pink, magenta, green, black and gold on a mottled grey ground.
Why is this in our collection?
This is one of 60 machine-printed samples proposed for acquisition. These papers were at one time part of a larger sample booked issued by the Isidore Leroy Company in Paris and date to approximately 1930. Leroy was one of the first French wallpaper companies to turn to machine printing. In 1858, they patented a process to improve the transfer of color on surface prints. Throughout the 19th century, the firm's reputation was equal to that of the Zuber et Cie. During the 1920s, the firm continued to produce high quality wallpapers with designs by René Crevel, Robert Duflos, Emile-Alain Séguy, and Henri Stephany. One of Séguy's designs is included in this collection. His use of bold color and... more


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The South Poll is a maternal composite combining four maternal breeds: Angus, Hereford, Senepol, and Barzona. A moderate framed, slick haired cow designed for hot, humid environments, the South Poll is ideal for our changing climate.
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Delta Air Lines and United Airlines continue to spar over a slot pair at Tokyo Haneda, following a US Department of Transportation (DOT) decision that Delta be able to move the gateway to Seattle.
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September 24, 2007
You Can't Have This: You're CR Girl!
That what my friend said somewhat ironically as he split a Starbucks macadamia nut cookie with our third friend. Ironically because he's split cookies with me several times: I just look up the calories online and count accordingly.
The fact is, there's no forbidden food on CR, but you do have to calculate how much you want x, y or z vs. how much you want to give up in other areas. It takes some decision making. Yes, taking responsibility for our own choices instead of having our diets dictated by the marketing we come into contact with. So radical, I know.
Anyhow, it's Monday and I'm not sure why I was surprised that Susie led a movement to go out to lunch. Luckily, Edward drove straight to Ruby Tuesday's, where we all got the salad bar and the two of them got a White Bean Chicken chili (210 cals, I think... it was on their old calorie-controlled menu.) I put about a cup of cottage cheese (there's is lowfat, I've asked) on my salad of romaine, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, onions, and broccoli, plus olives, chickpeas, and vinegar for dressing. Earlier in the day I'd had a MacIntosh apple from the stash on my conference table (my attempt to provide sweet treats to my co-workers that compete with the M&Ms in our accountant's office) and 12 g almonds.
After lunch we popped by Starbucks, and my co-workers got a cookie to go with their coffee, while I stuck with my coffee, black. I can honestly say I didn't feel deprived. Sometimes I crave sweets... not so much lately though. MR made me up some of my favorite jellos so if I crave sweet, I can have it at home.
I'll go home to my salad and yogurt and nice glass of French red. I'll hit the gym on the way home and do a good 30 minutes on the treadmill... that's in addition to my 45 min Pilates class this morning. I find the exercise keeps me sane in times of stress.
We're heading into a big time of stress. With two contracts to negotiate, and the holidays coming on, I think we're all on edge. I felt a little fit of sadness coming on late last week, and wondered if it might be the one year anniversary of that New York Mag piece coming up that had set me off. I'm very attuned to seasonal things, anniversaries, etc. But I worked out a ton over the weekend and felt better. I can't be responsible for other people's feelings, just my own. And I can work very hard to take responsibility for myself... a concept that is rather alien in our culture.
Funny how I sometimes find myself sounding like a Neo-con. All this talk of personal responsibility. Yet when by accident, not by design, you become a big screen onto which people project their own issues and insecurities, it makes you start to wonder. I don't have a lot of conclusions, and I try very hard to reserve judgement. It seems to me that 90% of the errors we make come from thinking we know what other people are thinking, when we don't. Most people can't truly empathize with others at all... so attempting to understand why someone says or does one thing or another is pointless at best, and harmful at worst. I have no idea, in the end, why the snarky journalists and negative or even threatening commeneters are the way they are. It's better not to wonder. I think it's time to put that year behind me, and go on with doing the things that matter most to me: organizing nurses and supporting MR as he works on a cure for aging and taking good care of the people and cats I love.
I don't really see myself doing any more media for a long, long time. I've developed a phobia of journalists, and these days can only talk to Allswellinhell and David Martin, the wonderful producer for Sanjay Gupta who stole my heart when he put a long shot of Kieffer the tabby cat in the Chasing Life documentary. Oh, and when he actually researched the science and knew what he was talking about.
I'm not going to say the media stuff was a waste of time or energy: all of you who came to healthier habits and/or became my friends because of it make it all more than worth the trials. But I seem to still feel very weary. I think it's anger mixed with resignation that eventually just turns you exhausted. Two ridiculous articles on the Rudd Center blog, home of my idol, Kelly Brownell, accusing us of having an eating disorder (by people who by their own admission have no training in diagnosing such disorders, and have never spoken to us.) Thanksgiving ruined by a nasty article in Salon.com by someone who's never met us. What would have I have done without Allswell and Robin and Lindsay and Deborah, and all my CR blogger friends... and of course MR? Crawled into a cave, no doubt.
I've got 50 nurses to call tonight, the house to finish vacuuming, groceries to buy, the treadmill to hit, dinner to cook, and a long life in front of me. Every time I look at the nurses I've helped to organize, I know it's worth it. I wish I got to see you healthy happy people more often: I need to see you with my own eyes, share a cup of tea with you, not just read about you or know you're probably out there somewhere. Meeting hkgrace was so much fun! I wish I could meet Sara and we could toast our old calico kitties over bottles of expensive red wine, and eat just enough kale to survive on for a couple of days. Hanging out with Allswell in NYC was one of the highlights of my year... that girl is just amazing. She appeared as though on cue when I was at my worst, and she continues to entertain me nearly every day with email messages that are more eloquent than your average novel.
Heck, even arguing online with those who report ridiculously low calorie levels cheers me up!
I'm sure there's a subsection of readers out there who will say, "Look, you're sad! You're not always happy! Obviously, you should eat more!"
That's just stupid. Even CR girls get the blues. If one could obliterate the American snark media, that would cheer me right up. Till then, it's kale and yogurt and cottage cheese and flax oil and toasting the hope of a better day with good French reds in cute little glasses.
Living well, they say, is the best revenge.
And in my defense, Julian Dibbell was really, really gorgeous, especially when he was skinny. Not as gorgeous as my Orange One, of course, but for a guy who makes his living trading in commodities that don't exist, he knows how to keep it looking good.
But there I go, flirting with the media again.
Posted by april at September 24, 2007 3:15 PM
"Living well, they say, is the best revenge."
Funny you should mention that. This is pinned above my desk every day!
BTW, don't forget the very positive Grazia article. It was read by tens of thousands of women, and was very well received. You did a lot of good here in the UK - I personally know of several folks who looked into CR as a result.
Hang in there and keep smiling :-)
Posted by: Lindsay at September 25, 2007 12:33 AM
If I ever make it over to the States again, which I very much hope I do, I'll see if I can take a side-trip to Philly and then I'll take you up on that plan, April! :-)
Posted by: Sara at September 25, 2007 3:09 AM
Gaw. Shucks. Wish I could channel some of that into writing my books.
Posted by: allswellinhell/ashley at September 25, 2007 12:12 PM
April - Just wanted to fill you in - thought it might cheer you a little. I've been looking into CRON after my hubby bought Beyond 120 years for himself, but never read it. I started reading it, but wanted some personal stories to read. I found the NYT article online and read that, and through that found your blog. I didn't see it as particularly biased in either direction, but obviously the diet is not a 'fit' with the author.
While I'm not particularly interested in living to 110, 120, or beyond, what I DO want is to make the years I do live (whatever number that is) be healthy, vigorous, rich in substance, and intellectually rewarding. I don't want to take 20 meds, use a cane, forget names, etc. I don't see anything wrong with those desires.
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Free breakfast treat for pupils
Posted: February 07, 2013|
STAFF and students came together over a special free breakfast as part of a campaign to encourage youngsters have a healthy start of the day.
The free breakfasts for students at Dartmouth Academy were organised by Café Alf Resco.
Alf's owners, Kate and Pete Ryder, who have a son at the school, offered all local children free breakfasts last week as part of the 'Shake Up Your Wake Up campaign, which aims to get as many children to eat breakfast as possible, to improve their health and aid their attainment at school.
Academy principal Nick Hindmarsh and business manager Simon Rushton were among the staff who joined students at the popular café each morning throughout the week.
He said: "It was a lovely offer from Kate and Peter of free breakfasts for all children and we wanted to show how much we supported their idea.
"It was a good opportunity to spend some time chatting to the students in a relaxed atmosphere, and getting to know them a bit better.
"All the staff who popped down commented on the friendly and welcoming atmosphere for them and the students. It has been a true community event and a very successful one too."


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The X Factor
Was Britney Spears Break Up Orchestrated By Her Dad? — Rumor Patrol
We're still emotionally distraught from the news of Britney Spears breaking up with fiance Jason Trawick. Here we thought they were Brit and Justin all over again (the good times), and then BOOM. They were Brit and Justin all over again (the bad times — the ones without the matching denim three-piece suits).
We imagine that Britney and Jason's breakup was bittersweet with a dollop of "let's be friends forever," but according to a new report from RadarOnline, not so much.
"It really wasn't Britney's decision to announce the split last week, it was Jamie who made the call," a source tells Radar. "Jason wanted out, and in the fragile state that Britney is in, it's not like he could have a rational conversation with her about it, so it was really between him and Jamie. They decided how the relationship needed to end and how to go about the technicalities, such as removing Jason from the conservatorship, when he would move out and how to announce the split. Britney was left out of everything and really didn't even know what was going on."
Hmmm, we know Britney's had her struggles, but really? It seems unlikely that she'd be completely unaware of her own breakup. "Jason and Jamie wanted to make sure that Britney didn't lose it, so they had to water things down for her a bit," the source continues. "She knows that the engagement is off and that Jason has been removed from the conservatorship, but she still hasn't exactly grasped yet that the relationship is totally over."
All Britney has to do is turn on a TV to realize her relationship is over, and we have a hard time believing she's so naive after all her years in show biz. After all, this is Britney Spears we're talking about. She dances in red pleather onesies with minimal camel toe-ing. She carries around fireballs. She sees all.
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Anime Club
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- 7 April, 2013
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Come to the Bethel Branch on Wednesday, April 10 at 3:30pm for our anime club meeting.
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Attendees ages 12-18 are invited to rate the show you watched to help us decide on new anime to purchase. Ask a library worker for a permission slip. For more information or to register for the program, call the library at 734-2619.


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Lingxiang Xiang
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College of Computer Science
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, P.R.China
email: lxxiang at zju.edu.cn
I am currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in computer science under the supervision of Prof. Tianzhou Chen. My research interests are in the broad area of computer architecture and in the narrower sub-area of power savings and cache system design.
- Less Reused Filter: Improving L2 Cache Performance via Filtering Less Reused Lines. (pdf)
Lingxiang Xiang, Tianzhou Chen, Qingsong Shi and Wei Hu
To appear in the 23rd International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS'09). New York, USA. Jun. 8-12, 2009. (AR: 25.0%)
- Dynamic Power Management Framework for Multi-core Portable Embedded System. (link)
Chen Tianzhou, Huang Jiangwei, Xiang Lingxiang and Shi Qingsong
In the Proceedings of the 1st ACM/IEEE international forum on Next-generation multicore/manycore technologies (IFMT'08). Cairo, Egypt. Nov. 24-25, 2008.
- Coordinating System Software for Power Savings. (link)
Lingxiang Xiang, Jiangwei Huang and Tianzhou Chen
In the 2nd International Conference on Future Generation Communication and Networking (FGCN '08). Sanya, China. Dec. 13-15, 2008.
- A Practical Dynamic Frequency Scaling Scheduling Algorithm for General Purpose Embedded Operating System. (link)
Chen Tianzhou, Huang Jiangwei, Xiang Liangxiang and Zheng Zhenwei
In the 2nd International Conference on Future Generation Communication and Networking (FGCN '08). Sanya, China. Dec. 13-15, 2008.
- Balance the Battery Life and Real-time Issues for Portable Real-time Embedded System by Applying DVS with Battery Model. (link)
Chen Tianzhou, Huang Jiangwei, Xiang Lingxiang and Wu Xinliang
In the 34th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON'08). Orlando, Florida, USA. Nov. 10-13, 2008.
- The Design and Implementation of the DVS Based Dynamic Compiler for Power Reduction. (pdf)
Xiang LingXiang, Huang Jiangwei, Sheng Weihua and Chen Tianzhou
In the 7th Internatonal Symposium on Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies (APPT'07). Guangzhou, China. Nov. 22-23, 2007.


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